52 52 1 1891 1892 PUBLIC LAWS
of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
passed by
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
1891–1893. (xxix)

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1891, and teas adjourned without day on Friday, the fifth day of August, 1892. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Charles F. Manderson, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles Frederick Crisp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives the eighth day of December, 1891; Benton McMillan was elected Speaker pro tempore the fifth day of January, 1892; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1892. Chap. 1: fixing the times for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Iowa. Chapter 1 27 Stat. 1 1892-01-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 1.—

An Act fixing the times for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Iowa.

January 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That hereafter terms of the

Iowa, northern judicial district.

R. S., sec. 572, p. 99; sec. 658, p. 120.

district and circuit courts of the United States shall be held in the several divisions of the northern district of Iowa at the times herein stated:

In the eastern division at Dubuque on the third Tuesday in April

Terms.

and first Tuesday in December. In the central division at Fort Dodge on first Tuesday in June and second Tuesday in November. In the western division at Sioux City on the third Tuesday in May and first Tuesday in October. In the Cedar Rapids division at Cedar Rapids on the first Tuesday in April and second Tuesday in September.

Section 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment,

Pending actions, etc.

recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts, but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending, and triable at the terms herein provided for.

Approved, January 22, 1892.

Chap. 2: providing for the completion of the allotment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. Chapter 2 27 Stat. 1 1892-01-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 2.—

An Act providing for the completion of the allotment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.

January 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.

That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby

Appropriation for allotting lands.

appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of completing the allotment provided for in (1) 2 the agreement with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in Oklahoma,

Vol. 26, p. 1023.

ratified by Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, including the pay and expenses of the necessary special agents and the necessary resurveys, which sum shall be immediately available and be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes herein expressed.

Approved, January 28, 1892.

Chap. 3: to amend an act entitled “An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory.” Chapter 3 27 Stat. 2 1892-02-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 3.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory.”

February 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company, right of way.

Vol. 20, p. 486, amended.

That the act entitled “An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line from the city of Anthony, in the state of Kansas, through the Indian Territory, to some point in the county of Grayson, in the state of Texas,” approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows:

“That said railroad company be, and they are hereby, authorized to

Extension of road from Guthrie, Okla., authorized.

extend and operate said road, telegraph and telephone line with like powers and privileges and under like limitations and conditions as are provided in said original act, in a southeasterly or southerly direction from the terminus of said road under said original act, to wit: From its connection with the Santa Fe Railroad at or near the city of Guthrie, in the Territory of Oklahoma, or some point north of there within a distance of twenty miles to the southern boundary of said Indian Territory, at or near a point north of the city of Denison, in the state of Texas.

Section 2. That said original act described in section one of this act,

Time for construction extended.

Vol. 26, p. 488.

and the amendment thereto, shall extend and be in full force and effect for the period of three years from the approval of this amendment or act.

Approved, February 3, 1892.

Chap. 5: to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Chapter 5 27 Stat. 2 1892-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 5.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

February 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Amendments to incorporation law.

Vol. 22, p. 67.

That section one of the act entitled “An act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding, after the words “or for the purpose of insuring title to real estate,” the words “or for the purpose of carrying on fire insurance”; so as to read:

“That the five hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised Statutes

R. S. D. C., sec. 553, p. 67, amended.

Title and tire insurance companies.

of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding, after the words “life insurance”, the words “or for the purpose of insuring titles to real estate or for the purpose of carrying on fire insurance.”

Sec. 2. That section two of said act be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 22, p. 67.

amended by adding, after the words “or for the purpose of insuring titles to real estate”, the words “or for the purpose of carrying on fire insurance”; so as to read:

“Sec. 2. That any company heretofore formed, agreeably to the aforesaid

Charters may be made perpetual.

section of the said Revised Statutes, for the purpose of insuring titles to real estate or for the purpose of carrying on fire insurance may become perpetual on filing in the office of the recorder of deeds of the 3 District of Columbia a certificate to that effect, in like manner as is provided by law for the filing of the original certificate of incorporation.

Sec. 3. Congress may at any time alter, amend or repeal this act.

Amendment.

Approved, February 9, 1892.

Chap. 6: to detach Montgomery County from the Western and add it to the Eastern District of Arkansas. Chapter 6 27 Stat. 3 1892-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 6.—

An Act to detach Montgomery County from the Western and add it to the Eastern District of Arkansas.

February 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arkansas.

That so much of section five hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes as provide that Montgomery County shall be embraced in the Western Judicial District

Montgomery County transferred to eastern judicial district.

R. S., sec. 533, p. 89, amended.

Process, etc.

of Arkansas be, and the same is hereby, repealed and the said County is hereby added to and placed in the Eastern Judicial District of said State and all process issued against defendants residing therein shall be returned to Little Rock until otherwise provided, and all causes of action which have accrued or may hereafter accrue in said County, of which the Courts of the United States have jurisdiction, shall be cognizable in the Courts at Little Rock until otherwise provided by law.

Sec. 2. That all actions or proceedings now pending against parties

Transfer of actions.

residing in said Montgomery County in the Court of said Western District may, upon the application of either, be transferred to the Court for the Eastern District at Little Rock, and in case of such transfer all papers and files therein, with copies of all record entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of such Court, and proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said Court at Little Rock.

Sec. 3. That all crimes and offenses heretofore committed within said

Crimes and offenses.

Western District shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed.

Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are

Repeal.

hereby repealed.

Approved, February 9, 1892.

Chap. 7: to provide for the creation of a fourth judicial district in the Territory of Utah. Chapter 7 27 Stat. 3 1892-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 7.—

An Act to provide for the creation of a fourth judicial district in the Territory of Utah.

February 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Utah.

Fourth.judicial District authorized.

R. S., sec. 1865, p. 330.

Vol. 25, p. 203.

That the governor and legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish a fourth judicial district in said Territory, and to readjust the districts in said Territory in such manner as to best promote the convenient administration of justice therein.

Sec. 2. That as soon as may be alter the execution of the power conferred

Assignment of judges.

by section one of this act, the supreme court of said Territory shall assign one judge to each of said districts, and shall have power from time to time to change such assignment and to provide for occasions of disability or absence in such cases according to the practice now authorized by law.

Approved, February 11, 1892.

Chap. 8: to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota”, approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 8 27 Stat. 3 1892-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 8.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota”, approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety.

February 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

South Saint Paul Railroad Company bridge over Mississippi River. South Saint Paul, Minn.

Vol. 20, pp. 69, 788.

That the act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota,” approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by an act entitled “An 4 act to amend an act entitled ‘An act for the construction of a bridge at South Saint Paul, Minnesota,’” approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and hereby is, amended as follows: First, by striking out section one of said bill as amended and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“That the South Saint Paul Belt Railroad Company, its successors

Change of location authorized.

and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, at a point suitable to the interest of navigation, a railroad bridge, or a combined railroad, wagon, and foot passenger bridge, across the Mississippi River from a suitable point on its west bank, at or near the city of South Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, and within the limits

Location.

of section two, township twenty-seven, range twenty-two west, to a corresponding point on its east bank, and to lay on or over said bridge a railroad track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said places, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in case of

Litigation.

any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, or damage resulting from the same, the cause maybe tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge or obstruction touches; said bridge may, at the option of the company building the

Railway, or railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

same, be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains alone, or for the passage of railroad trains and for the safe passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals and for foot

Tolls.

passengers, all for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of War.”

Second, by striking out section seven of said bill and substituting in

Vol. 26, pp. 71, 783, amended.

lieu thereof the following, to wit:

“Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction

Time for construction extended.

Post, p. 455.

of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of these amendments.”

Approved, February 15, 1892.

Chap. 9: to change the corporate name of the National Safe Deposit Company, of Washington. Chapter 9 27 Stat. 4 1892-02-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 9.—

An Act to change the corporate name of the National Safe Deposit Company, of Washington.

February 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Safe Deposit, Savings and Crust Company.

Name changed.

Vol. 14, p. 378.

That the corporate name of the National Sate Deposit Company of Washington, a body corporate now doing business in the District of Columbia and incorporated under an act of Congress entitled “An act to incorporate the National Safe Deposit Company, of Washington, in the District of Columbia,” approved January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, changed to, and shall hereafter be, “The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, of the District of Columbia.”

Approved, February 18, 1892.

Chap. 10: to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Sandusky, Ohio. Chapter 10 27 Stat. 4 1892-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 10.—

An Act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Sandusky, Ohio.

February 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sandusky, Ohio.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 174.

That the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and 5 eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Sandusky, in the State of Ohio.

Approved, February 26, 1892.

Chap. 11: to constitute Newark, in the State of New Jersey, a port of immediate transportation. Chapter 11 27 Stat. 5 1892-03-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 11.—

An Act to constitute Newark, in the State of New Jersey, a port of immediate transportation.

March 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Newark, N. J.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 174.

That the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Newark, State of New Jersey.

Approved, March 8, 1892.

Chap. 12: making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. Chapter 12 27 Stat. 5 1892-03-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 12.—

An Act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes.

March 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Deficiency appropriations.

That the following stuns be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

For salaries and necessary expenses for continuing the work of compiling

Compiling results.

the results of the Eleventh Census, two hundred thousand dollars.

For the work of the division of farms, homes, and mortgages, fifty thousand dollars.

Farms, homes, and mortgages.

superintendent of free delivery.

Superintendent free delivery postal service.

To pay the salary of the superintendent of free delivery in the office

Salary.

of the First Assistant Postmaster-General for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three thousand dollars. indian affairs.

Indian Affairs.

For subsistence of the Sioux, as per agreement ratified by Act of

Sioux, subsistence.

Vol. 19, p. 254.

Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars and seventeen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the sum of twenty-eight thousand four hundred dollars

Balance available.

which remains of the allotment for the establishment of sub stations from the appropriation for subsistence of the Sioux Indians for the fiscal

Vol. 26, p. 1002.

year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, shall also be used for the purchase of subsistence for said Sioux Indians.

Provided, That hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall

Proviso.

include in his annual report to Congress the names of all employees

Report of all employees.

under the supervision and direction of the Indian Bureau, under what law said employees are appointed, the amount of compensation paid to each, and the services rendered by them.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete the ascertainment

Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations. S. Dak.

Damages to settlers.

of damages resulting to any person who had settled upon the Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations, in South Dakota, between February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and April seventeenth, eighteen-hundred and eighty-five, as authorized by the act

Vol. 26, p. 659.

6 approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to cause the lands embraced

Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak.

Survey for allotting.

Vol. 26, p. 1033.

within the diminished Fort Berthold Reservation, in North Dakota, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, to be surveyed for allotment to the Indians of said reservation, as provided in article three of the agreement with said Indians, of December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and ratified by act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

treasury department.

Treasury Department.

For paper for internal revenue stamps, freight, and salary of superintendent,

Internal Revenue.

Paper for stamps, etc.

messenger, and watchman, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ten thousand dollars.

For transportation of silver coin, including fractional silver coin by

Transporting silver coin.

Vol. 26, p. 966.

registered mail or otherwise, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the same limitations provided for the appropriation for this purpose for said fiscal year.

national zoological park.

National Zoological Park.

For care and subsistence of animals for the National Zoological Park,

Subsistence of animals.

fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. fish commission.

Fish Commission.

Green Lake Station, Maine: For payment of outstanding bills, purchase

Green Lake station, Me.

of lands and rights, completing ponds, repairs to quarters, and for cisterns, pump, and well, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

For salaries and expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims,

Indian depredation claims expenses.

fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ten thousand dollars. department of labor.

Department of Labor.

For per diem in lieu of subsistence of special agents while traveling

Special agents’ per diem, etc.

on duty outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate not to exceed three dollars per day, and for their transportation, and for expenses of officers and employes, as made necessary by services rendered the Senate Committee on finance, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ten thousand dollars. board of ordnance and portification.

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

To pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance

Salary, civilian member.

and Fortification for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars. senate.

Senate.

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Expenses of inquiries, etc.

including compensation to stenographers to committees, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ten thousand dollars.

Approved, March 8, 1892.

Chap. 14: to provide an additional mode of taking depositions of witnesses in causes pending in the courts of the United States. Chapter 14 27 Stat. 7 1892-03-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 7

CHAP. 14.—

An Act to provide an additional mode of taking depositions of witnesses in causes pending in the courts of the United States.

March 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Depositions for United States courts may follow Stare usage.

R. S., secs. 803–875 pp. 163–166.

That in addition to the mode of taking the depositions of witnesses in causes pending at law or equity in the district and circuit courts of the United States, it shall be lawful to take the depositions or testimony of witnesses in the mode prescribed by the laws of the State in which the courts are held.

Approved, March 9, 1892.

Chap. 15: to provide for a term of the circuit and district court at Littleton, New Hampshire. Chapter 15 27 Stat. 7 1892-03-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 15.—

An Act to provide for a term of the circuit and district court at Littleton, New Hampshire.

March 10, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

New Hampshire judicial district.

Term at Littleton.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 100, 121.

That hereafter there shall be held annually, on the last Tuesday of August, a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of New Hampshire, in the town of Littleton, in said district.

Approved, March 10, 1892.

Chap. 16: ratifying the act of the sixteenth territorial legislative assembly of Arizona, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making appropriation in aid of Arizona’s exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Chapter 16 27 Stat. 7 1892-03-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 16.—

An Act ratifying the act of the sixteenth territorial legislative assembly of Arizona, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making appropriation in aid of Arizona’s exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

March 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arizona.

Territorial act appropriating for display at World’s Columbian Exposition ratified.

That the act of the sixteenth legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making an appropriation of thirty thousand dollars for the collection and display of the products of Arizona at the World’s Columbian Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and made dependent on ratification by Congress, is hereby approved and ratified.

Approved, March 18, 1892.

Chap. 17: making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Chapter 17 27 Stat. 7 1892-03-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 17.—

An Act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

March 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Department of Agriculture.

Deficiency appropriation for Bureau of Animal Industry.

Vol. 23, p. 31.

Vol. 26, p. 414.

That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: For carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, and of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for an inspection of meats and animals, and also for the purpose of carrying out the provisions

Inspection of cattle, etc.

of act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and

Vol. 26, p. 1089.

the carcasses of and the products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for other purposes,” one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Experiments in the manufacture of sugar; To enable the Secretary

Sugar manufacture experiments.

of Agriculture to continue experiments in the production of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and sorghum, and especially for culture experiments looking to the improvement of those sources of sugar, and for experiments for the more complete separation of the sugar from the molasses, and including all necessary expenses in these experiments, namely, traveling expenses, purchase of samples, apparatus, and supplies, and chemical services, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof 8 as may be necessary: Provided, That all products of the experiments

Proviso.

may be sold in accordance with existing laws, and the proceeds

Sales.

thereof used in the experimental work, and that any products of previous experiments now on hand, and any apparatus or supplies which may have been purchased for use in such experiments, and which are no longer necessary thereto, maybe sold and the proceeds applied in further work, and that a full and accurate account of the proceeds of such sales be transmitted to Congress.

Approved, March 18, 1892.

Chap. 18: 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 ninety-two. Chapter 18 27 Stat. 8 1892-03-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 18.—

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 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

March 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Urgent deficiency appropriations.

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 eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely: public printing and binding.

Public printing and binding.

For public printing and 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, including the salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks or 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, three hundred and fifty thousand

Proviso.

dollars: Provided, That from the appropriation hereby made printing and binding may be done as follows:

For the Treasury Department, not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars.

Allotment.

For the War Department, not exceeding forty thousand dollars.

For the Department of the Interior, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.

For the Post-Office Department, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the Department of State, not exceeding five thousand dollars.

For the Department of Justice, not exceeding three thousand dollars.

To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the

Leaves of absence.

law granting thirty days’ annual leave of absence to the employees of the Government Printing Office, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars to pay, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two,

Pro rata leaves.

pro rata leaves of absence to employees who resign or are discharged is hereby made available to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the law granting thirty days’ annual leave of absence to the employees of the Government Printing Office during the current fiscal year.

To enable the Public Printer to continue operations under the joint

Storage, etc.

Vol. 22, p. 637.

resolution approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the removal and storage of certain property of the Government mentioned therein, five thousand dollars.

interior department.

Interior Department.

Annual repairs and improvements to United States Capitol: For

Capitol.

Repairs, etc.

work at the Capitol and for general repairs thereof, including wages of mechanics, laborers, and fresco painters, nine thousand dollars.

Government Hospital for the Insane, current expenses: For support,

Government Hospital for Insane.

Current expenses.

including clothing and treatment in the hospital, of the different classes who under the law are entitled to admission and care, twenty-two thousand dollars.

Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense

Indian Supplies.

Purchasing, etc.

of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouse and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, five thousand dollars.

treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Paper for checks and drafts, Independent Treasury: For paper for

Paper for checks, etc.

interest, transfer, redemption, pension, and other cheeks and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, seven thousand dollars. public buildings.

Public buildings.

For customhouse and post-office at Eastport, Maine: For completion

Eastport, Mo.

of the building, nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventy cents.

Washington City Post-Office: For equipments, fixtures, furniture,

Washington City.

and other articles necessary and convenient for the transaction

Expenses, etc., temporary post-office.

of the business of the Washington, District of Columbia, post-office, for expenses of moving the Washington, District of Columbia, post-office from the present quarters to the new (temporary) structure on G street between Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for expenses of moving to said last-mentioned building any other branch or branches of the postal service or of the Post-Office Department, and for equipments, fixtures, furniture, and other articles necessary and convenient for the transaction of the business thereof, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required.

district of columbia.

District of Columbia.

Expenses of assessing real property, District of Columbia: For

Assessing real property.

books, stationery, and other necessary expenses, including labor and clerical services, from December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, required in the assessment of real property in the District of Columbia as provided for in the acts of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 22, p. 568.

Vol. 26, p. 1064.

and ninety-one, six thousand dollars.

Health Department: For the collection and removal of garbage, sixteen

Health Department.

Removing garbage.

thousand dollars, of which sum not more than eight thousand dollars shall be expended in payment of expenses heretofore incurred, and the balance shall be expended for said work during the remainder of the fiscal year; and legal proceedings shall forthwith be instituted and

Prosecution of failing contractor.

fully prosecuted against the old contractor and his bondsmen under the contract for said work.

For the Police Court: For one judge, three thousand dollars; one

Police court.

deputy clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one bailiff, at three dollars per day. nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one deputy marshal, at three dollars per day until and including March thirty-first next, and after said date all compensation for said deputy marshal shall be paid from fees received by the marshal; compensation of jury, eight thousand dollars; witness fees, four thousand dollars; in all eighteen thousand and seventy dollars, one-half of the foregoing sums for the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenue of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

10 war department.

War Department.

Office of Quartermaster-General; For salary of one assistant draftsman,

Quartermaster-general’s Office.

one thousand six hundred dollars. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

Defending suits in claims against the United States; For defraying

Defending suits in claims.

the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including the payment of such expenses as in the discretion of the Attorney-General shall be necessary for making proper defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five thousand dollars. department of agriculture.

Department of Agriculture.

The balance of the sum of ten thousand dollars, appropriated by act

Irrigation investigation.

Vol. 26, p. 1052.

of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish information as to the best methods of cultivating the soil by irrigation, remaining unexpended on January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby reappropriated

Reappropriation.

and made available for said purposes, until the fifteenth day of April next, and out of said amount the disbursing officer of the Department of Agriculture shall be reimbursed in the sum of nine hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents, by him paid out since January first, eighteen hundred and ninety two, as salaries and expenses of the division of said Department having charge of the irrigation inquiry, and from said amount there shall also be paid all unpaid balances of compensation due persons heretofore employed in said division for services rendered and not yet paid for, said report and all

Completion.

proceedings hereunder to be completed by the fifteenth day of April.

Approved, March 18, 1892.

Chap. 19: to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants and other consignees of goods and other property in the District of Columbia. Chapter 19 27 Stat. 10 1892-03-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 19.—

An Act to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants and other consignees of goods and other property in the District of Columbia.

March 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Commission merchants.

Penalty for withholding returns of sales.

That if any factor, commission merchant, consignee, or any person selling goods on commission, or the agent, clerk, or servant of such person, shall convert to his own use in the District of Columbia any provisions, fruits, Hour, meat, butter, cheese, or any other goods, merchandise, or property, or the proceeds of the same, and shall fail to pay over the avails or proceeds, less his proper charges, within five days after receiving the money or its equivalent from the purchaser or purchasers of said goods or produce, and after demand made therefor by the person entitled to receive the same, or his or her duly authorized agent, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon information and conviction in the police court of the District of Columbia shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Approved, March 21, 1892.

Chap. 20: to provide for terms of the United States circuit and district courts at Cumberland, Maryland. Chapter 20 27 Stat. 11 1892-03-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 11

CHAP. 20.—

An Act to provide for terms of the United States circuit and district courts at Cumberland, Maryland.

March 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Maryland judicial district.

Terms at Cumberland.

R. S., secs. 572, 658 pp. 99, 121.

That hereafter and until otherwise provided by law there shall be held annually on the second Monday of May and the last Monday in September terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Maryland at the city of Cumberland, in said district, said terms to be in addition to the terms now required to be held in the city of Baltimore, in said district.

Sec. 2. That the marshal and the clerk of said district shall each

Deputy marshal and clerk.

respectively appoint at least one deputy to reside in said city of Cumberland, unless he shall reside there himself, and also maintain an office at that place of holding court.

Approved, March 21, 1892.

Chap. 21: for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Chelan, in Okanogan County, State of Washington. Chapter 21 27 Stat. 11 1892-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 21.—

An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Chelan, in Okanogan County, State of Washington.

March 24, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chelan. Wash.

Town-site patent to be issued to.

That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a patent for the following tract of public land, to wit: The northeast quarter of section thirteen in township twenty-seven north, range twenty-two east, in Okanogan County, Washington, upon the entry made at the North Yakima local land office for said land by Charles LI. Ballard, probate judge for said county, in trust for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the town of Chelan, in said county, under the town-site laws, being cash entry numbered one thousand and sixty-four of said North Yakima series of entries.

Approved, March 24, 1892.

Chap. 22: to set apart a tract of land in the State of California for the use of the Lick Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California. Chapter 22 27 Stat. 11 1892-03-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 22.—

An Act to set apart a tract of land in the State of California for the use of the Lick Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California.

March 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands.

Reservation of lands for Lick Observatory, Cal.

That the following described land in township numbered seven south and range three east, Mount Diablo meridian, is hereby reserved from sale or disposal under the general laws of the United States, to wit, the northwest quarter of section three, the east half of section four, the northwest quarter of section four, the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section four.

Sec. 2. That in addition to any lands heretofore granted to the Lick

Description.

Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California, so much of said land as is not already granted or disposed of by the United States, to wit, the northwest quarter of section three, the east half of section four, the northwest quarter of section four, the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section four, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the regents of the University of California, and their successors, in trust, for the use and benefit of the astronomical department of the University of California: Provided, That if the

Proviso.

land herein granted shall be used for any other purpose than the site of

Reversion.

said observatory and the necessary purposes in connection therewith, the same shall revert to the United States.

Approved, March 25, 1892.

Chap. 23: to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Chapter 23 27 Stat. 12 1892-03-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 12

CHAP. 23.—

An Act to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

March 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Made port of delivery, New Orleans district.

Post, p. 472.

That Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, be, and hereby is, established as a port of delivery, in the customs collection district of New Orleans, and that a surveyor of customs, shall be appointed for said port.

Approved, March 26, 1892.

Chap. 25: to amend section twelve hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes, relative to certificates of merit to the enlisted men of the Army. Chapter 25 27 Stat. 12 1892-03-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 25.—

An Act to amend section twelve hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes, relative to certificates of merit to the enlisted men of the Army.

March 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

Certificates of merit extended to all enlisted men.

R. S., sec. 1218, p. 215, amended.

That section twelve hundred and sixteen. Revised Statutes, be, and is hereby, amended to read:

“Sec. 1216. That when any enlisted man of the Army shall have distinguished himself in the service, the President may, at the recommendation of the commanding officer of the regiment or the chief of the corps to which such enlisted man belongs, grant him a certificate of merit.”

Approved, March 29, 1892.

Chap. 28: to determine the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Chapter 28 27 Stat. 12 1892-03-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 28.—

An Act to determine the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin.

March 31, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wisconsin, eastern judicial district.

Terms.

That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin shall be held at the times and places following: At Milwaukee, on the first Mondays of January and October, and at Oshkosh on the second Tuesday of June in each year.

Sec. 2.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101. 123.

That sections five hundred and seventy-two and six hundred

Milwaukee.

Oshkosh.

and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes, so far as they provide for different times for holding said courts, are hereby amended to conform to this act.

Approved, March 31, 1892.

Chap. 29: to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes. Chapter 29 27 Stat. 12 1892-03-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 29.—

An Act to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes.

March 31, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

March 31, 1892

That the customs collection district of Wilmington, California, shall hereafter be designated and known as the district of Los Angeles, in which the city of Los Angeles shall be the port of entry, and at which place the collector of customs for said district shall reside.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, from time

California.

Customs district changed from Wilmington to Los Angeles.

R. S., sec. 2382, p. 511; Vol. 22, p. 105.

to time, places within said district at which customs officers may be stationed, with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services as in his judgment the interests of commerce may require.

Sec. 3. That the provisions of the first and seventh sections of the

Stations of officers.

act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An

Immediate transportation privileges to Los Angeles.

Vol. 21, pp. 173, 174.

act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to the said port of Los Angeles.

Sec. 4. That the port of Wilmington, in said district, is hereby abolished.

Port of Wilmington abolished.

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, March 31, 1892.

Chap. 30: to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Chapter 30 27 Stat. 13 1892-03-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 13

CHAP. 30.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

March 31, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Assessment of property.

Vol. 21, p. 460.

That the paragraph relating to the duties of the assessor, commencing with the fourth line from the bottom of page four hundred and sixty and ending with and including the eighth line from the top of page four hundred and sixty-one, of volume twenty-one, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“The books of assessment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

Assessment books.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and annually thereafter, shall be prepared by the assessor of the District of Columbia before the first day of November of each year, and upon the completion thereof, said assessor shall prepare a statement showing the total amount of the assessment of both real and personal property, and the total amount of taxes to be collected under said assessment; which statement shall

Statement to be receipted in triplicate.

Collector responsible.

be receipted by the collector of taxes in triplicate, and said collector shall be held responsible under his bond for all such taxes, except such as he may not be able to collect after fully complying with the requirements of law. The original receipt of said assessment and taxes shall be forwarded by the assessor to the First Comptroller of the Treasury, the duplicate to the auditor of the District of Columbia, and the triplicate shall be retained by the collector. Hereafter all tax bills shall be

Assessor to make up tax bills.

made up under the direction of the assessor of the District of Columbia. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.”

Approved, March 31, 1892.

Chap. 31: to authorize the appointment of clerk for the circuit and District courts in the Texarkana division of the eastern district of Arkansas. Chapter 31 27 Stat. 13 1892-04-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 31.—

An Act to authorize the appointment of clerk for the circuit and District courts in the Texarkana division of the eastern district of Arkansas.

April 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arkansas, eastern judicial district.

Clerks at Texarkana.

That there shall be appointed in the eastern district of Arkansas one additional clerk of the district court and one of the circuit court, who shall reside and keep their offices at Texarkana.

Approved, April 1, 1892.

Chap. 32: granting to the State of South Dakota section numbered thirty-six in township numbered ninety-four north of range numbered fifty-six west, in the county of Yankton, in said State, for the purpose of an asylum for the insane, to correct an act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, attempting to make such grant to the Territory of Dakota, and for other purposes. Chapter 32 27 Stat. 13 1892-04-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 32.—

An Act granting to the State of South Dakota section numbered thirty-six in township numbered ninety-four north of range numbered fifty-six west, in the county of Yankton, in said State, for the purpose of an asylum for the insane, to correct an act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, attempting to make such grant to the Territory of Dakota, and for other purposes.

April 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

South Dakota.

Laud for insane asylum.

Vol. 21, p. 290.

Description corrected.

That for the purpose of correcting a mistake in the act of Congress approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, in the description of the land therein described, section thirty-six in township numbered ninety-four north of range numbered fifty-six west, in the county of Yankton. State of South Dakota, be, and is hereby, granted to the State of South Dakota for the purpose of an asylum for the insane.

Sec. 2. That the selection authorized under and by virtue of said act

Selection ratified.

approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, by the governor of Dakota Territory, of other lands situated therein, which has been made as provided in said act in lieu of the lands herein granted, is hereby ratified and affirmed; and such lieu lauds are hereby granted

Lands for schools.

and confirmed to the State of South Dakota for school purposes, to have the same force and effect as though it had been a regularly granted school section.

Approved, April 1, 1892.

Chap. 34: to prevent fraud upon the water revenues of the District of Columbia. Chapter 34 27 Stat. 14 1892-04-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 14

CHAP. 34.—

An Act to prevent fraud upon the water revenues of the District of Columbia.

April 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Penalty for fraud on water revenues, etc.

That any person who, with intent to injure or defraud the. District of Columbia, shall make or cause to be made any pipe, tube, or other instrument or contrivance, or connect the same or cause it to be connected with any water main or service pipe or other pipe for conducting or supplying Potomac water, in such manner as to pass or carry the water, or any portion thereof, around or without passing through the meter provided for the measuring and registering of the Potomac water supplied to any premises, or who shall, without permission from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, tamper with or break any water meter or break the seal thereof, or in any manner change the reading of the dial thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Approved, April 5, 1892.

Chap. 35: to protect foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition from prosecution for exhibiting wares protected by American patents and trade marks. Chapter 35 27 Stat. 14 1892-04-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 35.—

An Act to protect foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition from prosecution for exhibiting wares protected by American patents and trade marks.

April 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

Foreign exhibitors not liable for infringing patents anti trademarks.

That no citizen of any other country shall be held liable for the infringement of any patent granted by the United States, or of any trademark or label registered in the United States, where the act complained of is or shall be performed in connection with the exhibition of any article or thing at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago.

Approved, April 6, 1892.

Chap. 36: changing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia. Chapter 36 27 Stat. 14 1892-04-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 36.—

An Act changing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia.

April 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

West Virginia judicial district.

Terms.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101, 123.

That hereafter the circuit and district courts of the district of West Virginia shall be held each year, at Wheeling, on the first day of April and the twentieth day of September; at Clarksburg, on the fifteenth day of April and the first day

Post, 254.

of October; at Martinsburg, on the fifteenth day of October; at Charleston, on the first day of May and the tenth day of October; and that the circuit court shall be held at Parkersburg on the tenth day of January and the tenth day of June.

Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are herein repealed.

Approved, April 6, 1892.

Chap. 37: establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Iowa. Chapter 37 27 Stat. 14 1892-04-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 37.—

An Act establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Iowa.

April 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Des Moines, Iowa.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 174.

That Des Moines, in the State of Iowa, be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery, and that the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to said port.

Sec. 2. That there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port whose salary shall be the usual fees, and commissions.

Approved, April 7, 1892.

Chap. 38: to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight” as amended by act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 38 27 Stat. 15 1892-04-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 15

CHAP. 38.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight” as amended by act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

April 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Burlington, Iowa.

Time for constructing bridge at, extended.

Vol. 25, p. 860; Vol. 26, p. 12.

That the time for the commencement and completion of said bridge, authorized by said act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,” as amended by act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and is hereby, each extended two years from the passage of this act.

Approved, April 7, 1892.

Chap. 39: to change the time of holding the courts in the eastern judicial district of Texas. Chapter 39 27 Stat. 15 1892-04-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 39.—

An Act to change the time of holding the courts in the eastern judicial district of Texas.

April 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the sessions of the circuit

Texas, eastern judicial district.

Terms.

Tyler.

and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Texas shall begin and be held at the city of Tyler on the first Monday of January and September of each year. At the city of Jefferson on the fourth Monday of January and September

Jefferson.

of each year. At the city of Galveston on the third Monday of February and October

Galveston.

of each year. At the city of Paris on the first Monday of April and third Monday

Paris.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101. 122.

In effect.

of November of each year.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Sec. 3. That all process issued from the clerk’s office of said courts

Process, etc.

and all recognizances taken therein shall be taken and considered as returnable to the term or terms hereby established, in lieu of the term or terms existing at the time such process was issued or such recognizances were taken.

Approved, April 7, 1892.

Chap. 40: to amend the act concerning officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and for other purposes. Chapter 40 27 Stat. 15 1892-04-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 40.—

An Act to amend the act concerning officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and for other purposes.

April 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Home for Disabled Volunteers.

R. S., sec. 4829, p. 937; amended.

Vol. 14, p. 11.

That Section forty-eight hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, being section six of the act of Congress approved March twenty-first eighteen hundred and sixty-six concerning the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows, to wit:

“Sec. 4829. The officers of the National Home shall consist of a governor, a deputy governor,

Officers.

a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the managers may deem necessary. They shall be appointed from

Qualification.

honorably discharged soldiers who served as mentioned in the following section; and they may be appointed and removed, from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require, by the Board of Managers.”

Approved, April 11, 1892.

Chap. 41: to repeal the provisions of an act entitled “An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring lifesaving appliances on steamers.” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes, bays, or sounds of the United States. Chapter 41 27 Stat. 16 1892-04-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 16

CHAP. 41.—

An Act to repeal the provisions of an act entitled “An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring lifesaving appliances on steamers.” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes, bays, or sounds of the United States.

April 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Line-carrying projectiles.

That the provisions of an act entitled “An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes,

Not required on steamers on lakes, bays, and sounds.

Vol. 25, p. 1012.

R. S., secs. 4488, 4489, p. 868.

requiring lifesaving appliances on steamers,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be. and the same are hereby, repealed solar as they relate to the carrying of line-carrying projectiles and the means of propelling them on steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes, bays, or sounds of the United States.

Sec. 2. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or

Ocean steamers not affected.

affect the provisions of said act so far as they apply to oceangoing steamers; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, April 11, 1892.

Chap. 43: extending the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement, to the port of Ogdensburg Lu the State of New York. Chapter 43 27 Stat. 16 1892-04-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 43.—

An Act extending the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement, to the port of Ogdensburg Lu the State of New York.

April 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ogdensburg, N. Y.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, pp. 173, 174.

That the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement, be and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Ogdensburg in the State of New York.

Approved, April 13, 1892.

Chap. 44: to extend to Marquette, Michigan, the privilege of immediate transportation of unappraised merchandise. Chapter 44 27 Stat. 16 1892-04-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 44.—

An Act to extend to Marquette, Michigan, the privilege of immediate transportation of unappraised merchandise.

April 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Marquette, Mich.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 173.

That the provisions of 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, be, and the same are hereby extended to the port of Marquette, Michigan.

Approved, April 13, 1892.

Chap. 45: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city of Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota. Chapter 45 27 Stat. 16 1892-04-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 45.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city of Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota.

April 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chamberlain Pontoon Bridge Company may bridge Missouri River at Chamberlain, S. Dak.

That the Chamberlain Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of South Dakota, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the city of Chamberlain, in the State of South Dakota, and Lyman County, in the State of South

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

Dakota. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, steam and street cars, animals, foot

Toll, etc

passengers, and for all road travel, for such reasonable rates of toll and 17 under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said corporation and approved by the Secretary of War, or said bridge

May be wagon and foot bridge.

may be constructed as a wagon and foot bridge alone.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post-route.

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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and an equal privilege in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches

Postal telegraph.

for postal telegraph purposes.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a pontoon bridge,

Construction.

and shall contain a drawspan giving a clear opening of not less than

Drawspan.

three hundred feet in length, which drawspan shall be maintained over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and said bridge other than the drawspan shall be at right angles to the current of the river at high water: Provided, That said draw shall be

Provisos.

opened promptly by said company upon reasonable signal for the passage

Opening draw.

of boats and rafts, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other

Lights, etc.

signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of

Unobstructed navigation.

said river, and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, unreasonably obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause the entire removal thereof or such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and ail such obstructions shall be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or

Litigation.

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 district court of the United States of the State of South Dakota in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of the law now existing

Existing laws.

in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by railroads.

shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains or cars over the same and over the approaches to the same upon the payment of a reasonable compensation

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

Disagreement.

fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the 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

Decision by Secretary of War.

upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at low and at high water, with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, 18 and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, 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 commenced or built, and should

Changes.

any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and

Proviso.

completed within three years from the date hereof: Provided, That

Amendment, etc.

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act whenever the public interests so require.

Approved, April 15, 1892.

Chap. 46: authorizing the Velasco Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas. Chapter 46 27 Stat. 18 1892-04-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 46.—

An Act authorizing the Velasco Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas.

April 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Velasco Terminal Railway Company may bridge Brazos River, Texas.

That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Velasco Terminal Railway Company, a corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and to its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas, between its mouth and a point twelve miles up said river. Said bridge

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

shall be so constructed as to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the said corporation, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for

Tolls.

foot passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to be fixed by said company, and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as

Construction.

a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel at an accessible

Spans.

and the best navigable point, and with spans giving a clear water way, measured at the lowest stage of water known at the locality, of such width and height as the Secretary of War may, upon examination,prescribe; and the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge shall be of such elevation above the plane of the highest flood known at the

Piers.

locality as the Secretary of War may deem advisable; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to and the bridge shall be at right angles

Proviso.

to the current of the river: Provided, That the draw shall be opened

Opening draw.

promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other water craft, except when trains are passing over the draw; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw during or after the passage of trains; and said corporation shall maintain at its own

Lights, etc.

expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and said corporation shall provide at its own expense such sheer booms, guide piers, and other device as may be necessary to facilitate the safe passage of boats or other water craft through the spans of said bridge. The said bridge

Location.

shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above 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 current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed and channel of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said location and 19 plans of the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed are approved by the Secretary of War, the said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of such bridge during

Changes.

the progress of construction thereof, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any alteration or changes that may be required by the Secretary of War in the bridge constructed under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same at its own expense; and in case of any litigation arising from

Litigation.

the obstruction or alleged obstruction caused by said bridge to the free navigation of said river, the cause maybe tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of the bridge is located.

Sec. 3. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Lawful structure and post route.

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, troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transmission over the railroads leading to said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge

Postal telegraph.

and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other railroad companies.

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

Compensation.

use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several rail road companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree

Disagreements.

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

Secretary of War to decide.

allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved; and if said bridge shall not be commenced in one

Commencement and completion.

year and be finished within three years from the passage of this act, the rights and privileges hereby granted as to such bridge shall be null and void.

Approved, April 15, 1892.

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CHAP. 47.—

An Act making Velasco a subport of entry.

April 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Galveston collection district. Tex.

R. S., sec. 2578, p. 509, amended.

That the first paragraph of section twenty-five hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read as follows:

“Sec. 2578. There shall be in the State of Texas live collection Districts,

Galveston collection district.

as follows: First. The district of Galveston, to comprise all the waters and shores of the State north and east of the counties of Matagorda and Wharton as bounded on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, for which Galveston shall be the port of entry,

Velasco, a subport of entry.

Velasco a subport of entry, and Sabine and Houston ports of delivery.”

Approved, April 15, 1892.

Chap. 49: to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road.” Chapter 49 27 Stat. 19 1892-04-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 49.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road.”

April 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Oregon and Washington Bridge Company’s bridge across Columbia River.

That “An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a 20 bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the

Vol. 26, p. 25.

State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road,” approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is

Act revived.

hereby, extended, revived, and declared to be in full force and effect from and after March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety two. Section twelve of said act, which provides that said act shall be null

Time for construction extended.

and void if actual construction of the, bridge therein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from date

Vol. 26, p. 28.

of the approval thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, so amended

Post, p. 87.

that the time within which said bridge is required to be commenced shall be within one year from March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the time within which it. is required that said bridge be completed shall be within three years from the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, April 18, 1892.

Chap. 50: to change the times for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Missouri. Chapter 50 27 Stat. 20 1892-04-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 50.—

An Act to change the times for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Missouri.

April 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Missouri western judicial district.

Terms of court.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 100, 121, Vol. 26, p. 269.

Kansas City.

That from and after the first day of duly, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Missouri shall begin and be held as follows: At Kansas City, on the fourth Monday in April and the first Monday in November annually. At Saint Joseph, on the first Monday in March and the third Monday

Saint Joseph.

in September annually. At Springfield, on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in

Springfield.

October annually. At Jefferson City, on the third Monday in March and the third Monday

Jefferson City.

in October annually.

Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment,

Pending proceedings not affected.

Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith

Repeal.

are here by repealed.

Approved, April 19, 1892.

Chap. 52: to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas. Chapter 52 27 Stat. 20 1892-04-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 52.—

An Act to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas.

April 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Little Rock, Ark.

Military post to be established.

Donation of site.

That upon the city of Little Rock conveying, or causing to be conveyed, to the United States the fee simple title to not less than one thousand acres of land situated within ten miles of said city, and on or near a railroad, and constituting an eligible and suitable site for an army post, and to be approved and accepted by the Secretary of War for that purpose, then and thereupon there shall be established and located on said lands an army post of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve; and upon the approval and acceptance of said lands by the Secretary of War for an army post, and in consideration of the conveyance to the United States of said lands, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land situated in said city,

Arsenal grounds donated for public park.

and commonly known as the “Arsenal grounds,” and bounded on the north by Ninth street, and on the east by McAlmont street, and on the west by the Quapaw line, containing thirty-six acres, more or less, shall 21 become vested in the city of Little Rock upon the express trust and condition that said grounds shall be forever exclusively devoted to the uses and purposes of a public park for said city.

Approved, April 23, 1892.

Chap. 53: to authorize the appointment of an inspector of plumbing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Chapter 53 27 Stat. 21 1892-04-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 53.—

An Act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of plumbing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

April 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Commissioners to enforce plumbing regulations.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and their successors be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to make, modify, and enforce regulations governing plumbing, house drainage, and the ventilation, preservation, and maintenance in good order of house sewers and public sewers in the District of Columbia, and also regulations governing the examination, registration, and licensing of plumbers and the practice of the business of plumbing in said District; and any person who shall

Penalty for not complying.

neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of the provisions of said regulations after ten days’ notice of the specific thing required to be done thereunder, within the time limited by the Commissioners for doing such work, or as the said time may be extended by said Commissioners. shall upon conviction thereof be punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars for each and every such offense, or in default of payment of fine, to imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.

Sec. 2. That the said Commissioners and their successors be, and they

Bond required from plumber.

hereby are, authorized and empowered to require every person licensed to practice the business of plumbing in the District of Columbia, before engaging in the said business, to file a bond in such amount not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars and with such number of sureties as the said Commissioners shall determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all work in compliance with the plumbing regulations, and that the District of Columbia shall be kept harmless from the consequence of any and all acts of the said licensee during the period covered by the said bond.

Sec. 3. That the said Commissioners and their successors be, and

Fees for permits.

they hereby are, authorized to establish and charge a fee for each permit granted to connect any building, premises, or establishment with any sewer, water, or gas main, or other underground structure located in any public street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or space; and also to establish and charge a fee for each permit granted to make an excavation in any public street, avenue, alley, highway, road, or space for the purpose of repairing, altering, or extending any house sewer, water main, or gas main, or other underground construction. The fees authorized

Disposition of fees.

by this section shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia and by him deposited in the Treasury of the United States, one half to the credit of the United States and one half to the credit of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 4. That the inspector of plumbing and his assistants shall be

Inspection of new houses.

Vol. 21, p. 318.

under the direction of said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered accordingly, to inspect or cause to be inspected, all houses when in course of erection in said district, to see that the plumbing, drainage, and ventilation of sewers thereof conform to the regulations hereinbefore provided for; and also at any time, during reasonable hours, under like

Inspection of houses now built.

direction, on the application of the owner, or occupant, or the complaint under oath of any reputable citizen to inspect or cause to be inspected any house in said district, to examine the plumbing, drainage, and ventilation of sewers thereof, and generally to see that the regulations hereinbefore provided for are duly observed and enforced.

Sec. 5. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith be, and

Repeal.

they hereby are, repealed.

Approved, April 23, 1892.

Chap. 54: to extend the time for making an assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia, outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown. Chapter 54 27 Stat. 22 1892-04-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 22

CHAP. 54.—

An Act to extend the time for making an assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia, outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

April 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Time for assessment of county real-estate tax extended.

That the time fixed for the return of assessment by section seven of the act to levy an assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and every third year thereafter, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 22, p. 589.

extended to the first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as to all the real estate in the District of Columbia outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

Sec. 2. That the time fixed by section nine of said act, for the meeting

Meeting of equalization board.

of the board of equalization and review be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 22, p. 569.

postponed until the first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, so far as it refers to that part of the District of Columbia outside of Washington and Georgetown, and the said equalization and review shall be finally completed on or before December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety two.

Sec. 3. That section four of the act entitled “An act for the supportTax on county real estate payable

May 1, 1893

. of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other

Vol. 19, p. 396.

purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to make the whole tax levied under the assessment of that portion of the District of Columbia outside of Washington and Georgetown herein provided for, due and payable on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, instead of one half on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and one half on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and

Proviso.

Limited to 1893.

ninety-three, as by existing law: Provided, That these amendments shall not extend beyond the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Sec. 4. That the provision that the assessors shall not reduce the

Reduction of aggregate valuation permitted.

aggregate value of the real property below the aggregate value thereof as made and returned by them, contained in section nine of the act of

Vol. 22, p. 569.

March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 28, 1892.

Chap. 55: to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to grant respites and pardons in certain eases. Chapter 55 27 Stat. 22 1892-04-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 55.—

An Act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to grant respites and pardons in certain eases.

April 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Commissioners may grant pardons in District cases.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may grant pardons and respites for offenses against the late corporation of Washington, the ordinances of Georgetown and the levy court, the laws enacted by the legislative assembly, and the police and building regulations of the District.

Approved, April 28, 1892.

Chap. 56: to amend the act. giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad in the District of Columbia. Chapter 56 27 Stat. 22 1892-04-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 56.—

An Act to amend the act. giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad in the District of Columbia.

April 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, D. C.

Route and termini changed.

Vol 18, p. 328: Vol. 19, p. 26: Vol. 25, p. 358; Vol. 26, p. 28.

That the act giving the sanction and approval of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, subsequently amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the said company to lay tracks and 23 switches and run cars as follows: From the intersection of its tracks

Extension of tracks.

at Ninth street with B street northwest north on Ninth street to G. street northwest over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railway Company; thence west on G. street northwest to Eleventh street northwest over the tracks of Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company; thence south on Eleventh street to E. street northwest, and east on E street to Ninth street on the tracks of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company; thence south on Ninth street to B street on the tracks of the Metropolitan Railway Company. That in construction of its tracks herein authorized the pattern of the rail used

Rails.

shall be the standard Hat grooved rail and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and that all rails laid under authority of this act shall be on a level with the surface of the street: Provided,

Proviso.

That the said company shall commence work within three months and

Commencement and completion.

complete the same within six months from the approval of this act.

Sec. 2. That, should any part of the track extension herein authorized

May use tracks of her companies.

coincide with portions of any other duly incorporated street railway in the District of Columbia, but one set of tracks shall be used when, on account of the width of the street or for other sufficient reason, it shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the District; and the relative conditions of use and of chartered rights maybe adjusted upon

terms to be mutually agreed upon between the companies, or, in case of disagreement, by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, on petition filed therein by either party and on such notice to the other party as the court may order.

Sec. 3. That this Road shall exchange tickets with other roads where

Exchange tickets.

their tracks unite.

Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

act.

Approved, April 30, 1892.

Chap. 57: to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company. Chapter 57 27 Stat. 23 1892-04-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 57.—

An Act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company.

April 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Rock Creek railroad. D. C.

Extension of tracks.

That the Rock Creek Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, authorized to extend its road from its present terminus on U street to Florida avenue, thence along Florida avenue to North Capitol street: Provided, That it shall run on the

Proviso.

same track with the Metropolitan Railroad Company between

Use of other tracks.

Ninth and Seventh streets. Said company is authorized to extend

Branch road.

a branch road from a point on its line in Cliffburne tract across the Adams Mill road to Kansas street, thence along Kansas street to Ontario avenue, thence along or adjacent to Ontario avenue to the east line of the Zoological Park, on such line as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. That the extension and branch herein provided for shall be subject, in all respects, to the acts of Congress

Vol. 25, p. 199; Vol. 26, pp. 121, 835.

granting and amending the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company as fully as if such acts were incorporated herein.

Sec. 2. That whenever the route of the foregoing extension coincides

Use of other tracks.

with the track occupied by the Metropolitan Railroad Company, both companies shall use the same track upon such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event that said companies shall fail to agree upon equitable terms, either of said companies

may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, who shall hear and determine summarily the matter in due form of law, and adjudge to the proper party the amount of compensation to be paid therefor. Whenever more than one of the tracks of said railroad company shall be constructed on any of the streets, avenues, or other public highways in the District of Columbia, the width of space

Width between tracks.

between the two tracks shall not exceed four feet, unless otherwise especially ordered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 3. That the Rock Creek Railway Company and the Eckington

Commencement and completion.

and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company shall have the power to make any contracts or agreements that may be necessary to enable the said companies to run the cars of each or either company over the tracks of the other company, and also to contract for and use the power of each or either company to propel the cars of the other company. The said

Opening of streets, etc.

extension and branch shall be completed within one year and a half from the passage of this act.

Sec. 4. That the streets or avenues opened under the provisions of

Amendment, etc.

this act shall conform to the general plans for the extension of the streets and avenues of the District of Columbia, and shall be laid out under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend,

May 3, 1892

. or repeal this act.

Approved, April 30, 1892.

Chap. 59: to create a third division of the district of Kansas for judicial purposes, and to fix the time for holding court therein. Chapter 59 27 Stat. 24 1892-05-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 59.—

An Act to create a third division of the district of Kansas for judicial purposes, and to fix the time for holding court therein.

May 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Third division constituted.

R. S., sec. 531, p. 89, amended.

Terms.

Fort Scott.

That the counties of Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Allen,

Jurisdiction in civil causes.

Anderson, Colley, Woodson, Wilson, Montgomery, Chautauqua, Elk and Greenwood in the State of Kansas, shall constitute the third division of the judicial district of Kansas, and a term of the circuit and district courts for said district shall be held therein at the city of Fort Scott, on the first Monday of May and the first Monday of November of each year. The remaining counties heretofore embraced in the first division of the judicial district of Kansas shall constitute the first division thereof.

Sec. 2. That all civil suits which shall hereafter be brought against

Prosecutions for crimes.

a defendant or defendants who reside in said third division of said District shall be brought in said third division, but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions of said district, such suit may be brought in either division of said district in which any defendant or defendants reside, and all mesne and final process subject to the provisions of this act. issued in either of the divisions of the judicial district of Kansas, may be served and executed in either or all of the divisions.

Sec. 3. That all crimes and offenses against the laws of the United

Quapaw Indian Agency.

States hereafter committed within the counties comprising the third division of said district, and all crimes and offenses against said laws known and defined as infamous hereafter committed within the limits

Proviso.

of the Quapaw Indian Agency, in the Indian Territory, and of which the courts in Kansas have heretofore had jurisdiction, shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined at the terms of the district court hereinbefore

Pending prosecutions.

provided for: Provided, That all such crimes and offenses heretofore

Deputy marshal and clerks.

committed within said district shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed.

Sec. 4.

That the clerks of the circuit and district courts for said District and the marshal of said district

Proviso.

shall each appoint a deputy, who shall reside and maintain an office at the City of Fort Scott, each of whom shall, in the absence of the clerks or marshal, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of his principal within the division for which he shall be appointed: Provided That the appointment of such deputy shall be approved by the court

Court to approve appointments.

for which they shall be respectively appointed, and they may be removed by such court at pleasure, and the clerk and marshal shall be responsible for the official acts and neglects of all their deputies.

Bock Creek and Eckington railway companies may contract for running cars over tracks of each other.

Sec. 5. That all civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit

Transfer of pending causes.

or district court of said district of Kansas which would if instituted after the passage of this act, be required to be brought in the third division of said district, may be transferred by consent of all the parties to said third division of said district, and there disposed of in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been there instituted, and all process, writs, and recognizances relating to such suits and proceedings so transferred shall be considered as taken at and returnable to the term of court in the third division of said district in the same manner and with like effect as if they bad been issued or taken in reference thereto originally.

Approved, May 3, 1892.

Chap. 60: to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States. Chapter 60 27 Stat. 25 1892-05-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 60.—

An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States.

May 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chinese exclusion extended ten years.

Vol. 22, p. 58: Vol. 23, p. 115: Vol. 25, p. 504.

That all laws now in force prohibiting and regulating the coming into this country of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent are hereby continued in force for a period of ten years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. That any Chinese person or person of Chinese descent, when

Removal of Chinese illegally in the United States.

convicted and adjudged under any of said laws to be not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States, shall be removed from the United States to China, unless he or they shall make it appear to the justice, judge, or commissioner before whom he or they are tried that he or they are subjects or citizens of some other country, in which case he or they shall be removed from the United States to such country: Provided, That in any case where such other country of which

Proviso.

such Chinese person shall claim to be a citizen or subject shall demand

Chinese claiming citizenship in other countries.

any tax as a condition of the removal of such person to that country, he or she shall be removed to China.

Sec. 3. That any Chinese person or person of Chinese descent arrested

Person arrested must prove lawful residence.

under the provisions of this act or the acts hereby extended shall be adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States unless such person shall establish, by affirmative proof, to the satisfaction of such justice, judge, or commissioner, his lawful right to remain in the United States.

Sec. 4. That any such Chinese person or person of Chinese descent

Punishment for illegal residence.

convicted and adjudged to be not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States shall be imprisoned at hard labor for a period of not exceeding one year and thereafter removed from the United States, as hereinbefore provided.

Sec. 5. That after the passage of this act on an application to any

Bail not allowed in habeas corpus proceedings.

judge or court of the United States in the first instance for a writ of habeas corpus, by a Chinese person seeking to land in the United States, to whom that privilege has been denied, no bail shall be allowed, and such application shall be heard and determined promptly without unnecessary delay.

Sec. 6 And it shall be the duty of all Chinese laborers within the

Certificates of residence to be obtained.

limits of the United States, at the time of the passage of this act, and who are entitled to remain in the United States, to apply to the collector of internal revenue of their respective districts, within one year after the passage of this act, for a certificate of residence, and any Chinese laborer, within the limits of the United States, who shall neglect, fail, or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act, or who,

Arrest on failure to obtain certificate, etc.

after one year from the passage hereof, shall be found within the jurisdiction of the United States without such certificate of residence, shall be deemed and adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States, and may be arrested, by any United States customs official, collector of internal revenue or his deputies, United States marshal or his deputies, and taken before a United States judge, whose duty it shall be to

Trial.

26 order that he be deported from the United States as hereinbefore provided, unless he shall establish clearly to the satisfaction of said judge, that by reason of accident, sickness or other unavoidable cause, he has been unable to procure his certificate, and to the satisfaction of the court, and by at least one credible white witness, that he was a resident of the United States at the time of the passage of this act; and if upon the hearing, it shall appear that he is so entitled to a certificate, it shall be granted upon his paying the cost. Should it appear

Lost certificates.

that said Chinaman had procured a certificate which has been lost or destroyed, he shall be detained and judgment suspended a reasonable time to enable him to procure a duplicate from the officer granting it, and in such cases, the cost of said arrest and trial shall be in the discretion of the court. And any Chinese person other than a Chinese

Certificates for persons not laborers.

laborer, having a right to be and remain in the United States, desiring such certificate as evidence of such right may apply for and receive the same without charge.

Sec. 7. That immediately after the passage of this act, the Secretary

Secretary of the Treasury to make rules, etc.

of the Treasury shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient execution of this act, and shall prescribe the necessary forms and furnish the necessary blanks to enable collectors of internal revenue to issue the certificates required hereby, and make such provisions that certificates may be procured in localities

Contents of certificates.

convenient to the applicants, such certificates shall be issued without charge to the applicant, and shall contain the name, age, local residence and occupation of the applicant, and such other description of the applicant as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and a duplicate thereof shall be filed in the office of the collector of internal revenue for the district within which such Chinaman makes application.

Sec. 8. That any person who shall knowingly and falsely alter or

Penalty for forging certificates, etc.

substitute any name for the name written in such certificate or forge such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely personate any person named in such certificate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not more than five years.

Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury may authorize the payment of

Fees for services.

such compensation in the nature of fees to the collectors of internal revenue, for services performed under the provisions of this act in addition

Limit.

to salaries now allowed by law, as he shall deem necessary, not exceeding the sum of one dollar for each certificate issued.

Approved, May 5, 1892.

Chap. 61: authorizing the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company to sell, transfer, and assign to the Leaven worth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company the rights and franchises as granted by acts of Congress approved February twenty-fifth and March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and by act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 61 27 Stat. 26 1892-05-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 61.—

An Act authorizing the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company to sell, transfer, and assign to the Leaven worth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company the rights and franchises as granted by acts of Congress approved February twenty-fifth and March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and by act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

May 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company may sell its rights to bridge Missouri River, etc., to Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company.

That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, to sell, transfer, and assign to the Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, its successors and assigns, all of the rights and franchises granted to the said Leaven worth

Vol. 25, pp. G91, 883.

and Platte County Bridge Company by an act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas and Platte County, in the State of Missouri,” approved February twenty--fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and by an act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the 27 Missouri River between the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas and Platte County, in the State of Missouri,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and by an act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company

Vol. 26, p. 291.

to substitute a pivot drawbridge over the Missouri River in place of a pontoon bridge,” approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety; and any such transfer and conveyance as has been heretofore made is hereby consented to and confirmed: Provided, however,

Proviso.

Conditions, etc., continued.

That the conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by existing law upon the said Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company shall continue in force as to the said Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company.

Approved, May 9, 1892.

Chap. 62: to provide for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies, and for other purposes. Chapter 62 27 Stat. 27 1892-05-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 62.—

An Act to provide for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies, and for other purposes.

May 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Record and Pension

That the division

Office, War Department, established.

organized by the Secretary of War in his office for the. preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies under the name of the record and pension division is hereby established as now organized, and shall hereafter be known as the Record and Pension Office of the War Department; and the President is hereby authorized to select an officer

Appointment of chief of office.

of the Army whom he may consider to be especially well qualified for the performance of the duties hereinafter specified and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint him in the Army to be chief of said office, who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel and shall, under the Secretary of War, have charge of the

Duties.

military and hospital records of the volunteer armies and the pension and other business of the War Department connected therewith: and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the terms of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, May 9, 1892.

Chap. 63: to encourage American shipbuilding. Chapter 63 27 Stat. 27 1892-05-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 63.—

An Act to encourage American shipbuilding.

May 10, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

American registers granted to certain foreign-built steamships.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to grant registers, as vessels of the United States, to such foreign-built steamships now engaged in freight and passenger business, and sailing in an established line from a port in the United States, as are of a tonnage of not less than

Tonnage and speed.

eight thousand tons, and capable of a speed of not less than twenty knots per hour, according to the existing method of Government test for speed, of which not less than ninety per centum of the shares of the

Ownership.

capital of the foreign corporation or association owning the same was owned January first, eighteen hundred and ninety, and has continued to be owned until the passage of this act by citizens of the United States, including as such citizens corporations created under the laws of any of the States thereof, upon the American owners of such majority

American owners to obtain full title.

interest obtaining a full and complete transfer and title to such steamships from the foreign corporations owning the same: Provided, That

Proviso.

Owners to build equal tonnage of ships in American shipyards.

such American owners shall, subsequent to the date of this law, have built, or have contracted to build, in American shipyards, steamships of an aggregate tonnage of not less in amount than that of the steamships so admitted to registry. Each steamship so built or contracted

Minimum tonnage.

for to be of a tonnage of not less than seven thousand tons.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury, on being satisfied that such

Record of transfer.

steamships so acquired by American citizens, or by such corporation 28 or corporations as above set forth, are such as come within the provisions of this act, and that the American owners of such steamships, for which an American registry is to be granted under the provisions hereof, have built or contracted to build in American shipyards steamships of an aggregate tonnage as set forth in the first section hereof, shall direct the bills of sale or transfer of the foreign-built steamships so acquired to be recorded in the office of the collector of customs of the proper

R. S., sec. 4155, p. 801.

Vessels to enjoy all privileges but coast-wise trade.

collection district, and cause such steamships to be registered as vessels of the United States by said collector. After which, each of such vessels shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a vessel of the United States, except that it shall not be employed in the coastwise trade of the United States.

Sec. 3. That no further or other inspection shall be required for the

Additional inspection not required.

said steamship or steamships than is now required for foreign steamships carrying passengers under the existing laws of the United States, and that a special certificate of inspection may be issued for each

Measurement. etc.

steamship registered under this act; and that before issuing the registry to any such steamship as a vessel of the United States the collector of customs of the proper collection district shall cause such steamship to be measured and described in accordance with the laws of the United States, which measurement and description shall be recited in the certificate of registry to be issued under this act.

Sec. 4. That any steamships so registered under the provisions of

United States may take the vessels as cruisers.

Payment.

this act may be taken and used by the United States as cruisers or transports upon payment to the owners of the fair actual value of the same at the time of the taking, and if there shall be a disagreement as to the fair actual value at the time of taking between the United States

Appraisement.

and the owners, then the same shall be determined by two impartial appraisers, one to be appointed by each of said parties, who, in ease of disagreement, shall select a third, the award of any two of the three so chosen to be final and conclusive.

Approved, May 10, 1892.

Chap. 64: making appropriations for expenses that may be incurred under the treaties between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth and April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 64 27 Stat. 28 1892-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 64.—

An Act making appropriations for expenses that may be incurred under the treaties between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth and April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

May 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriation for expenses of Bering Sea arbitration.

Post, pp. 947, 952.

That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President to fulfill the stipulations contained in the treaties between the United States and Great Britain signed on the twenty-ninth day of February and the eighteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the tribunal of arbitration at Paris.

Sec. 2. That the sum hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as

To be expended by Secretary or State.

may be necessary, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President of the United States.

Approved, May 11, 1892.

Chap. 65: to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and lire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Chapter 65 27 Stat. 28 1892-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 65.—

An Act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and lire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

May 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Attendance of witnesses in police and fire department trials.

That hereafter any trial board of the Metropolitan police force and of the fire department of the District of Columbia shall have power to issue subpoenas, attested in the name of the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to compel before it the attendance of witnesses upon any 29 trial or proceedings authorized by the rules and regulations of the police force.

Sec. 2. That any willful and corrupt false swearing on the part of

Penalty for false swearing.

any witness or person making deposition before any trial board mentioned in the preceding section as to any material fact in any proceedings, under the rules and regulations governing said police force, shall be deemed perjury, and shall be punished in the manner prescribed by law for such offense.

Sec. 3. That if any witness, having been first personally summoned,

Process to secure attendance.

shall neglect or refuse to appear before any trial board mentioned in the first section of this act. then, on the fact being reported by the major and superintendent of police to one of the justices of the police court, it shall be the duty of that court to compel the attendance of such witness before such trial board in the same manner as witnesses are now compellable to appear before said court: Provided, That witnesses

Proviso.

Witness fees.

subpoenaed to appear before said trial boards, other than those employed by the District of Columbia, shall be entitled to the same fees as are now paid witnesses for attendance before the Supreme court of the District of Columbia.

Approved, May 11, 1892.

Chap. 66: to establish sub-ports of entry and delivery at Superior. Wisconsin, and at Ashland. Wisconsin, in the Superior collection district of Michigan and Wisconsin. Chapter 66 27 Stat. 29 1892-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 66.—

An Act to establish sub-ports of entry and delivery at Superior. Wisconsin, and at Ashland. Wisconsin, in the Superior collection district of Michigan and Wisconsin.

May 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Superior collection district, Mich. and Wis.

Subports of entry.

That there be, and are hereby, established two sub ports of entry in the Superior collection district of Michigan and Wisconsin, namely, one at Superior, Wisconsin, and one at Ashland, Wisconsin.

Approved, May 11, 1892.

Chap. 67: to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company, of Washington,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Chapter 67 27 Stat. 29 1892-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 67.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company, of Washington,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

May 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Union Insurance Company.

Charter amended.

Vol. 13, p. 428.

That the act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company, of Washington,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: First. In section two, and the first paragraph thereof, cancel the

Number of directors increased.

word “nine” before “directors” and in place thereof insert the words “not less than nine nor more than fifteen,” so that said section two will read:

“Sec. 2. That the affairs of the company shall be managed by not

Election of directors.

less than nine nor more than fifteen directors, to be elected annually by ballot on the second Monday of July by the stockholders or by their

Votes.

legally empowered agents; and each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote; the election to be held at the office of the

Meetings.

company at a general meeting of the stockholders convened for that purpose, by ten days’ public notice in two or more of the daily papers of the city of Washington: Provided, That the first election for directors

Proviso.

First election.

shall be held pursuant to ten days’ notice given in one or more of the daily papers of the city of Washington by the persons named in the first section of this act, or any five of them, who shall designate the time when and the place where said election shall be held; and the stockholders shall then and there elect nine directors to serve until the next ensuing election as provided for in this act

Election of president.

and at the first ensuing meeting of the directors after every election they shall appoint one of 30 their number as president, who, together with themselves, shall hold office until the next ensuing election, as herein provided for; and five members of said board shall compose a quorum. And in ease that an election for directors should not be made when pursuant to this act, it should have been made, the company for that cause shall not be dissolved; and it shall be lawful, within forty days thereafter, to hold and make an election for directors in such manner as the by laws of the company may prescribe, and the president and directors for the time

Vacancies.

being shall be continued in office until such election takes place; and in the event of death, resignation, or removal of any director from office his place for the remainder of his term may be filled by the president and directors for the time being in such manner as the bylaws may prescribe.”

Second. That said act be further amended by the addition of a tenth section as follows:

“Sec. 10. That said company may lease, purchase, hold and convey

May hold etc., real estate.

real estate, not exceeding in value two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and such in addition as it may acquire in satisfaction of debts due the corporation, under sales, decrees, judgments, deeds of trust,

Proviso.

Sale of real estate acquired for debts.

and mortgages: Provided, That any property so acquired in satisfaction of debts due the corporation as above provided, shall not be held or owned by said company for more than five years; but shall be sold and conveyed within that time.”

Approved, May 11, 1892.

Chap. 68: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt. Carroll county, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road. Chapter 68 27 Stat. 30 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 68.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt. Carroll county, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road.

May 12, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Brook field and Northern Railroad Company may bridge Missouri River at De Witt. Mo.

That it shall be lawful for the Brookfield and Northern Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, or its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Missouri River at a point opposite, or as nearly opposite as may be, to the town of De Witt, in the county of Carroll and State of Missouri; that said bridge may be constructed for

Railway and wagon bridge.

railway, wagon, and postal service, with single or double track for railway traffic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation

Unobstructed navigation.

of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising

Litigation.

under the provisions of this act such litigation may be tried and determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located.

Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must

Construction.

be constructed as a high bridge, with unbroken and continuous spans,

Spans.

all spans over the water way to have a clear channel way of not less than four hundred feet and a clear head room of not less than fifty-five feet above high water mark.

Sec. 4 That any bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawful

Lawful structure and post route.

structure and shall be known as a post road, and the same is hereby declared to be a post road, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, and munitions of war of the Government of the United States or for passenger or freight passing over the same than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph

Postal telegraph.

and telephone companies. The United States shall have also the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegrap purposes.

Sec. 5. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall

Use by other companies.

be entitled to equal rights and privileges in using the same, including 31 the machinery and fixtures thereto belonging, and also the approaches thereto, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the

Terms.

Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest, in case the parties in interest shall not be able to agree upon such terms and conditions.

Sec. 6. That the said railway company, before entering upon the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

construction of said bridge, shall submit to the Secretary of War plans and drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above and one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river and the channel, with such other and further information as the Secretary of War may require; which said drawings and other information aforesaid shall be examined by him, and if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railway company of such approval, and thereupon said Company may proceed to the erection of said bridge. The Secretary of

Alterations.

War may make such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary to the better protection of navigation, and such alterations shall be adopted and paid for by the said railway company or its successors and assigns. The said railway company may at any time make any alterations deemed advisable to be made in said bridge, but must first submit such proposed alterations to the Secretary of War. and his approval shall be first had before they shall be made.

Sec. 7. That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed

Aids to navigation.

shall be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways tor the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts under it both by day and night. There shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise such lights and signals as may be directed by the Light-House

Lights, etc.

Board, and such changes may be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said company or its successors and assigns, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river, or the said structure shall be altogether removed, if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the public good may require such removal, and without expense or charge to the United States.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval of this act.

Sec. 9. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

specially reserved.

Approved, May 12, 1892.

Chap. 69: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the town of Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, in Benton County, Missouri. Chapter 69 27 Stat. 31 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 69.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the town of Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, in Benton County, Missouri.

May 12, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Springfield, Sedalia. Marshall and Northern Railroad Company may bridge Osage River between Warsaw and month of Turkey Creek, Mo.

That it shall be lawful for the Springfield, Sedalia, Marshall and Northern Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, or its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Osage River at a point between the town of Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, in the county of Benton and State of Missouri; that said bridge may be constructed for railway, wagon, and postal service, with single or

Railway and wagon bridge.

double track for railway traffic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation

Unobstructed navigation.

of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising

Litigation.

under the provisions of this act such litigation may be tried and 32 determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located.

Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must be

Construction.

constructed as a high bridge, with unbroken and continuous spans,

Spans.

having at least one channel span of not less than four hundred feet clear channel way and all other spans over the water way to have a clear channel way of not less than three hundred feet, and all spans shall have a clear headroom of not less than fifty feet above high water mark.

Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawful

Lawful structure and post route.

structure and shall be known as a post road, and the. same is hereby declared to be a post road, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops and munitions of war of the Government of the United States or for passengers or freight passing over the same than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the rail road or public highways leading to the said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph

Postal telegraph.

companies. The United States shall have also the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes.

Sec. 5. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall

Use by other companies.

be entitled to equal rights and privileges m using the same, including the machinery and fixtures thereto belonging, and also the approaches

Terms.

thereto, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest, in case the parties in interest shall not be able to agree upon such terms and conditions.

Sec. 6. That the said railway company before entering upon the construction

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

of said bridge, shall submit to the Secretary of War plans and drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above and one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river and the channel, with such other and further information as the Secretary of War may require; which said drawings and other information aforesaid shall be examined by him, and if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railway Company of such approval; and thereupon said

Alterations.

Company may proceed to the erection of said bridge. The Secretary of War may make such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary to the better protection of navigation, and such alterations shall be adopted by the said railway company. The said railway company may at any time make any alterations deemed advisable to be made in said bridge, but must first submit such proposed alterations to the Secretary of War, and his approval shall be first had before they shall be authorized or made.

Sec. 7. That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall

Aids to navigation.

be so kept and managed, at all times, as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts under it both by day

Lights, etc.

and night. There shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and signals as may be directed by the Light-House Board, and such changes may be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said railway, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river, or the said structure shall be altogether removed if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the public good may require such removal, and without expense or charge to the United States.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 9. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

especially reserved.

Approved, May 12, 1892.

Chap. 70: to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana. Chapter 70 27 Stat. 33 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 33

CHAP. 70.—

An Act to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana.

May 12, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Helena, Mont.

That upon the transfer and conveyance to the United States of a good and sufficient title to not

Military post established.

less than one thousand acres of land, without cost to the United States, situated at or near the city of Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and State of Montana, and on or near a railroad, and constituting an

Donation of site.

eligible and suitable site for an army post, and to be approved and accepted by the Secretary of War for that purpose, then and thereupon there shall be, and is hereby, established and located on said land a United States Army Post, of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve.

Sec. 2 That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of locating

Appropriations for buildings, etc.

Post, p. 376.

said army posts aforesaid, and of constructing barracks, quarters, hospitals, kitchens, mess halls, stables, storehouses, magazines, defenses, and other necessary and suitable improvements and buildings, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be drawn from the Treasury and applied to said purposes under direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That no part of said sum hereby appropriated

Proviso.

No money to be spent until title passes.

shall be expended until the aforesaid tract of land shall have been conveyed to and accepted by the United States.

Approved, May 12, 1892.

Chap. 71: to authorize a national bank at Chicago, Illinois, to establish a branch office upon the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Chapter 71 27 Stat. 33 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 71.—

An Act to authorize a national bank at Chicago, Illinois, to establish a branch office upon the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

May 12, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago, Ill.

National bank may open branch at World s Colombian Exposition.

That any national bank located in the city of Chicago and State of Illinois may be designated by the World’s Columbian Exposition to conduct a banking office upon the exposition grounds, and upon such designation being approved by the Comptroller of the Currency, said bank is hereby authorized to open and conduct such office as a branch of the bank, subject to the same restrictions and having the same rights as the bank to which it belongs: Provided, That the branch office authorized hereby shall not be operated

Proviso..

Duration of privilege.

for a longer period than two years, beginning not earlier than July first, eighteen hundred and ninety two, and closing not later than July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Approved, May 12, 1892.

Chap. 72: 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 ninety-two, and for other purposes. Chapter 72 27 Stat. 33 1892-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 72.—

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 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

May 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriation for urgent deficiencies.

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 eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely: STATE DEPARTMENT.

State Department.

For necessary expenses of two delegates to represent the United

Delegates to Red Cross Conference.

States at the Fifth International Conference of the Red Cross to be held at Rome on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety two, two 34 thousand dollars; and for contribution on the part of the United States towards the expenses of said conference, five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars, said sum to be expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of State.

Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid: For the expense

Columbian Historical Exposition, Mad rid.

of representation of the United States at the Columbian Historical Exposition to be held in Madrid in eighteen hundred and ninety two in com memoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of State: and the President is hereby authorized to appoint

Commissioners.

a commissioner-general and two assistant commissioners, who may, in

Selection.

his discretion, be selected from the active or retired list of the Army or Navy, and shall serve without other compensation than that to which they are now entitled by law, to represent the United States at said

Exhibit.

exposition; that it shall be the duty of such commissioners to select from the archives of the United States, from the National Museum, and from the various Executive Departments of the Government such pictures, books, papers, documents, and other articles as may relate to the discovery and early settlement of America and the aboriginal inhabitants thereof; and they shall be authorized to secure the loan of similar articles from other museums and private collections, and arrange, classify, and install them as the exhibit of the United States at the

Detail of assistants.

said exposition; that the President is authorized to cause the detail of officers from the active or retired list of the Army and Navy, to serve without compensation other than that to which they are now entitled by law, as assistants to said commissioners; and the said commissioners

Clerks, etc.

shall be authorized to employ such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

Territorial Governments: For salary of the additional associate

Arizona, associate justice.

Vol. 26, p. 747.

justice for the Territory of Arizona, authorized by the. act of February eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand dollars.

For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorized by the act approved

Mine inspectors.

Vol. 26, p. 1104.

March third, eighteen hundred and ninety one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each, one thousand five hundred dollars; for per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the. Secretary of the Interior may

Per diem, etc.

prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, one thousand three hundred dollars: in all, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

Payment to State of Montana: To reimburse the State of Montana

Montana.

Reimbursement constitutional convention expenses.

Vol. 25, p. 676.

for moneys paid and expended in defraying so much of the expenses of the constitutional convention held therein in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, pursuant to an act entitled “An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments, and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to Such States,” approved February twenty second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as have not heretofore been paid by the United States, seven thousand two hundred and thirty-one dollars and. nine cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Revenue Cutter Service.—To reimburse the appropriation for the

“A1–K1.”

Charter of steamer Bering Sea fur-sea fisheries.

Post, p. 980.

Revenue-Cutter Service for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the charter fee of the steamer Al-Ki in carrying out the agree merit dated June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for a modus vivendi between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States in relation to the fur-seal fisheries in Bering Sea, one 35 hundred and seventeen and three-fourths days, at three hundred dollars per day, thirty-five thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For coal consumed by said vessel in performing such duty, five

Coal

thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars;

For subsistence of crews taken from vessels seized, two hundred and

Subsistence of crews of seised vessels.

eighty-three dollars; in all, forty-one thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.

For fuel, supplies, and other necessary expenses of the United States

Steamship Albatross.

Supplies, etc.

steamship Albatross, in the waters of Bering Sea and vicinity, for the protection of the seal islands and interests of the Government in Alaska, under orders of the Treasury Department, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.—For expenses of carrying on a preliminary

Coast and Geodetie Survey.

Alaska survey.

survey of the frontier line between Alaska and British Columbia and the Northwest Territory, in accordance with plans or projects approved by the Secretary of State, including expenses of drawing and publication of map or maps, twenty-three thousand nine hundred dollars, said sum to continue available for expenditure until the same is exhausted, said amount being necessary on account of unforeseen expenses of the expeditions to the Yukon and Porcupine rivers, in the execution of the boundary line survey, in addition to the sums hitherto appropriated in the sundry civil acts approved, respectively

Vol. 25, pp. 515. 949; Vol. 26, pp. 380, 960.

, October second, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and the amount herein appropriated shall, upon a final adjustment satisfactory to the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, be considered as a payment in full of all claims for transportation and supplies furnished the Yukon River and Porcupine River parties of the Alaska Boundary Survey.

Toward the joint survey of the territory adjacent to the boundary

Joint survey of territory adjacent to Alaska boundary line.

line of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada between the Territory of Alaska and the Province of British Columbia, and the Northwest Territory of Canada, from the latitude of fifty-four degrees and forty minutes north, to the point where said boundary line encounters the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude, with a view to the ascertainment of the facts and data necessary to the permanent delimitation of said boundary line in accordance with the spirit and intent of the existing treaties in regard to it between Great Britain and Russia and between the United States and Russia, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be available until expended; and the whole expense of this survey on the part of the United States shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars.

Collecting the Revenue from Customs: To defray the expenses

Collecting revenue from customs.

of collecting the revenue from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Recoinage of Silver Coins: For recoinage of the uncurrent fractional

Recoinage of silver coins.

silver coins abraded below the limit of tolerance in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifty thousand dollars.

Fish Hatchery, Northville, Michigan: The act approved August

Fish Hatchery, Northville, Mich.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled, “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes,” shall be construed as giving to the United States Commissioner

Vol. 26, p. 384

of Fish and Fisheries authority to expend the sum of five thousand dollars therein appropriated for the erection of new buildings at

Transfer of appropriation.

Northville, Michigan, for such constructions as may be necessary for the. development of the work of the Fish Commission at that place, including the introduction of a water supply, the construction of ponds, and repairs to the present buildings.

36 WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

Stationery: For stationery for the War Department (Record and

Stationery.

Pension Division), ten thousand dollars.

Artificial Limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, or

Artificial limits, etc.

commutation therefor, and transportation, two hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion: For

Rebellion Records Office.

Preparation of index.

the preparation of a general card index of the books, muster rolls, orders, and other official papers preserved in the Confederate archives office, and for the employment of such temporary expert services in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War. such experts to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War. from time to time as the necessity therefor arises, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars, to continue available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Interior Department.

Eleventh census: For salaries and necessary expenses for continuing

Eleventh Census.

Compilation.

the work of compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, one hundred thousand dollars, to be available until expended. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

For covering alleyway adjoining Department of Justice building for

Addition to Court of Claims.

use of the Court of Claims, including flooring, glass, and metallic roof, front and rear walls, or sash, steam heat, party wall, painting, set of cases full length of the room, and cutting doorway, to be done under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, four thousand dollars.

United states courts: For fees of witnesses, one hundred and

United States courts.

fifty thousand

Witnesses’ fees.

dollars.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department.

Out of the Postal Revenues. For advertising, fifteen thousand dollars.

Advertising.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Senate and House of Representatives.

For the expenses of the typhus fever and immigration investigation

Typhus fever and immigration investigation.

to be made by the Senate Committee on Immigration and the House Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization under concurrent resolution of the Senate and House, four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; to be advanced or paid, in sums as needed by the Secretary of the Senate, on the joint orders of the chair men of said committees. senate.

Senate.

For stationery and newspapers, five hundred dollars.

Stationery, etc.

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Investigations, etc.

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 twenty-five cents per printed page, ten thousand dollars.

For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising for the heating apparatus,

Fuel, etc.

two thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars.

For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising for the heating apparatus,

Fuel, etc.

fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, forty-three dollars and two cents.

For purchase of furniture, fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty

Furniture.

dollars: Provided, That the rooms in the Maltby building shall be

Proviso.

Assignment of rooms, Maltby building.

hereafter controlled and from time to time assigned for public uses by the Committees on Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.

For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, three

Repairing, etc., fur nit tire.

hundred dollars.

For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons

Horses and wagons

for carrying the mails, one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, eight thousand nine

Miscellaneous.

hundred dollars.

house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,

Miscellaneous items, etc.

ten thousand dollars.

Approved, May 13, 1892.

Chap. 73: to authorize the construction of a telephone line on the coast of Virginia from Cape Charles to Assateague Island, in aid of the preservation of life and property. Chapter 73 27 Stat. 37 1892-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 73.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a telephone line on the coast of Virginia from Cape Charles to Assateague Island, in aid of the preservation of life and property.

May 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lifesaving service.

Telephone from Cape Charles to Assateague Island. Va.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to establish a telephone line upon the coast of Virginia from Cape Charles to Assateague Island, providing telephonic communication between the lifesaving stations upon said coast and connecting said line from some convenient point with a locality where telegraphic communication may be had with the principal seaports of the Atlantic coast.

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

Appropriation.

act the sum of fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available.

Approved, May 13, 1892.

Chap. 74: to amend an act entitled “An act relating to tax sales and taxes in the District of Columbia.” Chapter 74 27 Stat. 37 1892-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 74.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act relating to tax sales and taxes in the District of Columbia.”

May 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

List of tax sales.

Vol. 29, p. 283.

Assessor to make.

That an act entitled “An act relating to tax sales and taxes in the District of Columbia,” approved February sixth, eighteen and seventy-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: “That it shall be the duty of the assessor for the District of Columbia to prepare and keep in his office, for public inspection, a list of all real estate in the District of Columbia heretofore sold, or which may hereafter be sold, for the non payment of any general or special tax or asessment levied or assessed upon the same, said list to show the date of sale and tor what taxes sold; in whose name assessed at the time of sale; the amount for which the same was sold; when and to whom conveyed if deeded, or, if redeemed from said sale, the date of redemption. And it shall be the duty of said assessor, whenever called upon, to furnish, in addition to the regular tax bills, a certified statement,

Certificate of unpaid taxes.

over his hand and official seal, of all taxes and assessments, general and special, that may be due and unpaid at the time of making said certificate; and for each and every certificate so furnished by said assessor, the party requesting the same shall pay into the Treasury of

Fee.

said District a fee of fifty cents; and said certificate when furnished shall 38 be a bar to the collection and recovery from any subsequent purchaser

Effect of certificate.

of any tax or assessment omitted from and which may be a lien upon the real estate mentioned in said certificate, and said lien shall be discharged as to such subsequent purchaser, but shall not affect the liability of the person who owned the property at the time such tax was assessed to pay the same, mentioned in said certificate. And it is hereby

Records open to inspection.

declared that all public records which have any reference or in anyway relate to real or personal property in said District shall be open to the public for inspection free of charge.

“All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of

Repeal.

this act are hereby repealed.”

Approved, May 13, 1892.

Chap. 76: authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri. Chapter 76 27 Stat. 38 1892-05-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 76.—

An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.

May 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Occidental Bridge and Construction Company may bridge Mississippi River at Saint Charles, Mo.

That the Occidental Bridge and Construction Company, duly incorporated under the laws of Missouri, is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Missouri River, between the city of Saint Charles, Missouri, and Saint Louis County, Missouri, at a point at least one-third of a mile from any other bridge, to be selected

Street railway, etc., bridge.

consistent with the interests of river navigation. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, street railway cars, motor cars, animals, foot passengers, and for all

Toll.

road travel for such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by its said company, and

Provisos.

to be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War: Provided,

Aids to navigation.

That the said company, or its successors and assigns, shall build and maintain at all times, as accessory works to said bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under said bridge: Provided further, That the said company, or its successors and assigns, shall maintain on said bridge, from sunset to

Lights, etc.

sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

plan and specifications for its construction have been submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, nor until he shall approve the plan and location of said bridge and accessory works; and if any change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge and accessory works at any time, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any change in the construction or any alteration of said bridge and accessory works that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War shall be made at the cost and expense of the said company or its successors and assigns; that the said bridge shall be constructed without interference with the security and

Unobstructed navigation.

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 its successors and assigns, shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of said bridge and accessory works and a map of the proposed location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below such proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines and soundings, and such other information as may be required for a full understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be built as a high bridge with unbroken

Spans.

and continuous spans, all spans over the water way to have a clear channel way of not less than four hundred feet, and a clear headroom of not less than fifty-five feet above high water mark; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto.

Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed,

Work to commence upon approval of plans, etc

upon receiving such plan and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge so built will conform to the requirements of this act, to notify the company authorized to build the same that he approves of the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to erect said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location, 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.

Sec. 5. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the street railways or public highways leading to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies,

Postal telegraph.

and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after

Amendment, etc.

its passage; and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, May 23, 1892.

Chap. 77: to provide for a term of the United States circuit and district courts at Evanston, Wyoming. Chapter 77 27 Stat. 39 1892-05-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 77.—

An Act to provide for a term of the United States circuit and district courts at Evanston, Wyoming.

May 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Termat Evanston.

That hereafter, and until otherwise provided by law, there shall be held annually, on the first Monday in July a term of the circuit and district courts for the district of Wyoming at the town of Evanston, in said district, said term to be in

Special terms.

addition to the terms now required by law to be held at the city of Cheyenne, in said district.

Sec. 2. That the marshal and clerk of said district shall each, respectively,

Deputy marshal and clerk.

appoint at least one deputy, to reside in said town of Evans-ton, unless he himself shall reside there, and he shall also maintain an office at that place.

Sec. 3. That the judge of the United States circuit or district court

Wyoming judicial district.

for said district may, by order, from time to time, appoint and hold special terms of said courts in said district, whenever the interest of the public and the condition of the docket shall so require.

Approved, May 23, 1892.

Chap. 78: to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west 01 Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia. Chapter 78 27 Stat. 39 1892-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 78.—

An Act to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west 01 Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia.

May 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed 40 to abandon and vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, from

Madison street vacated.

the west line of Back street, westwardly to the west line of Beattie and

Y street opened.

Hawkins addition to Georgetown; and to open and dedicate Y street at its present width eastwardly from the west line of said addition to Back

Provisos.

street; Provided however, That the ground in the street so abandoned

Reversion.

and vacated shall accrue and belong to the, abutting property: And provided also, That the ground needed to extend Y street, as aforesaid,

Donation.

shall be donated to the District for that purpose.

Approved, May 25, 1892.

Chap. 79: for the relief of holders of drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 79 27 Stat. 40 1892-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 79.—

An Act for the relief of holders of drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and ninety.

May 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Drawback certificates receivable for all taxes.

Vol. 26, p. 124.

Proviso.

Limit receivable.

That the drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be received in payment of all general taxes due the District of Columbia, in addition to the arrears of taxes for which they are now receivable: Provided, That not to exceed one half the amount of said certificates outstanding shall be so received during the fiscal year to end June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the amount not then received shall be receivable for current taxes of and during the subsequent fiscal year.

Approved, May 25, 1892.

Chap. 83: for the protection of livery-stable keepers and other persons keeping horses at livery within the District of Columbia. Chapter 83 27 Stat. 40 1892-05-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 83.—

An Act for the protection of livery-stable keepers and other persons keeping horses at livery within the District of Columbia.

May 31, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Livery-stable keepers may detain animals for charges.

That it shall be lawful for all persons keeping or boarding any animals at livery within the District of Columbia, under any agreement with the owner thereof, to detain such animals until all charges under such agreement for the care, keep,

Proviso.

or board of such animals shall have been paid: Provided, however, That

Notice.

notice in writing shall first be given to such owner in person or his last known place of residence of the amount of such charges and the intention to detain such animal or animals until such charges shall be paid.

Enforcement of lien.

And such persons at any time may maintain an action in any of the courts of the District of Columbia to enforce such lien and procure a sale of the said animals for the payment of the said keeping and board and the cost of such action.

Sec. 2. That from the time of giving such notice and while such

Lieu in force after notice.

horse or horses, animal or animals, are so detained, and no longer, such livery-stable keeper or other person shall have a lien upon such horse or horses, animal or animals, for the purpose of satisfying any execution which may be issued upon a judgment obtained for such charges.

Approved, May 31, 1892.

Chap. 85: making Laredo, Texas, a subport of entry. Chapter 85 27 Stat. 40 1892-06-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 85.—

An Act making Laredo, Texas, a subport of entry.

June 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Corpus Christi collection district, Texas.

That paragraph three of section twenty-five hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read: “Third. The district of Corpus Christi, to comprise all the waters

R. S., sec. 2578, p. 510, amended.

and shores within the counties of Nueces, Zapata, Duval, (Encinao) Encinal, Webb, LaSalle, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Refugio, and San 41 Patricio, as bounded on the twenty-eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in which Corpus Christi shall be the port of entry, Laredo a subport of entry, and Aransas a port of delivery.”

Laredo a subport of entry.

Approved, June 3, 1892.

Chap. 86: to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes. Chapter 86 27 Stat. 41 1892-06-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 86.—

An Act to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes.

June 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ship’s manifest.

R. S., sec. 2807, p. 543, amended.

That section twenty-eight hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding after the word “respectively,” in the first paragraph, the following words, to wit: “Provided, however, That the master of a vessel laden exclusively

Provisos.

either with sugar, coal, salt, hides, dyewoods, wool, or jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port for orders, may be permitted

Touching for orders.

to destine such cargo or determine its disposition “for orders,” upon entering the vessel at the custom house, and, within fifteen days

Amendment of manifest.

afterward and before the unloading of any part of the cargo, to amend the. manifest by designating the actual port of discharge of such cargo: Provided further, That in the event of failure to designate the port

Limitation of time.

of discharge within fifteen days such cargo must be discharged at the port where the vessel entered.”

Sec. 2. That section twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 2881. The limitation of time for unlading, prescribed by the

Extension of time tor cargoes of coal, salt, sugar, hides, etc.

R. S., sec. 2881, p. 558, amended.

preceding section, shall not extend to vessels laden exclusively with coal, salt, sugar, hides, dyewoods, wool, or jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port for orders; but if the master of any such vessel requires a longer time to discharge her cargo, the wages or compensation of the inspector, for every day’s attendance exceeding the number of days allowed by law, shall be paid by the master or owner; and thereupon the collector is hereby authorized and required to allow such longer time, not exceeding fifteen days.

Approved, June 3, 1892.

Chap. 87: to repeal the license tax of twenty-five dollars per year now imposed upon produce-dealers in the markets of the District of Columbia. Chapter 87 27 Stat. 41 1892-06-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 87.—

An Act to repeal the license tax of twenty-five dollars per year now imposed upon produce-dealers in the markets of the District of Columbia.

June 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

That the annual corporation license tax of twenty-five dollars per year, now imposed by an ordinance of the District of Columbia upon dealers in farmers’ produce, such as

License tax on market produce dealers repealed.

butter and cheese, poultry, eggs, fruits, and vegetables, or any other articles of family provisions, in the markets of the District of Columbia, is hereby repealed, to take effect at the end of the present license year, April one, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, June 3, 1892.

Chap. 88: to establish West Point. Virginia, a subport of entry and delivery in the Collection district of Richmond, Virginia. Chapter 88 27 Stat. 41 1892-06-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 88.—

An Act to establish West Point. Virginia, a subport of entry and delivery in the Collection district of Richmond, Virginia.

June 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Richmond collection district, Va.

That West Point, in said collection district, be, and hereby is, constituted a subport of entry

West Point made a subport of entry.

in said collection district, and that a deputy collector and such other officers of the customs as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary

Officers.

42 of the Treasury shall be detailed from the officers now in the service

R. S., sec. 2553, p. 504. amended.

to reside at said subport, and that, subject to the supervision of the collector of customs at Richmond, the deputy collector at said subport is hereby authorized to enter and clear vessels, receive entries, collect duties, fees, and other moneys, and generally to perform the functions prescribed by law for collectors of customs.

Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions

Repeal.

of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, June 4, 1892.

Chap. 89: for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto. Chapter 89 27 Stat. 42 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 89.—

An Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

That it shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry in the District of Columbia unless such

Dentists to register.

person shall register with the health officer in compliance with the requirements hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. That a board to carry out the purposes of this act is hereby

Board of dental examiners.

created, to be known as the board of dental examiners, to consist of five reputable dentists resident of and for three years last before appointment actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, to be appointed by the Commissioners of said District for terms

Proviso.

of five years and until their successors are appointed: Provided, That

Appointments.

the first five appointments shall be made for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum. Vacancies occurring in said board shall be filled by appointment of eligible persons for unexpired terms.

Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the board of dental examiners,

Duties of board.

first, to organize by electing one of their number president and one secretary, to provide necessary books and blank forms, and publicly announce the requirements of this act and the time, place, and means of complying with its provisions within thirty days from its passage: second, to promptly certify to the, health officer for registration all who are engaged in the practice of dentistry in said District at the time of passage of this act who apply therefor; third, to test the fitness and pass upon the qualification of persons desiring to commence the practice of dentistry in said District after the passage of this act and certify to the health officer for registration such as prove, under examination in theory and practice of dentistry, qualified in. the judgment of the board to practice dentistry in said District; fourth, to report immediately information of any violation of this act, and, annually, the transactions of the board to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia:

Proviso.

Provided, That all graduates of dental colleges which require a three

Graduates of dental colleges.

years’ course of study shall be entitled to certificates upon payment of the certification fee and without examination as to their qualifications.

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of every person practicing dentistry

Registry of practitioners.

in said District at the time of the passage of this act to make application to said board, in form prescribed by said board, for certification, and present the certificates thus obtained for registration to the health officer within sixty days from the passage of this act. Every such person so registering may continue to practice without incurring the penalties of this act.

Sec. 5. That persons desiring to commence, the practice of dentistry

Certificates from board.

in said District after the passage of this act shall first obtain a certificate of qualification from the board of dental examiners, granted under authority conferred upon said board by section three of this act. and present the same to the health officer for registration.

Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the health officer to register all

Health officer to keep register.

persons presenting certificates from said board in a book kept for this 43 purpose, and indorse upon each certificate the fact and date of such registration.

Sec. 7. That certificates issued and indorsed under the provisions of

Effect of certificates.

this act shall be evidence of the right of the person to whom granted to practice under this act.

Sec. 8. That any one who shall practice or attempt to practice dentistry

Penalty for practicing without registry.

in the said I District without having complied with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such fine shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, said fines, when collected, to be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be

Proviso.

construed to interfere with physicians in the discharge of their professional

Physicians.

duties, nor with students pursuing a regular uninterrupted dental college course or in bona fide pupilage with a registered dentist.

Sec. 9. That to provide a fund to carry out and enforce the provisions

Fees.

of this act the board of dental examiners may charge such fees, not exceeding one dollar for each certificate and ten dollars for each examination, as will from time to time, in the opinion of said board, approved by said Commissioners, be necessary. From such fund all expenses shall be paid by the board: Provided, That such expense shall in no

Proviso.

Expenses not to exceed receipts.

case exceed the balance of receipts.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 90: to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a point at or near the city of Havana, in Mason County, and a point on tin-opposite side of said river, in Fulton County, in the State of Illinois. Chapter 90 27 Stat. 43 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 90.—

An Act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a point at or near the city of Havana, in Mason County, and a point on tin-opposite side of said river, in Fulton County, in the State of Illinois.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago. Peoria and Saint Louis Railway Company may bridge Illinois River at Havana, Ill.

That the Chicago, Peoria and Saint Louis Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a point to be by them selected at or near the city of Havana, in Mason County, and a point to be selected by them on the opposite side of said river, in Fulton County, in the State of Illinois; and that said bridge shall not interfere with the free

Free navigation.

navigation of said river, and in ease of any litigation arising from any

Litigation.

obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the same shall be instituted and determined in the district court of the United States for the southern district of the State of Illinois.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may.

Construction.

at the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be built with

Provisos.

unbroken or continuous spans it shall have one or more channel spans,

Spans.

each having not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel way, measured normal to the current of said river, and not less than fifty-five feet clear headroom above high-water mark, and the clear headroom under the other channel spans may be less than fifty-five feet: Provided, That no part of the superstructure of such spans shall

Height.

give a less headroom than ten feet above high-water mark: And provided further, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduction in height: and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with

Piers.

the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred and fifty feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a

Draw.

pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point and with spans of not less than one 44 hundred and sixty feet in length, measured normal to the current of said river, 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 in length, measured normal to the current of said river, and every part of the superstructure shall give a clear headroom of not less than ten feet above high-water mark: Provided, That the

Locations of spans.

spans of both high and low bridges shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodations to the river traffic, and a draw-opening of low bridges shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river when said bridge may be erected: And provided also, That said

Opening draw.

draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage

Approaches.

of boats: And provided also, That if the approaches by land to said bridge shall be built over land submerged at high water, said approaches shall be provided with sufficient passages for water, in connection with the water way through the spans of said bridge, to pass the flood discharge of the Illinois River without unduly increasing the velocity of flow through the navigated spans of said bridge: And provided also,

Aids to navigation.

That all such dikes, booms, piers, fences, wing dams, and other accessory works, that may be necessary to safely guide all steamboats, rafts, tows, and other water craft navigating said river, up to-and through said draw or channel spans at any and all stages of water in the Illinois River, within a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below said bridge shall be located, constructed, and maintained at all times as may be required by the Secretary of War: And provided also, That the approaches of said bridge by land or by water within the limits

Data to be submitted.

of high water with limiting and level lines of the. natural surface, grades of track, and proposed high-water discharge openings, within said overflowed limits along the line of such road or any road using said bridge, and all accessory works herein required among other data hereinafter required shall be indicated, shown, and located upon the maps and plans of said bridge, hereinafter required to be submitted for approval to the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to

Lawful structure and post rout .

its limitation shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be 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 their transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to the said bridge,

Postal telegraph.

and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge.

Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall

Use by other companies.

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

Terms.

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.

Sec. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located

Secretary of War approve plans, etc.

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 said bridge and approaches by land and by water 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 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 may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of 45 the bridge and approaches thereto are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change

Changes.

be made in the plan of said bridge during the process of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be at all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and to secure the safe passage of vessels at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hour of sunset to that of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House

Lights.

Board; and the said structure shall be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 91: to enable the Centennial Board of Finance, incorporated by an act approved June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to close its affairs, and dissolving said corporation. Chapter 91 27 Stat. 45 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 91.—

An Act to enable the Centennial Board of Finance, incorporated by an act approved June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to close its affairs, and dissolving said corporation.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Centennial Board of Finance.

Vol. 17, p. 203.

That for the purpose of closing the affairs of the Centennial Board of Finance, incorporated by an act approved June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the judge of the United States district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania is hereby appointed, authorized, and directed to audit, allow, and finally

Proceedings to close up affairs.

pass and approve the accounts of said corporation, and certify to the President of the United States the amount, if any, of unclaimed money in the hands of the treasurer of said corporation, which money, so unclaimed, shall be paid forthwith to the Pennsylvania Museum and

Disposal of funds unclaimed.

School of Industrial Art, a corporation existing under the authority of the State of Pennsylvania, and located in Philadelphia, in said State: Provided, That before making payment of such unclaimed money to the

Proviso.

Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, said last-named

Bond.

corporation shall execute its bond to the Secretary of the Interior in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned to pay over to any stockholder of the Centennial Board of Finance, aforesaid, having a legal right to any of said unclaimed money, his or her legal share thereof.

Sec. 2.

That whenever said judge shall report to the President of

Final discharge of officers, etc.

the United States that he has examined, audited, and allowed the accounts of the Centennial Board of Finance, and said unclaimed money has been paid over to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, said corporation, the Centennial Board of Finance, shall be, and is hereby, dissolved; and all the officers and directors thereof shall be thereafter discharged and released from all duties and responsibilities of said corporation.

And the report of said judge shall be transmitted by the President

Report of judge.

of the United States to the Department of the Interior to be filed and preserved in said department.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 92: granting to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company of Kansas the right to erect and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. Chapter 92 27 Stat. 46 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 46

CHAP. 92.—

An Act granting to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company of Kansas the right to erect and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Topeka Water and Electric Power Company may dam Kansas River.

That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of Kansas, its successors and assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River at any suitable place or places within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas.

Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 93: to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River. Chapter 93 27 Stat. 46 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 93.—

An Act to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Louis and Birmingham Railway Company may bridge Tennessee River at Clifton, Tenn.

That the Saint Louis and Birmingham Railway Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, for the purpose of running railway trains, also for passage of all kinds of road vehicles, wagons, carts, and

Railway, etc., bridge.

conveyances for passengers, and for foot passengers, if said railroad Company may desire to so do a bridge over the Tennessee River at a point on said river known as Clifton, in Wayne County, in the State of Tennessee or within two miles either above or below said point as said Company may determine.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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, troops, and the munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for transportation over the railroad leading to said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.

Sec. 3. That the bridge built under this act shall be constructed as

Drawbridge.

a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and best navigable point, and with spans not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear at low water mark on each side of the channel or pivot pier of the draw, and said span 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 to and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river at the average stage of water where said

Proviso.

bridge may be erected: Provided also, That in said bridge there shall

Span.

be one span of not less than three hundred feet in length in the clear

Opening draw.

at low water mark; that said draw shall be opened promptly by said company, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats or vessels, and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to

Lights, etc.

sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 4. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority

Unobstructed navigation.

of this act 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 of said bridge. And 47 in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction

Litigation.

to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case shall be brought in the district court of the United States, of the State of Tennessee in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be built and located under and subject to such regulation 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 bis examination and approval, a design and drawing of said 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 shore lines at high and low water, the directions and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, 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

Changes.

of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 6. That all railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge

Use by other companies.

constructed under this act 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 in ease the owner or owners of said bridge, and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring

Terms.

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 allegations and proof of the parties.

Sec. 7. That it shall not be obligatory on said company in constructing

May be only railway bridge.

said railroad bridge to so construct the same for the passage of road vehicles or foot passengers but may as in this act provided, construct the same only as a railroad bridge if said company so decides; but in case the said bridge is constructed for the passage of common road vehicles and foot passengers, said company shall have no right to charge tolls on the same for a longer period than fifteen years, and then the same for such travel shall be free. But in charging tolls, no charge

Tolls.

shall be in excess of the amounts here stated, to wit: Footmen, five cents each; single horse conveyance, including conveyances for people, twenty cents each; double-horse conveyances, thirty cents; four horse conveyances, drawn by horses or oxen, fifty cents; horses with riders, ten cents; horses and cattle loose or led, six cents each; sheep and hogs, four cents each; turkeys, one cent each.

Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved, without any liability of the United States for damages on account of the alterations, amendments, or repeal of this act. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed in

Commencement and completion.

three years from date hereof.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 108: to authorize the Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, Illinois. Chapter 108 27 Stat. 47 1892-06-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 108.—

An Act to authorize the Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, Illinois.

June 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company may bridge Mississippi River at Moline, Ill.

That the Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company, a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and 48 approaches thereto over the Mississippi River from a point at or near the eastern boundary of the city of Moline, in the county of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, to the opposite shore of said river in the State of

Proviso.

Iowa: Provided, That a location is found within such limits suitable

Location.

to the interests of navigation. Said bridge shall be construted to

Railway. etc., bridge.

provide for the passage of railway trains, and at the option of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed to provide for and be used also for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers for reasonable rates of toll to be fixed by said corporation, its successors or assigns; and the Secretary of War shall have the right, from time to time, to revise,

Tolls.

prescribe and determine such rates of toll.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may,

Construction.

at the option of the said company building the same, be built as a

Provisos.

drawbridge or with unbroken, continuous spans: Provided, That if

Drawbridge.

said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans giving a clear width of water way 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 to the draw shall give a clear width of water way of not less than three hundred and fifty feet, and every part of the structure shall give a clear head room of not less than ten feet above extreme

Spans.

high water mark: Provided, That all spans shall be so located as to afford the. greatest possible accommodations to the river traffic, and a draw shall be, if practicable, as near the shore as the deepest water

Low bridge.

way will permit: Provided, also, That in case of a low bridge, if the physical characteristics so require, and the interests of navigation be not injured thereby, the length of the fixed spans may be reduced:

Piers.

Provided further, That the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river where said bridge shall be erected:

Opening draw.

And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over the draw; but in no ease shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains: And provided further, That if any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be constructed with unbroken, continuous spans, it shall have one or more

Channel spans.

channel spans, each having not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel way and not less than fifty-five feet clear head room above high-water mark; and the dear head room under other than channel spans may be less than fifty-five feet, but no part of the superstructure of such spans shall in any case give a less headroom than ten feet above high-water mark: And provided further, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduction in height, 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 said river and give a clear width of water way of not less than three hundred and fifty feet.

Sec. 3. That the company constructing a bridge under the provisions

Railway tracks.

of this act be, and it is hereby, authorized to lay on said bridge a Railway track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite the point of location of said bridge, under

Proviso.

the limitations and conditions herein: Provided, That said bridge shall

Unobstructed navigation.

not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby

Litigation.

granted; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause maybe tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge or obstruction touches.

Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to

Lawful structure

its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known as a

and post route.

post 49 route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which, also, no higher charges shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said

Postal telegraph.

bridge.

Sec. 5. That all railways desiring to use said bridge shall be entitled

Use by other companies.

to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary

Terms.

of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.

Sec. 6. That the structure hereby authorized shall be built and located

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

under and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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 of the bridge and map of 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 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 are. decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interests of navigation, the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change

Changes.

be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the bridge shall be constructed with such aids to the

Aids to navigation.

passage of said bridge 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 the Secretary of War shall order at any time to be constructed and maintained, at the expense of the company owning said bridge; and said structure 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; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge from the hours of sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals

Lights, etc.

as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said structure shall be changed or altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law, when the public good in the judgment of Congress or the Secretary of War so requires, without any expense or charge to the United States.

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc

expressly reserved.

Approved, June 8, 1892.

Chap. 116: donating twenty acres of land from the Fort Sidney military reservation, on the northeast corner thereof, to the city of Sidney, Nebraska, for cemetery purposes. Chapter 116 27 Stat. 50 1892-06-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 50

CHAP. 116.—

An Act donating twenty acres of land from the Fort Sidney military reservation, on the northeast corner thereof, to the city of Sidney, Nebraska, for cemetery purposes.

June 10, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sidney, Nebr.

Land donated for cemetery.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to detach and set apart from the Fort Sidney military reservation, in the State of Nebraska, twenty acres of land on the northeast corner thereof, which land is hereby withdrawn from military control, and the same is hereby granted and donated to the city of Sidney, in the State of Nebraska, for the use of said city as a public cemetery, and which shall be used for such purpose exclusively.

Title.

The title to said land so detached is hereby vested in the city of Sidney for the purposes above specified.

Approved, June 10, 1892.

Chap. 117: making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and other purposes Chapter 117 27 Stat. 50 1892-06-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 117.—

An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and other purposes

June 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Deficiencies appropriation.

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, namely: army and navy pensions.

Army and Navy pensions.

For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor children, and dependent relatives; survivors, and widows of the wars of eighteen hundred and twelve, and with Mexico, seven million six hundred and seventy-four thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars, on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two:

Provisos.

Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be

Navy pensions.

paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for the purpose: Provided, further, That the amount

Accounts.

expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

For materials for folding four thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,

Miscellaneous.

ten thousand dollars.

Approved, June 14, 1892.

Chap. 118: granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park. Chapter 118 27 Stat. 50 1892-06-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 118.—

An Act granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park.

June 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

New Bedford, Mass.

That there is hereby granted

Land donated for public park.

to the city of New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts, the right to occupy improve, and control for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purpose whatever a portion of the tract of land owned by the United States, which is situated in the extreme southerly part of said city of New Bedford, containing sixty acres, more or less, and known as Clark’s Point, and partly occupied by a fort; said tract being bounded northerly by lauds owned by various private parties, and on the east, south and west by a road between it and the ocean, known as French avenue, upon the following conditions and provisions namely: First, That no use of said land shall be begun by the said city until after general plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to 51 the Secretary of War and shall have been approved by him and the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

portion of said tract of land owned by the United States to be used for such stated purposes shall have been specially designated by him, and that no ditches shall be tilled, nor embankments removed, nor structures built, repaired, altered, or removed, nor improvements of any sort begun until the extent and plans of such proposed work shall have been described in detail to the Secretary of War and shall have received his approval. Second, That said city of New Bedford shall have and exercise power

Police powers.

to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract, and shall properly protect all said property from injury. Third, That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract

Fee reserved.

and the right to resume immediate and entire possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine, without any claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account thereof.

Approved, June 15, 1892.

Chap. 119: to authorize the Glen Echo Railroad Company to cross the Washington Aqueduct. Chapter 119 27 Stat. 51 1892-06-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 119.—

An Act to authorize the Glen Echo Railroad Company to cross the Washington Aqueduct.

June 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Glen Echo Railroad Company.

That the Glen Echo Railroad Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland, is hereby authorized to extend and operate its line of Railway across the Washington Aqueduct and the land pertaining thereto

May cross Washington Aqueduct.

Provisos.

in Montgomery county in said State: Provided, That the said crossing over the paved portion of the said conduit road shall be made at right angles with the said road and shall be made only at such place, in such manner, and on such conditions as shall be approved by the Secretary

Approval by Secretary of War.

of War and accepted by said company, and no work shall be done on said railroad on any of said land until after such approval and acceptance in writing. At no point on the line of said Glen Echo Railroad, except at the crossing aforesaid, or of any extension of said railroad under whatever name, shall the inner rail be less than fifty feet from the middle of the paved portion of the conduit road. The operations of said company on said crossing shall always be subject to the control of the Secretary of War and to such requirements not provided for in this act as the Secretary of War may from time to time consider necessary for the safety of the aqueduct and of the public, and subject also to the right of the Secretary of War or other lawful public authority to interrupt the construction or use of said crossing whenever and for whatever reason it may be considered necessary for the public interests; and the agents and servants of said company, when on the public land of the United States, shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. The said crossing shall be raised by and

Grade changes.

at the expense of said company to conform to any change of grade on the conduit road, and said company shall pave with stone and to the satisfaction of the engineer officer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct the spaces between the rails and sets of rails and two feet outside thereof and shall keep the same in good repair. Efficient signals by

Signals.

gong or bell shall be made by every car before and during the crossing of the Conduit road, and before crossing every car shall be brought to a complete stop, and no steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other ears for steam railways shall ever be run over said crossing. The said company shall, before commencing work on said crossing, deposit with

Expenses.

the Treasurer of the United States, to the credit of the Washington 52 Aqueduct, such sum as the Secretary of War may consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the company’s work on said crossing and in making good any damages done by said company or its works or its contracting agents to the conduit or the conduit road, or to any work or land or other property of the United States, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, any of the company’s work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of the Washington Aqueduct and the works pertaining thereto, including its telephone line, or for the proper drainage of the Conduit Road and the land pertaining thereto, or for the proper use and orderly appearance of said road and land; and the said company shall also deposit, as aforesaid, such further sums for said purposes and at such times as the Secretary

Disbursement of moneys.

of War shall require: Provided, That the said moneys shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end of one year after the completion of said railroad shall be returned to said company, with an account of their disbursement in detail: And provided also, That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in case of emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. The exercise of

Termination of rights.

the rights by this act granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said company or by its successors to make the deposits or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid; and no claim for damages shall ever be made by said company or its successors in consequence of the exercise of any of the rights of the United States under this act.

Approved, June 15, 1892.

Chap. 120: to provide for the disposition and sale of lands known as the Klamath River Indian Reservation. Chapter 120 27 Stat. 52 1892-06-17 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 120.—

An Act to provide for the disposition and sale of lands known as the Klamath River Indian Reservation.

June 17, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Klamath River Reservation, Cal.

That all of the lands embraced in what was Klamath River Reservation in the State of California, as set apart and reserved under authority of law by an Executive order

Opened to settlement.

dated November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, are hereby declared to be subject to settlement, entry, and purchase under the laws of the United States granting homestead rights and authorizing

Provisos..

the sale of mineral, stone, and timber lands: Provided, That any Indian

Allotments to Indians.

Vol. 25, p. 388.

now located upon said reservation may, at any time within one year from the passage of this act, apply to the Secretary of the Interior for an allotment of land for himself and. if the head of a family, for the members of his family, under the provisions of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” and. if found entitled thereto, shall have the same allotted as provided in said act or any act amendatory thereof: Provided, That lands

Exemption of set tied lands.

settled upon, improved, and now occupied by settlers in good faith by qualified persons under the land laws shall be exempt from such allotment unless one or more of said Indians have resided upon said tract in good faith for four months prior to the passage of this act. And the Secretary of the Interior may reserve from settlement, entry, or purchase any tract or tracts of land upon which any

Indian villages.

village or settlement of Indians is now located, and may set apart the same for the permanent use and occupation of said village or settlement of Indians. And any person entitled to the benefits of the

Homestead entries.

homestead laws of the United States who has in good faith prior 53 to the passage of this act, made actual settlement upon any lands within said reservation not allotted under the foregoing proviso and not reserved for the permanent use and occupation of any village or settlement of Indians, with the intent to enter the same under the homestead law shall have the preferred right, at the expiration of said period of one year to enter and acquire title to the land so settled upon, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, upon the payment therefor of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, and such settler shall have three months after public notice given that such lands are subject to entry within which to file in the proper laud office his application therefor; and in case of conflicting claims between settlers the land shall be awarded to the settler first in order of time: Provided, That any portion

Mineral lands.

of said land more valuable for its mineral deposits than for agricultural purposes, or for its timber, shall be entered only under the law authorizing the entry and sale of timber or mineral lands: And provided further, That the heirs of any deceased settler shall succeed to

Rights of settlers’ heirs.

the rights of such settler under this act: Provided further, That the proceeds arising from the sale of said lands shall constitute a fund to

Disposal of proceeds.

be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the maintenance and education of the Indians now residing on said lands and their children.

Approved, June 17, 1892.

Chap. 123: granting the right and authority to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, to build one bridge over each of the following-named rivers in the State of Alabama, namely: The Alabama River, the Warrior River, the Sipsey River and the Tennessee River: the said bridges to be used by the Mexican Gulf. Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company in carrying freight and passengers by rail and otherwise. Chapter 123 27 Stat. 53 1892-06-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 123.—

An Act granting the right and authority to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, to build one bridge over each of the following-named rivers in the State of Alabama, namely: The Alabama River, the Warrior River, the Sipsey River and the Tennessee River: the said bridges to be used by the Mexican Gulf. Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company in carrying freight and passengers by rail and otherwise.

June 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railway may bridge Alabama, Warrior, Tennessee, and Sipsey rivers, Ala.

That the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a railroad corporation organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate one bridge over and across each of the following-named rivers, all in the State of Alabama: The Alabama River at a point in Monroe and Clarke Counties. or in Wilcox County, Alabama; the Warrior River at a point in Hale and Greene Counties, Alabama, or at a point in Marengo and Greene Counties, Alabama; the Tennessee River at a point in the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Alabama; the Sipsey River at a point in Pickens or Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama; and to lay railroad

Railroad bridges.

tracks on the said bridges and to run trains on the same: Provided,

Provisos.

That the said bridges shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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, designs and drawings of the bridges and complete hydrographic and topographic maps of the rivers and their banks from one. mile above to one-half mile below the proposed crossings; and no bridge shall be commenced or built under the provisions of this act until the plan and location thereof have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That said bridges

Unobstructed navigation.

shall be all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under them; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridges, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the

Lights, etc.

Light-House Board may prescribe; and all changes in said bridges

Changes.

required by the Secretary of War at any time, or their entire removal, shall be at the expense of the corporations or persons owning or operating said bridges.

Sec. 2. That the bridges constructed under this act and according to

Lawful structures and. post routes.

its limitations shall be lawful structures and shall be known as post routes, and the same are hereby declared to be post routes, upon which also no higher charge shall lie made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, freight, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridges; and equal privileges in the use of said bridges shall be granted to all telegraph

Postal telegraph.

companies, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal-telegraph purposes across said bridges.

Sec. 3. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridges shall

Use by other companies.

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

Terms.

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.

Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Sec. 5. That if actual construction of the. bridges herein authorized

Commencement and completion.

shall not be commenced within two years from the passage of this act and be completed in four years from the same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined.

Approved, June 21, 1892.

Chap. 124: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota. Chapter 124 27 Stat. 54 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 124.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Yankton Bridge

That it shall be lawful

Company may bridge Missouri River at

for the Yankton Bridge Company, a

Yankton, S. Dak.

corporation organized for that purpose under the general corporation laws of the State of South Dakota, or its assigns, to construct, under and subject to the conditions and limitations hereafter provided, a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Yankton, Smith Dakota, and lay on and over said bridge railway tracks for the more perfect

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

connection of any and all railways that now are, or which may hereafter be, constructed to the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, or to the river on the opposite side of the same, near the city of Yankton, and build, erect, and Jay 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 maintain and operate said bridge for the purposes

Use by railroads.

aforesaid; and that when said bridge is constructed all trains of railroads terminating at said river, and on the opposite side thereof, at the city of Yankton, South Dakota, shall be allowed to cross said bridge

Terms.

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.

tolls for the transit over said bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles,

Proviso.Rules, etc.

animals, and foot passengers: Provided, 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.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may,

Construction.

at the option of the corporation building the same, be built as a draw

Provisos.

bridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the

Spans.

same shall be 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 55 piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river at high water, and the main spans shall be over the main channels of the river: And provided also, That if a bridge shall be built under this act as a drawbridge the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge,

Draw.

with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the dear on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws, and the next adjoining spans over the river to the draws shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet in the clear, measured at low water; 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 at high water: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon

Opening draw.

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

Lights, etc.

shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft safely through said channel spans or draw openings, and as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War: And provided further, 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

Channel may be made.

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 impede 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: And provided further, That any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be at right angles to the current of the river at high water.

Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority

Unobstructed navigation.

of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and no bridge shall be commenced or built under this act until the location thereof and the plans 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

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval; and whenever said bridge shall, in the 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

Alterations.

be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge, or the persons operating or controlling the same; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free

Litigation.

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 the United States of either judicial district of South Dakota or Nebraska in which the said bridge or any portion of such obstruction touches.

Sec. 4. That any bridge built under this act and according to its

Lawful structure and post route.

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 public highways leading to such bridge. The United States shall also have the right to construct, without charge therefor, telegraph or telephone lines across said bridge.

Sec. 5. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal

Amendment, etc.

this act.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years, and completed within four years from the date hereof.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 125: authorizing the Continental Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Rio Grande River at or near Brownsville. Texas. Chapter 125 27 Stat. 56 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 125.—

An Act authorizing the Continental Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Rio Grande River at or near Brownsville. Texas.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Continental Bridge Company may bridge Rio Grande del Norte at Brownsville, Tex.

That the Continental Bridge Company, by and with the consent of the Government of Mexico, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Rio Grande del Norte from or near Brownsville, in the State of Texas, to or near the city of Matamoras, in Mexico. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of

Railway, etc., bridge.

railway trains and street railways and for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers,

Toll.

for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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 of the United States.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw of sufficient

Draw.

capacity to afford free passage to such vessels and boats as

Provisos.

navigate said river: Provided, That said bridge shall be opened promptly

Opening draw.

upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other water craft, except when trains are passing over the draw; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw after the passage of trains, or at any other time; and the said Continental Bridge Company shall

Lights, etc.

maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe. And no bridge shall be erected and 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 under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of

Changes.

War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of such 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 of said bridge. And in case of any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge,

Litigation.

any action arising thereon may be brought in the circuit court of the United States in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so

General Laws not modified.

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.

Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

act shall be located and built 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, at least three months previous to the commencement of the construction of said bridge, submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages of the water, with the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be 57 required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or 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.

Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other companies.

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 the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use;

Terms.

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 the 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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

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.

Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory

Aids to navigation.

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, dikes, piers, or suitable and proper structures for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft 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 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 of such additional structure; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 8. That the consent of the authorities of the Republic of Mexico

Consent of Mexico.

for the construction of said bridge shall first have been obtained before said bridge shall be built or commenced.

Sec. 9. That this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Sec. 10. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and. completion.

of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 11. That Congress is hereby authorized to alter, amend, or repeal

Amendment, etc.

this act.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 126: authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Quincy, in the State of Illinois. Chapter 126 27 Stat. 57 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 126.—

An Act authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Quincy, in the State of Illinois.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company may bridge Mississippi River at Quincy, Ill.

That it shall be lawful for the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to build, construct, and maintain a pontoon wagon and foot bridge across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in or near the corporate limits of the city of Quincy, in Adams County, in the State of Illinois, and extending across said river to the Missouri shore opposite to said city.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with a suitable pontoon

Draw.

draw giving not less than four hundred feet clear channel way for each navigable channel of the river, and such other openings for the passage of rafts and logs as in the opinion of the Secretary of War may be

Proviso.

necessary: Provided, That said draws shall be opened promptly upon

Opening draw.

reasonable signal to allow the passage of boats.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said parties 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 shore lines at low and high 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

Changes.

not be commenced or built, and should any changes be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War;

Aids to navigation.

and the said bridges shall be constructed with 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 water to a permanent and easily navigated channel, for a distance of not less than one mile above the bridge location, 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; and the said structure shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of Vessels through said structure.

Sec. 4. That the said parties shall maintain at their own expense,

Lights, etc.

from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or any part

Amendment, etc.

thereof, at any time, by the Congress of the United States, is hereby expressly reserved; and any change in the construction or any alteration of said bridge that maybe directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War, shall be at the expense of the owners of said bridge or the parties operating and controlling the same.

Sec. 6. That if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized

Commencement and completion.

shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 127: to include lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the public reservation at that place. Chapter 127 27 Stat. 58 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 127.—

An Act to include lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the public reservation at that place.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hot Springs, Ark.

That lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, of the town of Hot Springs, in the State of Arkansas, as surveyed and laid out according to an act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, under the direction and supervision of the Hot Springs commission, be, and the same is hereby, reserved from sale, and the

Reservation of lot 53, block 89.

same is hereby declared to be a part of the permanent public reservation at Hot Springs, and

Vol. 19, p. 377.

that it shall be subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations that apply to said permanent reservation as now defined.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 130: to confirm New Madrid location survey numbered twenty-four hundred and seventy-five and to provide for the issue of a patent therefor. Chapter 130 27 Stat. 59 1892-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 59

CHAP. 130.—

An Act to confirm New Madrid location survey numbered twenty-four hundred and seventy-five and to provide for the issue of a patent therefor.

June 24, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles Lucas and Asa Morgan.

Land patent to.

That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent conveying the title of the United States to Charles Lucas and Asa Morgan and their legal representatives and assigns in and to the northeast fractional quarter of section thirty-five in township forty-nine of range seventeen west, south of the Missouri River, which said land was located by the said Lucas and Morgan under a New Madrid certificate of location numbered one hundred and thirty-four, and upon which land the city of Boonville, Missouri, is now located.

Approved, June 24, 1892.

Chap. 132: to provide an American register for the steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana. Chapter 132 27 Stat. 59 1892-06-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 132.—

An Act to provide an American register for the steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana.

June 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

“Foxhall.”

That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built

American register to foreign-built steamer.

steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana, purchased and owned by Lawrence C. Fallon, an American citizen, and repaired by him, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized

Inspection.

and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and the appurtenances of said boilers, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificates issued to steam vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States and were not constructed of iron Stamped pursuant to said laws; and the test to be applied to the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances will 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 the fact that said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety.

Approved, June 25, 1892.

Chap. 133: to amend an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.” Chapter 133 27 Stat. 59 1892-06-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 133.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.”

June 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Forfeited land grants.

Right of settlers to purchase extended one year.

That section three of an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within which persons actually residing upon lauds forfeited by said act shall be permitted to purchase the same in the quantities and upon the terms provided

Vol. 26, p. 496.

in said section at any time within three years from the passage of said act.

Approved, June 25, 1892.

Chap. 134: to relinquish the interest of the United States in a certain parcel of land in the city of Pensacola, Florida, to Escambia Lodge, Numbered Fifteen, Free and Accepted Masons. Chapter 134 27 Stat. 60 1892-06-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 60

CHAP. 134.—

An Act to relinquish the interest of the United States in a certain parcel of land in the city of Pensacola, Florida, to Escambia Lodge, Numbered Fifteen, Free and Accepted Masons.

June 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensacola. Fla.

That all the interest of the

Lot in, granted to Escambia Lodge of Masons.

United States in and to the land in the city of Pensacola and State of Florida occupied and held by Escambia Lodge, Numbered Fifteen, Free and Accepted Masons, is hereby relinquished and released to the said lodge, the said land being described as follows on the plat of the said city of Pensacola: That portion of lot D extending one hundred feet west from Comandancia street, in the Cabiedo plan of V. S. Pintado, and one hundred and six feet ten inches south from Church street, the said land having the same position in the modern plan of the said city of Pensacola.

Approved, June 25, 1892.

Chap. 135: to prevent cruelty to children or animals in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Chapter 135 27 Stat. 60 1892-06-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 135.—

An Act to prevent cruelty to children or animals in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

June 25, 1892

Cruelty to children, etc. D. C.

Police court Jurisdiction.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the police court of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction in all cases arising under the act of February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled

Vol. 23, p. 303.

“An act for the protection of children in the

Appeal.

District of Columbia and for other purposes,” subject to appeal to the supreme court of the District, according to the provisions of section four of chapter five hundred

Vol. 26, p. 848.

and thirty-six, Twenty sixth Statutes at Large, entitled “An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia;” and

Witness fees.

the same witness fees shall be allowed in the prosecution of all cases of cruelty to children or animals in the District of Columbia as are allowed

R. S., sec. 848, p. 160.

in other cases by section eight hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States; but no officer or member of the Humane Society shall be entitled to any fee as a witness in any such case.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized,

Police detail to enforce laws against cruelty to animals.

in their discretion, to detail from time to time one or more members of the metropolitan police force to aid the Washington Humane Society in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty to animals as well as of the laws relating to cruelty to children.

Sec. 3. That section twelve of the act of August twenty-third, eighteen

Definitions.

hundred and seventy-one, entitled “An act for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia,” is amended to read as follows: “That in this act the word ‘animals’ or ‘animal’ shall be held to include all living and sentient creatures (human beings excepted), and the words ‘owner,’ ‘persons,’ and ‘whoever’ shall be held to include corporations and incorporated companies as well as individuals.”

Sec. 4. That a person being the owner or possessor or having charge

Punishment for abandoning maimed animals, etc.

or custody of a maimed, diseased, disabled, or infirm animal who abandons such animal, or leaves it to lie in the street or road, or public place, more than three hours after he receives notice that it is left disabled, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by

Destruction of diseased, etc., animals.

imprisonment in jail not more than one year, or both. Any agent or officer of the Washington Humane Society may lawfully destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any animal found abandoned and not properly cared for, appearing, in the judgment of two reputable citizens called by him to view the same in his presence, to be glandered, injured, or diseased

Arrests.

past recovery for any useful purpose. When any person arrested is, at the time of such arrest, in charge of any animal, or of any vehicle drawn by any animal, or containing any animal, any agent of said society may take charge of such animal and such vehicle and its contents and deposit the same in a place of safe custody or deliver the 61 same into the possession of the police authorities, who shall assume the custody thereof; and all necessary expenses incurred in taking charge of such property shall be a lien thereon.

Sec. 5. That whoever cuts the solid part of the tail of any horse in

Penalty for docking horses.

the operation known as docking, and whoever shall cause the same to be done or assist in doing such cutting (unless the same is proved to be of benefit to the horse), shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year or tine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

Sec. 6. That any person who sets on foot, instigates, promotes, carries

Penalty fur engaging in cock fights, etc.

on, or does any act, as assistant, umpire, or principal, or attends or in any way engages in the furtherance of any tight between cocks, fowls, or other birds, or dogs, bulls, bears, or other animals, premeditated by any persons owning or having custody of such birds or animals, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment in jail not more than one year, or both.

Approved, June 25, 1892.

Chap. 137: 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, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the seventh section thereof to the port of Saint Augustine, Florida. Chapter 137 27 Stat. 61 1892-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 137.—

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, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the seventh section thereof to the port of Saint Augustine, Florida.

June 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Augustine, Fla.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

That the seventh section of an act entitled “Au act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 21, p. 174.

amended by inserting the words “Saint Augustine” after the words “Key West,” in said section.

Approved, June 30, 1892.

Chap. 138: for the relief of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company. Chapter 138 27 Stat. 61 1892-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 138.—

An Act for the relief of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company.

June 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company.

That the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company, a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, be, and it hereby is, authorized to occupy and acquire title to so much of the land of the Louisville and

May acquire part of land of Louisville and Portland Canal.

Portland Canal, the property of the United States, as is now occupied by the south abutment of the said Kentucky and Indiana bridge and the contiguous trestles in the approach thereto, on the payment to the United States by the said bridge company of the fair value of such specified tract, to be determined by agreement between the said Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company and the Secretary of War.

Approved, June 30, 1892.

Chap. 139: to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect certain recommendations of the Mission Indian commission, and to issue patents for certain lands. Chapter 139 27 Stat. 61 1892-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 139.—

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect certain recommendations of the Mission Indian commission, and to issue patents for certain lands.

July 1, 1892

. Whereas the act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and

Preamble.

ninety-one, entitled “An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the

Vol. 26, p. 712.

State of California,” made it the duty of the commissioners therein authorized to be appointed “to select a reservation for each band or village of the Mission Indians residing within said State, which reservation shall include, as far as practicable, the lands and villages which 62 have been in the actual occupation and possession of said Indians, and which shall be sufficient in extent to meet their just requirements;” and Whereas said commissioners were authorized to appraise the value of the improvements belonging to any person to whom valid existing rights had attached under the public-land laws of the United States, where such improvements were situated within the limits of any reservation selected by the commissioners, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and Whereas it was further provided in said act that, in case any land should be selected to which any railroad company should be entitled to receive a patent, such railroad company should, upon releasing all claim and title thereto and on the approval of the President and Secretary of the Interior, be allowed to select an equal quantity of other land in lieu thereof; and Whereas no provision was made whereby lands claimed by private persons through titles derived or sought to be derived from railroad companies or other sources than the public-land laws could be so released and exchanged; and Whereas the commissioners appointed under said act have reported, among other things, that certain lands are in the occupation of Indians and are needed for their use which certain persons have improved, and on which they have developed valuable water rights, expecting to obtain title from the, railroad companies or to which they had obtained title from the State of California, and that said persons are willing to exchange said lands for other lands heretofore reserved for the use of the Mission Indians, but which lands are no longer needed for such purpose; and Whereas the report and recommendations of said commissioners have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the President, except so much thereof as relates to the purchase of lands from and exchange of lands with private individuals which is also approved subject to the condition that Congress shall authorize the same:” Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mission Indians, Cal.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to carry into effect the recommendations of the said Mission Indian commissioners

Exchange of lands occupied by private persons.

relating to the exchange of lands with private individuals, as the same has been approved by the President, and to cause patents in the usual form to issue for the lands recommended to be given to such individuals in exchange for lands and improvements released and relinquished for the use of the Indians.

Sec. 2. That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

Appropriation to

may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in

purchase lands for Indians.

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain lands and improvements for the use and benefit of said Mission Indians, as approved by said Secretary and the President, and to be applied to such purposes in accordance with the said report of said Mission Indian commissioners as the same has been approved by the President.

Approved, July 1, 1892.

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CHAP. 140.—

An Act to provide for the opening of a part of the Colville reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

July 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Colville Indian Reservation. Wash., opened to settlement.

That subject to the reservations and allotment of lands in severalty to the individual members of the Indians of the Colville Reservation in the State of Washington herein provided for, all the following described tract or portion of said 63 Colville Reservation, namely: Beginning at a point on the eastern

Lands act apart for Colvilles.

boundary line of the Colville Indian Reservation where the township line between townships thirty-four and thirty-five north, of range thirty-seven east, of the Willamette meridian, if extended west, would intersect the same, said point being in the middle of the channel of the Columbia River, and running thence west parallel with the forty-ninth parallel of latitude to the western boundary line of the said Colville Indian Reservation in the Okanagon River, thence north following the said western boundary line to the said forty-ninth parallel of latitude, thence east along the said forty ninth parallel of latitude to the northeast corner of the said Colville Indian Reservation, thence south following the eastern boundary of said reservation to the place of beginning, containing by estimation one million five hundred thousand acres, the same being a portion of the Colville Indian Reservation created by executive order dated July second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and is hereby, vacated and restored to the public domain, notwithstanding any executive order or other proceeding whereby the same was set apart as a reservation for any Indians or bands of Indians, and the same shall be open to settlement and entry by the proclamation of

Proclamation to issue.

the President of the United States and shall be disposed of under the general laws applicable to the disposition of public lands in the State of Washington.

Sec. 2. That the net proceeds arising from the sale and disposition

Disposition of proceeds.

of the lands to be so opened to entry and settlement shall be set apart in the Treasury of the United States for the time being, but subject to such future appropriation for public use as Congress may make, and that until so otherwise appropriated may be subject to expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior from time to time, in such amounts as he shall deem best, in the building of schoolhouses, the maintenance of schools for such Indians, for the payment of such part of the local taxation as may be properly applied to the lands alloted to such Indians, as he shall think fit, so long as such alloted lands shall be held in trust and exempt from taxation, and in such other ways as he may deem proper for the promotion of education, civilization, and self-support among said Indians.

Sec. 3. That each entryman under the homestead laws shall, within

Settlement under homestead laws.

five years from the date of his original entry and before receiving a final certificate for the land covered by his entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to fees provided by law, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, one third of which shall be paid within two years after the date of the original entry; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, as defined

Rights of Union soldiers, etc.

R. S., secs. 2304, 2305, p. 422.

and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall not be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid.

Sec. 4. That each and every Indian now residing upon the portion

Allotments in severalty to Indians.

of the Colville Indian Reservation hereby vacated and restored to the public domain, and who is so entitled to reside thereon, shall be entitled to select from said vacated portion eighty acres of land, which shall be allotted to each Indian in severalty. No restrictions as to locality shall be placed upon such selections other than that they shall be so located as to conform to the Congressional survey or subdivisions of said tract or country, and any Indian having improvements may have the preference over any other person in and to the tract of land containing such improvements, so far as they are within a legal subdivision not exceeding in area the quantity of land that he or she may be entitled to select and locate. All such allotments shall be made at the cost of the United States, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time prescribe. Such selections shall be made within

Selections.

six months after the date of the President’s proclamation opening the 64 lands hereby vacated to settlement and entry, and after the same have been surveyed, and when such allotments have been selected as

Titles held in trust.

aforesaid and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be held in trust for the benefit of the allottees, respectively, and afterwards conveyed in fee simple to the allottees or their heirs, as

Vol. 24, p. 388.

provided in the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 794.

hundred and eighty-seven, and an act in amendment and extension thereof, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to amend and further extend the benefits of the act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled ‘An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States over the Indians, and for

Proviso.

other purposes:’” Provided, That such allotted lands shall be subject

Laws of Washington.

to the laws of eminent domain of the State of Washington, and shall, when conveyed in fee simple to the allottees or their heirs, be subject to taxation as other property in said State.

Sec. 5. That all India as residing in the lands hereby vacated and restored,

Right of Indians to remain on reservation.

shall have the right, if they so prefer, under the direction of the Indian agent, to occupy and reside upon such portions of the Colville Indian Reservation not hereby vacated as are not occupied by or in the possession of any other Indian or Indians.

Sec. 6. That the land used and occupied for school purposes at what

Reservation for Tonasket school.

is known as Tonasket school, on Bonaparte Creek, and the site of the sawmill, gristmill, and other mill property on said reservation, is hereby reserved from the operation of this act, unless other lands are

Provisos.

selected in lieu thereof: Provided, That such reserved lauds shall not

Limit.

exceed in the aggregate two sections, and must be selected in legal subdivisions conformably to the public surveys, such selection to be made by the Indian agent of the Colville Agency, under the direction

Selection of other lands by Indians.

of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his approval: Provided, however, That said Indians may, in lieu of said sites or either of them, select other lands of equal quantity, for such purposes, either on the vacated or unvacated portions of said reservation, the same to be designated in legal subdivisions by said Indian agent, under the direction of and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in which case said first-designated tracts shall not be exempt from the operation of this act; such selection to be made and approved within six mouths after the survey of said lands and the proclamation of the President.

Sec. 7. That for the purpose of making the allotments and selections

Appropriation for making allotments, etc.

in this act provided, including surveys of the lands provided to be vacated and restored to the public domain, thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise

Reimbursable.

appropriated, which said sum shall be reimbursable from the proceeds of the lands when sold as hereinbefore provided.

Sec. 8. That nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognizing

Indian title not recognized.

title or ownership of said Indians to any part of the said Colville Reservation, whether that hereby restored to the public domain or that still reserved by the Government for their use and occupancy.

Received by the President June 20, 1892.

[Note by the Department of 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.]

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CHAP. 143.—

An Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company.

July 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company, D. C.

Extension of tracks authorized.

Vol. 25, p. 190; Vol. 26, p. 77.

That the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize said company to lay its tracks and to run its cars thereon through and along the following named streets and avenues: Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets northwest, east along G street to New Jersey avenue and First street; thence south along First street northwest to C street northwest: thence east along C street to New Jersey avenue; thence south along New Jersey avenue to a point in the center of said avenue at a distance of not less than one hundred and fifty feet from the north curb line of B street north. Returning north along New Jersey avenue to D street; thence west on D street to First street northwest; thence north on First street to G street, and along G street to Fifth street northwest; also, beginning at the intersection of G street and New Jersey avenue; thence across New Jersey avenue to and along G street to North Capitol street; thence north along North Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with its main line and North Capitol street branch: also beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisiana avenue; thence southwesterly on Louisiana avenue to a point to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, east of Seventh street northwest, and returning by the same route to the said point of beginning; also beginning at the intersection of New Jersey avenue and C street northwest; thence east on C street to Stanton square; thence around Stanton square, on the south side thereof, to C street northeast and along C street to Fifteenth street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D street northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street; thence south on Fourth street to and along C street to New Jersey avenue and the point of beginning: Provided, That until C and D streets shall be paved and provided with

Provisos.

Post, p. 444.

sewers to Fifteenth street the company shall not be required to construct its road beyond Twelfth street; also beginning at the present terminus of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home road on Fourth street extended, thence along and wholly outside of the present Bunker Hill road, on

Bunker Hill road.

land to be acquired by said company by gift or purchase and made a part of said road, to a point to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, west of Brooks station: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be taken to require the extension provided for in this clause before said road shall have been widened as herein provided for: Provided further, That the tracks of said company on

Removal of tracks from Lincoln Avenue.

Lincoln avenue shall be taken up within thirty days from the passage of this act, and the roadway shall be restored to public uses in such manner as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall direct: Provided, That horse power shall not be used on said line for traction

Power.

purposes, and that if electric wires or cables are used to propel its cars over any of the routes hereby authorized within the limits of the city

Wires to be underground.

of Washington the same shall be placed underground.

Wherever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with the duly

Coinciding tracks.

authorized route or routes of any other duly incorporated street railway company in the District of Columbia, both companies shall use the same tracks upon such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event said companies shall fail to agree

upon equitable terms, either of said companies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which shall hear and determine summarily the matter in due form of law, and adjudge to the proper party the amount of compensation to be paid therefor. Said company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on its lines to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches: Provided, That the construction of said

Approval of Secretary of War for work on streets having water mains, etc.

railroad on any street where there are or may be any mains, fixtures, or 66 apparatus pertaining to the Washington Aqueduct shall be subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War, which conditions must be obtained and be accepted in writing by said company before commencing any work on such street and no steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars for steam railroads shall ever be run on the tracks of said company over any such

Protection of water pipes, etc.

main, fixture, or apparatus. The said railroad shall be subject to the requirements of section fifteen of the act of Congress approved February

Vol. 26, p. 793.

twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Company of the District of Columbia.” The said company shall, before commencing

Deposit to defray expenses.

work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Washington Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the work of construction of said railroad on such street, and in making good any damages done by said company, or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, any of the work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and the said company shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at such

Disbursements.

times as the Secretary of War may consider necessary: Provided, That the said sums shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end of one year after the completion of said railroad in such

Return of balance.

street shall be returned to said company on the order of the Secretary of War, with an account of their disbursement in detail: And provided also, That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in case of emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. The exercise

Rights to terminate on neglect, etc.

of the rights by this act granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said company, or by its successors, to make the deposits, or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid.

Sec. 2. That said company is authorized to increase its capital stock

Increase of capital stock.

three hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of enabling it to extend and equip its line as provided in this act, and to redeem bonds issued to take care of present indebtedness incurred in building and equipping the road already constructed, and no additional bonds shall be issued by said company without special authority of Congress.

Sec. 3. That unless said extensions are commenced within three

Commencement and completion.

months and the cars run thereon within one year from the passage of

Post, p. 445.

this act, except as otherwise expressly provided for, the authority

Proviso.

hereby granted shall be void: Provided, That said railroad shall be

Grades, etc.

constructed on such grade and in such manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 4. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal

Amendment, etc.

this act.

Approved, July 5, 1892.

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CHAP. 144.—

An Act to incorporate the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company.

July 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia Suburban Rai1way Company incorporated.

Incorporators.

That Richard K. Cralle, Charles E. Creecy, John T. Mitchell, M. F. Morris, J. W. Denver, L. G. Hine, Gilbert Moyers, S. E Mudd, Robert A. Howard, W. I. Hill, John W. Childress, J. F. Kenney, D. W. Glassie, Harry Barton, Philemon W. Chew, T. C. Daniel, G. P. Davis, Jere Johnson and L. C. Loomis, and their associates successors, and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate by the name, style, and title of “ The District of Columbia 67 Suburban Railway Company,” and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal. And said corporation

May lay tracks, etc.

is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a single or double track railway, as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the necessary switches, turnouts, and other mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, through and along the following routes: Beginning at the dividing line between the District of Columbia

Routes.

and the State of Maryland, on the Bladensburg road, and running

Bladensburg road.

thence along the said road so that the outer rail of said railway shall not be more than five feet from the eastern boundary of said Bladensburg road, to H. street east; thence west on H. street east to Seventh street east, over the tracks of the Columbia Railroad.

Also beginning at the junction of Philadelphia and Twelfth streets

Brookland.

in Brookland and running south along Twelfth street; thence by such line as may be authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the intersection of Patterson avenue with the Fairview road; thence along the Fairview, Corcoran and Mt. Olivet roads to Twelfth street extended; thence along Twelfth street extended to the junction of Twelfth street east and Florida avenue.

Also beginning at the junction of Frankfort and Twenty-fourth

Langdon.

streets in Langdon; thence along Twenty-fourth street to Cincinnati street; thence along Cincinnati street to and across Chapel road to Lafayette avenue; thence along Lafayette avenue and in line to Capitol street, Ivy City; thence along Capitol street to Mt. Olivet road; thence along Mt. Olivet road to Twelfth street extended.

Also from the intersection of Florida avenue with Twelfth street

In Washing ton City.

northeast, to H street northeast, on Twelfth street; thence west on II street over the tracks of the Columbia road to Seventh street east; thence south on Seventh street by single track to G street east; thence west on G street by single track to First street west; thence by a route to be laid down by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia across New Jersey avenue to the tracks of the Capitol, North O and South Washington Railroad; thence on the tracks of the last-named road on G street to Fourth street, continuing west on G street west to Fifth street; thence south on Fifth street west, in part over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad, to Louisiana avenue; thence southwesterly by double track on Louisiana avenue to a point to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia east of Seventh street west. Returning northeasterly on Louisiana avenue to Fifth street west; thence over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad along Judiciary Square to Fourth street west; thence north on Fourth street west by single track to E street west; thence east on E street by single track to Eighth street east: thence north by single track on Eighth street to H street; thence east over the tracks of the Columbia railroad to Twelfth street; thence north on Twelfth street to Florida avenue: Provided, That all

Proviso.

of the routes herein mentioned shall be subject to the approval of the

Approval of routes by Commissioners.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and those portions of said road between the District line and Florida avenue shall be fully constructed before the cars of the said District of Columbia Suburban Railroad shall be run over any part of the said route within the limits of the city of Washington; Whenever a permanent system of streets and highways shall have been established and laid out in the suburban portion of the District contiguous to the route of this railroad, said Company shall, when required by the Commissioners of the District, cause such changes to be made in the location of its tracks as said Commissioners

Changes.

shall require in order to make the route of said road conform to such streets and highway system. Wherever the route of this road coincides with that of a country road the railway shall be constructed

County roads.

along and outside of such road. Said company shall keep the space 68 between its tracks, and two feet outside of its tracks in such condition as may be required by said Commissioners.

Sec. 2. That said company may run public carriages propelled by

Motive power.

cable, electric,

Provisos.

or other mechanical power: Provided, That if electric wires or cables be used within the limits of the city of Washington,

Electric wires to be under ground.

the wires shall be placed underground, and the power used shall be subject to the approval of the said Commissioners; but nothing in this act shall allow the use of steam power or any motor which shall in its operation cause any noise or other disturbance which in the judgment of said Commissioners shall be inimical to the public safety or comfort:

Crossings.

Provided further, That for the purpose of making a continuous connection the said company shall have the right to cross all streets,

Use of coinciding tracks.

avenues, and highways necessary for this purpose: Provided, That whenever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with the route or routes of any duly incorporated street railway company in the District of Columbia the tracks shall be used by both companies, which are hereby authorized and empowered to use such tracks in common, upon such

Terms.

fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event the said companies fail to agree upon equitable terms, either of said companies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which shall immediately provide for proper notice to and hearing of all parties interested, and shall have power to determine the terms and conditions upon which and the regulations under which the company hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use and enjoy the track of such other street railway company, and the

No general stopping places on coinciding tracks.

amount and manner of compensation to be paid therefor: And provided further, That neither of the companies using such tracks in common shall be permitted to make the track so used in common the depot or general stopping place to await passengers, but shall only be entitled to use the same for the ordinary passage of its ears, with the ordinary

Existing stations.

halts for taking up and dropping off passengers: Provided, That this shall not apply to or interfere with any station already established on any existing lines; that said corporation is authorized and empowered

Use of tracks of other lines.

to propel its ears over the line of any other road or roads, which may be in the alignment with and upon such streets as may be covered by the route or routes as prescribed in this act, in accordance with the

Repairs, etc.

conditions hereinbefore contained; and that this corporation shall construct and repair such portions of its road as may be upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; and in case of any disagreement with any company whose line of road is thus used, such disagreement may be determined summarily upon the application of either road to any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. Whenever more than one of the tracks of said railway shall be constructed on any of the public highways in the District, the width of space between the tracks shall not exceed four feet, unless otherwise ordered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 3. That said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding

Fare.

five cents per passenger for any distance on its route within the District of Columbia, and the said company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia for the

Proviso.

Tickets.

interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That within the District limits six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents.

Sec. 4. That said company shall, on or before the fifteenth of January

Annual report.

of each year, make a report to Congress, through the

Contents.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders therein and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the bonded and other indebtedness and the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December the thirty-first, and such other facts as may be required by any general law of the District of Columbia, which report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and secretary of said company and if said report is not made at the time specified, or 69 within ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted proper judicial proceedings therefor; and said

Tax.

company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, including ears and motive power, each year, four per centum of its gross earnings, which amount shall be payable to the collector of taxes at the time and in the manner that other taxes are now due and payable, and subject to the same penalties on arrears; and the franchise and property of said company, both real and personal. to a sufficient amount may be seized and sold in satisfaction

Sale for nonpayment of taxes.

thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other property for taxes; and said four per centum of its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes upon its property used solely and exclusively in the operation and management of said railway. Its real estate shall be taxed as other real estate in the District: Provided,

Proviso.

Track not real estate.

Construction.

That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate.

Sec. 5. That the said railway shall be constructed of good materials and in a substantial and durable manner, with the rails of the most approved pattern, to be approved by the Commissioners of the said District, laid upon an even surface with the pavement of the street, and the gauge to correspond with that of other city railways.

Sec. 6. That the said corporation hereby created shall be bound to

To keep tracks, etc., in repair.

keep said tracks, and for the space of two feet beyond the outer rails thereof, and also the space between the tracks, at all times in as good order as the streets and highways through which it passes subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, without expense to the United States or to the District of Columbia.

Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall prevent the District of Columbia

Altering grades, etc.

at any time, at its option, from altering the grade or otherwise improving all avenues and streets and highways occupied by said road, or from so altering and improving such streets and avenues and highways, and the sewerage thereof, as may be under its authority and control; and in such event it shall be the duty of said company to change its said railroad so as to conform to such grade as may have been thus established.

Sec. 8.

That it shall be lawful for said corporation, its successors or

Construction.

assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets, or places where said corporation may have the right to construct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the manner and by the means aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Commissioners. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense necessary to change such underground construction shall be borne by the said railway company: Provided, That wherever the railroad shall be built

Provisos.

Space between inner rail and roadway.

along any road, the space between the inner rail of said railroad and the roadway shall be graded and put in good order for public use at the expense of the company and subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided also, That the construction

Approval of Secretary of War for work on streets having water mains, etc.

of said railroad on any street where there are or may be any mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining to the Washington Aqueduct shall be subject to such conditions as may lie approved by the Secretary of War, which conditions must be obtained and be accepted in writing by said company before commencing any work on such street; and no steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars for steam railroads shall ever be run on the tracks of said company over any such main, fixture or apparatus.

The said railroad shall be subject to the requirements of section

Protection of water pipes, etc.

fifteen of the act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to incorporate the

Vol. 26, p. 793.

70 Washington and Arlington Railway Company of the District of Columbia.”

Deposit to defray expenses.

The said company shall, before commencing work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Washington Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the work of construction of said railroad on such street, and in making good any damages done by said company, or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus. and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, any of the work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and the said company shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at such

Disbursement.

times as the Secretary of War may consider necessary: Provided, That the said sum shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end of one year after the completion of said railroad in such

Return of balance.

street shall be returned to said company on the order of the Secretary of War, with an account of its disbursement in detail: And provided also, That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in cases of emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. The

Rights to terminate on neglect, etc.

exercise of the rights by this act granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said Company, or by its successors, to make the deposits, or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid.

Sec. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Engine houses, etc.

or assigns, to erect and maintain, at such convenient and suitable points along its lines as may seem most desirable to the board of directors of the said corporation, and subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler house, and all other buildings necessary for the successful operation of a cable-motor, electric, pneumatic, or other railroad.

Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Speed to be regulated by Commissioners.

or assigns, to propel its ears over said railroad, or any part thereof, at a rate of speed exceeding that which may be fixed from time to time by the said Commissioners, and for each violation of this provision said grantees, their successors or assigns, as the case may be, shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of the said District.

Sec. 11. That the line of said railway company shall be commenced

Commencement and completion.

within six months and completed within two years from the passage of this act, otherwise this act shall be of no effect.

Sec. 12. That said company is hereby authorized to issue its capital

Amount of capital stock.

stock to an amount not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in shares of one hundred dollars each. Said company shall require

Subscribers.

the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by the corporators the amounts severally subscribed by them

Payments.

as follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscribing and the balance of such subscription to be paid at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors may require; excepting that fifty per centum shall be paid in within twelve months, and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless the ten per centum thereof shall be paid

Sale of stock in default.

at the time of subscribing as hereinbefore provided; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any installment as aforesaid, or as required by the resolution of the board of directors, after reasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as shall pay said instalments, and the person who offers to purchase the least number of shares for the assessment due shall be taken to be the highest bidder, and such sale shall be conducted under such general regulations as may be adopted in the bylaws of said company; but no stock shall be 71 sold for less than the total assessments due and payable or said corporation may sue and collect the same from any delinquent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of this act the corporators

Meeting to receive subscriptions.

named in the first section, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, or, if any refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall meet at some convenient and accessible place in the District of Columbia for the organization of said Company and for the receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay at the time of

Provision.

subscribing ten per centum of the amount by him subscribed to the

Money only received for subscription.

treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his subscription shall be null and void: Provided further, That nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per centum at the time of subscribing except lawful money

First meeting of stockholders.

or certified checks from any established national bank. And when the books of subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be closed the corporators named in the first section, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder shall, within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders of said

Notice.

company to meet within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, of which public notice shall be given for five days in two daily newspapers

Consolidation for bidden.

published in the city of Washington, and by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in all meetings of the stockholders each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy: Provided, That it shall be unlawful for the company hereby incorporated

Sale before construction forbidden.

to consolidate with any other railroad company now in existence, or which may hereafter be chartered, and any such consolidation shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter. Nor shall the charter

Equipment to be first-class.

or franchise herein granted be sold or transferred to any company or person until the road shall have been fully constructed.

Sec. 14. That the said company shall place first-class ears on said

Time table.

railways, with all the modern improvements for the convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars thereon as often as the public convenience may require; the time table or schedule of time to be approved

Purchase, etc., of necessary buildings, etc.

by the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 15. That the company may buy, lease, or construct such passenger

Lost articles.

rooms, ticket-offices, workshops, depots, lands, and buildings as may be necessary, at such points on its line as may be approved by the said Commissioners.

Sec. 16. That all articles of value that may be inadvertently left in

Board of directors.

any of the ears or other vehicles of the said company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours of business.

Sec. 17. That the government and direction of affairs of the company

Officers.

shall be vested in a board of directors, nine in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and who shall hold their office for one year, and until others are duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors; and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be a quorum)

Vacancies.

shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, who shall also be president of the company, and they shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and treasurer, who shall give bond with surety to said company in such sum as the said directors may require for the faithful discharge of his trust. In the ease of a vacancy in the board

bylaws, etc.

of directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise, of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be tilled by the remaining directors.

Sec. 18. That the directors shall have the power to make and prescribe

Ten per cent must be paid.

such bylaws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful 72 and proper touching the disposition and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the company, not contrary to the charter or to the laws of the United States and the ordinances of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 19. That there shall be at least an annual meeting of the stockholders

Annual meeting of stockholders,

for choice of directors, to be holden at such time and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice as the said company in their

Report.

by-laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make a report in writing of their doings to the stockholders.

Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times the free and

Penalty for obstructing passage of cars, etc.

uninterrupted use of its roadway, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, or other property belonging to said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to said company, to be recovered as other fines and penalties in said District, and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his or her or their act as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty days after such offense shall have been committed.

Sec. 21. That the said District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company

Crossings.

shall have the right of way across such other railways as are now in operation within the limits of the lines granted by this act, and is hereby authorized to construct its said road across such other railways in a manner to be approved by the Commissioners of the District:

Proviso.

Not to hinder travel.

Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction.

Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any

Ejection, etc., of passengers.

part of said road or ejected from the cars by the company’s employees for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, unclean, or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company.

Sec. 23. This act may at any time be altered, amended, or repealed

Amendment, etc.

by the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 24. That in the event that the company should not be able to

Condemnation proceedings to secure lands, etc.

come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located to pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said laud as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes.

Approved, July 5, 1892.

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CHAP. 145.—

An Act to provide the times and places for holding terms of the United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming.

July 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Idaho judicial district.

That the State of Idaho shall constitute one judicial district.

Sec. 2. That the circuit court of the United States in and for the State

Terms of circuit court.

of Idaho shall be held at the times and places provided by law for the holding of the United States district court in and for said district, and one grand and one petit jury only shall be summoned to serve in both said courts when held at the same place.

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of holding terms of the district court

Divisions for district court.

said district shall be divided into three divisions, to be known as the 73 northern, central, and southern divisions. The counties of Shoshone,

Northern division.

Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perces, and Idaho, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the northern division, the court for which shall be held at the town of Moscow.

Court at Moscow.

The counties of Washington, Ada. Boise, Owyhee, Alturas, Logan, and

Central division.

Elmore, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the central division, the court for which shall

Court at Boise.

be held at the city of Boise. The counties of Custer, Lemhi, Bingham,

Southern division.

Bear Lake, Oneida, and Cassia, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the southern division,

Court at. Blackfoot.

the court for which shall be held at the town of Blackfoot.

Sec. 4. That all civil suits not of a local character, which shall

Jurisdiction.

be brought in the district or circuit courts of the United States for the district of Idaho, in either of the said divisions, against a single defendant, or where all the defendents seside in the same division of said district, shall be brought in the division in which the defendant or defendents reside, or if there are two or more defendents residing in different divisions, such suit may be brought in either division, and all

Process.

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 all of said divisions. All issues of fact in civil causes triable in any of the

Issues of fact.

said courts shall be tried in the division where the defendant or one of the defendents resides, unless by consent of both parties the case shall be removed to some other division.

Sec. 5. That the clerk of the circuit and district courts for said District

Deputy clerks.

shall each appoint a deputy clerk at the place where their respective courts are required to be held in the division of the district in which such clerk shall not himself reside, each of whom shall, in the absence of the clerk, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of clerk within the division for which he shall be appointed: Provided, That the

Proviso.

appointment of such deputies shall be approved by the court for which

Approval.

they shall have been respectively appointed, and may be annulled by such court at its pleasure; and the clerks shall be responsible for the official acts and negligence of all such deputies.

Sec. 6. That the terms of the district court for the district of the

Terms.

State of Idaho shall be held at the town of Moscow beginning on the

Moscow.

first Monday in February and the first Monday in July in each year; at Boise City, beginning on the first Monday in April and the first Monday

Boisé. Blackfoot.

in November; at the city of Blackfoot, beginning on the first Monday in May and the first Monday in September in each year; and the provision of statute now existing for the holding of said courts on any day contrary to the provisions of this act is hereby repealed, and all

Vol. 26, p. 217.

suits, prosecutions, process, recognizances, bail bonds, and other things pending in or returnable to said court are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have force in the said respective terms in this act provided in the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had said existing statute not been passed.

Sec. 7. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment,

Actions, etc., not affected.

recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending, and triable at the terms herein provided for.

Sec. 8. That instead of the times now fixed by law, the terms of the

Wyoming judicial district.

Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Wyoming to be held at Cheyenne shall commence on the second Monday

Terms at Cheyenne.

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in May and the second Monday in November in each year.

Approved, July 5, 1892.

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CHAP. 146.—

An Act for preparation of a site and erection of a pedestal for statue of late General William T. Sherman, and appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars therefore.

July 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriation for pedestal, etc., statue of Gen. William T. Sherman.

That the stun of fifty thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of the late General William T.

Site.

Sherman in the city of Washington; said site to be selected by and said pedestal to be erected under the supervision of the president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, the Secretary of War, and the Major-General Commanding the Army, and any part of the sum

Balance may be used for statue.

hereby appropriated not needed for preparation of site and the erection of a pedestal may be used and expended in the completion of said statue of the late General William T. Sherman.

Approved, July 5, 1892.

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CHAP. 147.—

An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

July 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations for Department of Agriculture.

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 ninety-three, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Office of the Secretary: For compensation of Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

Agriculture, eight thousand dollars: Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, four thousand live hundred dollars; chief clerk in said Department, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand dollars; stenographer to the Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand four hundred dollars; private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand six hundred dollars; one librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one stationery clerk, one thousand six 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; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; one engineer, who shall be captain of the watch, one thousand six hundred dollars; one fireman who shall be a steamfitter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars: one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; two night watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; carpenters, painters, messengers, laborers, and charwomen, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, eighty thousand five hundred dollars.

Division of Accounts and Disbursements: Chief of division

Division of accounts and disbursements.

and disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four auditing clerks and accountants, one thousand six hundred dollars each, six thousand four hundred dollars; one bookkeeper. one thousand four hundred dollars; one draft clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; 75 one clerk at one thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars.

Division of Statistics: One statistician, two thousand five hundred

Division of statistics.

dollars; one assistant statistician, two thousand dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks class two, live thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks 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; in all. thirty-six thousand one hundred dollars.

Division of Botany: One botanist and curator of the herbarium,

Division of botany.

two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant curator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one botanical clerk, one thousand dollars; one botanical clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six hundred dollars.

Division of Entomology: One entomologist, two thousand five

Division of entomology.

hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred dollars.

Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy: One

Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy.

ornithologist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.

Division of Pomology: One pomologist, two thousand five hundred

Division of pomology.

dollars; one assistant pomologist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand three hundred dollars.

Division of Microscopy: One microscopist, two thousand five

Division of microscopy.

hundred dollars; one assistant microscopist, one thousand two hundred dollars; for the employment of additional assistants in division of microscopy when necessary, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred dollars.

Division of Vegetable Pathology: One pathologist, two thousand

Division of vegetable pathology.

dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand two hundred dollars, one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars.

Division of Chemistry: One chemist, two thousand five hundred

Division of chemistry.

dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; employment of additional assistants in division of chemistry when necessary, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand one hundred dollars.

Division of Forestry: Chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of forestry

one assistant chief of division, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, seven thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

Division of Records and Editing: Chief of division, two thousand

Division of records and editing.

five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand dollars; one clerk 76 class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand three hundred dollars.

Division of Illustration: Chief artist and draftsman, two thousand

Division of illustration.

dollars; three assistant artists, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; five assistant artists, at one thousand two hundred dollars, each, six thousand dollars; one wood engraver, at two thousand dollars; one assistant wood engraver, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant wood engraver, at one thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand dollars.

Division of Seeds: One chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of seeds.

one superintendent of seed room, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; three clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.

Document and Folding Room: One superintendent, one thousand

Document and folding room.

six hundred dollars; two chief folders, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; one clerk, six hundred and sixty dollars; six folders, at six hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.

Experimental Gardens and Grounds: One superintendent, two

Experimental gardens.

thousand five hundred dollars.

Museum: One curator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one

Museum.

assistant curator one thousand dollars; two night watchmen, who shall also be watchmen for the seed buildings, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all. three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue investigations

Extending foreign market for agricultural products.

concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for agricultural products of the United States, ten thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue experiments in

Rainmaking experiments.

the production of rainfall, ten thousand dollars, to be expended under the immediate instruction of the Secretary.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect information as to

Irrigation investigation.

the best modes of agriculture by irrigation, six thousand dollars.

Collecting Agricultural Statistics, Division of Statistics:

Expenses of investigations, etc.

Collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, expenses of local investigations and compilations, and necessary traveling expenses;

Provisos.

statistical publications furnishing data for permanent comparative records; compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, and the necessary expenses of the same, including paper and envelopes, postal cards and postage

Crop maps.

stamps, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That fifteen thousand dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be

Investigation Rocky Mountain region.

expended for the preparation and printing of maps and charts illustrating the progress of rural production and crop distribution of the United

Monthly crop report to contain only condition of crops by States, etc.

States, and for special investigation of the agricultural statistics of the States and Territories of the Rocky Mountain region, with traveling and other necessary expenses connected therewith:

Division of botany.

And provided further, That the monthly crop report issued on the tenth day of each month shall embrace only a statement of the condition of the crops by States and in the United States with such explanations and comparisons with other months and years as may be useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall officially approve the report before it is issued or published.

Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Division of

Division of statistics.

Botany: Purchasing specimens, paper, and all necessary materials for the herbarium and for labor in preparing the same, and for investigations and experiments with grasses and forage plants, including the establishment and maintenance of experimental grass stations and of 77 other economic and medicinal plants, including cost of reports and illustrations thereof, and for traveling and other necessary expenses connected therewith and for employing local botanists in the field for exploration and collection of plants in little-known districts, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Investigating the History and Habits of Insects, Division

Division of entomology.

of Entomology: Promotion of economic entomology, investigating the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, arboriculture, and horticulture; experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them: publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, chemicals, and other expenses in the practical work of the division of entomology, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for an investigation into the natural history of and remedies for the cotton-boll worm; for the compensation

Cotton-boll worm.

of additional temporary agents of the division of entomology; for traveling expenses, chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other necessary expenses in this investigation.

Investigation in Ornithology and Mammalogy, Division of

Division of ornithology and mammalogy.

Ornithology and Mammalogy: For investigating the geographic distribution of animals and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy and investigation of the food habit of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, traveling, and other expenses in the practical work of the division, fifteen thousand dollars.

Pomological Information, Division of Pomology: Traveling

Division of pomology.

and other necessary expenses in investigating, collecting and disseminating pomological information, and the collection and distribution of trees, seeds, shrubs, and specimens, five thousand dollars.

Investigation of Food Adulterations and Investigations

Division of microscopy.

and Experiments Relating to Textile Fabrics, Division of Microscopy: Microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations and drawings, and other supplies; traveling expenses; the purchase of food samples and condiments in the investigation of the adulteration of food; the purchase of textile fabrics, and ascertaining their relative strength and forms, two thousand dollars.

Vegetable Pathological Investigations and Experiments,

Division of vegetable pathology.

Division of Vegetable Pathology: Investigating the nature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; chemicals and apparatus required in the field and laboratory; necessary traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations: and for other expenses connected with the practical work of the investigation twenty thousand dollars; of which so much thereof as may be directed by the Secretary may be applied to the investigation of peach yellows, California grape disease, root rot and blight of cotton, pear blight, the disease of the orange, and remedies therefor.

Laboratory, Division of Chemistry: Chemical apparatus, chemicals,

Division of chemistry.

laboratory fixtures and supplies, purchase of samples and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling expenses, labor and expert work in such investigations, six thousand dollars; for rent of laboratory building, nine hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to extend and continue the

Adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors.

investigation of the adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors, including the purchase of samples, transportation, traveling expenses, stationery, return postage, printing and illustrations, analyzing, investigating, and examining samples purchased in the open markets, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars; and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary: Provided, That the Secretary is

Proviso.

78 hereby required to make a separate report to Congress as to where and

Report to Congress.

when the samples of food, liquors, and drugs were purchased, when and where analyzed and the result of such analysis, together with the name of the manufacturer and the brand or label on the package or article.

Fiber Investigation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to

Fiber investigation.

continue the investigations relating to textile fibers indigenous in or adapted to the United States, including their economic growth, cleansing, and decorticating preparatory to manufacture; the testing machines and processes for said cleansing and decorticating; for the purchase of material for said tests; for the purchase of fiber plants and seeds for distribution, propagation, and experiment; and for the labor and expenses incident thereto, and for traveling expenses in connection with said duties, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Report on Forestry, Division of Forestry: To enable the Secretary

Division of forestry.

of Agriculture to experiment and continue an investigation and

Report.

report upon the subject of forestry, and for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation, and the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, twelve thousand dollars.

Illustrations and Engravings, Division of Illustrations:

Division of illustrations.

Tools, instruments, paper, ink, pencils, paints and other necessary materials, printing proofs, two thousand dollars.

Purchase and Distribution of

Division of seeds.

Valuable Seeds, Division of Seeds: Purchase,

Distribution.

propagation, and distribution, as required by law, of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expense of labor, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities adapted to their

Allotment.

culture, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and plants shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the

Provisos.

Department of results of the experiments therewith: Provided, That all seeds, plants and cuttings herein allotted to Senators,

Seeds uncalled for.

Representatives, and Delegates to Congress for distribution, remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed by the Secretary of

Report as to purchases. etc.

Agriculture: And provided also, That the Secretary shall report as provided in this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same. And the

Not to be diverted.

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, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants:

Distribution to be adapted to locality.

Provided however, That the Secretary 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.

Printing, seed packets, labels, postal cards, circulars, and so forth,

Printing, etc.

labor, paper, ink, type and other necessary material for printing and for repairing printing presses, five thousand four hundred dollars.

Document and Folding Room: Paper, gum, twine, and other necessary

Document and folding room.

materials, two thousand dollars.

Experimental Garden and Grounds: Labor in experimental

Experimental garden and grounds.

garden and grounds, the care of conservatories, plant and fruit propagating and seed testing houses, for building and repair of greenhouses, and the keep of the reservation, lawns, trees, roadways, and walks, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. Blacksmithing, the purchase of tools, wagons, carts, harness, horses, lawn mowers, heating apparatus, and machinery, and the necessary labor and material for repairing 79 the same; the purchase of new and rare kinds of seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; expense of material and labor in labeling and packing plants for distribution and transportation; the purchase of necessary pots, tubs, watering cans, and hose; the purchase of material for the destruction of insects, and other necessary items for the, cultivation and improvement of the grounds and arboretum; the purchase of material for repairing and making roads and walks; the purchase of glass, paints, lumber, tin for roofing and spouting, and hardware, and for carpenters, painters, and all other mechanics, and the necessary material for keeping the conservatories and other structures in good repair ten thousand dollars.

Museum: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to completely reorganize

Museum.

and systematize the present agricultural museum attached to the Department; for collecting, classifying, and naming cereals; collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and for labor and material in preparing the same for the museum and other necessary expenses and supplies, four thousand dollars.

Furniture Cases and Repairs: Repairing buildings, heating apparatus,

Furniture, cases, and repairs.

furniture, carpeting, matting, water and gas pipes, new furniture, and all necessary material and labor for the same, including lumber, hardware, glass, and paints, ten thousand dollars.

Library: Purchase of necessary books, periodicals, and papers, and

Library.

for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, three thousand dollars.

Postage: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous

Postage.

articles for correspondents and foreign mail, five thousand dollars.

Contingent Expenses: Stationery, twine, paper, gum, dry goods,

Contingent expenses.

soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel and lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, purchasing supplies, and washing towels; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses; the purchase and repair of harness; expenses of sales of old material; payment of duties on imported articles; actual traveling expenses while on business of the Department; and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry: For

Bureau of Animal Industry.

Salaries, etc.

Vol. 23, p. 31.

carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry and of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for an inspection of meats and animals, also the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing for the

Vol. 26, pp. 414, 1089.

inspection of live cattle, hogs and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes, the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary 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 spread of pleuro-pneumonia and

Preventing spread of pleuropneumonia, etc.

other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, including one thousand dollars additional temporary compensation to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal

Allowance to chief.

Industry, and to expend any part of this sum in the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals, and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia or other diseases of animals, from one State into another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may direct; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental

Laboratory.

of not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided, That fifteen

Proviso.

thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended

Investigating swine diseases.

in continuation of the investigations and experiments, to be 80 conducted within the United States, into the nature, causes, and remedies for prevention and cure of hog cholera and swine plague.

Quarantine Stations for Neat Cattle: To establish and maintain

Quarantine stations for neat cattle.

quarantine Stations, and to provide proper shelter for and care of neat cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary, fifteen thousand dollars.

That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to the Secretary

Secretary of Agriculture to certify what countries arc free from contagious diseases, etc.

Vol. 26, p. 616.

of the Treasury what countries or parts of countries are free from contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals, and that neat cattle and hides can be imported from such countries into the United States without danger to the domestic animals of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury shall suspend the prohibition of the importation of neat cattle and hides, in the manner provided by law.

That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the

Pedigree animals.

Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and pure bred

Vol. 26, p. 603.

animals, under the provisions of paragraph four hundred and eighty-two of the act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

Agricultural Experiment Stations: To carry into effect the

Agricultural experimental stations.

Vol. 24, p. 440.

provisions of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States

Vol. 12, p. 503.

under provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto,” seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture to

Vol. 24, p.441.

enable him to carry out the provisions of section three of said act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, and to incur such other expenses in traveling, stationery, and office fixtures, as lie may find essential in carrying out the objects of the above acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the

Index of agricultural literature.

Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy it copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Station, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index.

Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar: To enable the

Experiments in sugar manufacture.

Secretary of Agriculture to continue experiments in the production of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets and sorghum, and especially for culture experiments looking to the improvement of those sources of sugar, and for experiments for the more complete separation of the sugar from the molasses, and including all necessary expenses in these experiments, namely, traveling expenses, purchase of samples, apparatus,

Additional pay to chemist.

and supplies, chemical services, including five hundred dollars additional temporary compensation to the chief chemist, and other expenses incidental to the experiments, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof

Provisos.

as may be necessary: Provided, That so much thereof as may be

Lands in California.

necessary may in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture be expended in investigating and preparing to carry on experiments next year in sugar cane production on reclaimed swamp lands in some suitable place in the San Joaquin or Sacramento Valley, California, to be used by the

Sales.

Department free of charge: Provided further, That all products of the experiments may be sold and the proceeds thereof be used in the experimental work, and that a full and accurate account of the proceeds of such sales be transmitted to Congress.

81 WEATHER BUREAU.

Weather Bureau.

Salaries and Expenses of the Weather Bureau: To enable

Salaries and expenses.

the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, transferring the Weather

Vol. 26, p. 653.

Bureau to the Department of Agriculture: One chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one professor of meteorology, four thousand dollars; one assistant chief of bureau, three thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one executive officer, two thousand five hundred dollars; three professors of meteorology at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one superintendent of telegraph lines, two thousand dollars; four inspectors, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks, class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars; one property clerk and storekeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, class three, eight thousand dollars; ten clerks, class two, fourteen thousand dollars; thirty-two clerks, class one, thirty-eight thousand four hundred dollars; twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicians, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one batteryman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; seven messengers, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; six messengers, or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand seven hundred dollars; five messengers, or laborers, at three hundred dollars each, one thousand five hundred dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, nine hundred and sixty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers, as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred and thirty dollars; and the Secretary

Changes in personnel.

is hereby authorized to make such changes in the personnel of the Weather Bureau for limiting or reducing expenses as he may deem necessary.

Fuel, Lights, and Repairs: For fuel, lights, repairs, labor, and

Fuel, lights, and repairs.

other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of Washington, nine thousand seven hundred dollars.

Contingent Expenses: Contingent expenses for stationery, furniture,

Contingent expenses.

and repairs to the same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses; repairs of harness; paper, twine, advertising, dry goods, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies 82 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Bureau, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

general expenses, weather bureau.

General expenses.

Expenses of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely:

Salaries of (twenty-six) local forecast officials, observers, assistant

Salaries, forecast officials, etc., outside of Washington.

observers, operators, repairmen, and other necessary civilian employees outside of the city of Washington, three hundred and twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make promotions in the service without prejudice to those transferred from the Signal Service of the War Department. All other

Maps, etc.

expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, and stationery for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary working force), for printing of the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, monthly weather reviews, and other meteorological data for distribution and display in the interest of agriculture, commerce, and

Transportation, etc.

navigation; for transportation and legal traveling allowances of employees when traveling on business connected with the Bureau, including

Instruments.

transportation of materials and funds: for meteorological and other

Telegraphing reports, etc.

instruments and shelters therefor: for telegraphing or telephoning reports, messages, or other information; the special and regular circuits, drops, and rates for Weather-Bureau service, to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the telegraph or telephone company or

Rents, etc.

companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation; for the

Coast telegraphs.

maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; for river

Flood reports.

observations and reports necessary for flood forecasts; for storm,

Storm signals.

cold wave, flood, frost, and other signals (including the purchase

Cotton belt reports.

of flags for the same); for cotton region observations and

Hurricane reports.

reports; for special observations and pay of observers of West

Supplies, etc.

India stations during the hurricane season; for supplies for State

Climate investigations.

Weather Service stations, and for investigations on the relations of climate to organic life, three hundred and sixty eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents; in all, six hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.

Approved, July 5, 1892.

Chap. 148: for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Ferron, County of Emery, Territory of Utah. Chapter 148 27 Stat. 82 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 148.—

An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Ferron, County of Emery, Territory of Utah.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ferron, Utah.

That the probate judge of

Town site entry.

Emery County, Territory of Utah, be and is hereby, authorized to enter in trust for the inhabitants of the town of Ferron, for town-site

R. S., secs. 2387-2389, p. 437.

purposes, section sixteen, in township twenty south, of range seven east, Salt Lake meridian, subject to the provisions of sections twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven, twenty-three hundred and eighty-eight, and twenty-three hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the

Utah to select indemnity land.

United States relating to town sites.

Sec. 2. That upon the passage of this act the Territory of Utah, through its proper officer, shall be, and is hereby, authorized to select

R.S., sec. 1946, p. 341.

as indemnity for said land, and in full satisfaction thereof, and for the purpose stated in section nineteen hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, one section of the public lands at any land office in said Territory, said selection to be made in a body according to legal subdivisions.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 149: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to consent to the use of a portion of the public grounds of the United States in the town of Abingdon, Virginia, for a public street. Chapter 149 27 Stat. 83 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 83

CHAP. 149.—

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to consent to the use of a portion of the public grounds of the United States in the town of Abingdon, Virginia, for a public street.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Abingdon. Va.

Lund granted for public street.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to consent, if in his judgment it be proper, to the use of so much of the public grounds belonging to the United States in the town of Abingdon, not exceeding thirty feet in width, on the west side of said public grounds, for a public street in the said town, upon such terms and conditions as be may deem proper for the protection of the rights of the United States.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 150: to authorize the Marinette and Western Railroad Company to construct a railroad through the Menominee. Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin. Chapter 150 27 Stat. 83 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 150.—

An Act to authorize the Marinette and Western Railroad Company to construct a railroad through the Menominee. Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Marinette and Western Railway Company granted right of way through Menominee Indian Reservation, Wis.

That the Marinette and Western Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Wisconsin, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line, running in an easterly and westerly direction, in, on, upon, and through the Menominee Indian Reservation, comprised of township

Location.

thirty, in ranges thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen, in Shawano County, and township thirty, in range sixteen, Oconto County, State of Wisconsin, 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 of said railroad herein provided for: Provided, That the company shall have the

Provisos.

right to adopt the most feasible and practicable route in following the general direction hereinbefore specified: Provided further, That said route or right of way shall be located within one and one-half miles

Location.

from the north line of townships hereinbefore mentioned.

Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all

Width.

purposes of a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Indian Reservation and to take and use a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with the length of three thousand feet, in addition to the right of way, for station purposes, not to exceed one station for every six

Stations, etc.

miles of road, 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 on each side of said right of way, or so much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill; but no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall

Lands not to be leased or sold.

be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes only 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 revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which

Reversion.

the same was taken.

Sec. 3. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Damages.

lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian members of said Menominee tribe 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 said railroad. In case of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement of three disinterested referees, a

Appraisement.

Referees.

majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, to be appointed, one by the President, one by the Menominee Indians in 84 general council to which said occupant belongs, and one by the railroad company, who, before entering upon the duties of their appraisement,

Oath.

shall take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of appraisement, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award to and tiled with the Secretary of the Interior within twenty days from the completion thereof, and a majority of said referees shall be competent to act in case of the absence

Substitution on failure to appoint.

of a member, after due notice; and upon the failure of either party to make such appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the President, the vacancy shall be tilled by the judge of the district court for the eastern district of Wisconsin upon application of either

Hearing.

party. The person appointed by the President shall be chairman of said board, and shall appoint the time and place of all hearings within the nation to which said occupant belongs. Each of said referees shall

Compensation.

receive for his services the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are engaged in the trial of the cause submitted to them under this

Award.

act, with mileage at 5 cents per mile. A majority of the board, where

Appeal to district court.

all can not agree, may make the award. Either party being dissatisfied with the 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 district court for the eastern district of Wisconsin, having jurisdiction over the place where the land lies, which court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the subject matter of the petition according to the laws of the State of Wisconsin for

Costs on appeal.

determining damages when property is taken for railroad purposes. If, upon the hearing of said appeal, the judgment of the court shall b for a larger sum than the award of the referees or a sum equal to said award the costs of said appeal shall be adjudged against the railroad company. If the judgment of the court shall be for a less sum than the award made by the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against

Proceedings.

the party claiming damages. All proceedings of said district court upon appeal from the award of the referees shall be conducted in the same manner as an original action brought therein, except that the

Proviso.

court may direct formal pleadings to be made and served: Provided,

Payment by railway company.

That all costs of appraisements by referees shall be paid by the rail road company.

Sec. 4. That said railroad company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

Interior, for the benefit of the particular nation or tribes through whose lauds said line may be located, the. sum of fifty dollars per mile for each mile of road constructed and maintained in said Indian reservation, in addition to the compensation provided for in this act for property taken or damages done individual occupants by the construction of said road

Annual rental.

to be paid as each five miles of the railroad is graded, and also fifteen dollars per mile per annum, so long as such reservation shall be used

Appeal to Secretary of the Interior by general council.

and occupied as a reservation by said tribes. If, however, the general council of the Menominee tribe of Indians through whose lands said railroad may be located shall, within four months after the filing of maps of definite location as set forth in section five of this act, dissent from the allowance hereinbefore provided for, 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 to be. paid to the individual occupants of lands, with the right of appeal to the court upon the same terms, conditions, and

Provisos.

requirements as therein provided: Provided, That the amount awarded

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

or adjudged to be paid by said railroad company for such dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu of the compensation the said nation or tribe would be entitled to receive under the foregoing provision:

Title to timber.

Provided, That the title to all timber on the right of way herein granted shall remain in the Menominee tribe of Indians, and shall be sold and disposed of for the benefit of said Indians, under the direction of the 85 Secretary of the Interior, all such timber to be removed within a reasonable time after the filing of maps of definite location of the right of way by said company, and the approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, to the end that the company shall not be hindered or delayed in the construction of its road: Provided, That all merchantable pine

Payment for pine timber.

timber on the right of way and depot grounds shall be carefully estimated and appraised by a competent person appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and said railroad company shall pay or cause to be paid the sum of not less than six dollars per thousand feet, board measure, for each and every thousand feet, together with the expense of estimate and appraisal, said money to be paid to the Secretary of the Interior before the building of said road has been commenced: And Provided, That after paying the expense of the estimate and appraisal,

Proceeds from timber sales.

the balance of the money derived from the sale of said timber shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Menominee tribe of Indians.

Sec. 5. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of

Maps to be tiled with Secretary of the Interior and chiefs.

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 chief or chiefs of said Menominee tribe of Indians through whose lands said railroad may be located, and after the filing of said maps no claim for subsequent settlement or improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid against said company: Provided, That when

Proviso.

a map showing any portion of said railroad’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located

Grading to begin in one year from tiling map.

Employees may reside on right of way.

line within one year thereafter or such location shall be void.

Sec. 6. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company necessary to the construction and management 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 conformity with said intercourse laws.

Sec. 7. That said railway company shall construct and maintain continually

Crossings and bridges.

all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railroad, wherever such roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way or may be by the proper authorities laid across the same.

Sec. 8. That said Marinette and Western Railway Company shall

Condition of acceptance.

accept this right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise nor assist in any effort looking towards extinguishing or changing the present tenure of the Indians to their lands in said reservation, and will not attempt to secure from the said Indians any further grant of land, or its occupancy, than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation

Proviso.

of the conditions mentioned in this section shall operate as a

Violation to forfeit.

forfeiture of all rights and privileges of said railroad under this act.

Sec. 9. That all mortgages executed by said railroad company conveying

Amendment, etc.

any portion of its railroad, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian reservation, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be prima facie evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed.

Sec. 10. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or repeal

Not assignable prior to construction.

this act, and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction

Charges

or completion of said road, except as to mortgage or other lien that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.

Sec. 11. That said railroad company shall not charge more for the

Record of Mortgages.

transportation of freight or passengers through said reservation than for like services outside of same

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 151: supplementary and amendatory to an act entitled “An act to refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation and for other purposes,” approved October first eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 151 27 Stat. 86 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 86

CHAP. 151.—

An Act supplementary and amendatory to an act entitled “An act to refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation and for other purposes,” approved October first eighteen hundred and ninety.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Shawnee Indians.

To present all claims against United States and Cherokees.

Vol. 26, p. 636.

That the Shawnee tribe or band of Indians, whose claims and demands against the Cherokee Nation and the United States were referred to the United States Court of Claims for adjudication under the act of Congress passed and approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation, and for other purposes,” shall present to the said court all their claims against the United States and the Cherokee Nation, or against either or both of them, of every description whatsoever, arising out of treaty relations with the United States, rights growing out of such treaties, and from contracts, expressed or implied, under such treaties, made and entered into by and between the said Shawnees and Cherokees, and between them, or either of them and the United States.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 152: confirming title to lands in the subdivision of square two hundred and six in the City of Washington District of Columbia. Chapter 152 27 Stat. 86 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 152.—

An Act confirming title to lands in the subdivision of square two hundred and six in the City of Washington District of Columbia.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Subdivision of square 206 confirmed.

That the subdivision of square two hundred and six in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, made by C. P. Patterson and recorded in book R. W. page one hundred and two, in the office of the surveyor of the said District, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed so far as the said subdivision embraced any part of the original alleys in said square, and the title of the persons claiming any part or parts of said original alleys under the owner of the original lots in said square at the time said subdivision was made,

Proviso.

is hereby confirmed: Provided, That the area dedicated to the public in

New alleys.

the subdivision made by said Patterson is at least as great as that of the alleys in the said original division of said square into lots.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 153: amendatory of an act entitled “An act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh Census” Chapter 153 27 Stat. 86 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 153.—

An Act amendatory of an act entitled “An act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh Census”

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eleventh Census.

That sections

Informal ion from productive industries.

fifteen and seventeen of the act entitled “An act to provide for taking the Eleventh and subsequent censuses” approved March first, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 25, p. 765.

eighty-nine, be and the same are hereby, amended so that the Superintendent of Census shall be required to obtain from every incorporated and unincorporated company, firm, association, or person engaged in any productive industry the information called for and specified in the general and special schedules heretofore approved or to be hereafter approved by

Penalty for not answering, etc.

the Secretary of the Interior. And every president, treasurer, secretary, agent, director, or other officer of every corporation engaged in such productive industry, and every person, firm, manager, or agent of unincorporated companies, and members of firms, associations, or individuals likewise engaged in such productive industry, from which or whom answers to any of the inquiries contained in the said schedules are herein required, who shall, if thereto requested by the Superintendent of Census, supervisor, enumerator, or special agent, or each or any of them, wilfully neglect or refuse to give true and complete answers to any inquiry or inquiries contained in the said schedules, or shall wilfully give false information in respect thereto, shall be deemed guilty 87 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. And all acts or parts of

Repeal.

acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 154: to allow thirty days’ leave of absence to employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Chapter 154 27 Stat. 87 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 154.—

An Act to allow thirty days’ leave of absence to employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Engraving and Printing Bureau.

Thirty days’ leave to employees.

That the employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, including the pieceworkers, shall be allowed leave of absence with pay, not exceeding thirty days in any one year, under such regulations and at such time or times as the Chief

Vol. 24, p. 607.

of the Bureau, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe and designate: Provided, That the length of the leave of

Proviso.

absence of any employee of said Bureau doing piecework, and the pay

Determining pay, etc.

during such leave of absence, shall be determined by the average amount of work done by such person and the pay therefor during the several months of the year.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

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CHAP. 156.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act approving with amendments the funding act of Arizona,” approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arizona funding act.

That section three of said act be, and is so amended that the interest upon the bonds provided for in

Payment of interest.

said act shall be payable semiannually, on the fifteenth days of January and July in each year, and that no further Territorial legislation shall

Vol. 20, p. 176.

be necessary to make said Territory liable for the principal and interest of said bonds; and no further advertisement for the sale of one million live hundred thousand dollars of said bonds, at not less than par, shall be necessary.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

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CHAP. 157.—

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Columbia River by Oregon and Washington Bridge Company.

Time for construction extended.

Vol. 26, p. 28.

That, “An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road,” approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be and the same is hereby, extended, revived, and declared to be in full force and effect

Ante, p. 19.

from and after March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Section twelve of said act, which provides that said act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the time within which said bridge is required to be commenced shall be within two years from March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the time within which it is required that said bridge be completed shall be within four years from the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

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CHAP. 158.—

An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works or rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations for rivers and harbors.

That the following stuns of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named:

Harbors.

Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Camden. Me.

twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Rockland, Me.

thirty thousand dollars. Improving Mooseabec Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Mooseabec Bar, Me.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at York. Maine: Completing improvement,

York, Me.

nine thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Completing improvement,

Portland, Me.

thirty thousand dollars. Improvement of channel in Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Back Cove, Portland, Me.

twenty thousand dollars. For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Mount Desert to Porcupine Island. Me., breakwater.

fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Belfast. Me.

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,

Little Harbor, Me.

thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Boston, Mass.

by deepening and widening the main channel to a depth of twenty-seven feet and a width of one thousand feet, three hundred thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the further prosecution of the work in Nantasket Beach Channel, and twenty-five thousand dollars in extending main ship channel from its termination at the southeast corner of Grand Junction wharf eastwardly towards Jeffrey’s Point.

Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Lynn. Mass.

ten thousand

Proviso.

dollars: Provided, That the whole or any portion of this appropriation may be expended on the Western channel in the discretion of the Secretary of War.

Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Nantucket, Mass.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Newbury port, Mass.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Plymouth, Mass.

nine thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance of works in harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts,

Provincetown, Mass.

one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Wareham, Mass.

seven thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars. Improving harbor at Hingham, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Hingham, Mass.

three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Hyannis, Mass.

six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven. Massachusetts; Continuing improvement,

Vineyard Haven, Mass.

seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving national harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Gloucester, Mass.

forty thousand dollars. 89 Improving harbor at Manchester, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Manchester, Mass.

six thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving Harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

New Bedford, Mass.

seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving inner harbor at Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Marthas Vineyard, Mass.

two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Salem, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Salem, Mass.

fourteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Westport, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Westport, Maas.

one thousand dollars. Improving Canapitait Channel, Massachusetts, between the islands of Cuttyhunk and Neshawana, completing improvement,

Canapitait Channel, Mass.

four thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Scituate, Maas.

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winthrop, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Winthrop, Mass.

three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kingston, Massachusetts, and the

Kingston, Mass.

approaches to the public wharves of said port and of North Plymouth, ten thousand

North Plymouth, Mass.

dollars. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Completing improvement,

Block Island, R. I.

twenty-four thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, including

Newport. R. I.

the removal of the spit at the south end of Goat Island, Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Constructing harbor of refuge at Point Judith. Rhode Island: Continuing

Point Judith, R. I. Harbor of refuge.

Proviso.

Contracts.

construction, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may, from time to time, be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate, one million and one

Limit.

hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving entrance to Point Judith Pond, west of Point Judith,

Point Judith Pond R. I.

Rhode Island, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement.

Bridgeport, Conn.

between Inner Beacon and Naugatuck wharf, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Black Rock, Conn.

five thousand dollars. Constructing breakwaters at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing construction, one hundred and twenty

New Haven. Conn., breakwaters.

thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut: Completing improvement,

Stonington, Conn.

twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Clinton, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Clinton. Conn.

two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Five-mile River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Five-mile River, Conn.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Duck Island, on Long Island Sound,

Duck Island, Conn.

Connecticut: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

New Haven, Conn.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Stamford, Connecticut: Fifteen thousand dollars,

Stamford, Conn.

not less than one-half of which shall be expended on the East Branch. Improving harbor at Cos Cob and Miamus River, Connecticut,

Cos Cob and Miamus River, Conn.

seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: Continuing improvement,

Buffalo, N. Y.

three hundred thousand dollars. Constructing breakwater at Rouses Point, New York: Completing

Rouses Point, N. Y.

improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. 90 Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,

Canarsie Bay, N. Y.

live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement,

Charlotte, N. Y.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement,

Dunkirk. N. Y.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,

Flushing Bay, N. Y.

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Glen Cove, New York: Continuing improvement,

Glen Cove, N.Y.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Gowanus Bay channels, New York: Continuing improvement,

Gowanus Bay, N. Y.

one hundred thousand dollars, for distribution by allotment between the Red Hook and Gowanus Creek channels, at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Improving Bay Ridge channel, Gowanus Bay, New York Harbor, New York: Completing improvement,

Bay Ridge channel,

ninety-eight thousand six hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,

Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.

fifteen thousand dollars Improving harbor at Greenport, New York: Completing improvement,

Greenport, N. Y.

eleven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: For maintenance of existing works and deepening

Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.

of channel, six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing improvement,

Ogdensburg, N.Y.

forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement,

Oswego, N. Y.

forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: For repairs to existing works,

Rondout, N. Y.

five thousand dollars. Improving New York Harbor, New York: Continuing improvement,

New York, N.Y.

one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: To maintain the dike in repair

Saugerties, N. Y.

and to remove the rocky points near the shore end of the north dike, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement,

Port Chester, N. Y.

five thousand dollars. Improving Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Tonawanda Harbor, Niagara River. N.Y.

seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore, New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Channel, Staten Island and New Jersey.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and New Jersey shore, New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huntington. New York: Continuing improvement,

Huntington. N. Y.

five thousand dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, one

Buttermilk Channel. N. Y.

hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York: Continuing improvement,

Port Jefferson, N.Y.

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pultneyville. New York: Continuing improvement,

Pultneyville, N. Y.

one thousand dollars. Improving Jamaica Bay, New York: Completing improvement

Jamaica Bay, N. Y.

in accordance with plan numbered three of Lieutenant-Colonel Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, submitted December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Raritan Bay, N.J.

forty thousand dollars, one-half of which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used in dredging bar between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Keyport, N. J.

five thousand dollars. 91

Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,

Erie, Pa.

forty thousand dollars.

The material removed in improving the harbor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pa.

and New Jersey, in accordance with the plan adopted by Congress in the act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, under appropriations heretofore made, or any part of said material, may be deposited in any place or places approved by the engineer officer

Deposit of material.

in charge of the work: Provided, That the full amount of material

Proviso.

to be deposited and spread on League Island, as provided for under

League Island.

the existing contract, shall be so deposited and spread before the completion of the work covered by the contract; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with this provision are hereby repealed.

Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Delaware Breakwater, Del.

fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Wilmington, Del.

forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cambridge, Maryland: Completing improvement,

Cambridge, Md.

seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Removal of draw.

That no part of said sum shall be expended above the bridge until the draw in said bridge shall have been widened sufficiently to accommodate the commerce on the river. Improving harbor at Norfolk, and its approaches, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Norfolk, Va.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Onancock, Virginia: Completing improvement,

Onancock, Va.

six thousand five hundred and eleven dollars.

Improving harbor at Cape Charles City, Virginia, and its approaches;

Cape Charles City, Va.

Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars, to be expended in dredging and for such protective works as are recommended by the engineer: Provided, That before any Government money shall be expended

Proviso.

in the improvement of this harbor or any of its approaches, the owners of the basin forming the harbor and the channel or canal

Use of basin.

leading thereto, or connecting said harbor withe Cherrystone Inlet, shall execute, or cause to be executed, and file with the Secretary of War an instrument in writing satisfactory to the said Secretary of War, giving to any and all vessels, upon any and all occasions for all time to come, the right to enter and remain in said harbor and transact business therein without charge, except legitimate, usual and reasonable wharf charges to be determined by the Secretary of War in event

Wharf charges.

of disagreement and shall further legally dedicate or cause to be dedicated to public use an approach to the wharves of said harbor from the nearest public highway of not less than forty feet in width, to be approved by the Secretary of War.

Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Beaufort, N. C.

ten thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Charleston, including Sullivan Island and

Charleston, S. C.

Mount Pleasant Shore, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts

Proviso.

may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such

Contracts.

materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million nine hundred and

Limit.

fifty three thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving harbor at Georgetown, South Carolina: Completing improvement,

Georgetown, S. C.

twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Winyaw Bay, S. C.

one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: Completing improvement

Brunswick, Ga.

twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Cumberland Sound, Ga.

one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. 92

Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Savannah, Ga.

three hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War

Contracts.

for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two

Limit.

million eight hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Darien, Ga.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay and river, Florida: Continuing

Apalachicola Bay and River, Fla.

improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Pensacola. Fla

to obtain twenty-four feet of water by dredging, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Tampa Bay, Florida: Completing improvement,

Tampa Bay, Fla.

ten thousand dollars. Improving entrance to harbor at Key West, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Key Went. Fla.

seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Augustine, Florida: Completing improvement,

Saint Augustine.

ten

Fla.

thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement,

Mobile, Ala.

two hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars:

Proviso.

Provided, That contracts may be entered into

Contracts.

by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to

Limit.

time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Calcasieu River, La.

one hundred thousand dollars, of which twenty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used on the inner bars. Improving and maintaining ship channel in Galveston Bay, Texas,

Galveston Bay, Tex.

from Bolivar Channel through Morgan’s Cut and the channel constructed through Morgan’s Point to the San Jacinto River: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Sabine Pass, Tex.

three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving channel in West Galveston Bay, in accordance with plan

West Galveston Bay, Tex.

recommended by Major Charles J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, submitted December twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and printed in House Executive Document Numbered Twenty-two, Fifty-second Congress, first session, fifteen thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Ashtabula, Ohio.

seventy thousand dollars, a portion of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War in removing the ledge of rocks on the west side of the river channel inside the mouth. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permission, under such regulations and orders as may be prescribed by him, to the Lake Shore and Michigan

Removal of part of pier.

Southern Railway Company to remove so much of the easterly Government. pier at the port of Ashtabula as, in his judgment may be removed

Proviso.

without detriment to the navigation and commerce of the port: Provided, That said railway company shall, at its own cost and expense,

Construction of new pier.

construct a pier further eastward on its own ground, to answer the purpose of the one removed; the new pier to be constructed under plans to be approved by the Secretary of War. And the space between where the old pier was and the new pier shall be dredged to a depth to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, at the expense of said company, and be maintained at such depth by said company; and the

Use by Government vessels.

Government of the United States shall, at all times, have the use of said substituted pier for its own vessels free of cost or charges.

93 Improving harbor at the mouth of Black River, Ohio: Continuing

Black River, Ohio.

improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: Continuing improvement, one

Cleveland, Ohio.

hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement, thirty-five

Fairport, Ohio.

thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement, fifteen

Huron, Ohio.

thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Completing improvement,

Sandusky, Ohio.

forty-one thousand seven bundled and twelve dollars, a part of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing shoal at outer approach to harbor. Improving harbor at Toledo—straight channel through Maumee

Toledo, Ohio.

Bay—Ohio: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars, a part of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing shoal in old channel, and in extending the improvement up the Maumee River. Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio: For repairs and dredging,

Vermillion, Ohio.

two thousand dollars. Improving Conneaut Harbor, Ohio: For relocation of channel and

Conneaut, Ohio.

construction of new piers (Scheme B, of Engineer’s report), forty thousand

Post, p. 474.

dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Port Clinton, Ohio.

ten thousand dollars, of which one thousand two hundred dollars are to be paid to Charles Roose, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, in full satisfaction for

Charles Roose.

the necessary portion of the sand beach adjoining the inner

Payment to.

end of the west revetment at Port Clinton Harbor, as recommended by the War Department, and in compliance with the settlement authorized by the act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction,

Vol. 24, p. 314.

repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement,

Michigan City, Ind.

thirty thousand dollars. Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Completing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois: For maintenance of existing

Calumet, Ill.

works, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Completing improvement, seventy-two

Chicago, Ill.

thousand dollars; and the engineer in charge of the harbor is directed, in his next report, to submit what, if any, improvement should be made by the Government, in Chicago River, and the cost of same. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement,

Waukegan, Ill.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan:

Charlevoix, Mich.

Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement

Frankfort, Mich.

and repairs, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement

Grand Haven, Mich.

, ninety thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Grand Marais, Mich.

thirty thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvements

Manistee, Mich.

and for repairs, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this

Proviso.

sum shall be used in aid of the inner navigation until the city authorities, or private owners, have taken proper steps to prevent erosion of

Protection of banks.

the banks and the washing of silt into the bed of the river.

Improving harbor at Holland (Black Lake), Michigan: Continuing

Holland, Mich.

improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: Continuing improvement

Monroe, Mich.

and maintenance, ten thousand dollars. 94 Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Muskegon, Mich.

seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Ontonagon, Mich.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Pentwater, Mich.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Michigan: For repairs,

Sand Beach. Mich.

custody, control of harbor, dredging and beginning construction of permanent superstructure, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, including Benton Harbor Canal,

Saint Joseph, Mich.

Michigan: Continuing improvement, sixty thousand dollars, of which one thousand dollars may be expended on the Saint Joseph River, in the discretion of the Secretary of War. The Cincinnati. Wabash and

Use of dam.

Michigan Railroad Company, owners of the lands abutting on the north side of Saint Joseph River and harbor, shall have the right to load and unload freight over the east three hundred feet of the wing dam or wall constructed at the entrance to Benton Harbor Canal, in the harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan, under such regulations and orders as may be approved by the Secretary of War; said right to be at any time revocable by him or Congress, after twenty days’ notice to said company: and in consideration thereof the said railroad company shall, at their own proper cost and expense, rebuild, repair, renew, and protect the said three hundred feet of wing dam; all such rebuilding, repairs, and renewals to be done under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.

Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement

South Haven, Mich.

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at White Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

White Lake, Mich.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Marquette, Mich.

eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: Continuing improvements,

Ludington, Mich.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Petosky, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Petosky, Mich.

twenty thousand dollars, which amount, together with the sum

Vol. 26, p. 433.

appropriated for this harbor in the act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be used in the improvement of the harbor according to the plans for the smaller of the two projects submitted in the report of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and printed in the annual report for eighteen hundred and ninety, pages twenty-six hundred and seventy-four and twenty-six hundred and seventy-five. Improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Saugatuck, Mich.

five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Ahnapee, Wis.

seven thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand

Green Bay, Wis.

dollars, to be expended on the existing project and in securing a sixteen-foot channel, in accordance with the recommendation of Major James F. Gregory, Corps of Engineers, submitted under date of February

Proviso.

twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two: Provided, That five thousand

Fox River.

dollars of said sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended on the Fox River, below De Pere, Wisconsin.

Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Kenosha, Wis.

fifteen thousand dollars, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars of which may be expended in dredging the inner harbor. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Kewaunee, Wis.

thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Manitowoc, Wis.

and maintenance, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Milwaukee, Wis.

seventy-five thousand dollars. 95 Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Completing improvement,

Milwaukee, Wis.

fourteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: Completing improvement,

Port Washington, Wis.

six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Racine. Wig.

twenty-five thousand dollars Improving harbor at Superior Bay and Saint Louis Bay, Wisconsin:

Superior and Saint Louis bays, Wis.

Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, a portion of which may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in dredging in Superior Bay along the dock line between the Quebec Channel and the main channel opposite the base of Connors Point, Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Sheboygan, Wis.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Ashland, Wis.

forty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Two Rivers, Wis.

three thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wisconsin:

Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis.

For maintenance of channel and piers, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: To maintain works, three

Oconto, Wis.

thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, including repairs to the

Duluth. Minn.

canal, piers, the channel on the north shore of Saint Louis Bay, and the Saint Louis River, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which forty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in the channel of Saint Louis River above Grassy Point, And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause an investigation to be made

Investigation of title to land occupied by canal, etc.

into the question of ownership of the ground on which is located the canal, canal entrances, and piers in this harbor, with the view of determining whether the grant and conveyance made by the city of Duluth, dated January ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to the United States, and accepted by the United States in the river and harbor act

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of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, covers the same in full, and make report thereof to Congress, and should it appear that a portion of the ground on which is located said canal, canal entrances, and piers has not yet been vested in the United States, to make such recommendations as may be necessary to the end that all the ground pertaining to said canal, canal entrances, and piers may become the property of the United States.

Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,

Grand Marais, Minn

ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,

Agate Bay, Minn.

thirty thousand dollars.

Improving harbor and bay at Humboldt, California: Continuing improvement,

Humboldt, Cal.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War

Contracts.

Limit.

and sixty-five thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement,

Oakland, Cal.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, California: Completing improvement,

Wilmington, Cal.

fifty-one thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Continuing improvement,

San Diego, Cal.

fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing improvement,

San Luis Obispo, Cal.

thirty thousand dollars.

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appoint

Examination for deep-water harbor, San Pedro or Santa Monica, Cal., to be made.

a boar d of five engineer officers of the United States Army, whose duty 96 it shall be to make a careful and critical examination for a proposed deep-water harbor at San Pedro or Santa Monica bays, and to report as to which is the more eligible location for such harbor in depth, width, and capacity to accommodate the largest oceangoing vessils and the commercial and naval necessities of the country, together with an

Report.

estimate of the cost. Said board of engineers shall report the result of its investigations to the Secretary of War on or before the first of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated for said purpose.

Improving entrance and harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,

Coos Bay, Oregon.

two hundred and ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,

Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

eighty-five thousand dollars. Improving Tillamook Bay, Oregon; fifteen

Tillamook Bay, Oregon.

thousand dollars. Improving Gray’s Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington,

Grays Harbor. Chehalis River. Wash.

fifty thousand dollars. Improving Olympia Harbor, Washington, thirty-five thousand

Olympia. Wash.

dollars.

Rivers.

Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvements,

Bagaduce River. Me.

five thousand dollars. Improving Kennebec River, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Kennebec River, Me.

one hundred thousand dollars, of which not exceeding five thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended between the cities of Augusta and Waterville. Improving Narraguagus River, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Narraguagus River, Me.

seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Penobscot River, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Penobscot River, Me.

forty thousand dollars Improving Saco River, Maine, including breakwater: Continuing improvement,

Saco River, Me.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Harraseeket River, Maine: Completing improvement,

Harraseeket River, Me.

sixteen thousand dollars. Improving Bellamy River, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,

Bellamy River, N.H.

seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,

Cocheco River, N. H.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Otter Creek, Vermont: Completing improvement,

Otter Creek. Vt.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Powow River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Powow River, Mass.

four thousand dollars. Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Taunton River, Mass.

seven thousand dollars.

Improving Merrimac River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Merrimac River, Mass.

Proviso.

Reappropriation.

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one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the amount appropriated in act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for improving Merrimac River at Mitchell’s Falls, may be applied to the general improvement of the river in the discretion of the Secretary of War.

Improving Ipswich River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Ipswich River, Mass.

two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Weymouth River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Weymouth River, Mass.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Mystic and Malden rivers, Massachusetts,

Mystic and Malden rivers. Mass.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Essex River, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars,

Essex River. Mass.

Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Pawtucket River, R. I.

thirty five thousand dollars. Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Providence River and Narragansett Bay, R. I.

fifty thousand dollars. Improving Green Jacket Shoal, Providence River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Green Jacket Shoal,

ten thousand dollars. 97 Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island: Completing improvement,

Pawcatuck River, R.I.

three thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing

Connecticut River, Conn.

improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut; Continuing improvement,

Housatonic River, Conn.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Thames River, Conn.

thirty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied for improvement in that portion of New London Harbor known as Shaw’s Cove. Improving Mystic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten

Mystic River, Conn.

thousand dollars. Improving Saugatuck River, Connecticut; seven thousand dollars to

Saugatuck River. Conn.

be expended in the improvement of the natural channel.

Improving Hudson River, New York, by extension of project of improvement

Hudson River. N. Y.

adopted in eighteen hundred and sixty seven, so as to provide for a channel twelve feet deep and four hundred feet wide from Coxsackie to the foot of Broadway, Troy, and thence twelve feet deep

Coxsackie to Troy dam.

and three hundred feet wide to the State dam at Troy, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That contracts

Proviso.

may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials

Contracts.

and work as may be necessary to carry out the plan recommended by Board of Engineers, United States Army, dated October first, eighteen hundred and ninety one, and printed in House Executive Document Numbered Twenty-three, Fifty-second Congress, first session, for the improvement of the Hudson River, as above stated, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in

Limit.

the aggregate two million two hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and six dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving Newtown Creek and Bay, New York: Continuing improvement

Newtown Creek and Bay, N. Y.

thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York: Continuing improvement, one

Harlem River, N. Y.

hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: Removing obstructions, one

East Biver and Hell Gate, N. Y.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Brown’s Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York: Continuing improvement,

Browns Creek, N.Y.

five thousand dollars. Improving Great Chazy River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Great Chazy River, N. Y.

five thousand dollars. Improving narrows at Lake Champlain, New York: To complete improvement,

Lake Champlain Narrows. N. Y.

eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. Improving shoal between Sister Islands and Cross-Over Light, Saint Lawrence River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Saint Lawrence River, N. Y.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Patchogue River, New York: Continuing improvement

Patchogue River, N. Y.

eight thousand dollars. Improving Niagara River, from Tonawanda to Port Day. New York,

Niagara River, N.Y.

to secure channel eight feet deep at mean lake level, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Passaic River, N.J.

forty-five thousand dollars. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Raritan River. N.J.

forty thousand dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Shrewsbury River, N. J.

ten thousand dollars. Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

South River, N. J.

seven thousand dollars. Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Alloway Creek, N.J.

three thousand dollars. Improving Elizabeth River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Elizabeth River, N.J.

five thousand dollars. 98 Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: Completing improvement,

Mattawan Creek, N.J.

nine thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Rancocas River, N.J.

five thousand dollars. Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N. J.

three thousand dollars. Improving Goshen Creek, New Jersey,

Goshen Creek, N. J.

three thousand dollars. Improving Salem River, New Jersey, two thousand live hundred dollars,

Salem River, N.J.

to be expended above the canal. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, Continuing improvement,

Allegheny River, Pa.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Completing improvement.

Schuylkill River, Pa.

forty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Delaware River from Trenton to its mouth,

Delaware River, Pa. and N.J.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. For continuing construction of dam at Herr’s Island, Allegheny River. Pennsylvania,

Herr’s Island Dam, Allegheny River, Pa.

forty thousand dollars. Improving Appoquinimink River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Appoquinimink River, Del.

five thousand dollars. Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Smyrna River, Del.

three thousand dollars. Improving Murderkill River, Delaware;

Murderkill River, Del.

Broad Creek River, Del.

Mispillion River, Del.

seven thousand dollars. Improving Broad Creek River, Delaware, five thousand dollars. Improving Mispillion River. Delaware, according to project recommended by William F. Smith, United States agent, in his letter of November fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, twelve thousand dollars.

Improving the inland water way from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, to

Inland waterway, Delaware and Chincoteague bays.

Proviso.

Delaware Bay at or near Lewes, to be used from Delaware Bay to Indian River: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars:

Right of way.

Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended until the right of way is secured without cost to the United States.

Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Choptank River, Md.

three thousand dollars Improving Susquehanna River, Maryland and Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,

Susqnehanna River. Md. and Pa.

four thousand dollars, to be expended above Havre de Grace. Improving Chester River, Maryland: Continuing improvement

Chester River, Md.

three thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Elk River, Md.

five thousand dollars. Improving Manokin River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Manokin River, Md.

Seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Northeast River, Maryland: Completing improvement,

Northeast River, Md.

two thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Improving Wicomico River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Wicomico River, Md.

six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Patapsco River, Baltimore Harbor. Maryland: For dredging

Patapsco River, Md., Baltimore Harbor.

a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide at bottom and of a depth of twenty-seven feet mean low water from the main ship channel to Curtis Bay, in accordance with recommendation of Colonel William P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, submitted December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Improving Warwick River, Maryland: In accordance with recommendation

Warwick River, Md.

of United States Agent W. F. Smith, submitted August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, six thousand dollars Improving Latrappe River, Maryland, in accordance with recommendation

Latrappe River, Md.

of United States Agent W. F. Smith, submitted July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia: Continuing

Potomac River, D.C.

improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. 99 Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Completing improvement,

Appomattox River. Va.

fifteen thousand and eighty dollars. Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Nansemond River, Va.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Chickahominy River, Virginia: Completing improvement,

Chickahominy River, Va.

five thousand dollars. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

James River. Va.

two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Mattaponi River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Mattaponi River. Va.

four thousand dollars, of which one thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended between Aylett’s and Guinea’s bridges. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Nomini Creek, Va.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Pamunkey River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Pamunkey River Va.

three thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Rappahannock River, Va.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving Urbanna Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement

Urbanna Creek. Va.

three thousand dollars. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

York River, Va.

thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Aquia Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Aquia Creek, Va.

five thousand dollars. Improving Occoquan Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Occoquan Creek. Va.

five thousand dollars. Improving Lower Machodoc Creek, Virginia,

Lower Machodoc Creek. Va.

Elk River, W. Va.

three thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia, two thousand

Great Kanawha River. W. Va.

Proviso.

Contracts.

five hundred dollars.

Improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia; continuing improvement,

Limit.

two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the revised project of improvement of January eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million eighty thousand seven hundred

Gauley River, XV. Va.

dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: For maintenance,

Guyandotto River, W. Va.

two thousand dollars, Improving Gauley River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Monongahela River, W. Va.

three thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Waterway, Bean-fort to New River, N. C.

twenty-five thousand dollars, for beginning work on lock and dam number ten. Improving inland water way between Beaufort Harbor and

Lock woods Folly River, N. C.

New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement; ten thousand dollars. Improving Lockwoods Folly River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

North East (Cape Fear) River, N. C.

three thousand dollars Improving North East (Cape Fear) River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Ocracoke Inlet, N. C.

five thousand dollars Improving Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Pasquotank River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Pasquotank River, N. C.

three thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington: Continuing improvement,

Cape Fear River, N. C.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, at and below Wilmington: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Contentnia Creek,

seven thousand dollars. Improving Neuse River. North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Neuse River, N. C.

fifteen thousand dollars. 100 Improving New River. North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

New River, N. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Roanoke River. N. C.

fifty thousand dollars Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Trent River, N. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Yadkin River, North Carolina: Completing improvement,

Yadkin River, N. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Lumber River, North and South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Lumber River, N. C. and S. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Fishing Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Fishing Creek, N. C.

five thousand

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dollars, and a former appropriation of ten thousand dollars. together with this, may be expended whenever draws are provided in such bridges as are, in the opinion of the engineer in charge, unreasonable obstructions to navigation. Improving Block River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Block River, N. C.

ten thousand dollars. Improving inland water route from Norfolk Harbor. Virginia, to

Waterway, Norfolk. Va., to Albemarle Sound, N. C.

Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Continuing improvement, nine thousand dollars. Improving Edisto River, South Carolina: Completing improvement,

Edisto River, S. C.

seven thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars. Improving Great Peedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Great Peedee River, S. C.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Santee River, S. C.

thirty thousand dollars, to be used in snagging and in making new cut between Estherville and Minim creek. Improving Waccamaw River, North and South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Waccamaw River, S. C.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Wappoo cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Wappooent, S. C.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: For maintenance,

Wateree River, S. C.

two thousand five hundred ollars. Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement

Congaree River, S. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Mingo Creek, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Mingo Creek. S. C.

three thousand dollars. Improving Little Peedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Little Peedee River, S. C.

five thousand dollars. Improving Clark River, South Carolina: Completeing improvement,

Clark River, S. C.

two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Beaufort River, South Carolina: Completeing improvement,

Beaufort River. S. C.

twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Altamaha River. S. C.

fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama; Continuing improvement,

Chattahoochee River. Ga. and Ala.

twenty-five thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be used on that portion of the river between West Point and Franklin. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Flint River, Ga.

fifteen thousand dollars, of which four thousand dollars are to be expended between Albany and Montezuma, and eleven thousand below Albany. Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Ocmulgee River, Ga.

twenty-five thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand five hundred dollars are to be expended between Macon and Hawkinsville, and the like sum below Hawkinsville. Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improement.

Oconee River, Ga.

twenty-five thousand dollars, of which live thousand dollars are to be expended between Milledgeville and the Central Railroad bridge. 101 Improving Savannah River, between Augusta and Savannah: Continuing

Savannah River, Ga.

improvement, thirty-five

Augusta to Savannah.

thousand dollars. Improving Jekyl Creek, Georgia: Continuing improvement, seven

Jekyl Creek, Ga.

thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Coosa River in Georgia and Alabama, between Rome,

Coosa River, Ga. and Ala.

Georgia, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge in Alabama: Continuing improvement, one hundred and thirty thou sand dollars. Improving Coosa River between Wetumpka, Alabama and the East

Coosa River, Ala.

Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars, and the restriction as to the size of the locks to be constructed on the Coosa River, placed in the river

Locks.

and harbor act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety

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is hereby repealed. Inside water route between Savannah. Georgia, and Fernandina.

Water way. Savannah. Ga., to Fernandina, Fla.

Savannah River. Ga., above Augusta.

Florida, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Savannah River, Georgia, above Augusta, ten thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida, including Lee’s Slough and

Apalachicola River, Fla.

its connection with the Chipola River, and from said connection to the mouth of the Chipola River: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River, Florida, For maintenance,

Caloosahatchee River. Fla.

one thousand dollars.

Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida, and Alabama, Continuing

Choctawhatchee River. Fla. and Ala.

Proviso.

Draw bridge.

improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended above Hollis Bridge until a draw approved by the Secretary of War is put in said bridge.

Improving Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Fla.

eight thousand dollars, of which three thousand dollars are tor snag boat and five thousand dollars for operating the same. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, six

Manatee River, Fla.

thousand dollars.

Improving the channel over the bar at the mouth of the Saint Johns

Saint Johns River, Fla.

River, Florida: Continuing improvement, one hundred and twelve-thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That contracts may be enterd

Proviso.

Contracts.

into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry out the project of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and eighty-four

Limit.

thousand five hundred dollars exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, three

Suwanee River, Fla.

thousand dollars. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For repairs, one thousand dollars.

Volusia Bar, Fla.

Improving Ocklawaha River, Florida: For maintenance, one thousand

Ocklawaha River, Fla.

dollars. Improving Sarasota Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, two

Sarasota Bay, Fla.

thousand five hundred dollars.

Improving Indian River, Florida, between Goat Creek and Jupiter

Indian River. Fla.

Inlet, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be expended until the Florida Coast Line Canal and Transportation Company surrenders and relinquishes to the United States all the rights and privileges which it now holds under State Charter along the entire route.

Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,

Alabama River, Ala.

seventy thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to Daniels

Black Warrior River, Ala.

Creek: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Cahaba River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, seven

Cahaba River, Ala.

thousand five hundred dollars. 102

Improving Tombigbee and Warrior Rivers, Alabama, from mouth of

Tombigbee and Warrior Rivers, Ala.

Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars, of which one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars are to be expended on the Tombigbee River and seventy five thousand dollars on the Warrior River, and so much of said sums as may be necessary is authorized to be expended in acquiring by purchase or condemnation, under the laws of Alabama, the lands needed in making such improvements.

Improving Tombigbee River from Fulton to Columbus: Continuing

Tombigbee River, Ala.

improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, thirty five thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, from Walker’s Bridge to Fulton: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Big Sunflower River, Miss.

five thousand dollars. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: For maintenance,

Noxubee River, Miss.

three thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Pascagoula River, Miss.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburg and Carthage: For maintenance,

Pearl River, Miss.

five hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Carthage and Jackson: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below Jackson: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi Continuing improvement, two

Steele’s Bayou, Miss.

thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Tchula Lake, Miss.

three thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Yazoo River, Miss.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Tallahatchee River, Miss.

five thousand dollars, of which amount two thousand dollars may be used in the improvement of said river between the bridge at Panola, Mississippi and the mouth of the Coldwater River at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Improving Leaf River, Mississippi, from its mouth to Bowie Creek:

Leaf River, Miss.

Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Big Black River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Big Black River. Miss.

five thousand dollars. Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi, from the mouth up to railroad

Chickasahay River, Miss.

bridge near Shubuta: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.

Improving mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, in accordance with

Yazoo River. Miss., mouth of.

plan of Captain J. H. Williard, Corps of Engineers. United States Army, dated February fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, contained in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and twenty five, Fifty-second Congress, first session, including borings and gauges, seventy-five thousand dollars; and should the Secretary of War be unable

Right of way.

to obtain such right of way as may be necessary in the prosecution of this work, upon reasonable terms, by agreement, purchase, or voluntary conveyance, he is hereby authorized to apply at any term of the circuit or district court of the United States for the western division of the southern district of Mississippi, and in the name of the United

Condemnation.

States institute and carry on proceedings to condemn such lands as may be necessary for right of way as aforesaid and in such proceedings said court shall be governed by the laws of the State of Mississippi so far as the same may be applicable to the subject of condemning private property for public use.

Improving Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana: For maintenance,

Amite River and Bayou Manchac, La.

two thousand five hundred dollars, of which one thousand 103 dollars may be used to construct a turning basin for boats at or near the mouth of Ward’s Creek on Bayou Manchac.

Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, ten

Boeuf River, La.

thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing

Bayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark.

improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou D’Arbonne, Louisiana; Completing improvement,

Bayou D’Arbonno, La.

four thousand dollars; one thousand dollars of which shall be expended in improvement of the Cornie from Steins Bluff to the head of navigation on said stream. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana and Arkansas:

Tensas River and Bayou Macon, La. and Ark.

Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.

Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas, from Fulton, Arkansas,

Red River. Ark. and

to the Atchafalaya River: Continuing improvement, according to plan of Captain J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and for completion of survey, including the work at Alexandria, the widening of that portion of the river known as Little River, the necessary work at the harbor of Shreveport, the closing of outlets on the west bank of the river above Shreveport, and the removal of the “ tow head” just above Rush Point, in Caddo Parish, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for work in Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jefferson, Texas.

Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: For maintenance, one thousand

Tickfaw River, La.

dollars. Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana, Continuing improvement,

Bayou Plaquemine, La.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing obstructions from Grand River and Pigeon bayous, forming part of the Bayou Plaquemine route. Improving Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana: Continuing improvement

Bayou Lafourche, La.

and removing obstructions fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tchefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana: For maintenance,

Tchefuncte River and Bogue Falia, La.

one thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Chitto, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bogue Chitto. La.

five thousand dollars. Improving the channel, bay and passes of Bayou Vermillion, Louisiana: seven thousand five hundred

Bayou Vermillion, La.

dollars. Improving Mermentau River and tributaries, Louisiana, seven thousand

Mermentau River, La.

five hundred dollars. Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Buffalo Bayou, Tex.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Trinity River, Tex.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Cedar Bayou, Texas: Completeing improvement,

Cedar Bayou, Tex.

fourteen thousand dollars. Improving Cypress Bayou and Lakes, Texas and Louisiana: Completing

Cypress Bayou and Lakes, Tex.

survey, two thousand dollars. Improving Sabine River, up to Sudduth’s Bluff, Texas, five thousand dollars.

Sabine River, Tex.

Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas and Indian Territory, two hundred

Arkansas River, Ark. and Ind. T.

and fifty thousand dollars, two-fifths of which amount shall be expended from the mouth of the river to Little Rock, two-fifths from Little Rock to Fort Smith, and one-fifth above Fort Smith. Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,

Saint Francis River, Ark.

eight thousand dollars. Improving Arkansas River: Removing obstructions and operating

Arkansas River.

snag boats, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Black River. Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement,

Black River, Ark. and Mo.

five thousand dollars. Improving Petit Jean River, Arkansas: Completing improvement,

Petit Jean River Ark.

three thousand five hundred dollars. 104 Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, seventy-five

White River, Ark.

thousand dollars, fifty-three thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars of which shall be used for completion of the existing project. the remainder to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War, Improving Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana:

Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark and La.

Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars, of which not exceeding five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, at the harbor of Camden, Arkansas. Improving Red River, above Fulton, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,

Red River, Ark.

three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cache River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,

Cache River, Ark.

two thousand dollars. Improving Big Hatchee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,

Big Hatches River. Tenn.

three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,

Clinch River. Tenn.

four thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky: Continuing

Cumberland River. Tenn. and Ky.

Above Nashville.

improvement above Nashville, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in the improvement of the river above the town of Burnside.

Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, below Nashville: Continuing

Below Nashville.

improvement, including the work at the mouth of the river, forty

Proviso.

thousand dollars: Provided, That ten thousand dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for acquiring

Lock and dam.

site and locating lock and dam near the mouth of Harpeth River, Tennessee, according to the survey and plan of Lieutenant Colonel Barlow, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, submitted in December, eighteen hunched and eighty nine.

Improving French Broad River. Tennessee: Continuing improvement,

French Broad River, Tenn.

fifteen thousand dollars, of which one thousand dollars may be used in removing the bar or shoal in Little Pigeon River, a tributary of the French Broad River. Improving Forked Deer River, Tennessee: Completeing improvement,

Forked Deer River, Tenn.

three thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River, below Chattanooga. Tennessee: Continuing

Tennessee River.

Below Chattanooga, Tenn.

improvement, five hundred thousand dollars, of which twenty-five thousand dollars may be used in continuing the work at Livingston Point, Kentucky. Improving Tennessee River, above Chattanooga, Tennessee: Continuing

Above Chattanooga.

improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Obion River, Tennessee, from its mouth to the crossing of

Obion River, Tenn.

the Louisville and Memphis Railroad in Obion County, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky. Continuing improvement,

Kentucky River. Ky.

one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving the falls of the Ohio River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,

Ohio River, Ky.

sixty thousand dollars. Improving Indiana Chute Fall, Ohio River: Continuing improvement,

Indiana Chute Fall.

thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Rough River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,

Rough River, Ky.

fifteen thousand dollars. . Improving Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance,

Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.

two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance,

Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.

two thousand five hundred dollars.

Improving Big Sandy River, near Louisa, Kentucky: For movable

Big Sandy River, Ky.

dam in lieu of fixed dam according to report and recommendation of

Movable dam.

Board of Engineers, dated November tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, and found in House Executive Document Numbered Twenty-five, Fifty-second Congress, first session, fifty thousand dollars: 105 Provided, That in addition to the said sum the balance on hand from

Proviso.

Balance available.

former appropriations made for the fixed dam at that point is hereby made available for the movable dam herein provided for.

Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the month of the Big

Green River, Ky.

Barren River: For lock number five, according to report and recommendation

Lock No. 5.

of Major D. W. Lockwood, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, submitted August eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Sandusky River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, five

Sandusky River, Ohio.

thousand dollars.

Improving Ohio River, Continuing improvement, three hundred and

Ohio River.

sixty thousand dollars, of which sum thirteen thousand dollars may be expended in completing the embankment on the south side of the Great Miami river near its junction with the Ohio River, to confine the waters

Mouth of Great Miami.

of said Miami River in great floods to the general course of its channel at or near the Ohio, to the end that the formation of the bar in the Ohio now obstructing navigation may be arrested; and of said sum thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used in improving the navigation of the river at Mound City,

Mound City, Ill.

Illinois, and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for dredging in Brooklyn Harbor, Illinois, and seven thousand

Brooklyn, Ill.

Shawneetown, Ill.

dollars in completing the work at Shawneetown, Illinois.

Improving Ohio River by the construction of a movable dam at or

Dam at mouth of Beaver River, Pa.

below the mouth of Beaver River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War in his discretion may use so much thereof as may be necessary for the survey, location, and obtaining title to land for dam numbered two.

Improving Saginaw River. Michigan: Continuing improvement, one

Saginaw River, Mich.

hundred thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars shall be expended on the West channel at Bay City, and forty thousand dollars, or such less sum as may be necessary, on the river above Bay City.

Improving mouth of Black River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Black River, Mich.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River. Michigan: Completing improvement,

Clinton River. Mich.

eight thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars. Improving Rouge River. Michigan: Completing improvement,

Rouge River, Mich.

eleven thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan, by removal of shoals from city of Detroit to Lake Erie: Continuing improvement,

Detroit River, Mich.

thirty thousand dollars. Improving Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Thunder Bay River. Mich.

ten thousand dollars. Improving Black River, at Port Huron, Michigan: Continuing improvement

Black River. Mich.

up to Washington avenue, ten thousand dollars.

Improving the water communication across Keweenaw Point, Lake

Water way across Keweenaw Point, Lakes Superior and Michigan.

Superior, from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan, for a navigable depth of sixteen feet with a minimum width of seventy feet at the bottom, and for repairs to existing revetments, fifty--thousand dollars.

For acquisition of land for site and beginning construction of turning

Rouge River, Mich.

basin in Rouge River, Michigan, according to plan of General O.

Turning basin.

M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, submitted December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five thousand dollars.

Improving Chippewa River, including Yellow Banks, Wisconsin:

Chippewa River, Wis.

Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, seventy-five

Fox River, Wis.

thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for work in the harbor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and approaches thereto. Improving Menominee River, Wisconsin and Michigan: Completing

Menominee River, Wis. and Mich.

improvement according to modified project, twenty-thousand five hundred dollars. 106

Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Continuing

Saint Croix River, Wis, and Minn.

improvement, eight thousand dollars.

For making free to commerce the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan

Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal.

Ship Canal, connecting the water of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, in the State of Wisconsin, eighty-one thousand eight hundred and

Proviso.

thirty-three dollars: Provided, That no money appropriated for this

Title and jurisdiction.

purpose shall be available until a valid title to all of said premises shall be vested in the 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 owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process on the lands and right of way so conveyed.

Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,

Red River of the North, Minn.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Minnesota River, Minnesota: The sum appropriated by

Minnesota River, Minn.

Reappropriation.

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act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby made available for the improvement of the river, omitting the requirement for operations at Belle Plain, pursuant to recommendation of engineer officer, page twenty-two hundred and nine of the reports of eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes:

Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.

Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, sixty thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement, five

White River, Ind.

thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: Continuing improvement.

Calumet River, Ill. and Ind.

seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sixty thousand dollars is to be used below the forks of the river and fifteen thousand dollars above the forks to one-half mile east of Hammond. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hundred

Illinois River, Ill.

thousand dollars.

For the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: Continuing

Illinois and Mississippi Canal.

construction, five hundred thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be used in acquiring the right of way for said

Provisos.

Rights of way.

canal: Provided, That in acquiring right of way the Secretary of War may make agreements for joint user where the canal crosses other lines of transportation if such agreements can be made upon reasonable

Basis.

terms: Provided further, That in acquiring the right of way by agreement or otherwise for the crossing of existing public highways over the parts of the canal constructed on land, the basis of agreement or

Bridges, etc.

condemnation shall be the construction and maintenance of bridges by the United States Government, as provided for in the detailed plans and estimates heretofore submitted to Congress, but this provision shall not apply to bridges constructed over public waters of the United States now occupying part of the line of the said canal, nor to bridges constructed after the completion of said canal or part thereof adjacent to the bridge sites.

Improving Kaskaskia River, Illinois, from mouth to Baldwin Bridge:

Kaskaskia River, Ill.

Completing improvement, four thousand five hundred dollars. For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi

Mississippi River.

Reservoirs at headwaters.

River, sixty thousand dollars, of which thirty thousand dollars may be expended for the construction of a navigable pass through the Sandy Lake dam.

Improving the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Ohio River

From mouth of Ohio to Minneapolis.

to the landing on the west bank below the Washington avenue bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, one million one

Provisos.

hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That on and

Additional contracts.

after the passage of this act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the systematic improvement of the 107 Mississippi River between the points mentioned, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety three: And provided further, That of the amount herein appropriated live hundred and

Distribution.

twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River and six hundred thousand dollars from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis; and the amounts for which additional contracts are authorized to be entered into shall be expended in like proportion. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to pay, out of the sum allotted to the river between the mouth of the Missouri River and Minneapolis, to M. J. Adams, five

M. J. Adams.

Payment to.

thousand dollars, in full of all claims and demands growing out of the test made by him of what is known as the Adams flume on the Upper Mississippi River, the said test having been authorized by Congress; and the Secretary of War shall expend fifty thousand dollars of said six hundred thousand dollars between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis

Between St. Paul and Minneapolis.

and Onaba Railway bridge at Saint Paul and the Washington avenue bridge, Minneapolis, and may, in his discretion, use a portion of said sum of six hundred thousand dollars, if necessary, to further protect the east bank of the river from erosion, and thus prevent the destruction of the embankment of the Say Island levee, and a

Say Island levee.

further portion, in his discretion, in the rectification of the river at Clarksville, Missouri, and in repair of harbors of refuge at Stockholm,

Clarksville. Mo.

Harbors of refuge.

Wisconsin, and Lake City, Minnesota, on Lake Pepin: Provided, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay out of said appropriation the value of work actually done by the Hannibal

Hannibal Ferry Company.

Payment to.

Ferry Company, not exceeding the sum of two thousand one hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, on the upper Mississippi River Government dyke, opposite Hannibal, Missouri, during the months of September, October and November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Improving Quincy Bay, Illinois: The balance on hand to credit of

Quincy Bay, Ill.

Balance to be used for levee. Whipple Creek bar.

this improvement from the appropriation made in the river and harbor act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby authorized to be expended, or so much thereof as may be necessary,

Vol. 20, p. 450.

in constructing a retaining levee on Whipple Creek Bar to hold the material dredged from the bay, as recommended by the engineer in charge in the report for eighteen hundred and ninety-one, page twenty-one hundred and twenty-one.

Improving Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the month

Mississippi River Commission.

Head of the Passes to mouth of Ohio.

Salaries, etc.

of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continuing improvement, two million dollars, which sum shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the general improvement. of the river, for the building of levees, and for surveys, including the survey from the Head of the Passes to the headwaters of the river, in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and promote the interests of commerce at all stages of the river: Provided,

Provisos.

That on and after passage of this act additional contracts may be entered

Additional contracts.

Limit.

into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission as aforesaid, or said materials may be purchased and work maybe done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate two million six hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Mississippi River Commission.

108 At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Greenville, Miss.

one hundred thousand dollars. At the harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Vicksburg, Miss.

eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

New Orleans. La.

eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana,

Natchez, Miss., and Vidalia. La.

eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee, twenty-five

Memphis. Tenn.

thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri, twenty-five

New Madrid. Mo.

thousand dollars. At the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River, Louisiana,

Atchafalaya and Red Rivers. La.

for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars.

For ship channel twenty and twenty-one feet in depth, and a minimum

Great Lakes.

Ship channel Chicago. Duluth, and Buffalo.

width of three hundred feet, in the shallows of the connecting waters of the Great Lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo, three

Proviso.

Contracts.

hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry out the plans proposed by General O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, date January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and printed as House Executive Document, Numbered Two hundred and seven, second session Fifty-first Congress, for such ship channel, to be paid for as

Limit.

appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million nine hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.

Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement,

Gasconade River, Mo.

four thousand dollars. Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, fifty

Osage River, Mo.

thousand dollars.

Improving Missouri River between the foot of the Great Falls of the

Missouri River.

Between Great Falls, Mont., and Sioux City.

said river, in Montana, and Sioux City: Continuing improvement one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, a portion of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in the rectification of said river and bank protection at the cities of Pierre and Yankton, South Dakota.

Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including

Missouri River Commission.

Salaries, etc.

Improvement.

salaries, clerical, office, traveling and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent bench marks, and gauges: Continuing improvement, six hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in the systematic improvement of the river according to the plans and specifications of the Missouri River Commission, as approved by the Chief of

Provisos.

Engineers: Provided, That in the discretion of said Commission a

Harbors.

portion of such sum may be expended in the protection of harbors and localities on the river within said limits: And provided also, That on

Additional contracts.

and after the passage of this act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Missouri River Commission for the improvement of said river, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. not

Limit.

exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Examination of Missouri River from Three Forks to Canyon Ferry,

Missouri River.

Examination for water power.

Montana, with a view of determining at what points, if any, use might be made of water power for manufacturing or other purposes, without unreasonably impairing the navigability of that portion of said river, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Improving Colorado River by construction of a levee on the Gila

Colorado River, Ariz.

River near its junction with the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona, so 109 as to confine the waters to the channel of said rivers ten thousand dollars.

Improving Sacremento and Feather rivers, California, according to

Sacramento and Feather rivers. Cal.

plan of the Board of Engineers, appointed pursuant to the provision of the act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, submitted

Vol. 26, p. 456.

February third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and printed as House Executive Document, Number Two hundred and forty-six, Fifty-first Congress, second session, including treatment of the Yuba River near and above Marysville, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Improving San Joaquin River, California, including making the cutoff

San Joaquin River. Cal.

at Twenty-one Mile Slough and the double cutoff between Stockton Channel and Devil’s Elbow, as proposed by Major W. H. Heuer: Continuing improvement, sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

no money shall be expended for making the cutoffs until the right of

Right of way.

way on the line of the cutoff’s shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense.

Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improvement

Petaluma Creek, Cal.

ten thousand dollars.

Improving Mokelumne River, California: Continuing improvement,

Mokelumne River, Cal.

Proviso.

two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private parties near

Drainage canal.

New Hope Landing shall have been closed.

Improving canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon:

Cascades of Columbia River.

Continuing improvement, three hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered

Proviso.

Contracts.

into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement of the Columbia River at that point, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one

Limit.

million four hundred and nineteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.

The President is hereby authorized to appoint a board of engineers to

Board of engineers to report on removal of obstructions to navigation. Columbia River.

consist of seven members, of whom three shall be from civil life whose duty it shall be to thoroughly examine the obstructions to navigation in the Columbia River, in that portion from the navigable waters thereof below Three Mile Rapids to the navigable waters above the Celilo Falls, and report as soon as they conveniently can to the Secretary of War such plan for overcoming or removing said obstructions as in their opinion is most feasible and best adapted to the necessities of commerce, together with a statement as to the usefulness of such improvement to navigation, its relation and value to commerce and the most desirable location therefor the cost of construction and of the right of way, including the necessary land therefor being considered. They shall also report the details of such plans, with estimates of its cost. The sum of twenty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the cost of such examination and survey and the expenses of said board.

Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, as far up

Upper Columbia River. Oreg. and Wash.

as Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.

Improving month of Columbia River. Oregon: Continuing improvement,

Columbia River, Oreg.

three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Improving Willamette River at and above Portland, Oregon: Continuing

Willamette River. Oreg.

improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which three thousand dollars shall be used in removing obstructions in Yamhill River up to McMinnville.

Improving Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers, in front of and

Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers. Portland. Oreg.

below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be applied to obtaining a twenty-five foot channel.

Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty

Coquille River, Oreg.

five thousand dollars.

110 Improving the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon: Continuing improvement,

Siuslaw River, Oreg.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle

Upper Coquille River, Oreg.

Point, Oregon: Five thousand dollars, to be used in deepening channel to four feet at mean low water. Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Huntington Bridge

Snake River, Idaho.

and Seven Devils mining district, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement,

Cowlitz River, Wash.

three thousand dollars. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington:

Puget Sound, etc., Wash.

Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington, for a channel four feet

Swinomish Slough. Wash.

in depth at the mean of the lower low waters, twenty five thousand dollars Improving Nasel River, Washington: Completing improvement, one

Nasel River, Wash.

thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Columbia River, Washington, between the month of the

Columbia River, Wash.

Willamette River and the city of Vancouver: Completing improvement, in accordance with the plan recommended by Major Thomas H. Handbury and printed in House Executive Document Numbered Thirty-six, Fifty-second Congress, first session, thirty-three thousand dollars. Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington, eighteen thousand

Willapa River. Wash.

dollars, of which eight thousand dollars may be used for closing Mailboat Slough.

Sec. 2. That in cases where authority has been granted to the Secretary

Reject ion of bids not advantageous.

of War in this act to make contracts for the completion of certain works of river and harbor improvement, he is hereby authorized to reject any bids not in his opinion advantageous to the Government, and to issue new proposals.

Sec. 3. That section seven of the river and harbor act of September

Vol. 26, p. 54. amended.

nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 7.

That it shall not be lawful to build any wharf, pier, dolphin,

Obstructions by wharves, etc.

boom, dam, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty or structure of any kind outside established harbor lines, or in any navigable waters of the United States where no harbor lines are or may be established, without the permission of the Secretary of War, in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river, or other waters of the United States, in such manner as shall obstruct or impair navigation, commerce, or anchorage of said waters; and it shall not be lawful hereafter to commence the

Construction of bridges, etc., under State law.

construction of any bridge, bridge draw, bridge piers and abutments, causeway, or other works over or in any port, road, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river or navigable waters of the United States, under any act of the legislative assembly of any State, until the location and

Secretary o. War to approve plans, etc.

Altering, etc., ports, etc., forbidden.

plan of such bridge or other works have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, or to excavate or till, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless approved and authorized by the Secretary of War:

Provided: That this section shall not apply to any bridge, bridge

Proviso.

draw, bridge piers and abutments the

Existing lawful bridges, etc., excepted.

construction of which has been heretofore duly authorized by law. or be so construed as to authorize

No authority for bridges under State law over waters not wholly in State.

the construction of any bridge, draw bridge, bridge piers and abutments or other works under an act of the legislature of any State, over or in any stream, port, roadstead, haven or harbor or other navigable water not wholly within the limits of such State.

Sec. 4. That any permission granted by the Secretary of War under

Bridges across Ohio River.

the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act

Vol. 17, p. 398.

to authorize the construction of bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the dimensions of the same,” approved December seventeenth, eighteen 111 hundred and seventy-two, as amended by an act supplementary thereto, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for

Vol. 22, p. 414.

the construction of a bridge over said river, shall be null and void if said construction be not actually commenced

Limit for construction.

within one year and completed within three years from the date of said permission.

Sec. 5. That no money appropriated for the improvement of rivers

Dredging within harbor lines.

and harbors in this act or hereafter, shall be expended for dredging inside of harbor lines duly established.

Sec. 6. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause preliminary

Surveys.

examinations to be made at the following localities, to wit: arkansas.

Arkansas.

Saline River. Little River. Fourche Le Fevre and Current River. Ouachita River, above Camden. california.

California.

Old River Branch of San Joaquin River. San Joaquin River from Hill’s Ferry to Firebaugh’s Ferry, including closing of sloughs on the river above Stockton. Navigable slough, in the bay of San Francisco. Merced River. Mouth of Navarro River. Tuolumne River. Harbor of Crescent City. Stanislaus River. Entrance to harbor of San Francisco, known as Golden Gate. Alviso Slough. connecticut.

Connecticut.

Norwalk Harbor. Westport Harbor. Stonington Harbor, and the entrance thereto. delaware.

Delaware.

Nanticoke River. Mouth of Saint Jones River. For inland water way connecting the Mispillion and Broadkiln rivers so as to reopen the navigation of Cedar, Slaughter, and Primehook creeks. florida.

Florida.

Harbor at Cape Canaveral. The bar at the junction of Choctawhatchee Bay and Santa Rosa Sound. The bar at the mouth of Alaqua Bayou, at its entrance into Choctawhatchee Bay. georgia.

Georgia.

Savannah River between Spirit Island and the point where the Charleston and Savannah Railway crosses said river. idaho.

Idaho.

Kootenai River, from Fry, Idaho, to international boundary line. Spokane River, from Post Falls to Lake Coeur d’Alene. iowa.

Iowa.

Mississippi River at and near Bellevue, Iowa, with a view to so repairing and fixing dam that ferry channel will be restored.

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Mississippi River, Iowa side from mouth of Iowa River to Burlington, to determine the best method of removing the bars and deepening the channel.

indiana.

Indiana.

Harbor at Evansville. Wolf River Harbor, on Lake Michigan; and the engineer will report whether Wolf River and Lake are navigable water ways of the United States, or whether covered in whole or in part by claims of private ownership. illinois.

Illinois.

Ohio River at or near Elizabethtown, Illinois, for the purpose of determining the most practicable method of improving the harbor at that place. Hamburg Bay, on the Mississippi River, in Calhoun County. Little Wabash and Embarras rivers. Outer harbor at mouth of Calumet River. Harbor at Moline. kansas.

Kansas.

Kansas River. kentucky.

Kentucky.

Ohio River between the cities of Ludlow and Covington, in Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway bridge to the Cincinnati Southern Railway bridge to prevent washing and damage to banks on Kentucky shore.

Ohio River between Livingston Point and the head of Tennessee Island with the view of protecting the harbor and marine ways at Paducah, Kentucky.

Licking River, with a view to providing slack-water navigation.

Big Sandy River from its junction with the Ohio River to the crossing of the Big Sandy by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad bridge, with a view of ascertaining if there be a bar in the Ohio River at the mouth of said Big Sandy obstructing navigation, and if there be whether confining the waters of the Big-Sandy to the general course of its Channel between said points the said bar will be removed.

louisiana.

Louisiana.

Harbor of refuge on Lake Poutchartrain, most suitable point at or near entrance into the Old and New basins. Bayous Black and Terrebonne, with a view of connecting them between Southdown Plantation and Houma, Louisiana, and opening a shorter and safer inland water route from the Mississippi Valley, via Berwicks Bay, to Texas and Mexico. maine.

Maine.

Rockland Harbor. Tennants Harbor. Vinal Haven. Carver Harbor. Owl Head Harbor. French’s Beach Harbor. Lincolnville Harbor. South Fork of Bagaduce River. George’s River. Portland Harbor, with a view to extending the channel along the front of the wharves on the south side of the harbor, so as to give a depth of eight feet at mean low water as far south as the plush mill wharf. Channel near Hardy’s Point, below Pembroke. 113 massachusetts.

Massachusetts.

Vincent Cove, Gloucester Harbor. Gloucester, from Five Pound Island to bead of river. Neponsit River. New Bedford Harbor. Woods Holl. East Boston channel, from the south easterly line of the location of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad to the channel at Jeffries Point, so called, and Chelsea River, from Grand Junction railroad bridge to the Boston and Maine, eastern division, railroad bridge. Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island, for a breakwater. Saugus River. mississippi.

Mississippi.

Pearl River near Jackson, Mississippi, To determine whether it would be advantageous to divert the river from its present channel so that it would flow through what is known as “Tanyard Branch,” and if so whether it is feasible and what it would cost to so divert it. Mississippi Sound, outside of the range of islands off the Mississippi coast, with a view of making an entrance for vessels. Biloxi Bay, known as Back Bay, north of the town of Biloxi and up to town of Handsboro, with a view of removing bars. Pearl River, Edinburg to Lake Burnside. Bar at the mouth of Wolf River. Bar at the mouth of Jordan River. Homochitto River, from its mouth to the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad bridge. Channel at month of Old Fort Bayou. Cassidys Bayou, Cold Water River. maryland.

Maryland.

South Branch of Patapsco River, at Baltimore, from Craighill Channel to Light Street bridge. Middle Branch of Patapsco River, from Light Street bridge to foot of Eutaw street. Pocomoke River, with a view of uniting the waters of said river, with the waters of Synepuxent Bay, at a point above Snow Hill. Black Walnut Harbor, at the mouth of Great Choptank River. Mouth of Parish Creek. Wicomico River, western shore of the State. michigan.

Michigan.

Pine River, at Saint Clair City. Belle River, Marine City, from its mouth to Broadway Street bridge. Hammond Bay, Lake Huron, at the mouth of Ocqueoc River. Sebewaing River, Saginaw Bay. new jersey.

New Jersey.

Whale Creek. Cooper Creek. Dennis Creek. Barnegat Inlet, entrance and harbor. new york.

New York.

Harbor of refuge in Mexico Bay on Lake Ontario. Channel connecting Freeport with Great South Bay. Berrian’s Creek, Long Island. Seaford Creek, Long Island. 114 Southold Harbor, Long Island. Fort Pond Bay at the east end of, Long Island, including an estimate of the cost of an adequate breakwater. For channel west of Robbins Reef Light-House to connect the mouth of Arthur Kill with New York Harbor. Dunkirk Harbor, with a view of securing sixteen feet of water. Allegheny River, from Olean, New York, to Warren, Pennsylvania. north carolina.

North Carolina.

For breakwater to protect town of Beaufort. Potohunk River. Durham’s Estuary from mouth to village of Edwards Mills. ohio.

Ohio.

Ohio River between Ironton, Ohio, and three miles along and up the Ohio east of the mouth of Guyan River, West Virginia, for the purpose of ascertaining what is necessary to clear said river between said points of obstructions and to deepen the channel thereof where necessary, with all such other improvements as may be found expedient for the storing and harboring of steamboats, coal barges, and for the landing and shipping of coal and other freights on said river between said points.

Little Miami River, with the view of affording an ice harbor.

Raccoon River from its junction with the Ohio River for fifty miles of said Raccoon River.

oregon.

Oregon.

Chetco River. Inner navigation of Alsea River. Nestucca River, as far as Woods. Rogue River, from Grant Pass to the mouth. Navigable tidewater channels of Coos River, with a view to remove snags, logs, and other obstructions Yamhill River, from mouth to McMinnville, for slack water navigation by lock and dam at Lafayette. Willamette River, above Oregon City. Harbor at Yaquina Bay, with a view to obtaining twenty-five feet of water at mean low water upon the bar at the entrance. pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania.

For lock and dam on Allegheny River, at or near Tarentum. For lock and dam at the most practicable point for navigation on Allegheny River, between the dam at Tarentum and Herr Island Dam. For the location of the necessary number of movable locks and dams on the Ohio River between Davis Island Dam and the dam at or near the mouth of the Beaver River, in Pennsylvania. rhode island.

Rhode Island.

Apponaug Harbor, Cowessett Bay. Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay. Breachway into Salt Pond, Block Island. Greenwich Harbor, Greenwich Bay. Pawtuxet Harbor, Providence River. Inner Harbor at Point Judith Breakwater. south carolina.

South Carolina.

Lynch River. south dakota.

South Dakota.

James River. 115 tennessee.

Tennessee.

Sequatchie River. Duck River. Hiawassee River in Tennessee from its confluence with the Tennessee River to the mouth of the Ocoee River. Wolf River. Harbor at Memphis, including removal of bar forming opposite the upper part of the city, and bank protection along the city front. Emory River, from its mouth to Harriman. texas.

Texas.

Channel through Sabine Lake from Sabine Pass to mouths of Sabine and Neches Rivers. Sabine River, from Sudduth’s Bluff to Logansport, Louisiana. Brazos River, from its mouth to the town of Richmond. From the month of Neches River to Shooks Bluff. Sulphur River from its mouth to Sulphur Station. vermont.

Vermont.

Harbor at Adams Landing, so called, on Grand Isle, and North Hero Harbor, on Lake Champlain. virginia.

Virginia.

Milford Haven, bar at mouth. Morattico Creek, obstruction at mouth. Little Wicomico River, obstruction at month. Harbor at Petersburg and Appomattox river, for diversion of waters to Old North Channel above city. washington.

Washington.

Snohomish River from month to Lowell. Lewis River from its mouth to Speliah Creek. Nooksack River, with a view of removing obstructions, straightening channel to prevent jams and the tilling of Bellingham Bay with deposits of earth. Everett Harbor, including mouth of Snohomish River. Upper Columbia River, Washington, from the international boundary to Rock Island Rapids. wisconsin.

Wisconsin.

Lake Pepin, whether additional harbors of refuge are necessary, and if necessary, where the same should be located. Green Bay, from light-house to first bridge on Fox River. Harbor at Stockbridge on Lake Winnebago. Harbor at Calumet on Lake Winnebago. Fox River, on the necessity and advisability of building a protection wall on the canal at Kaukauna. Allouez Bay and Nemadji River, at Superior.

Sec. 7. That the preliminary examinations ordered in this act shall

Preliminary examination

be made by the local engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for the purpose; and such local or detailed engineer and the division engineer of the locality shall report to the. Chief of Engineers,

Report.

first, whether, in their opinion, the harbor or river under examination is worthy of improvement by the General Government, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the facts and reasons on which

Details.

they base such opinions, including the present and prospective demands of commerce; and, second, if worthy of improvement by the General Government, what it will cost to survey the same, with the view of 116 submitting plan and estimate for its improvement; and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to the Secretary of War the reports of the local and division engineers, with his views thereon and his opinion of the public necessity or convenience to be subserved by the proposed improvement;

Reports to be sent to House of Representatives and printed.

and all such reports of preliminary examinations with such recommendations as he may see proper to make, shall be transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made.

Sec. 8. For preliminary examinations, contingencies, expenses connected

Appropriation for examinations, etc.

with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such cases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars:

Provisos.

No survey, etc., unless provided for.

Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this act shall be made: And provided further, That after the regular or formal report on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed is

No supplemental reports, etc., to be made.

submitted, no supplemental or additional report or estimate, for the same fiscal year, shall be made unless ordered by a resolution of Congress. The Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any water way or harbor mentioned in

No project authorized until appropriation made.

this act until funds for the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 159: to punish the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous weapons within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Chapter 159 27 Stat. 116 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 159.—

An Act to punish the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous weapons within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Carrying concealed weapons forbidden.

That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia, to have concealed about their person any deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, airguns, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk knives or dirks, blackjacks, razors, razor blades, sword canes, slung shot, brass or other metal knuckles.

Sec. 2. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within

Openly carrying weapons with unlawful intent forbidden.

the District of Columbia to carry openly any such weapons as hereinbefore described with intent to unlawfully use the same, and any person or persons violating either of these sections shall be deemed guilty of

Punishment. first offense.

a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for the first offense, forfeit and pay a fine or penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, of which one half shall be paid to any one giving information leading to such conviction, or be imprisoned in the jail of the District of Columbia not exceeding six months, or both such

Provisos.

Exceptions.

fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or of any regularly organized Militia Company, police officers, officers guarding prisoners, officials of the United States or the District of Columbia engaged in the execution of the laws for the protection of persons or property, when any of such persons are on duty, shall not be liable for carrying necessary arms for use in performance of their duty: Provided, further, that nothing

Lawful use of weapons.

contained in the first or second sections of this act shall be so construed as to prevent any person from keeping or carrying about his place of business, dwelling house, or premises any such dangerous or deadly weapons, or from carrying the same from place of purchase to his dwelling house or place of business or from his dwelling house or place of business to any place where repairing is done, to have the same repaired, and back again: Provided further, That nothing contained in the first or second sections of this act shall be so construed as to apply

Permits.

to any person who shall have been granted a written permit to carry such weapon or weapons by any judge of the police court of the District 117 of Columbia, and authority is hereby given to any such judge to grant such permit for a period of not more than one month at any one time, upon satisfactory proof to him of the necessity for the granting thereof; and further, upon the tiling with such judge of a bond, with sureties to be approved by said judge, by the applicant for such permit, conditioned to the United States in such penal sum as said judge shall require for the keeping of the peace, save in the case of necessary self-defense by such applicant during the continuance of said permit, which bond shall be put in suit by the United States for its benefit upon any breach of such condition.

Sec. 3. That for the second violation of the provisions of either of

Punishment, second offense.

the preceding sections the person or persons offending shall be proceeded against by indictment in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than three years.

Sec. 4. That all such weapons as hereinbefore described which may

Disposition of weapons taken from offenders.

be taken from any person offending against any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction of such person, be disposed of as may be ordered by the judge trying the case, and the record shall show any and all such orders relating thereto as a part of the judgment in the case.

Sec. 5. That any person or persons who shall, within the District of

Punishment for sale of weapons to minors.

Columbia, sell, barter, hire, lend or give to any minor under the age of twenty-one years any such weapon as hereinbefore described shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine or penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the District of Columbia not more than three months. No person shall engage in or conduct

Special license for dealers in weapons.

the business of selling, bartering, hiring, lending, or giving any weapon or weapons of the kind hereinbefore named without having previously obtained from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a special license authorizing the conduct of such business by such person, and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to grant such license, without fee therefor, upon the tiling with them by the applicant therefor of a bond with sureties to be by them approved, conditioned in such penal sum as they shall fix to the United States for the compliance by said applicant with all the provisions of this section; and upon any breach or breaches of said condition said bond shall be put in suit by said United States for its benefit, and said Commissioners may revoke said license. Any person engaging in said business without having previously

Penalty for dealing without license.

obtained said special license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a line of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, of which one half shall be paid to the informer, if any, whose information shall lead to the conviction of the person paying said tine. All persons whose

business it is to sell barter, hire, lend or give any such weapon or weapons shall be and they hereby, are, required to keep a written register of the name and residence of every purchaser, barterer, hirer, borrower, or donee of any such weapon or weapons, which register shall be subject to the inspection of the major and superintendent of Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and further to make a weekly report, under oath to said major and superintendent of all such sales, batterings, hirings, lendings or gifts. And one half of every fine imposed

Half of fine to informer.

under this section shall be paid to the informer, if any, whose information shall have led to the conviction of the person paying said tine. Any police officer failing to arrest any person guilty in his sight

Penalty for failure to arrest by officers.

or presence and knowledge of any violation of any section of this act shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars

Sec. 6. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

of this act be, and the same hereby are, repealed.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 160: authorizing The Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas. Chapter 160 27 Stat. 118 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 118

CHAP. 160.—

An Act authorizing The Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Aransas Harbor and Terminal Railway Company may bridge Corpus Christi Channel, Tex.

That The Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Texas, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct. maintain, and operate a bridge over and across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas

Railway bridge.

County, Texas. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains on and over a double or single track as said Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company may elect.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw or turn of

Draw.

sufficient capacity to afford free passage to such vessels and boats as

Provisos.

navigate said channel: Provided, That said bridge shall be opened

Opening draw.

promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other water craft, except when trains are passing over the draw or turn; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw or turn after the passage of trains or at any other time; and the said Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company shall maintain at its own expense,

Lights, etc.

from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe. And no bridge shall be erected and maintained under the authority of this act which

Unobstructed navigation.

shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said channel; 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 such 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 of said bridge. And in case of any obstruction, or

Litigation.

alleged obstruction, to the navigation of said channel, 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

Existing laws not affected.

or bridge may be located: Provided further, 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 navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same. That all

Use by other companies.

railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge constructed under this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over

Terms.

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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the. security of said channel as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object, the said corporation shall, at least two months previous to the commencement of the construction of said bridge, submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving such information as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be built; and should any

Changes.

change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

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Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

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.

Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this act.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 161: making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 161 27 Stat. 119 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 161.—

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 ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensions appropriations.

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 ninety-three, and for other purposes, namely:

For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows,

Invalid, etc., pensions.

minor children, and dependent relatives; survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, including allowances under the act of Congress approved June twenty-seventh,

Vol. 26, p. 182.

eighteen hundred and ninety, and all arrears of pensions granted by the acts of January twenty-fifth and March third, eighteen

Vol. 20, pp. 265, 469.

hundred and seventy-nine, or by any other existing law, one hundred and forty-four million nine hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall

Provisos.

be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same

Navy pensions.

may be sufficient for that purpose: And provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted

Accounts.

for separately. And any unexpended balance of the appropriation for

Balance for arrears covered in.

the payment of the arrears of pensions granted by the act of Congress approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine,

Vol. 20, pp. 265, 469.

made by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby covered into the Treasury.

For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered

Examining surgeons' fees.

within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one million two hundred and fifty thousand 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 applicant on such day: Provided, That

Provisos.

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

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 examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of

No fee unless service rendered.

an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant.

For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four

Agents’ salaries.

thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars.

For clerk hire, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided That the

Clerk hire.

Proviso.

Apportionment.

amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Fuel.

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For lights, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Lights.

For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the

Stationery, etc.

Secretary of the Interior, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For rents, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

Rent.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 162: to amend the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, relating to the Hospital Corps of the Army. Chapter 162 27 Stat. 120 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 162.—

An Act to amend the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, relating to the Hospital Corps of the Army.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hospital Corps, Army.

Vol. 24, p. 435.

That Section six of the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to organize the Hospital Corps of the Army of the United States, to define its duty, and fix its pay,” be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 6. That the pay of privates of the Hospital Corps shall be

Pay of privates.

eighteen dollars per month, with the increase on account of length of service as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to other enlisted men. They shall be entitled to the same allowance as a corporal of the arm of service with which they may be on duty.”

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 163: authorizing the issuing of patents for locations with Certificates granted under the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An act for the relief of the legal heirs of Benjamin Metoyer.” Chapter 163 27 Stat. 120 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 163.—

An Act authorizing the issuing of patents for locations with Certificates granted under the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An act for the relief of the legal heirs of Benjamin Metoyer.”

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Benjamin Metoyer.

Land patents to heirs of.

Vol. 10, p. 824.

That in the case of all locations of land heretofore made, or which hereafter may be made, with certificates issued under the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty four, entitled “An act for the relief of the legal heirs of Benjamin Metoyer ” it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and he is hereby directed, to cause patents to issue to the heirs and legal representatives of Benjamin Metoyer, or their assigns, who have made or may make such locations, after such locations have been approved by said Commissioner as regularly

Proviso.

made and in accordance with law: Provided, That said locations

Not to conflict with prior claims.

be not in conflict with prior valid appropriations of land made in conformity with the laws of the United States.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 164: making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 164 27 Stat. 120 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 164.—

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 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian Department appropriations.

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 for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:

For pay of fifty-seven agents of Indian affairs at the following named

Pay of agents at specified agencies.

agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely:

Provided, That from and after the passage of this act the President

Proviso.

shall detail officers of the United States Army to act as

Army officers to be detailed as agents.

Indian Agents at all Agencies where vacancies from any cause may hereafter occur, 121 who, while acting as such agents, shall be under the orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, except at agencies where, in the

Citizen appointments.

opinion of the President, the public service would be better promoted by the appointment of a civilian.

At the Warm Springs Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;

Pay of agents.

At the Klamath Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Grande Ronde Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, embracing Nisqually and S’Kokomish and Quinaielt agencies, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars: At the Round Valley Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At Hoopa Valley Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mission Tule River (consolidated) Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Western Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Blackfeet Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars, At the Tongue River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Forest City Agency (formerly Cheyenne River), at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Devil’s Lake Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency (consolidated), at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 122 At the Quapaw Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; and

Pay of agents—Continued.

not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency; At the Osage Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the New York Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, at two thousand dollars;

The superintendent of the Indian Training School at Cherokee, North

Cherokee Training School. N. C.

Superintendent to act as agent.

Carolina, shall in addition to his duties as superintendent perform the duties heretofore required of the agent at said Cherokee Agency, and receive in addition to his salary as superintendent, two hundred dollars per annum, which sum is hereby appropriated for the purpose, and shall give bond as other Indian Agents, and that the office of agent be, and the same is hereby, abolished at that place; in all, eighty-nine thousand dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed.

For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the

Interpreters.

discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting.

For pay of five Indian inspectors, at three thousand dollars per

Inspectors.

annum each, fifteen thousand dollars.

For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, including

Traveling expenses, etc.

telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, eight thousand dollars.

For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand

Superintendent of schools.

five hundred dollars.

For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian

Traveling expenses.

schools, including sleeping car fare and cost of transportation, telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, two

Proviso.

thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided,

Other duties.

That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

For buildings and repair of buildings at agencies, twenty thousand

Agency buildings.

dollars.

For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental

Contingent expenses.

expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of

Special agents.

employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of five special agents at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars.

For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,

Citizen commission.

appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth

Vol. 16, p. 40.

section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, five thousand dollars.

123 FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.

Fulfilling treaties.

apaches, kiowas, and comanches.

Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches.

For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended

Vol. 15, pp. 590, 584.

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;

For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, eleven thousand dollars.

For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars;

For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars: in all, forty-eight thousand two hundred dollars.

cheyennes and arapahoes.

Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended

Vol. 15, p. 596.

under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars;

For purchase of clothing, as per same article, twelve thousand dollars;

For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars;

For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

chickasaws.

Chickasaws.

For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.

Vol. l, p. 619.

chippewas of the mississippi.

Chippewas of the Mississippi.

For forty-sixth and last of forty-six installments, to be paid to Chief

Vol. 9, p. 904.

Hole-in-the-Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of

Vol. 16, p. 720.

March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars;

For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during

Vol. 16, p. 720.

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, five thousand dollars.

chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.

Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.

For thirty-eighth of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third

Vol. 10, p. 1168.

article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred

Vol. 13, p. 694.

and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents;

For thirty-eighth of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars;

For thirty-eighth of forty installments, for purpose 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.

choctaws.

Choctaws.

For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November

Permanent annuities.

sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and fourteenth article of treaty

Vol. 7, p. 99.

124 of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;

Vol. 11, p. 614.

For permanent annuity for support of light-horse men. per thirteenth

Vol. 7, p. 213.

article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen

Vol. 11, p. 614.

hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth article

Vol. 7, p. 212.

of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth,

Vol. 7, p. 236.

eighteen hundred and twenty-five. and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;

For permanent annuity tor iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty

Vol. 7, p. 236.

of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;

For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and

Interest.

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

Vol. 7, p. 236.

articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 11, p. 614.

fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.

cœur d’alenes.

Cœur d’Alenes

Cœur d’Alenes.

For first of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the sixth article of agreement of March

Vol. 26, p. 1028.

twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars.

For support of Coeur d’Alenes: Pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and

Vol. 26, p. 1029.

physician, and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thousand

Purchase of land from.

five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. Upon the consent of the Coeur d'Alene Indians thereto, obtained in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, the following tract of land within the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in Idaho, commencing at a point on the boundary line between the reservation and the ceded lands on the east bank where it crosses the Coeur d'Alene River, and running thence east on said boundary line one-half mile, thence south at right angles to said boundary line one-half mile, thence west at right angles to said south line to the east shore of the Coeur d’Alene Lake, thence north with the shore of said lake to the place of beginning, containing three hundred and twenty acres more or less, is hereby restored to the public domain upon the payment of five dollars per acre into the United States Treasury, said money to be paid by the Secretary of the Interior to said Indians or expended by him for their benefit as desired; said land to be subject to entry only under the

Proviso.

town-site laws of the United States: Provided,

Sales to occupants.

That those who have made settlement thereon prior to the passage of this act shall be permitted to purchase the lots occupied by them at that time at the rate of five dollars per acre.

columbias and colvilles.

Columbian and Colvilles.

For annuity of Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,

Chief Moses.

eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ratified by act approved July

Vol. 23, p. 79.

fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars;

For employees, as provided in said agreement, ratified by act of July

Employees.

125 fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.

creeks.

Creeks.

For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of

Permanent annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 36.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thou sand five hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of

Vol. 7, p. 69.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars.

For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of January

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars;

For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop 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;

For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars;

For permanent annuity, for pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars;

For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for

Interest.

purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh,

Vol. 11, p. 701.

eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars;

For interest on two hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred 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

Vol. 14, p. 787.

and sixty-six, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents; in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty cents.

crows.

Crows.

For eleventh of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement

Vol. 22, p. 43.

with 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;

For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, 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,

Vol. 15, p. 651.

eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars;

For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, 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;

For twenty-fourth 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;

For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousand

Vol. 15, p. 652.

two hundred dollars:

For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars;

For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth article

Vol. 15, p. 651.

of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;

126

For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish

Food.

such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, thirty thousand dollars; in all. eighty-one thousand dollars.

No right of selection by, or allotment to the Crow Indians of Montana

Allotments not to include mining claims, etc.

Vol. 26, p. 1043.

secured by the provisions of section thirty-four of the Indian appropriation act, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall be so used as to include mining claims nor shall they include

Settlers.

lands settled upon, or improvements made by, qualified preemptors or homesteaders who were misled to settle on said reservation by reason of an erroneous survey by deputy United States surveyors of the public lands, or of said Crow reservation, and who at the time they so settled there believed their said settlement was not on the said

Proviso.

reservation: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to

Rights not impaired

impair any rights acquired under any contract with the Crow Indians heretofore ratified by Congress.

delawares.

Delawares.

The sum of thirty-nine thousand and six hundred and seventy-five

Payment for lands sold to Leavenworth. Pawnee and Western Railroad Company.

dollars and sixteen cents, of which ten thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents shall be paid to individual members of the said tribes for improvements upon lands sold to the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company under the provisions of the treaty with the Delaware tribe of Indians of date May thirtieth,

Vol. 12, p. 1130.

eighteen hundred and sixty, in accordance with the concluding para graph of article two of said treaty, and twenty eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars and forty-one cents shall be paid to the individual members of said tribe through whose allotted lands the said Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company secured right of way, in accordance with the concluding clause of article three of said

Proviso.

treaty of May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That

Determination of amount.

the amount to be paid each member of said tribe claiming indemnity for improvements taken and damages on account of right of way of said railroad company through the allotted lands shall be determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. And the Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed

Suit to be entered against railroad company.

to institute the necessary legal proceedings against the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, for recovery of the amounts heretofore found by the Department of the Interior to be due from said railroad company, its successors or assigns, under the last paragraph of the second article of the treaty with the Delaware tribe of Indians of May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, and under the concluding clause of the third article of said treaty, and for damage done the said Indians in the taking and destruction of the property by said railroad company, which sums when recovered shall

Reimbursement.

be used to reimburse the United States for the sum appropriated in the foregoing paragraph. fort hall indians.

Fort Hall Indians.

For fourth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said

Vol. 25, p. 688.

Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the President may direct, six thousand dollars. indians at blackfeet agency.

Blackfeet Agency Indiana.

For fifth of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Blackfeet

Vol. 25, p.114.

Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 127 indians at fort belknap agency.

Fort Belknap Indians.

For fifth of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Belknap Agency, Montany, as per act approved May first,

Vol. 25, p. 114.

eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.

Fort Peck Indians.

For fifth of ten installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first,

Vol. 25, p. 114.

eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. indians at fort berthold agency.

Fort Berthold Indians.

For second of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior as per second article of agreement ratified by act approved March third, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 1033.

hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. iowas.

Iowas.

For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundred

Interest

dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, 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

Vol. 10, p. 1071.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. iowas in oklahoma.

Iowas, Oklahoma.

For Second of five installments, first series, to be paid per capita under the seventh article of agreement ratified by act approved February

Vol. 26, p. 756.

thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand six hundred dollars. kansas.

Kansas.

For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred and thirty-five

Interest.

thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 9, p. 842.

and forty-six, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. kickapoos.

Kickapoos.

For interest on seventy-two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven

Interest.

dollars and fifty-four cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth,

Vol. 10, p. 1079.

eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-seven cents.

This amount to enable the President of the United States to carry

Payment to Kicka0poos who have become citizens.

Vol. 13, p. 624.

out the provisions of the third article of the treaty made with the Kickapoos, 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 four Kickapoo Indians who have become citizens of the United States, such sum as may be their proportion of the one hundred thousand dollars provided for said tribe for education and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth,

Vol. 10, p. 1079.

eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand three hundred 128 and fifty-one dollars and thirty-two cents; in all, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and nineteen cents.

molels.

Molels.

For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary

Schools.

materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per

Vol. 12, p. 981.

second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez perces.

Nez Perces.

For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding schools,

Schools.

and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers,

Vol. 14, p. 650.

per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and

Subsistence.

Arapahoes, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians,

Vol. 19, p. 256.

approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, seventy-five thousand dollars;

For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as

Clothing.

per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 15, p. 657.

and sixty-eight, seventeen thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That the amount in this and preceding paragraph shall

Division.

be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana;

For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two

Vol. 15, p. 658.

farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty, nine thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and one thousand dollars.

osages.

Osages.

For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, at five

Interest.

per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land

Vol. 7, p. 242.

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. otoes and missourias.

Otoes and Missourrias.

For tenth of twelve installments, being the last series, in money or

Vol. 10, p. 1039.

otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. pawnees.

Pawnees.

For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in

Annuity.

goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per

Vol. 11, p. 729.

second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;

For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars;

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;

For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops,

Vol. 11, p. 730.

as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars.

129 pottawatomies.

Pottawatomios.

For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of

Annuities

August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred

Vol. 7, p. 51.

and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 114.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October

Vol. 7, p. 185.

second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of

Vol. 7, p. 317.

September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of July

Vol. 7, p. 320.

twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of

Vol. 7, p. 317.

treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents; For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, ron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth,

Vol. 7, p. 318.

eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred

Vol. 9, p. 855.

and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth,

Vol. 7, p. 296.

eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of

Vol. 7, p. 318.

September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine,

Vol. 7, p. 321.

one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents; For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of

Vol. 7, p. 320.

treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars

Interest.

and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seven of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen

Vol. 9, p. 854.

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. quapaws.

Quapaws.

For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three,

Vol. 7, p. 425.

one thousand dollars;

For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized in his discretion and with the written consent of the Indians, to pay this amount in money

Payment in money

instead of in kind; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars.

sacs and foxes of the mississippi.

Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.

For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of

Annuity.

treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand

Vol. 7, p. 85.

dollars;

For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,

Interest.

per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred

Vol. 7, p 541.

and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars;

For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 7, p. 596.

130 forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thousand

Proviso.

five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a p

Physician, etc.

hysician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars.

sacs and foxes of the missouri.

Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.

For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred

Interest.

dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per

Vol. 7, p. 541.

second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen

Proviso.

hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars: Provided, That in making payments under this appropriation no one shall

Tribal membership.

be recognized as a member of the tribe whose name was not upon the roll January first, eighteen hundred and ninety, but this shall not be held to impair or otherwise affect the rights or equities of any person whose claim to membership in said tribe is now pending and being investigated;

For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,

School.

Vol. 12, p. 1173.

eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.

seminoles.

Seminoles.

For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

Interest.

Vol. 11, p. 702.

to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; 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; For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum,

Vol. 14, p. 757.

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; 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. senecas.

Senecas.

For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 161.

twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 179.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and miller, per fourth article of

Vol. 7, p. 349.

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

Vol. 15, p. 515.

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 dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 179.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article

Vol. 15, p. 515.

of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per

Vol. 7, p. 352.

fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 15, p. 515.

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. 131 senecas of new york.

Senecas of New York.

For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of February

Annuity.

nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;

Vol. 4, p. 442.

For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred

Vol. 9, p. 35.

and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest at five per centum on forty-three 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,

Vol. 4, p. 442.

two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. shawnees.

Shawnees.

For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth article

Annuities.

of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third

Vol. 7, p. 51.

article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one

Vol. 10, p. 1050.

thousand dollars. For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourth

Vol. 7, p.161.

article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 10, p. 1056.

and fifty-four, two thousand dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educational

Interest.

purposes, per third article of last-named treaty, two thousand dollars;

Vol. 10, p. 1056.

in all, five thousand dollars. eastern shawnees.

Eastern Shawnees.

For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of

Annuity.

September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article

Vol. 7, p. 179.

of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,

Vol. 15, p. 515.

five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,

Vol. 7, p. 352.

and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 15, p. 515.

and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and bannocks.

Shoshones and Bannocks.

Shoshones: For twenty-third of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Shoshones.

of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico,

Supplies.

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

Vol. 15, p. 676.

and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars.

For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,

Physician, etc.

and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 676.

hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;

For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, per eighth article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars;

Bannocks: For twenty-third of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Bannocks.

of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico,

Supplies.

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

Vol. 15, p. 676.

thousand dollars;

For pay of a physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,

Physician, etc.

and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 676.

132 hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars.

six nations of new york.

Six Nations of New York.

For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per

Vol. 7, p. 46.

sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.

Sioux of different tribes.

For twenty-third of thirty installments, to purchase clothing for

Supplies.

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

Vol. 15, p. 638.

girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred anti twenty-five thousand dollars. For twenty-third of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for persons engaged in agriculture, as per tenth article of same treaty, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller,

Teachers, etc.

one engineer, two farmers, and

Vol. 15, p. 640.

one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux

Employees.

in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars; For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and Crow Creek agencies,

Schools.

six thousand dollars; For pay of matron at Santee Agency, five hundred dollars;

Matron.

For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization

Subsistence, etc.

as per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved

Vol. 19, p. 254.

February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million two hundred

Provisos.

Transportation.

and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, 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: And provided, That forty thousand dollars

Supplies at substations.

of this amount may be used for substations for the issue of supplies in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further,

Limit of rations.

That the number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of Indians on each reservation, and any excess in the number of rations issued shall be disallowed in the settlement of the agent’s account.

For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other

Blacksmith, etc.

material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars.

For support and maintenance of day and industrial, schools, including

Schools.

erection and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article

Vol. 15, p. 637.

seven of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section

Vol. 25, p. 894.

seventeen of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion expend not to exceed fifty

Schools at Chamberlain and Rapid City. S. Dak.

thousand dollars of said sum in the construction of two Indian industrial schools, to cost not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars each, one to be located at or near Chamberlain, South Dakota, and the other at or near Rapid City, South Dakota, upon such tracts of land, not less than eighty acres at each place, as shall be purchased by him for a price not exceeding four thousand dollars, and may also expend not to exceed four thousand five hundred dollars of said sum in the

Artesian well, Pierre. S. Dak.

construction of an artesian well at the Indian school at Pierre in said State; in all, one million six hundred and ninety-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

133

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay out of the

Payment to attorney.

common funds belonging to any band or tribe of Indians residing in South Dakota and the band of Santee Sioux of Nebraska the sum of not to exceed one thousand dollars per year for each tribe or band in accordance with the provisions of any contract made by said tribes or bands with any person for services as attorney of such tribe or band, said contract to be first approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

sioux, yankton tribe.

Sioux, Yankton tribe.

For fourth of twenty installments, last series, to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, per fourth article, of treaty of April nineteenth,

Vol. 11, p. 744.

eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars: For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,

Subsistence, etc.

heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with

Vol. 19, p. 287.

Sioux of different tribes,” thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sisseton and wahpeton indians.

Sissetons and Wahpetons.

For third, fourth, and fifth of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars each, to be paid per capita, as per third article of agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, dated

Vol. 26, p. 1037.

September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, fifty-five thousand two hundred dollars. confederated bands of utes.

Confederated bands, Utes.

For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,

Carpenters, etc.

as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen

Vol. 13, p. 675.

hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of

Vol. 15, p. 622.

March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars: For purchase of iron and steel, and the. necessary tools for blacksmith

Vol. 15, p. 621.

shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars; For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and

Clothing, etc.

such other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under

Vol. 15, p. 622.

eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,

Food.

beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food,

Vol. 15, p. 622.

as per twelfth article of the same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;

Employees.

in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.

Winnebagoes.

For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and

Interest.

nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,

Vol. 7, p. 545.

Vol. 12. p. 628.

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;

For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars

Vol. 16, p. 355.

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 houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three 134 thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.

chippewas.

Chippewas.

This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,

Interest.

as required by section seven of “An act for the relief

Vol. 25, p. 645.

of of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the manner required by said act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.

Miscellaneous supports.

For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches,

Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, etc.

Wichitas, and affiliated bands, who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes

Arapahoes and Cheyennes.

who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, sixty-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to

Chippewas, Lake Superior.

be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, including pay of physician at one thousand two hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of the Indians, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina

Chippewas, Red Lake and Pembina.

tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. Support of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation: For this amount,

Chippewas, White Earth Reservation.

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), ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas,

Chippewas. Turtle Mountain band.

including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in

Confederated bands, middle Oregon.

middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes

D’Wamish, etc., Washington.

in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flathead Indians,

Carlos’ band, Flatheads.

including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated

Flat heads, etc.

tribes, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and

Hualapais.

other necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache and

Apaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico.

other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico or Arizona, two hundred

Proviso.

thousand dollars: Provided always that no part of said sum shall be

Restriction.

expended in support of any such Indians in any school without the Territory, or in payment of transportation of any such Indian to or from such school.

For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks

Fort Hall Indians.

and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks,

Lemhi Agency Indians.

and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, in Idaho, including pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. 135 For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and Modocs,

Klamath Agency Indiana.

and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, in Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, including agricultural

Kansas.

assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the Indian

Kickapoos.

Territory, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Makahas, including pay of employees,

Makahs.

four thousand dollars. For the civilization of the Moqui Indians, and pay of employees, six

Moquis.

thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing within

Modocs, Ind. Ter.

the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including pay of

Navajos.

employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For purposes of irrigation and running sawmill on the Navajo Reservation,

Irrigation, etc.

seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars. For additional subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

and Arapahoe Indians on the Tongue River, in Montana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of agricultural implements and support and civilization

Nez Perces, Joseph’s band.

of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, twelve thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho,

Nez Perces, Idaho.

including pay of physician, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of the Poncas, including pay of employees,

Poncas.

eighteen thousand dollars: Provided, That this amount be divided pro

Proviso.

rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in

Division.

South Dakota.

For support and civilization of the Quinaielts and Quillehutes, including

Quinaielts and Quillehutes.

pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For temporary support and civilization of the Shebits tribe of Indians

Shebits.

in Washington County, Utah, to enable them to become self-supporting, the purchase of animals, implements, seeds, clothing, and other necessary articles, for the erection of houses, and for the temporary employment of a person to supervise the purchases and their distribution to the Shebits, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteen

Shoshones, Wyo.

thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including

Shoshones. Nev.

pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. Support of Seminoles in Florida: For support, civilization, and instruction

Seminoles. Fla.

of the Seminole Indians in Florida, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, including pay

Sioux, Devils Lake.

of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians including pay

S'Klallams.

of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, and for seeds

Tonkawas.

and agricultural implements, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization, of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla

Walla Wallas, Cayuses. and Umatillas.

tribes, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians at

Yakamas. etc.

said agency, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. 136 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.

Incidental expenses, Indian service in—

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For general incidental

Arizona.

expenses of Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Arizona, and for the 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.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For general incidental

California.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tule River agencies, fourteen thousand dollars; for support and civilization of Indians at. the Mission agency, ten thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for Hoopa Valley Agency), at same agencies, ten thousand dollars; in all. thirty-four thousand dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado: For general incidental

Colorado.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in North Dakota: For general

North Dakota.

incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, at three agencies in North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in South Dakota: For general

South Dakota.

incidental expenses of the Indian service including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies in South Dakota, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidental

Idaho.

expenses of the Indian service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidental

Montana.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, four thousand dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidental

Nevada.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Nevada and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Piutes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For general incidental

New Mexico.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in New Mexico and support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo Agency, and pay of employees at said agency, five thousand dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For general incidental

Oregon.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Oregon and 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.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidental

Utah.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Utah, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, eight thousand dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington: For general incidental

Washington.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and pay of employees, sixteen thousand dollars.

137

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For general incidental

Wyoming.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.

miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Flour mill, Pima Agency, Arizona: Operating and repairing the flour

Flour mill, Pima Agency, Ariz.

mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, two thousand dollars.

Substation and mills, Flathead Agency, Montana: Establishment of

Flathead Agency, Mont.

Substation and mills.

substation, purchase of saw and flour mills, and construction of necessary buildings for same; purchase of animals and pay of employees at Flathead Agency, Montana, ten thousand dollars.

Negotiating with Indians for lands: To enable the Secretary of the

Negotiating for surplus lands.

Interior in his discretion to negotiate with any Indians for the surrender of portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to subsequent ratification by Congress, eleven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That fifteen hundred dollars

Provisos.

thereof, to be immediately available, may be used to enable the Secretary of the interior, in his discretion, to appoint a commission, to negotiate

Commission to Crow Indians, Mont.

with the Crow Indians of Montana, for a modification of the agreement concluded with said Indians, December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and ratified by Congress March third, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 1040.

hundred and ninety-one, and to pay the necessary and actual expenses of said commissioners: Provided, That no such modification shall lie valid unless assented to by a majority of the male adult members of the

Consent of Indians.

Crow tribe of Indians, and be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

Aiding Indian allottees under act of February eighth, eighteen hundred

Aiding Indian allottees.

and eighty-seven, reimbursable: This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in aiding Indians who have taken land in severalty under the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for

Vol. 24, p. 388.

the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” to establish themselves in homes thereon, to procure seed, farming implements, and other things necessary, in addition to means already provided by law or treaty, for the commencement of farming, fifteen thousand dollars.

Allotments under act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and

Allotments.

eighty-seven, reimbursable: To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the act of February-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in

Vol. 24, p. 388.

severalty to Indians,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, forty thousand dollars.

Relief of destitute Indians: To supply food and other necessaries of

Emergencies.

life, in cases of distress among the Indians, arising from emergencies not foreseen or otherwise provided for, to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Irrigation, Indian reservations: For the construction, purchase, and

Irrigation.

use of irrigating machinery and appliances, on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary-of the Interior and subject to his control, forty thousand dollars.

Pay of farmers: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ

Practical farmers.

practical farmers, 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- 138 support, seventy thousand dollars; and no person shall be employed as such farmer who has not been for at least five years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming.

Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding eight hundred

Indian police.

and fifty privates, at ten dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and for the purchase of equipments and rations for policemen of nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred dollars.

Pay of judges, Indian courts: For compensation of judges of Indian

Judges, Indian courts.

courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars.

Vaccination of Indians: For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of

Vaccination.

Indians, one thousand dollars.

Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense

Supplies, telegraphing. etc.

of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, fifty thousand dollars.

Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessary

Supplies transportation.

Surveying and alloting Indian reservations: For survey and subdivision

Survey, etc., allotments in severalty.

of Indian reservations and of lands to be allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,

Proviso.

fifty-thousand dollars: Provided, That ten thousand dollars of this

Available.

Chippewa Indians, Minn.

Vol. 25, p. 642.

amount shall be immediately available.

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an act entitled “An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely:

For the purchase of material and employment of labor for the erection

Expenses for civilization. etc.

of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock, seed, subsistence, and so forth; for breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians to visit White Earth Reservation; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for pay of employees; for pay of commissioners and their expenses; for removal of Indians and for their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lands, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa Indian

Surveys, etc.

Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and

Vol. 25, p. 643.

appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of their lands, fifty thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to continue the Cherokee

Cherokee Commission.

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

Commission, provided for by act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars; this amount to be immediately available.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to reopen

Negotiations with Shoshones and Arapahoes, Wyo., and Flatheads, etc., Mont.

the negotiations with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians for the surrender of certain portions of their reservation in the State of Wyoming, and Flatbead and confederated tribes of Indians in the State of Montana, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may lie necessary, to be

Commission.

immediately available, and not more than two of the Commissioners 139 to be appointed hereunder shall be of the same political party, and any agreement entered into shall be ratified by Congress.

For increase of compensation to the Assistant Attorney-General in

Indian depredation claims.

Increase pay to Assistant Attorney-General.

charge, of Indian depredation claims, to make his compensation the same as that allowed by law to the other assistant Attorneys-General in the Department of Justice, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ suitable

Matrons to teach housekeeping.

persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not exceeding sixty dollars per month, five thousand dollars.

For the purpose of carrying into effect the agreement entered into

Upper and Middle bands Spokanes.

with the Upper and Middle bands of Spokane Indians, dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and tiled in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs July first, eighteen hundred and eighty seven, which agreement is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, the sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out

Agreement with, ratified.

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as the first installment of the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars mentioned in said agreement; the above amount of thirty thousand dollars to be expended for the benefit of those removing to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation,

Removal to Coeur d'Alene Reservation, etc.

in the erection of houses, assisting them in breaking land, purchase of cattle, seeds, agricultural implements, saw and grist mills, clothing, subsistence, and so forth.

Sale and allottment of Umatilla Reservation, reimbursable: To carry

Umatilla Reservation. Oreg.

Sale and allotment

into effect sections one and two of “An act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and grant patents therefor, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,

Vol. 23. pp. 341, 342.

eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, said amount to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of Umatilla lands.

Repayment to Menomonee Indians: To repay to the Menomonee

Menomonee Indians, Wis.

tribe of Indians in Wisconsin the sum of twenty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents, amount covered into the Treasury, being the balance of proceeds of sales of logs cut on their

Repayment for logs sold.

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reservation during the years eighteen hundred and ninety and eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be used in the same manner as other moneys received as proceeds of sale of logs from said reservation.

relief of fond du lac chippewa indians.

Fond du Lac Chippewas.

This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of

Payment to of amount recovered from timber depredations.

the Interior for the benefit of the Fond du Lae Chippewa Indians, of the State of Minnesota, being the sum recovered by the United States in compromise of suits against certain parties for timber depredations upon the Fond du Lac reservation, in Minnesota, and which sum has been deposited in the United States Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, twenty thousand four hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty-two cents.

That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint

Turtle Mountain band. Chippewas.

Commission to treat with, for lands, removal, etc.

a commission to consist of three persons familiar with Indian affairs, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, who shall negotiate with the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota for the cession and relinquishment to the United States of whatever right or interest they may have in and to any and all land in said State to which they claim title, and for their removal to and settlement upon lands to be hereafter selected and determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior upon the recommendation of the proposed commissioners, subject to the approval of Congress. Said

Number of Indians, etc., to be reported.

commissioners shall also report to the Secretary of the Interior the number of the said Chippewa Indians and the number of Mixed Bloods, if any, who are entitled to consideration by the United States Government; 140 and the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of the proposed negotiations.

FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.

Support of schools.

For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational

Day and industrial schools.

purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,

Building and repairs.

one million and seventy-five thousand dollars; for construction, purchase, and repair of school buildings, one hundred thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be expended for a

Sac and Fox Reservation. Iowa.

Horses, etc.

school building and furnishing same complete on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in Iowa; and for purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine for schools, twenty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars

Provisos.

Cost of buildings.

of which shall be immediately available: Provided, That the entire cost of any boarding-school building, exclusive of outbuildings, to be built from the moneys appropriated hereby, shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, and the entire cost of any day-school building to be so built shall not exceed six hundred dollars; in all, one million one hundred

Expense per pupil.

and ninety-five thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than two hundred dollars shall be expended for any one pupil, and that all school

Location of new buildings.

houses erected under this appropriation, shall be built on reservations or as near the boundary lines as practicable, but this provision shall not affect schools in course of construction in any county where a reservation exists or the construction of schools where land has been already purchased in such county as a site.

For support and education of Indian pupils at Albuquerque, New

Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, and for the erection, repairs of buildings and pay of superintendent, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, sixty

Proviso.

Limit.

thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than eight thousand dollars shall be used for erecting, repairing, and furnishing buildings.

For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle. Pennsylvania, at

Carlisle, Pa.

not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, and for the repair of buildings, one hundred and five thousand dollars; and the sum of five thousand dollars of this amount to be immediately available for the

Provisos.

transportaion of pupils to and from

Repairs.

said school: Provided, That not more than five

Qualification for admission.

thousand dollars of this amount shall be used in repairing bailings: And provided further, That no more Indian children shall enter and be educated and supported at said school who have not attended some other school for a period of at least three years. For

Allowance to superintendent.

additional to the salary of any military officer, while acting as superintendent, one thousand dollars; in all. one hundred and six thousand dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Chillocco, Ind. Ter.

per annum each; purchase of material, heating appliances, erection of barn, and repairs of buildings at Indian school at Chillocco, Indian Territory (formerly near Arkansas City, Kansas), and for pay of superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum, sixty-two thousand one hundred

Proviso.

and ten dollars: Provided, That not more than

Repairs, etc.

fifteen thousand dollars of this amount shall be used in repairs, heating, and furnishing buildings.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Carson City, Nev.

per annum each; erection and repairs of school buildings at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, and for pay of superintendent of said school at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty-four

Proviso.

Repairs, etc.

thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than five thousand dollars shall be used for the erection and repairs of school buildings.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Pierre, S. Dak.

141 per annum each; erection and repairs of school buildings at the Indian school at Pierre, South Dakota, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, thirty-three thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than five thousand

Proviso.

dollars of this amount shall be used in erection and repairs

Repairs. etc.

of buildings.

For the purpose of erecting, constructing, and completing suitable

Flandreau, S. Dak.

school buildings and for the support of an Indian industrial school, near the village of Flandreau. South Dokata, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That any unexpended balance of former appropriations is hereby reappropriated,

Proviso.

Reappropriation.

not to exceed ten thousand dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Santa Fe, N. Mex.

per annum each; repairs of school buildings and irrigation at the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, forty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That out of this amount not more than four

Proviso.

thousand dollars may be used for establishing brick and harness

Shop and repairs.

making and blacksmith shop, and repairing buildings.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Genoa, Nebr.

per annum each; pay of superintendent, at two thousand dollars per annum; erection of warehouse, repairs of buildings at Indian school. Genoa, Nebraska, including heating apparatus, sixty-three thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than three thousand dollars of this

Proviso.

amount shall be used to erect warehouse, repairs of building, and heating

Repairs, etc.

apparatus.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.

per annum each; for necessary repairs, furnishings, tools and implements, and for pay of superintendent at the Indian industrial school at Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Grand Junction Colo.

per annum each; for necessary repairs, furnishings, tools, and farm implements; cost of water for irrigating purposes, and for pay of superintendent at the Indian school, Grand Junction, Colorado, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty-nine thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than ten thousand dollars of this amount

Proviso.

shall be used for erecting and repairing buildings, heating, and furnishing

Repairs, etc.

school.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Fort Totten, N. Dak.

per annum each; repairs of buildings at the Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, fifty-four thousand three hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than ten thousand dollars of this

Proviso.

amount may be used in the settlement of indebtedness incurred for

Payment of indebtedness.

this school, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils

Hampton, Va.

at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Lawrence. Kans.

per annum each; necessary repairs at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum, ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That not more

Proviso.

than four thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used in repairs for school and outbuildings.

Repairs.

For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln

Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia.

Institution. Philadelphia, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars.

For support of pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per

Phoenix, Ariz.

annum each, erection and repairs of school buildings, and pay of superintendent at Phoenix, Arizona, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, thirty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars: Provided, That not more than fifteen thousand dollars of this amount

Proviso.

Erection and repairs.

shall be expended in the erection and repairs of school buildings.

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For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Salem, Oregon.

per annum each; erection and necessary repairs at the Indian school at Salem, Oregon (formerly Forest Grove School), and for pay of the superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum,

Proviso.

fifty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That

Erection and repairs.

not more than eight thousand dollars of this amount shall be used for erection and repairs of buildings.

For support of three hundred Indian pupils at the Saint Ignatius

St. Ignatius Mission, Mont.

Mission school, on the Jocko Reservation, in Montana, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, forty-five thousand dollars.

For support of sixty Indian pupils at White’s Manual Labor Institute,

White’s Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Ind.

Cherokee, N. C.

of Wabash. Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars.

For support of pupils at the Training school at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each; for pay of superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, and for the purchase of buildings, supplies, and improvements required for the use of the. school, to an amount not exceeding four thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.

For education and support of one hundred Chippewa boys and girls at

St. John’s University and St. Benedict’s Academy. Minn.

Saint John’s University, and at Saint Benedict’s Academy, in Stearns County, State of Minnesota, at one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, and for the education and support of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint Paul’s Industrial School at Clontarf, in the State of Minnesota, thirty thousand dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Fort Mojave, Ariz.

per annum each; necessary buildings, repairs, fencing, and irrigation at Indian industrial school at Fort Mojave, Arizona, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars

Proviso.

per annum, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than ten thousand dollars of this amount shall be used for

Erection and repairs.

the erection and repairs of buildings.

For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial,

Other schools.

agricultural, mechanical, and 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 pupil, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For finishing the building for the school, and completing the establishment

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

of such school by the necessary heating apparatus, outhouses, schoolrooms, laundry, and for incidental expenses of opening the farm and school, ten thousand dollars; and for support of Indian pupils, at the rate of one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each after the school shall have been opened; furnishings, tools, and agricultural implements, and for pay of superintendent at the Indian industrial school at Mount Pleasant, Michigan, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, fifteen thousand dollars.

For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Saint Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s, Rensselaer, Ind.

Normal School at Rensslaer, Indiana, eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.

For finishing the building for the school, and completing the establishment

Tomah, Wis.

of such school by the necessary heating apparatus, out houses, schoolrooms, laundry, and for incidental expenses of opening the farm and school, ten thousand dollars; and for support of Indian pupils at the rate of one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each after the school shall have been opened; furnishings, tools, and farm implements, and for pay of superintendent at the Indian industrial school at Tomah, Wisconsin, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, fifteen thousand dollars.

For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint

St. Boniface's, Banning, Cal.

Boniface’s Industrial School at Banning, California, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Pipestone, Minn.

per annum each; furnishings, tools and implements, and for pay of 143 superintendent at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, at the Indian industrial school at Pipestone, Minnesota, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That five thousand dollars of said amount may be expended

Proviso.

in procuring a steam plant and necessary structures and appliances

Heating, etc.

for heating the building and furnishing power.

For the education and support of one hundred Indian children at the

Holy Family School, Mont.

Holy Family Indian School at Blackfeet Agency, Montana, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars

Perris, Cal.

per annum each; furnishings, tools, and implements, and for pay of superintendent at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, at the Indian industrial school near Perris, California, fifteen thousand dollars.

For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools

Transporting, etc., pupils.

and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools, except Carlisle, 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 their labor, forty thousand dollars.

That hereafter in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of

Children of Indians taking lands in severalty not excluded.

the purposes of education of Indian children, those children of Indians who have taken lands in severalty under any existing law shall not, by reason thereof, be excluded from the benefits of such appropriation.

That hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the

Rules to secure at tendance.

direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to make and enforce by proper means such rules and regulations as will secure the attendance of Indian children of suitable age and health at schools established and maintained for their benefit.

That the expenditure of the money appropriated for school purposes

Secretary of Interior to direct expenditures, etc.

in this act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may from time to time be prescribed by him.

interest on trust-fund stocks.

Interest, trust-fund stocks.

Sec. 2. That for payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying 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 ninety-two, namely: For trust-fund interest due, Cherokee national fund, twenty-five

Cherokee national fund.

thousand six hundred and forty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Cherokee school fund, one thousand six

Cherokee school fund.

hundred and thirty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen

Chickasaw national fund.

thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven

Choctaw general fund.

thousand dollars; For trust-fund interest due Iowas, three thousand two hundred

Iowas.

and eighty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, two thousand

Delaware general fund.

and seventy dollars; For trust-fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty dollars;

Menomonees.

in all, eighty thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.

Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are

Purchases of supplies to be advertised; exceptions.

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 144 to Congress at its next session, lie may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars

irrigation.

at any one purchase: That funds herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of ditches and other works for irrigating, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended in open market: Provided further, That purchase in open

Provisos.

market may be made from Indians under the direction of the Secretary

Purchases from Indians.

of the Interior: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, for

Purchases until contracts are executed.

the period of thirty days after the approval of this act, to purchase in open market supplies necessary for the Indian service, until contracts are executed and approved and contractors have had time to deliver supplies to the several agencies, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars at any one time, a special report thereof to be made to Congress at its next session.

Sec. 4. That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be

Immediately available.

required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 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

Advertisements before appropriation.

ninety-two. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to advertise in the spring of each year for bids, and enter into contracts, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for goods and supplies for the Indian service required for the ensuing

Provisos.

fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that the appropriations for

Basis of contracts.

such fiscal year have not been made: Provided,

Conditions.

that the contracts so made shall be on the basis of the appropriations for the preceding fiscal year: And provided further, That these contracts shall contain a clause that no deliveries shall be made under the same and no liability attach to the United States in consequence of such execution if Congress fails to

Diversion of surplus for subsistence.

make an appropriation for the fiscal year for which those supplies are required. 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

Limit.

several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may

Treaty funds.

occur: Provided, however, That funds appropriated

Report

to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used: And provided further, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress at the session of

Purchase of stock cattle, etc.

Congress next succeeding such diversion: And provided further, 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 in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvements of such allotments, and shall report to Congress at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.

Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated

Transfer of funds for employees.

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 employes 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 said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he 145 cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of

Report.

his action under this provision.

Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordance

Rejection of bids.

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

Purchases in open market.

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.

Sec. 7. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now on

Sale of property not used.

hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it may be required, or to sell if and apply the proceeds of 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.

Sec. 8. That when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior

Commutation of rations to civilized Indians.

any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing under this act, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. That the funds now in the Treasury belonging to the Santee Sioux

Santee Sioux.

Indians in the State of Nebraska and at Flandreau in the State of South

Payment to.

Dakota, resulting from the sale of lands in Minnesota, and thirty-two thousand dollars heretofore appropriated to purchase lands for the Santee Indians in Nebraska, who have not received allotments may in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid in cash.

Sec. 9. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually

Report of all employees to be made annually.

to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported in whole out of the appropriations in this act; giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid. Also number of employees in his office here in Washington; when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, full name, amount of compensation paid, and out of what fund paid, and under what law employed.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

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CHAP. 165.—

An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations for postal service.

That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, in conformity with the act of July second, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 5, p. 80.

thirty-six, as follows: office of the postmaster general.

Postmaster-General.

For advertising, eighteen thousand dollars.

Advertising.

For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous.

office of the first assistant postmaster general.

First Assistant Postmaster-General.

For compensation to postmasters, fifteen million two hundred and

Postmasters.

fifty thousand dollars.

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For compensation to clerks in post-offices, eight million three hundred

Clerks in post-offices.

and sixty thousand dollars.

For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post-offices, seven

Rent, light, and fuel.

hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars.

For rent, light, and fuel for post-offices of the third class, six hundred

Proviso.

and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That there shall not be allowed for

Limit, third-class offices.

the use of any third-class post-office for rent a sum in excess of four hundred dollars nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and lights in any one year.

For necessary miscellaneous and incidental items directly connected

Miscellaneous.

with first and second class post-offices, including furniture, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.

For free-delivery service, including existing experimental free-delivery

Free delivery.

offices, ten million seven hundred and fifty-four thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars, to be disbursed in such manner that no

New offices.

additional free-delivery offices shall be established in any congressional district created by virtue of the congressional reapportionment act in which there may be established one or more free-delivery offices, until every congressional district in which there may be a place possessing the necessary qualifications shall have been supplied with at least one free-delivery office.

For stationery in post-offices, fifty-seven thousand dollars.

Stationery.

For wrapping twine, eighty-five thousand dollars.

Twine.

For wrapping paper, fifty-six thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars.

Paper.

For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same,

Scales.

eighteen thousand dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps and repairs to same, and ink

Canceling, etc., stamps.

and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, forty thousand dollars. For packing boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand five

Packing boxes, etc.

hundred dollars. For printing facing slips, card-slide labels, blanks, and books of an

Printing.

urgent nature for the postal service, seven thousand dollars. office of the second assistant postmaster-general.

Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

For inland mail transportation, namely, inland transportation by

Inland transportation.

star routes, five million eight hundred and forty-five

Star routes.

thousand dollars. For inland transportation by steamboat routes, four hundred and

Steamboat routes.

sixty-five thousand dollars. For mail messenger service, one million two hundred thousand

Messenger service.

dollars. For mail bags, and mailbag catchers, cord fasteners, label cases, and

Bags and catchers.

for labor and material necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor

Locks, keys, etc.

and material necessary for repairing same, thirty-five thousand dollars. For the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-General to rent a building

Repair shop.

for mail bag repair shop and lock-repair shop, and for fuel, gas, watchmen, and charwomen, oil, and repair of machinery for same, six thousand five hundred dollars. For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not exceeding

Railroad routes.

Freight.

thirty thousand dollars may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped paper, and other supplies from the manufactories to the post-offices and depots of distribution, twenty-three million six hundred and thirty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-one cents. For railway post-office car service, two million eight hundred and

Postal cars.

nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For railway post-office clerks, six million six hundred and thirty-one

Railway mail clerks.

thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars may be used to pay necessary traveling expenses of chief clerks and

Traveling expenses.

147railway postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the Postmaster-General. For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, one hundred and

Special facilities.

ninety-six thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-two cents. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous.

For transportation of foreign mails, one million one hundred and two

Foreign mails.

thousand two hundred and ninety dollars, said amount being made up

Reappropriation.

of the unexpended balances of appropriations for the same object for the fiscal years eighteen hundred

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and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, amounting to five hundred and two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and eighty-one cents and the additional sum of six hundred thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and nineteen cents: Provided, That hereafter the Postmaster-General shall

Proviso.

Clerks on steam ships.

be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of the clerks to be employed in assorting and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union.

For balance due foreign countries, eighty-seven thousand five hundred

Balance due foreign countries.

dollars.

office of the third assistant postmaster-general.

Third Assistant Postmaster-General.

For manufacture of adhesive postage and special-delivery stamps, two

Stamps.

hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars. For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses

Distribution.

of agency, nine thousand dollars.

For manufacture of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and

Stamped envelopes.

letter sheets, one million and forty-seven thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That it shall not be lawful after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen

Printed return requests not to be furnished.

Post, p. 733.

Permissible printed requests.

hundred and ninety-four, for the Postmaster-General to have requests for the return of letters printed upon any envelope sold by any postmaster or by the Post-Office Department: Provided further, That the Post-Office Department may continue after the thirtieth day of September. eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to furnish in any quantity stamped envelopes containing the following words: “If not delivered in ten days, return to”: Provided further, That this provision shall not

Existing contracts not affected.

be construed to interfere in any wise with existing contracts for furnishing stamped envelopes or newspaper wrappers.

For pay. of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes,

Distribution.

newspaper wrappers, and letter sheets, and expenses of agency, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars. For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and twelve thousand

Postal cards.

dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses

Distribution.

of agency, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For registered-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one

Official, etc., envelopes.

hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand four hundred

Ship. etc., letters.

dollars. For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, three

Printing, etc., drafts.

thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous.

office of the fourth assistant postmaster-general.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General.

For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, and fees to United

Mail depredations.

States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses connected therewith, two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.

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Sec. 2. That, if the revenue of the Post-Office Department shall be

Appropriation to meet deficiencies.

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 said deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Sec. 3. That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and

Purchase of Confederate postal records directed.

directed to expend the amount appropriated by the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office

Vol. 26, p. 1079.

Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the purchase of “certain books and records ” which are especially referred to and described by the Attorney-General in his letter to the Postmaster-General of October twentieth, eighteen hundred and

Provisos.

If sum not used.

ninety-one: Provided, That the amount thus appropriated by said act has not yet been expended: Provided also, That the purchase of said books is

Recommendation by Secretary of Treasury and Attorney-General.

recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, and that in their judgment said books would be valuable as aids in protecting the Government against overpayments and frauds, and in facilitating the settlement of mail contractors’ accounts, and claims now pending in the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department and the Court of Claims: Provided further,

Price.

That the purchase price to be paid for said books shall be such sum (within the limit of the appropriation) as may be agreed upon between the Postmaster-General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney-General, or by any two of them and the party having possession of said books or his duly authorized attorneys.

Sec. 4. That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to establish

World’s Columbian Exposition.

in the Government Building, upon the ground of the

Branch station.

World’s Columbian Exposition,

Appropriations.

a branch station of the Chicago Illinois, Post-Office: and there is hereby appropriated the sum of forty thousand dollars, for clerks, letter carriers, and incidental expenses necessary to maintain the same and a further sum of twenty-three

Transportation.

thousand dollars for transportation of mails by Railroad and Mail Messenger Service, the branch office herein provided to begin not earlier than January first, eighteen hundred and ninety three.

Sec. 5. That hereafter the Postmaster-General is authorized to provide

Transportation of official matter by express. etc.

for the transportation of official matter of any Department of the Government, over any railroad or express company, whenever he can do so at a saving to the Government and without detriment to the

Proviso.

Congressional matter excepted.

Examination of pneumatic dispatch of mails.

public service: Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to official matter franked by members of Congress.

Sec. 6. That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to examine into the subject of a more rapid dispatch of mail matter between large cities, and post-office stations and transportation terminals located in large cities, by means of pneumatic tubes or other systems, and make report upon the expense, cost, and advantages of said systems when applied to the mail service of the United States, and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated therefor.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 168: 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, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the first section thereof to the port of Fernandina, Florida. Chapter 168 27 Stat. 148 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 168.—

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, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the first section thereof to the port of Fernandina, Florida.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fernandina. Fla.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 173.

That the privileges of the first section of the act approved June tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation 149 to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Fernandina, Florida.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 169: to establish an intermediate rate of pension between thirty dollars and seventy-two dollars per month. Chapter 169 27 Stat. 149 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 169.—

An Act to establish an intermediate rate of pension between thirty dollars and seventy-two dollars per month.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensions.

Rate where totally incapacitated, requiring frequent attendance.

That soldiers and sailors who are shown to be totally incapacitated for performing manual labor by reason of injuries received or disease contracted in the service of the United States and in line of duty, and who are thereby disabled to such a degree as to require frequent and periodical, though not regular and constant, personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be entitled to receive a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the date of the certificate of the examining surgeon or board of examining surgeons showing such degree of disability, and made subsequent to the passage of this act.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 170: to authorize the Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to construct and maintain bridges across English Bayou and Calcasieu River. Chapter 170 27 Stat. 149 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 170.—

An Act to authorize the Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to construct and maintain bridges across English Bayou and Calcasieu River.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company may bridge English Bayou and Calcasieu River, La.

That it shall be. lawful for the, Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Louisiana, or its assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the English Bayou and a bridge over Calcasieu River, in the State of Louisiana, at such points upon said bayou and river in township nine south and range eight west as may be found advantageous. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds,

Wagon, foot, etc., bridge.

for the transit of animals, foot, passengers, and of all kinds of commerce, travel, or communication, and said corporation may charge and receive such reasonable tolls therefor as may be approved from time to

Tolls.

time by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That each of said bridges shall be constructed as drawbridges,

Draws.

with an opening over the center of the channel of such width as the, Secretary of War shall determine, and which shall not be less than thirty feet in the clear across English Bayou and not less than fifty feet in the clear across Calcasieu River: Provided also, That said draws shall

Proviso.

be, opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats,

Opening draws.

vessel, or other water craft, and in no ease shall unnecessary delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said

Lights, etc.

bridges as the Light House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, boats, rafts, or other water craft safely through said draw openings as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3. That said bridges shall be built and located under and subject

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

to such regulations for the security of navigation of said bayou and 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 bridges and a map of the location, given for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the bayou and river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the streams, and shall furnish such 150 other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and locations are approved by the Secretary of War the bridges shall not be built; and should any changes be made in the plans of said bridges during the progress of construction such change shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or to require

Amendment, etc.

any changes in such structures, or their entire removal at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, and the right to prescribe such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed reasonable, are expressly reserved.

Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 171: 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 ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 171 27 Stat. 150 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 171.—

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 ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia appropriations.

That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in

Half from District revenues.

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, namely: GENERAL EXPENSES. for salaries and contingent expenses.

Salaries, etc.

For Executive Office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand

Executive office.

dollars each, one Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred

Commissioners, secretary, etc.

and sixty-eight dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); one Secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars: one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, who shall also perform the duties of inspector of elevators and fire escapes, without additional compensation, one thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars: one janitor, seven hundred dollars; one laborer at one dollar per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars: one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one chief inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; three assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; one harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-five thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars.

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For Assessor’s Office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars:

Assessor’s office.

three assistant assessors, until January first, eighteen hundred and

Assistant assessors to Jan. 1, 1893.

ninety-three, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, who shall within the calendar year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under the direction of the assessor of the District of Columbia, make the assessments of real property in said District for the triennial period beginning with the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and perform such other duties and have all the power and authority to do the things required of the twelve assessors under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,

Vol. 22, p. 568.

and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the assessor not inconsistent with existing law in the assessment of real and personal property; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one special assessment clerk, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, in charge of records, 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, nine hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For Collector’s Office: For one collector, four thousand dollars;

Collector’s office.

one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars.

For Auditor’s Office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars;

Auditor’s office.

one chief clerk, 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; one disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred

Disbursing clerk.

dollars, and the disbursing clerk is authorized to hereafter pay laborers and employees of the District of Columbia, and such payments

Payments to employees.

may be made with moneys advanced to him by the Commissioners in their discretion, upon pay rolls or other vouchers audited and approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and certified by the commissioners as now required by law. Said pay rolls and other vouchers shall be included in the account of the Commissioners: Provided, That

Provisos.

he shall give bond to the United States, to the satisfaction

Bond.

of the Commissioners, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the benefit of the United States, the District of Columbia, the, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all persons interested, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office; but said disbursing clerk shall be subordinate to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and they shall in every respect be responsible to the United

Responsibility of Commissioners.

States, the District of Columbia, and to individuals for the acts and doings of the said disbursing clerk: Provided further, That his accounts

Accounts.

shall be audited by the auditor of the District of Columbia, who shall promptly forward the same to the Commissioners for their approval; in all, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

For Attorney’s Office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars;

Attorney’s office.

one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one special assistant attorney, one thousand two hundred dollars; one law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six hundred dollars.

For Sinking-fund Office, under control of the Treasurer

Sinking-fund office.

of the United States: For one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars.

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For Coroner’s Office: For one coroner, one thousand

Coroner’s office.

eight hundred dollars.

For Market Masters: For two market masters, at one thousand

Market masters.

two hundred dollars each; one market master, nine hundred dollars; for hire of laborers for cleaning markets, at rate not exceeding one hundred dollars per market, three hundred dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars.

For Engineer’s Office: One chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred

Engineer’s office.

dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one computing engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of asphalt and cements, two thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; one superintendent of lamps, one thousand dollars; two inspectors of lamps, at nine hundred dollars each; 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 draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; four inspectors of streets and sewers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one messenger clerk, at six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.

Board of Examiners, Steam Engineers: For compensation for

Board of examiners, steam engineers.

board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars.

Sewer Division: For one superintendent of sewers, two thousand

Sewer division.

four hundred dollars; one general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two inspectors of property, at nine hundred and thirty-six dollars each; two sewer tappers, at one thousand dollars each; one permit clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and two dollars.

That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily required

Temporary overseers, etc.

in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any work authorized by appropriations, and all expenses incidental to or necessary for the proper execution of said work, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said works; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual report to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers, inspectors, and other employees, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall embrace in

Estimates for all officers, etc., to be made.

the estimates of appropriations for the support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, estimates for all officers, overseers, inspectors, clerks, and other employees, except day laborers, other than those now specifically appropriated for, whom they deem to be necessary to an efficient and economical execution of the appropriations for which they may submit estimates for sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any other work, specifying the number of persons to be so employed, the office in which they would be employed, the period of employment, and the rate of compensation to each.

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That the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia shall not

after December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. retain

Allowance for salary.

of the fees and emoluments of his office for his personal compensation, over and above his necessary clerk hire and the incidental expenses of his office, certified to by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or by one of its Justices appointed by it for that purpose, and to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, a sum exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars a year, or

Rate.

exceeding that rate for any time less than a year; and the surplus of such fees and emoluments shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the. District of Columbia: Provided, That the number of clerks and

Provisos.

others employed in the office of the Register of Wills shall not be

No increase of clerks, etc.

increased, except that additional copyists may be employed for temporary service as the necessities of the office may require, nor shall the salary or compensation of clerks and others, be increased beyond the salaries or compensation paid during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and nintyone: Provided further, That the Register of Wills may designate one of the employees in his office to be paid at not exceeding

Clerk to perform the duties of register.

the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum out of such fees and emoluments, who shall be authorized hereafter in the necessary absence or inability of the Register, from any cause, to perform his duties without additional compensation.

That the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall not,

Recorder of Deeds.

after December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, retain of

Allowance for salary.

the fees and emoluments of his office for his personal compensation, over and above his necessary clerk hire and the incidental expenses of his office, certified to by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or by one of its Justices, appointed by it for that purpose, and to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, a

Rate.

sum exceeding four thousand dollars a year, or exceeding that rate for any time less than a year; and the surplus of such fees and emoluments shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided, That the number of clerks and others employed in the

Proviso.

office of Recorder of Deeds shall not be increased, except that additional

No increase of clerks, etc.

copyists may be employed for temporary service as the necessities of the office may require, nor shall the salary or compensation of clerks and others, be increased beyond the salaries or compensation paid during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the salary of the deputy recorder of deeds shall hereafter be one thousand eight hundred

Deputy recorder.

dollars per annum to be paid out of the tees and emoluments of said office of Recorder of Deeds.

Superintendent of Charities: For Superintendent of Charities,

Superintendent of charities.

three thousand dollars.

contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, namely: For printing, checks, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, repairs of market houses, painting, binding, rebinding, repairing and preservation of records, maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and inspector of asphalt and cement, damages, care of horses, not otherwise provided for, horseshoeing, fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the sinking-fund office, office of superintendent of charities, health department, and police court, twenty-four thousand dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: Provided,

Proviso.

That horses and vehicles appropriated for in this act shall be

Use of horses, etc.

used only for official purposes.

For contingent expenses of stables of the Engineer Department,

Stables.

including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of 154 vehicles, purchase and repair of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, sponges, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, medicines, and other necessary articles and expenses, six thousand dollars; and no expenditure on account of the Engineer Department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund.

For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars.

Rent.

For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars.

For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes by

Collecting personal taxes.

distraint and sale, or otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the

Judicial expenses.

printing of briefs and witness tees in District cases before the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.

For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors fees, removal

Coroner’s expenses.

of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice for morgue, and holding inquests, nine hundred and seventy-live dollars.

For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax

Advertising.

and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, two thousand nine hundred dollars.

That whoever, hot being a Senator or Representative in Congress, intends to present to Congress

Petitions for incorporations to be published.

a bill for an act of incorporation, or for an alteration or extension of the charter of a corporation in the District of Columbia, or of any special privileges in said District, shall give notice of such intention by publishing a copy of the bill at least once a week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the District of Columbia, the last of said publications to be made at least fourteen days prior to the presentation of such bill. Such newspaper shall be designated by the person proposing the bill and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundred

Advertising notice of arrears of taxes.

Vol. 26, p. 34.

and ninety-one, as required to be given by act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, seven thousand dollars, to be reimbursed by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised.

The register of wills shall hereafter prepare papers in connection

Enlistment papers.

with appointment of guardians to enable indigent boys to enlist in the United States Navy as provided by law, without making any charge therefor.

To enable the assessor to continue account of arrears of taxes on

Arrears of taxes account.

real property due the District of Columbia, including the payment of necessary clerical force, two thousand dollars.

PERMIT WORK.

Permit work.

For the improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks and the

Alleys, sidewalks, and sewers.

construction of sewers and sidewalks, of such form and materials as the Commissioners may determine, under the permit system, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.

Improvements and repairs.

For work on sundry streets and avenues named in Appendix Cc,

Streets and avenues.

Book of Estimates, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Commissioners upon streets and avenues specified in the schedules named in said appendix and in the aggregate for each schedule as stated herein, namely:

Georgetown schedule, twenty-four thousand three hundred dollars.

Allotment.

Northwest section schedule, ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars.

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Southwest section schedule, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and forty-seven dollars.

Southeast section schedule, fifty-one thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars

Northeast section schedule, fifty-eight thousand eight hundred and six dollars:

Provided, That the streets and avenues shall be completed in the

Proviso.

order in which they appear in said schedules, except High street, so

Order of precedence.

far as the amount of money herein appropriated shall suffice for the work, and one-half of the cost of widening High street named in the

High street, Georgetown.

Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company to pay one-half cost of widening.

Georgetown schedule shall be charged to the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company of the District of Columbia and collected from said company in the same manner as the cost of laying down pavements, sewers, and other works, or repairing the same, lying between the exterior rails of the tracks of street railways, and for a distance of two feet from and exterior to such track or tracks on each side thereof, are collectible under the provisions of section five of the

Vol. 20, p. 106.

act entitled “An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight”; and the act of August twenty-second, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 447.

and eighty-eight, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company of the District of Columbia,” is hereby altered and amended so as to authorize and require such charge and collection.

That under appropriations contained in this act no contract shall be

Limit for concrete pavements.

made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavement at a higher price, than two dollars per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with same depth of base: Provided, That these conditions as to

Proviso.

price and depth of base shall not apply to those streets on which, in

Increase for certain streets.

the judgment of the Commissioners of the District, by reason of heavy traffic, poor foundation, or other causes, a pavement of more than ordinary strength is required, in which case the limit of price may be increased to two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard.

Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For the purchase of

Grading.

horses, cars, carts, or the hire of the same, to be used by prisoners and inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, two thousand dollars.

Repairs to Pavements: For repairs to concrete pavements with

Repairs pavements.

the same or other not inferior material, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Plats of Subdivisions Outside of Washington and Georgetown:

Subdivision surveys.

To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine if plats of subdivisions of land within the District offered for record have been made in conformity to the “Act to regulate subdivision of land within the

Vol. 25, p. 451.

District of Columbia,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, four thousand dollars.

sewers.

Sewers.

For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, forty-five thousand

Cleaning, etc.

dollars. For replacing obstructed and insufficient sewers, twenty-five thousand

Replacing.

dollars. For main and pipe sewers, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Main and pipes.

For commencing the construction of a main intercepting sewer as a

New main.

part of, and in accordance with, the general plan for sewers recommended by the Board of Sanitary Engineers, appointed by the President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of an act of Congress

Vol. 25, p. 799.

approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and whose report is published in House Executive Document Numbered Four 156 hundred and forty-five, first session, Fifty-first Congress, to run from the Potomac River near Easbys Point to near the intersection of Fifteenth

Provisos.

and E streets northwest, ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That the

Contract.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to enter into contract for the construction of the whole of the said sewer, at a cost not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. And the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to construct the said sewer where necessary across lands and reservations belonging to the United States: Provided, That after the construction of the said

Restoration of excavations.

sewer the excavated portions of the said lands and reservations shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriations herein

Plans.

provided for: Provided further, That the detailed plans for said sewer shall be approved by a consulting civil and sanitary engineer, who shall be selected by the President for that purpose, and whose services shall be paid for from this appropriation at a rate to be fixed by the President.

For suburban sewers, sixty-five thousand dollars.

Suburban.

For gauging sewers and rainfall, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Gaunging.

For condemnation of rights of way for the construction, maintenance,

Rights of way.

and repairs of public sewers, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. STREETS.

Streets.

Repairs Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work of

Repairs, streets, etc.

repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, forty thousand dollars.

Repairs County Roads: For current work of repairs of county

Repairs, roads, etc.

roads and suburban streets, fifty thousand dollars.

Construction of Counts Roads: For construction of county

Constructing county roads, etc.

roads and suburban streets, as follows:

For Pennsylvania avenue toward Bowen road, fifteen thousand dollars;

For Steuben street, six thousand dollars;

For Sixteenth street extended, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to expend in improving Sixteenth street northwest, extended, from Boundary to Morris street, the unexpended balance of the appropriation of seventeen thousand dollars, appropriated for said street by

Vol. 26, p. 1067.

the “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 ninety-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: and said balance shall become immediately available.

For Quarry road, four thousand dollars.

For the extension of Kenesaw avenue to the Zoological Park, four

Kenesaw avenue.

thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum shall

Proviso.

be expended until the owners of the land shall dedicate a

Dedication by owners.

street at least ninety feet wide for said purpose, nor until a street is dedicated by the owners of the land sixty feet wide from Quarry road around the east side of the Zoological Park to the Rock Creek National Park and connecting said Quarry road with Kenesaw avenue extended;

That the ten thousand dollars appropriated by the act of March

Street connecting Columbia road with Connecticut avenue.

third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for graveling the street connecting Columbia Road with Connecticut Avenue extended, and thence along said avenue to the District Line, shall be used for regulating and macadamizing the same; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to contract for regulating and

Proviso.

macadamizing said street and avenue forthwith: Provided, That the

Assessment on abutting property.

excess of cost for the same above ten thousand dollars shall be assessed upon the property fronting on said street and avenue in proportion to 157 the number of front feet of each lot or parcel of land so fronting; such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected on real estate in the District of Columbia. All contracts for such grading and macadamizing of said street and avenue in excess of the ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated as aforesaid shall be made payable and be paid out of the money derived from the taxes to be collected as herein provided.

For Harewood road (widening, grading, and extending to Bates road),

Harewood road.

five thousand dollars: Provided, That there is dedicated to the District

Provisos.

of Columbia enough of the abutting land on each side of said Hare

Dedication of abutting land

wood road to make said road ninety feet wide (the cost of removing and rebuilding the Soldiers’ Home east gate lodge, and the fencing, to be paid for out of said appropriation); and the board of commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home is hereby authorized to dedicate its share of the abutting land, and to allow the said road to be so widened, graded, and improved where it abuts on the Soldiers’ Home grounds: Provided further, That the extension to the Bates road shall be dedicated along

Dates road.

such line as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall

Exception.

apply to that portion of the Harewood road between the Soldiers’ Home and the National Cemetery.

For Linden street, from Pomeroy to College, five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand five hundred dollars.

Condemnation of Streets, Roads, Alleys: For condemnation

Condemnation of streets. etc.

of streets, roads, and alleys, two thousand five hundred dollars: And provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia

Proviso.

be and they are hereby authorized and directed to open by condemnation

Opening of Thirty-seventh street.

and extend Thirty-seventh street between Back street and Tennhllytown road, so called, at or near Schneider Lane, so soon as the ground necessary therefor shall have been donated for that purpose, or money to pay for such ground shall have been provided and paid into the Treasury of the United States.

Sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping,

Sweeping, etc.

and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.

For the Parking Commission: For contingent expenses, including

Parking Commission.

laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, eighteen thousand dollars.

Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing,

Lighting.

and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lampposts and lanterns, moving lampposts, painting lampposts and lanterns, and replacing lamp posts and lanterns damaged or unlit for service, one hundred and forty-one thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than twenty-one

Provisos.

dollars and fifty cents per annum for each street lamp shall be paid for

Maximum cost.

gas or oil. lighting, extinguishing, repairing and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum: Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with a self-regulating

Regulators.

burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour.

For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection, on

Electric, lighting.

one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions, fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than

Proviso.

fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric are light burning

Maximum cost.

every night from sunset to sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candle power, and no part of this appropriation shall 158 be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over

Overhead wires.

any of the streets or a venues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protection

Harbor front.

of the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws and regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, two thousand six hundred dollars.

For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales,

Scales.

one hundred dollars.

For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of

Pumps.

public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells and filling abandoned public wells, five thousand dollars.

Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers,

Bridges.

oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand

Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company to repair M street bridge.

dollars. That the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company is hereby required to repair the bridge across Rock Creek at M. street northwest at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars, said repairs to be made under the direction of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia and in accordance with plans and specifications to be prepared by him.

Washington Aqueduct.

Aqueduct.

For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars.

Engineering. etc.

Public Schools.

Public schools.

For Officers: For superintendent first six divisions, three thousand

Superintendents. clerks, etc.

three hundred dollars; superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent of seventh and eighth divisions, eight hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent first six divisions, three hundred dollars: messenger to superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and fifty dollars.

For Teachers: For eight hundred and ninety-five teachers to be

Teachers.

assigned as follows:

For one, at two thousand five hundred dollars; For eleven, at two thousand dollars each; For one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; For ten, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For eleven, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; For forty-one at one thousand dollars each; For fifteen, at nine, hundred and fifty dollars each: For fifteen, at nine hundred dollars each; For nine, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For sixteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For fifty-five, at eight hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For eighteen, at eight hundred dollars each; For sixty-eight, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For thirty-two, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each: For ninety, at seven hundred dollars each; For four at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For ninety-three, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For seven, at six hundred dollars each; For two, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and four, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For three, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For ninety, at five bundled dollars each; 159 For thirty-six, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For thirty-four, at four hundred and fifty dollars each; For fifty-six, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each: For sixty-one, at four hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred and thirteen thousand dollars.

Provided, That in assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination

Proviso.

No discrimination.

shall be made between male and female teachers employed in the same grade of school and performing a like class of duties.

For teachers of night schools, who may also be teachers in the day

Night schools.

schools, six thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of night schools, five hundred dollars.

For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For care

Janitors, etc.

of the high-school building and annex, two thousand dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Eastern high school building of the first six divisions, of the high-school building of the seventh and eighth divisions, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; of the Stevens and Franklin buildings, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; of the Peabody, Force, Seaton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, Grant, Curtis, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln and Mott buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Abbott, John F. Cook, Randall, and Berrett buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; of the Amidon, Addison, Cranch, Morse, Brent, Baunaker, Blair, Wormley, Anthony Bowen, Maury. Weightman, Bradley, Blake, Carberry, Giddings, Towers, Magruder, Phelps, Twining, Smallwood, Adams, Jones, Arthur, Corcoran, Briggs, Lenox, Bell, McCormick, Madison, Jackson, Monroe, Garrison, Ambush, Phillips, Slater, Logan, Tyler, Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, Wilson, and Taylor buildings, forty-two in all, at five hundred dollars each; of the Hillsdale, Anacostia, Thompson and Lovejoy buildings at two hundred and fifty dollars each; of the Mount Pleasant, Potomac, Greenleaf, Hamilton Road, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld, Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brookland buildings, at one hundred and sixty five dollars each; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, including cooking and manual-training schools, wherever located, at a rate not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, four thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars. For rent of school buildings, and repair shop, twelve thousand dollars.

Rent.

For repairs and improvements to school building and grounds, twenty-six

Repairs.

thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, to be

Tools, etc.

used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars. For fuel, thirty thousand dollars.

Fuel.

For furniture for new school buildings, one thousand six hundred

Furniture.

dollars. For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing,

Contingent expenses.

insurance, and other necessary items, thirty thousand dollars. For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first six

Free school books, etc.

grades, who at the time are not supplied with the same, to be distributed by the Superintendent of Public, Schools under regulations to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for the necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said textbooks and supplies, thirty-five thousand dollars. For one eight-room building and site in fifth division, thirty-five

Buildings.

thousand dollars. For addition to colored school building in sixth division, at Burrville, one thousand dollars. For iron stairways in Wallach school building, two thousand dollars. 160

Provided, That the total cost of the site and of the several and respective

Proviso.

Limit of cost.

buildings herein provided for, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved, shall not exceed the several and respective sums of money herein respectively appropriated for such purposes.

That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings, and for

Approval of plans.

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.

The Commissioner of Education is hereby authorized and directed

Examination by Commissioner of Education.

to examine and report to Congress, on the first day of its next session, on the schools of the District of Columbia, as respects their organization, efficiency, methods, and cost, and, with said report, make such recommendations as to him may seem advisable; and for this service he shall receive five hundred dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, as compensation in addition to the compensation now received by him.

For Metropolitan Police.

Police.

For one major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred

Salaries.

dollars; one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two lieutenants, inspectors, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one chief clerk, who shall also be property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; tour surgeons for the police and fire departments, at five hundred and forty dollars each; for additional compensation for twelve privates detailed for special service in the detection and prevention of crime, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; nine lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and twenty privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; twenty station keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer who shall have charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; 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; thirty-eight lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two bun died and forty dollars each; one van driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two assistant ambulance drivers, at three hundred dollars each; thirteen drivers of patrol wagons at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four hundred and eighty-two thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. That hereafter, the police shall, as far as practicable, aid in the enforcement

Enforcing garbage regulations.

of the garbage regulations.

Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters and station at

Miscellaneous.

Anacostia, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For fuel, two thousand dollars;

For repairs to stations, two thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery,

Contingent expenses.

books, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulance, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, sixteen thousand seven hundred 161 and fifty dollars; In all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

Buildings: For stable for ambulances and horses on ground now

Stable.

owned by the District of Columbia, six thousand dollars.

For the Fire Department.

Fire Department.

For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one fire

Salaries.

marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eleven foremen, at one thousand dollars each; eight engineers, at one thousand dollars each; eight firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twelve hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; seventy-six privates, at eight hundred dollars each; six watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one veterinary surgeon for all departments of the District government, four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

For the following additional force from the first day of January,

Additional force from Jan. 1, 1893.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, namely: One foreman, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum; one engineer, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum; one hostler, at the rate of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum; six privates, at the rate of eight hundred dollars each per annum; in all, seven thousand six hundred and forty dollars.

Miscellaneous: For repairs to engine houses, three thousand dollars;

Miscellaneous.

For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, three thousand dollars; For fuel, two thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of horses, three thousand six hundred dollars; For forage, five thousand five hundred dollars; For exchanging engine, four thousand dollars; For one new engine, and house and lot for same, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing,

Contingent expenses.

oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; In all, sixty-one thousand one hundred dollars. Telegraph and Telephone Service.

Telegraph and telephone service.

For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one

Salaries.

electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; three telegraph opera tors, at one thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; one expert repairman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two repairmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers, at four hundred dollars each: in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.

For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies,

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 harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars.

For new instruments for Fourth and Ninth precincts, two thousand

New instruments.

seven hundred dollars.

162 Health Department.

Health department.

For one health officer, three thousand dollars; eight sanitary and

Salaries.

food inspectors, who shall also be charged with enforcement of garbage regulations, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars, and the chief clerk shall hereafter act as a deputy to the health officer; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, five hundred and forty dollars; one poundmaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per month, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.

Miscellaneous: For rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

Miscellaneous.

For chemical laboratory for food inspection, eight hundred dollars.

Laboratory.

For collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, twenty-four

Garbage.

thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of

Additional for using steel tanks, etc.

the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, allow, in addition to the above sum, two thousand five hundred dollars in case said garbage is removed in inclosed steel tanks and immediately destroyed, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose.

For the enforcement of the provisions of an act entitled “An act to

Scarlet fever and diphtheria.

prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of

Vol. 26, p. 692.

Columbia,” approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, four thousand dollars.

Courts.

For the Police Court: For two judges, at three thousand dollars

Police court.

each; compensation of two justices of the peace acting as judges of the police court during the absence of said judges, not exceed in three hundred dollars each; one clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand dollars; three bailiffs, at three dollars per day each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars.

Miscellaneous: For United States marshal’s fees, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

four dollars;

For witness fees, six thousand dollars; For repairs of police-court building, eight hundred dollars; For rent of property adjoining police-court building for police court and other purposes, six hundred dollars; For additional story to the police-court building, fourteen thousand dollars; For compensation for jury, eight thousand dollars; in all, thirty

Jurors.

thousand eight hundred dollars.

Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the execution

Lunacy writs.

of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand dollars.

Compilation of the Laws of the District of Columbia: For

Compiling laws.

clerical assistance and incidental expenses for the commission on the compilation of the laws of the District of Columbia, authorized by the

Vol. 25, p. 872.

act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for 163 completion of the work, six hundred dollars, to be immediately available.

Interest and Sinking Fund.

Interestand sinking fund.

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. Emergency Fund.

Emergency fund.

To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, five thousand dollars: Provided, That in the purchase of all articles provided for in

Proviso.

this act no more than the market price shall be paid for any such

Purchases.

articles, and all bids for any such articles above the market price shall be rejected. For Reformatories and Prisons.

Reformatories and prisons.

Support of Convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation

Support of convicts.

of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-one thousand dollars.

Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportation

Transporting prisoners. etc.

of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, four thousand dollars.

For Washington Asylum: For one intendant, one thousand two

Washington Asylum.

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, nine hundred dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; one second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, three hundred dollars; one hostler and ambulance driver, two hundred and forty dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, at three hundred dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, at one hundred and eighty dollars; four cooks, at one hundred and twenty dollars each: two cooks, at sixty dollars each; one trained nurse, four hundred and twenty dollars; five nurses, at sixty dollars each; one tailor, three hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.

For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions,

Contingent expenses.

fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, dry goods, hardware, medicines, repairs to tools, ears, tracks, steam heating and cooking apparatus, painting and other necessary items and services, forty-five thousand dollars.

For addition to kitchen and cooking appliances, three thousand dollars.

For finishing new barn, five hundred dollars.

For additional boiler and enlarging boilerhouse at female workhouse, eight hundred and fifty dollars.

For Reform School: For superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Reform school.

dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, three thousand five hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; three matrons of families, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; three foremen of workshops, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; engineer, three hundred and ninety-six dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; baker, cook, shoemaker, and tailor, at three hundred dollars each: laundress, one hundred and eighty dollars; two dining-room servants, seamstress, and chambermaid, at one 164 hundred and forty-four dollars each; florist, three hundred and sixty dollars; watchmen, not exceeding five in number, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; secretary and treasurer of board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars.

For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats, dry

Support of inmates.

goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, repairs to buildings, and other necessary items, including compensation, not exceeding nine hundred dollars for additional labor or services, and for transportation and other necessary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for discharged boys, not exceeding five hundred dollars, all under the control of the Commissioners, twenty-six thousand dollars.

For Support of the Insane.

Support of insane.

For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane in said District as provided in

R. S., secs. 4844, 4850, pp. 939, 940.

sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars. For Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

Deaf and dumb.

For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons

Support in Columbia Institution.

admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the

R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942.

District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes, ten thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and all disbursements for this object shall be accounted for through the Department of the Interior. For Charities.

Charities.

For relief of the poor, fourteen thousand dollars.

Relief of the poor.

For a municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, four thousand

Municipal lodging house, etc.

dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the Commissioners of the District are authorized to employ a superintendent of the same and to rent or otherwise secure suitable premises for carrying on the work.

For temporary support of indigent persons, male and female, to be

Temporary support.

expended in such manner as the Commissioners of the District may deem best, five thousand four hundred dollars; and from this sum the

Distribution.

Commissioners may allot not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars to the Board of Managers of the Temporary Home for Soldiers and Sailors, Grand Army of the Republic, District of Columbia, and not exceeding one thousand dollars to the Young Woman’s Christian Home, and not exeeding one thousand to the Hope and Help Mission, and not exceeding four hundred dollars to the Washington Night Lodging House Association.

For the Woman’s Christian Association, maintenance, four thousand dollars.

Woman’s Christian Association.

For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance,

Columbia Hospital.

twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That as

Proviso.

vacancies occur among the trustees, other than members of

Trustees.

Congress, they shall be filled by the District Commissioners.

For the Children’s Hospital, maintinance, ten thousand dollars.

Children’s Hospital.

For Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, maintinance, four

Emergency Hospital.

thousand five hundred dollars. For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington,

Homeopathic Hospital.

District of Columbia, for maintenance, seven thousand dollars. For the Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance,

Church Orphanage.

two thousand dollars. 165 For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, two thousand dollars.

German Orphan Asylum.

For the National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children.

Association for Destitute Colored Women, etc.

maintenance, ten thousand dollars. To enable said association to care for colored foundlings, three thousand dollars. For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, six thousand five hundred

Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum.

dollars. For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, maintenance, six

Foundling Hospital.

thousand dollars. For Association for Works of Mercy, maintenance, two thousand

Association for Works of Mercy.

dollars. For maintenance of the National Temperance Home, two thousand

National Temperance Home.

dollars. For House of the Good Shepherd, maintenance, three thousand dollars.

House of the Good Shepherd.

For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, two thousand dollars.

Saint Joseph’s Asylum.

For the Women’s Union Christian Association, maintenance, two

Women’s Union Christian Association.

hundred and fifty dollars.

That in all cases where members of Congress or Senators are appointed

Service of Members or Senators as trustees.

to represent Congress on any Board of Trustees or Board of Directors of any corporation or institution to which Congress makes any appropriation, the terms of said members or Senators as such trustee or director shall continue until the expiration of two months after the first meeting of the Congress chosen next after their appointment.

For the Industrial Home School: For maintenance, including

Industrial Home School.

construction of fire escape, thirteen thousand dollars.

Reform School for Girls: For the erection and completion, according

Girls’ reform school.

to plans and specifications to be prepared by the inspector of

Construction.

buildings and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of a suitable building or buildings, to be used as a reform school for girls, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of said Commissioners. Said building shall be erected on land belonging to the United States to be selected by the Attorney-General, the Secretary of War, and the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia: Provided, That if, in their judgment, a suitable

Provisos.

site can not be obtained on lands now owned by the United States, not

Site.

exceeding five thousand dollars of the sum herein appropriated may be used for the purchase of not exceeding twenty acres of ground, to be selected by them, on which to erect said Reform School for Girls: Provided further, That said building shall not be erected on land belonging

Not to be built on Reform School land.

to the Reform School of the District of Columbia.

For the Saint Rose Industrial School, maintenance, five thousand

Saint Rose Industrial School.

dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the education

Education of feeble-minded children.

of feeble-minded children belonging to the District of Columbia, as provided for in the act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, four thousand three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may

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be necessary.

Militia Of The District Of Columbia.

District militia.

For the following to be expended under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, fourteen thousand

Rent, etc.

dollars. For current expenses, namely: For lockers, gun racks, and furniture

Current expenses.

for armories, one thousand dollars. For printing and stationery, three hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, one hundred and fifty dollars. 166 For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars.

Limit.

And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated. National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.

National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic.

Expenses.

For the proper and legitimate expenses attending the reception and entertainment of such honorably discharged Union soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the War of the Rebellion as may attend, as delegates or otherwise, the twenty-sixth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and attending the preparation for such reception and entertainment, ninety thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may

From District revenues.

Condition.

be necessary, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia, after a fund of fifty thousand dollars, subscribed by the citizens of the District of Columbia for the foregoing purposes, shall have been paid and exhausted under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.

The sum hereby appropriated shall be paid to, and be disbursed by,

Disbursements.

the citizens’ executive committee, of Washington, having in charge such reception and entertainment, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, who shall report to Congress at its next session, in detail, the purposes for which said sum was expended; and the

Use of reservations, etc.

Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits for the use of any reservation, or other public space, in the city of Washington, for reunion or camp purposes connected with such encampment, and which in his opinion will inflict no serious or permanent injury upon such reservation or other public space; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such or other purposes such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the District as they may deem proper and necessary therefor.

Water Department.

The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations

From water revenues.

of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely:

For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For one chief clerk, one thousand

Revenue and inspection branch.

five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand

Salaries.

dollars each; one chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors at nine

Distribution branch.

hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars. For Distribution Branch: For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one timekeeper, eight hundred dollars: one assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; one tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; one assistant tapper, six hundred dollars: four steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; extra steam engineer’s services for such times as may be actually necessary on account of sickness, leave of absence and Sundays, not to exceed five hundred and forty dollars; one blacksmith, seven hundred and fifty dollars; two plumbers, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each: two assistant machinists, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; one property keeper, six hundred dollars; six firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two flushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, four hundred and 167 eighty dollars; one watchman, four hundred and eighty dollars; one hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; one caulker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; and three laborers, at five hundred dollars each; and for not to exceed at any time two inspectors on manufacture of cast-iron pipe, at a maximum rate of four dollars and fifty cents per day for such periods as their services may be actually necessary, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-one thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars.

For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage,

Contingent expenses.

advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe

Fuel, repairs, etc.

distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants, ninety thousand dollars. For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand

Interest.

six hundred and ten dollars. For interest on account of increasing the water supply as provided

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in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty-seven cents. For sinking fund on account of increase of water supply under act

Sinking fund.

of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, forty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-four cents. For first year’s interest on one-half of the cost of the forty-eight

Interest forty-eight inch and Fourteenth street mains.

inch and Fourteenth street mains, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents. For first installment in repayment of one-half the cost of the forty-eight

Repayment, forty-eight inch and Fourteenth street mains.

inch and Fourteenth street mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents. For extending the high-service system of water distribution, to include

Extending high service system.

all necessary land, machinery, buildings, standpipes, mains, and appurtenances, so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated; and the

Right of way.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the land, including necessary portions of public roads, required for the said extension, and the right of way, where necessary, for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the requisite water mains and their appurtenances for said extension.

Sec. 2. That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon

Limit of requisitions upon Treasury.

the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District.

Sec. 3. That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby directed

Surplus revenue to pay balance, increase of water supply, etc.

and authorized to apply such portion as may be deemed expedient of any surplus which may remain at the close of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and of each fiscal year thereafter, of the general revenues of the District of Columbia in excess of one half of those appropriations payable equally out of the revenues of the District and the United States, exclusive of the revenues of the water department, to the payment of the balances yet remaining unpaid of the debts of the District of Columbia created by the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An act to increase the water

Vol. 22, p. 170.

supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes,” and of section two of the District of Columbia appropriation act approved March

Vol. 26, p. 1078.

third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: Provided, That the amount of said surplus shall be first reported to the Commissioners of the District 168 of Columbia and the Treasurer of the United States by the First Comptroller of the Treasury when called upon to do so.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 172: making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Chapter 172 27 Stat. 168 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 172.—

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Military Academy appropriations.

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 anti ninety-three: For pay of one Superintendent of the United States Military Academy

Pay of Superintendent, professors, etc.

(colonel), in addition to pay as lieutenant-colonel of engineers, five hundred dollars. For pay of eight professors, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as captain, one thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four hundred dollars. For pay of one treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars. For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of cadets, one hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars; and

Cadets.

no cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year. For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred

Band.

and forty dollars, which shall be in full for the pay of the said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. For additional pay of professors and officers (on increased rank) for

Longevity pay.

length of service, ten thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. For pay of field musicians:

Field musicians.

One sergeant, two hundred and four dollars; Fourteen privates, two thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars; Additional pay for length of service, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; Retained pay on discharge, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; Clothing on discharge, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and eight cents; in all, three thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and eight cents. For current expenses as follows:

Current expenses.

Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards, joists,

Repairs, etc.

wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, 169 brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, sixteen thousand dollars.

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood charcoal, stoves, grates,

Fuel and light.

heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, lire bricks, clay, sand, repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, fifteen thousand dollars. For gas pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars. For postage and telegrams, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Postage, etc.

For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel

Stationery.

pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriting supplies, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, eight hundred dollars. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages,

Transportation, etc.

one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including

Printing.

repairs to motor, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars. One printing press with steam and other attachments, one thousand five hundred dollars. For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand

Clerks.

two hundred dollars. For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand two hundred dollars. For clerk to treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars. For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand dollars. For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, namely:

Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics.

For tan bark or other proper cover for riding hall, to be immediately available and to be purchased in open market on written order of the Superintendent, six hundred dollars; For purchase of thirty assorted bits for instruction of cadets, one hundred and ‘twenty dollars; For purchase of one hundred saddlecloths for use of cadets, two hundred and fifty dollars; For repairing camp stools and camp furniture, one hundred dollars; For furniture for offices and reception room for visitors, one hundred dollars; For stationery for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics, one hundred and fifty dollars; For plumes for cadet officers of the first class, seventy-five dollars; For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves, and boxing gloves, fencing jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, walks, and dock at swimming place, two hundred and twenty dollars; For books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, seventy-five dollars; For silk sashes for cadet privates of the first-class acting as officers of the day or officers of the guard, and for cadet first sergeants and color bearer, two hundred and twenty dollars; For rugs, mats, and cuspidors for halls of cadet barracks, one hundred and fifty dollars; For soap used in scrubbing cadet barracks, fifty dollar's; In all, two thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,

Department of civil and military engineering.

purchase and repair of instruments, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; 170 Extra pay of one enlisted man employed as draftsman, two hundred and fifty-six dollars; In all, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions

Department of natural and experimental philosophy.

to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy, one thousand dollars; for books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; for repairs to the observatory building and clocks, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs

Department of mathematics.

and materials for preservation of models and instruments, twenty-five dollars; for textbooks, books of reference, binding, and stationery for instructors, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; for contingencies, twenty-five dollars; in all. one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For department of history, geography, and ethics: For text-books,

Department of history. geography, and ethics.

books of reference, maps and globes, and stationery for use of instructors, and repairs, one hundred and fifty dollars. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals,

Department of chemistry. mineralogy, and geology.

chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars; For rough specimens, fossils, and for apparatus and material to be used in the practical determinations of mineralogical and geological specimens, pencils and paper for practical instruction in the same branches, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, five hundred dollars; For repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, thermic, and optical apparatus, six hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That any of the above-named sums not expended for the purposes named, may be used in fittings of the laboratory of new academic buildings; For pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section rooms and in lecture rooms, one thousand dollars; For models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, textbooks, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; For contingencies, one hundred dollars; In all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. For department of drawing: For periodicals and books on art and

Department of drawing.

technology, one hundred dollars; Drawing material for use of instructors, drawing instruments for use in instruction, paint, turpentine, oil, varnish, glue, plaster of Paris, card board, tacks, tumblers, saucers, cloth for screens, towels, and contingencies, two hundred and fifty dollars; Binding periodicals, twenty-five dollars; Repairs to desks, racks and tables, shelving and arrangements in new academies and rooms, two hundred and fifty dollars; Photographic material, including chemicals, paper, dry plates, and implements, one hundred and fifty dollars; Framing cadets’ drawings retained for gallery, forty dollars; Models in flat and relief for second and third classes, one hundred dollars; Six prismatic compasses for field topography, ninety dollars; In all, one thousand and five dollars. For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books,

Department of modern languages.

and books of reference for the use of instructors, for repair and rebinding of text books, and books of reference, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars. For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books for

Department of law.

use of instructors, and for repairing and rebinding same, and furniture for office, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For department of practical military engineering: For purchase and

Department of practical military engineering.

repair of instruments, transportaion, purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows. 171 namely: Instruments for use in instructing cadets in making reconnaissances; photographicapparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnaissances, surveying instruments, instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties; tools and materials for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of one wooden ponton and one canvas ponton bridge train, sapping and mining tools and material; rope, cordage, material 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 of 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.

For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase and repairs

Department of ordnance and gunnery.

of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of necessary materials; for the purchase of samples of arms and accouterments other than those supplied to the military service; for books of reference, textbooks, stationery, and lithographic printing materials, four hundred and fifty dollars; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier, as draftsman and lithographic printer, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier, as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents; For purchase of one Maxim automatic rifle-caliber gun, complete,

Maxim automatic gun.

with spare parts and appendages, light field carriage, and ammunition therefor, including customs dues at forty-five per centum on cost thereof, two thousand five hundred dollars; In all, three thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars. For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military

Treasurer’s office.

Academy, namely, blank books, paper, envelopes, steel pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies, blotting pads, rubber bands, and other items of stationary necessary, fifty dollars. For extra pay of two enlisted men, employed as clerks in the offices

Extra pay to enlist ed men.

of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, and commandant of cadets, at fifty cents and thirty-five cents per day, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and twenty-five cents. For extra pay of four enlisted men as printers, at head quarters United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, six hundred and twenty-six dollars. For extra pay of one enlisted man, employed as watchman, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. For extra pay of one enlisted man as trumpeter, at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. For extra pay of one enlisted man, employed in the philosophical department, observatory, as mechanic, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents. For extra pay of one enlisted man, employed in the chemical department, at fifty cents per day. one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents. For extra pay of two enlisted men (cavalrymen) when performing special skilled mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars: Provided, That the extra pay provided

Proviso.

for by the seven preceding paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army Regulations. For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as saddler, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents. For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three

Board of visitors.

thousand dollars. 172 For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas coal, oil, candles,

Miscellaneous expenses.

lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables, and riding hall, sidewalks, camp), and wharves, five thousand dollars; For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars; For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), six hundred dollars; For brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars; For chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, and card for recitation rooms, three hundred dollars; For compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars;

Compensation.

For compensation of librarian, one bundled and twenty dollars; For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the

Mechanics.

academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, cadet hospital, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; For pay of five firemen, three thousand dollars; For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars; For pay of one landscape gardener, in charge of cemetery and general care of public grounds, for such period as his services may be necessary, five hundred dollars; In all, fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. For pay of one superintendent of gas works, eight hundred dollars. For pay of one civilian plumber, nine hundred dollars. For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, stationery,

Library.

binding books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, to be purchased, in open market on the written order of the superintendent, two thousand dollars. For additional tables, chairs, furniture, and contingent repairs of library rooms, and for repairing books, two hundred dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars.

Furniture, etc.

For contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, one thousand dollars. For renewing furniture in section rooms, and repairing the same, five hundred dollars. For repairs, upholstering, and carpeting the Academy chapel, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board; for instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand

Proviso.

Technical supplies.

dollars: Provided, That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best.

For purchase and repair of instruments for baud, and purchase of

Musical supplies.

music, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, and to be immediately available, two hundred and fifty dollars.

public works.

Public works.

For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths; including

Repairing roads, etc.

roads and bridges on reservation, five hundred dollars.

For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars.

For water works: Renewal of material in filter beds; improving

Water works.

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, 173 and for tool house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred dollars.

For broken stone and gravel for roads, one thousand dollars. For maintaing and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,

Cemetery.

including the purchase of trees, plants, tools, and materials, to be immediately available, two hundred and fifty dollars. For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of worn-out cooking

Subsistence department.

utensils in the cadet subsistence department, three hundred and twenty-six dollars, to be expended without advertising. For repairs of chairs, tables, and other furniture in cadet subsistence department, and for contingent repairs, to be expended without advertising, fifty dollars. For improving and modernizing the plumbing and sewerage of the

Plumbing and sewerage.

post, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the general overhauling and repair of the plumbing and sewerage system of the West Point Hotel, two thousand dollars; to be paid out of the rents of said hotel, and the Superintendent of the Military Academy be, and is hereby, authorized to repair the plumbing of the West Point Hotel from the rent of said hotel. For new sinks and bath rooms for cadets, to be immediately available, twenty-four thousand dollars. For repairs to cadet barracks: For repointing building, three hundred

Repairs.

and fifty dollars. For renewing flagging, two hundred and ten dollars. For repairing and painting roof, four hundred and thirty-two dollars. For enlarging and increasing gas plant, and for placing a two-light

Gas plant

pendant with slide light in each cadet room, to be immediately available, forty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For altering roof of wing of quarters numbered thirty-nine, one thousand two hundred dollars. For earthen closets for twenty-five sets of married enlisted men’s quarters, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For new sewer from new soldiers’ hospital to river, three thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars. For conducting water in pipes to fifty-five sets of married enlisted

Water and gas mains.

men’s quarters, one thousand five hundred dollars. For new water main from Sinclair Pond to new soldiers’ hospital, six hundred and fifty dollars. For new gas main from post-office to new soldiers’ hospital, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars. For new gas main from old cadet hospital to South gate, two thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars. For general repairs to cadet laundry, painting, pointing, and for incidental repairs to machinery, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars. For incidental repairs to the cadet quartermaster’s department storehouse, repairs to plumbing therein, necessary painting, and whitewashing, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars. For painting, kalsomining, whitewashing, and repairing interior walls of cadet mess building, kitchen, dish pantry, bakery, and storerooms, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and fifty dollars. For grading and concreting inclosed rear area of cadet hospital (three hundred and forty square yards) to prevent dampness of foundation walls, and so forth, two hundred and ninety-four dollars. In connecting rain conductors (rear main building) with main house drain to prevent flooding of inclosed rear area of cadet hospital and existing dampness of cellar walls, one hundred and twenty dollars. For repairing trenches containing return heating pipes in cellar concrete floor and providing same with suitable iron covers for protection of pipes, two hundred and sixty-four dollars. For reoiling and relacquering hard wood floors of cadet hospital throughout, one hundred and forty dollars. 174 For fitting up an additional kitchen in hospital (needed to separate

Hospital kitchen.

the cadet and hospital corps messes, as recommended by the assistant inspector general of the Army) namely, range, boiler, hot and cold water connections, kitchen sink, dresser, cupboard, and gas-pipe rack, four hundred and four dollars. For equipment of new gymnasium: For machines, mattresses, apparatus,

Gymnasium.

and measuring outfit, and all labor and material for setting the same in position, one thousand dollars. For new fencing goods, and new racks and closets for storage of material, five hundred dollars. For bolts, ropes, wringers, and fixtures tor swimming tank, one hundred dollars. For balls, pins, and fixtures for bowling alley, one hundred dollars. Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 173: to grant lot numbered one in block numbered seventy-two of the Hot Springs Reservation to the School district of the City of Hot Springs for School purposes. Chapter 173 27 Stat. 174 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public Chap. 173.—

An Act to grant lot numbered one in block numbered seventy-two of the Hot Springs Reservation to the School district of the City of Hot Springs for School purposes.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hot Springs. Ark.

That lot numbered one in block numbered seventy-two of Hot Springs Reservation be, and the

Lot granted for school.

same is hereby granted and Conveyed to the School district of the City of Hot Spring's, Arkansas, for School purposes.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 195: making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 195 27 Stat. 174 1892-07-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public Chap. 195.—

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army appropriations.

That the following sums be, and they 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 ninety-three.

For Pay of Officers of the Line.

Pay.

For pay of officers of the line, two million eight hundred thousand

Line officers.

dollars. For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their current

Longevity.

monthly pay, eight hundred and ninety thousand dollars. For Pay of Enlisted Men.

Enlisted men.

For pay proper of the enlisted men of all grades, four million one

Pay.

hundred thousand dollars. For pay of Hospital Corps, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

Hospital Corps.

For service pay of enlisted men by reason of length of service, in

Service pay.

addition to their monthly pay and payable therewith, four hundred and seventy-two thousand and twenty-five dollars. For general-service clerks and messengers, to the number and at the

General service clerk sand messengers.

rate now fixed by law, one hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred dollars. For Pay of the General Staff.

General staff.

Adjutant-General’s

Adjutant-Generals department.

Department: For pay of the officers in the Adjutant-General’s Department, as now authorized and provided by law, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars; 175 For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, sixteen thousand dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Inspector-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Inspector

Inspector-General’s department.

General’s Department, as now authorized and provided by law, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, six thousand dollars; In all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. The Corps of Engineers: For pay of the officers in the Corps of Engineers,

Corps of Engineers.

as now authorized and provided by law, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, seventy-five thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; In all, three hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. Ordnance Department: For pay of the officers in the Ordnance Department,

Ordnance Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; In all, one hundred and seventy-six thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. Quartermaster’s Department: For pay of the officers in the Quartermaster’s

Quartermaster’s Department.

Department, as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, fifty thousand eight hundred dollars; In all, one hundred and ninety-three thousand three hundred dollars. Subsistence Department: For pay of the officers in the Subsistence

Subsistence Department.

Department, as now authorized and provided by law, seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars: In all, one hundred and one thousand three hundred dollars. Medical Department: For pay of the officers in the Medical Department,

Medical Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, four hundred and twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, one hundred and seven thousand six hundred and ten dollars; In all, five hundred and twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. Pay Department: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, as now

Pay Department.

authorized and provided by law, ninety-six thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, thirty thousand two hundred arid fifty dollars;

In all, one hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That no appointments shall be made to the grade of

Provisos.

major in the Pay Department of the Army until the number of majors

Limit of majors.

in that Department is reduced below twenty-five and thereafter the number of officers of that grade in the Pay Department shall be fixed at twenty-five: And provided further, That the Secretary of War is also

Payment to enlisted men by check, etc.

authorized to arrange for the payment of the enlisted men serving at posts or places where no paymaster is on duty, by check or by currency, to be sent to them by mail or express, at the expense and risk of the United States.

176 Judge-Advocate General’s Department: For the pay of the officers in

Judge-Advocate

the Judge-Advocate General’s Department, as now authorized

General’s Department.

and provided by law, twenty-seven thousand dollars: For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, seven thousand dollars. In all, thirty-four thousand dollars. Signal Corps: For pay for the officers of the Signal Corps, as now

Signal Corps.

provided by law, twenty-two thousand four hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, five thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; In all, twenty-eight thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. retired officers.

Retired List.

For pay of officers on the retired list, and for officers who may be

Officers.

placed thereon during the current year, one million one hundred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-five cents; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with

Longevity.

their current monthly pay, three hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and eleven dollars and ninety cents; In all, one million four hundred and fifty-six thousand six hundred and three dollars and twenty-five cents. retired enlisted men.

Enlisted men.

For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, two hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-nine cents. miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

For pay for medical services at posts where there are no medical officers,

Medical services, etc.

fifteen thousand dollars; for pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thousand dollars; for pay of not exceeding fourteen veterinary surgeons, thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars; in all. forty thousand eight hundred dollars.

For pay of not exceeding thirty eight paymasters’ clerks, at one thousand

Paymasters’ clerks and messengers.

four hundred dollars each; not exceeding thirty paymasters’ messengers and traveling expenses of paymasters’ clerks and expert accountant of the Inspector-General’s Department, eighty-four thousand

Provisos.

two hundred dollars: Provided, That the number

Reduction in number.

of paymasters’ clerks shall be reduced one for every

Maximum traveling allowance.

paymaster reduced under the operations of this act: Provided further, That the maximum sum to be allowed paymaster’s clerks, and the expert accountant of the Inspector-General’s Department, when traveling on duty, shall be four cents per mile, and in addition thereto, when transportation can not be furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department, the cost of same actually paid by them, exclusive of parlor car or sleeping-car fare and transfers.

For compensation of reporters and witnesses attending upon courts

Courts-martial, etc.

martial and courts of inquiry, seven thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.

For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds,

Public buildings, etc., D. C.

in Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.

For expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Department, to be

Expert accountant.

appointed hereafter in case of vacancy by the Secretary of War, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty without

Commutation of quarters.

troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, one hundred

Provisos.

and seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That officers temporarily

Temporary service.

absent on duty in the field, shall not lose their right to quarters or com mutation thereof at their permanent station while so temporarily absent: 177 And provided further, That the accounting officers of the Treasury are

Credits for commutation while on temporary service.

hereby authorized to credit disbursing officers of the Army with the amount of any such stuns as may have been charged against them on account of payment of commutation of quarters to officers temporarily absent from their permanent station.

For pay of a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of

Information from abroad.

military information from abroad, one thousand five hundred dollars; and the officers detailed to obtain the same shall be entitled to mileage and transportation and also commutation of quarters while on this duty, as provided when on other duty.

For allowance for travel, retained pay, clothing not drawn, and for

Allowances, etc., to enlisted men.

interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

For additional pay to officer commanding the military prison at Fort

Military prison.

Leavenworth, Kansas, five hundred dollars.

For mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops, when

Mileage to officers.

authorized by law, not to exceed one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That in disbursing this amount the maximum sum to

Provisos.

be allowed and paid to an officer shall be four cents per mile, distance

Maximum allowance.

to be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes, and in addition thereto the cost of the transportation actually paid by the officer over said route or routes, exclusive of parlor-car or sleeping-ear fare and transfers: And provided further, That when any officer so traveling shall travel in whole or in part on any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacific, railroads, he shall be allowed

On subsidized roads.

for himself only four cents per mile as a subsistence fund for every mile necessarily traveled over any such railroads: And provided further, That the transportation furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department

Transportation by Quartermaster’s Department.

to officers traveling without troops shall be limited to transportation in kind, not including sleeping or parlor car accommodations, over free roads, over bond-aided Pacific railroads, and by conveyance belonging to the said Department. Making in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thirteen million two hundred and ninety-nine

Total.

thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars and eighty-two cents.

All the money hereinbefore appropriated shall be disbursed and accounted

To constitute one fund.

for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.

The pay of officers of the Army may be withheld under section seventeen

Withholding officers’ pay.

R. S., sec. 1766, p. 314.

hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes on account of an indebtedness to the United States admitted or shown by the judgment of a court, but not otherwise unless upon a special order issued according to the discretion of the Secretary of War.

subsistence of the army.

Subsistence.

For the purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops,

Supplies.

civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, military convicts at posts, prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), estimated for the fiscal year on the basis often million one hundred and three thousand five hundred and sixty-five rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized extra issue of candles, salt and vinegar; for public animals; for issues to Indians visiting military posts and to Indians employed with the Army without pay, as guides and scouts; for payments for cooked rations for recruiting parties or recruits; for hot coffee, baked beans, and canned beef for troops traveling when it is impracticable to cook their rations; for scales, measures, weights, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, printing, advertising, commercial newspapers, use of telephones, office furniture; for temporary buildings, cellars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermaster’s Department); 178 for bake ovens at posts and in the field and repairs thereof; for extra pay

Extra-duty pay.

to enlisted men employed on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods not less than ten days at rates fixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Subsistence Department, and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; for

Commutation of rations.

the payment of the regulation allowances for commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance sergeants on duty at ungarrisoned posts, to enlisted men stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, to enlisted num traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, to enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in the department, division, and army rifle competitions while traveling to and from places

Amount.

of contest; in all, one million seven hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; and not more than one hundred and ten thousand dollars thereof shall be applied to

Civilian employees.

the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department,

Ration.

and hereafter no enlisted man shall be entitled to receive

Proviso.

more than one ration daily: Provided, That

Clothing, ordnance sergeants.

sergeants of ordnance shall receive the same allowance of clothing as other sergeants in like staff Departments. quartermaster’s department.

Quartermaster’s Department.

Regular supplies: For the regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s

Regular supplies.

Department, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus and repair and maintenance of the same, for heating offices, hospitals, and barracks and quarters; of ranges and stoves and appliances for cooking and serving food; of fuel and lights for enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sales to officers; for the equipments of bake houses to carry on post bakeries; for the necessary furniture, text books, paper, and equipments for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men of the Army; 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, members of the hospital corps, 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 Quartermasters Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermaster’s Departments,

Amount.

and for printing division and department orders

Provisos.

and reports, two million five hundred and seventy-five thousand

Printing.

dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on printing unless the same shall be done by contract, after due notice and competition, except in such ease as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice for competition: Provided further, That after advertisement all the supplies for the use of the various departments and

Purchases.

posts of the Army shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation considered: And provided further, That hereafter no money appropriated for the support of

Post gardens and exchanges.

the Army shall be expended for post gar dens or exchanges, but this proviso shall not be construed to prohibit the use by post exchanges of public buildings or public transportation when, in the opinion of the Quartermaster-General, not required for other purposes. inicdental expenses.

Incidental expenses.

For postage: Cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty 179 under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts; for 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 can not be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action or who die when on duty in the field or at military posts or on the frontiers or when traveling under orders, and of noncommissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department; 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, members of the Hospital Corps, and scouts as may be mounted, and for the trains, to wit, hire of veterinary surgeons, purchase of medicine for horses and mules, picket ropes, blacksmith’s tools and materials, horseshoes and blacksmith’s tools for the cavalry service, and for the shoeing of horses and mules, and such additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movement and operation of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That two hundred thousand dollars of the

Proviso.

appropriation for incidental expenses, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be set aside for the payment of enlisted men on extra

Extra-duty pay.

duty at constant labor of not less than ten days in the Quartermaster’s Department, but no such payment shall be made at any greater rate

Limitation.

per day than is fixed by law for the class of persons employed at the work done therein.

For the purchase of horses for the cavalry and artillery, and for the

Purchase of horses.

Indian scouts, and for such infantry and members of the Hospital Corps as may be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the number of horses

Proviso.

Limit.

purchased under the appropriation, added to the number on hand, shall not at any time exceed the number of enlisted men and Indian scouts in the mounted service: and that no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract, after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster’s Department, and an inspection by such department, all under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War.

Army Transportation: For transportation of the Army, including

Transportation.

baggage of the troops, when moving either by land or water; of sup plies to the militia furnished by the War Department; of the necessary agents and employees; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and other quartermaster’s stores from army depots or places of purchase or delivery 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 foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals 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 and other employees; extra duty pay of enlisted men driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as train masters, and in opening roads and building wharves; transportation of the funds of the Army, the expenses of sailing public transports 180 on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; for procuring water and introducing same to buildings at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance; and for the disposal of sewage and drainage, and for constructing roads and wharves; for the payment of army transportation lawfully due such

Payment to land-grant roads.

land-grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts), but in no case shall more

Amount.

than fifty per centum of the full amount of service be paid; in all, two

Provisos.

million seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That such

Basis.

compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: Provided further,

Adjustment of rates by Secretary of War.

That in expending the money appropriated by this act, a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road subject to the use of the United States for postal, military. naval, and other government services, and also, subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property, as the. Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such government transportation as shall at the time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such

No payment to Union Pacific and Central Pacific Companies.

service: Provided further, That no money herein appropriated shall be used in payment of the transportation of troops and supplies of the Army over any of the non-bonded lines owned by the Union Pacific Railway Company or by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, but this provision shall not withhold payment from lines leased and operated but not owned by said companies.

Barracks and quarters; For barracks and quarters for troops, storehouses

Barracks and quarters.

for the safe keeping of military stores, for offices, and for the hire of buildings and grounds for summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at frontier stations, for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established

Provisos.

posts, seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no expenditures

Limit.

exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made upon any building or military post, or grounds about the same, without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates by the Quartermaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster’s

Contracts.

Department shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement: And provided further, That no more than one million two hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated by this

Civilian employees.

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; that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more than

Maximum salaries.

one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law; and no part of any of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel and for quarters to officers or enlisted men.

Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs of

Hospitals.

hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including 181 the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, except quarters for the officers, fifty thousand dollars.

For construction of quarters for hospital stewards at military posts

Quarters for hospital stewards.

already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, seven thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That the posts at which such quarters shall be constructed shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and such quarters shall be built

Designation of posts.

by contract, after legal advertisement, whenever the same is practicable.

For shelter, shooting galleries, ranges, repairs, and expenses incident

Shooting ranges,etc.

thereto, eight thousand dollars.

Clothing, camp and garrison equipage: For cloth, woolens, material

Clothing. camp and garrison equipage.

, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army; for issue and for sale at cost price, according to the Army regulations; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage and for expenses of packing and handling, and similar necessaries, one million two hundred thousand dollars; Provided, That out of the money

Proviso.

hereby appropriated for clothing and equipage of the Army there shall not be expended at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth a sum in

Military prison.

excess of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other

Contingent expenses.

estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, fifteen thousand dollars.

medical department.

Medical Department.

Medical and Hospital Department: For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, including disinfectants for general post sanitation,

Supplies.

expenses of medical purveying depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army and Signal Corps on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, for the proper care and treatment of cases in the Army suffering from contagious and epidemic diseases, and the supply of the Army and Navy general hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, advertising, and other

Hot Springs.

miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; and not over forty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Medical Department: Provided, That

Proviso.

R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733.

Purchase of medicines, etc.

so much of section thirty-seven hundred and nine, Revised Statutes, as requires advertisement before purchase shall not apply to the purchase of medicines and medical supplies.

Medical Museum and Library; For Army Medical Museum, preservation

Medical Museum.

of specimens, and the preparation or purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office,

Library.

seven thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars.

engineer department.

Engineer Department.

Engineer Depot at Willets Point, New York: Incidental expenses of

Incidental expenses.

the depot, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers, repairs of and for materials to repair public buildings, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, four thousand dollars.

For purchase of materials for the instruction of engineer troops at

Material.

Willets Point in their special duties of sappers and miners, for land and submarine mines, and pontooneers, torpedo drill, and signaling, thirty-five hundred dollars.

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For purchase and repair of instruments to be issued to officers of the

Instruments.

corps of engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as acting engineer officers for use on public works and surveys, two thousand dollars.

Library of the Engineer School of Application: Purchase and binding

Books.

of professional works of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects, five hundred dollars.

The purchase of pontoon material required to complete one division of reserve and one division

Pontoon material.

of advance-guard equipage, five thousand dollars.

In all, fifteen thousand dollars.

ordnance department.

Ordnance Department.

Ordnance service: For current expenses of the ordnance service required

Current expenses.

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, including payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, eighty thousand dollars.

For manufacture of metallic ammunition

Ammunition for small arms. etc.

for small arms and ammunition for reloading cartridges, and tools for the same, including the cost of targets and material for target practice, and marksmen’s medals, and insignia for all the arms of the service, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairing and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the

Repair of ordnance, etc.

hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, five thousand dollars. For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions

Ordnance stores.

of troops, one hundred thousand dollars. For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipments

Equipments.

for cavalry and artillery, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance stores on

Preserving new ordnance stores.

hand at the arsenals, five thousand dollars. For firing the morning and evening gun, at military posts, prescribed

Morning and evening gun.

by General Orders Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand six hundred dollars. For targets for artillery practice and implements for

Targets.

maneuvers, five thousand dollars. For purchase of machine guns, improved musket caliber, of American

Machine guns.

manufacture, twenty thousand dollars.

For manufacture of arms at the national armories, four hundred

Manufacture of arms.

Provisos.

thousand dollars: Provided, That if the Secretary of War shall, upon

New system of rifles.

the report of the small arms board now in session, adopt a new rifle or system for rilles for the military service, or for trial with a view to such adoption, then this appropriation shall be available for the procurement

Open market purchases.

of such arms: Provided further, That purchases may be made in open market, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate of the purchase does not exceed two hundred dollars:

Civilian clerks.

Provided further, That not more than sixty 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.

recruiting service.

Recruiting service.

For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits

Expenses.

from rendezvous to depot, including sending of recruiting parties to small towns, and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars for payment of a clerk to the officer disbursing the appropriation, in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 183 signal service.

Signal service.

For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase;

Expenses.

equipment and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments, and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meterological instruments for use on target ranges; telephone apparatus and maintenance of the same; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, including

Military telegraph lines.

salaries of the civilian employees, supplies and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, twenty-two thousand dollars;

In all, twenty-two thousand dollars.

contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses of the office of the Commanding General,

Commanding-General’s office.

in his discretion, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military

Headquarters of military departments.

departments, including the staff corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, binding, maps, books of reference and police utensils, three thousand dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War.

Approved, July 16, 1892.

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CHAP. 196.—

An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Legislative. executive, and judicial expenses, appropriations.

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 ninety-three, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

LEGISLATIVE.

Legislative.

senate.

Senate.

For compensation of Senators, four hundred and forty thousand dollars.

Pay of Senators.

For mileage of Senators, forty-five thousand dollars.

Mileage.

For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Compensation, officers, etc.

the service of the Senate, three hundred and eighty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety cents, namely:

Office of the Vice-President: For secretary to the Vice-President,

Vice-President’s office.

two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four bundled and sixty dollars.

Chaplain: For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.

Chaplain.

Office of Secretary: For Secretary of the Senate, five thousand

Secretary of the Senate, clerks, etc.

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, seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; assistant financial clerk and 184 reading clerk, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; librarian, two thousand two hunched 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; 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, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one page, nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; in all, sixty four thousand four hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety cents.

Clerks and Messengers to Committees: For clerk of printing

Clerks and messengers to committees.

records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, 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; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Claims, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars, messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Pensions, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, messenger, one thou sand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Engrossed Bills, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerks to the Committees on Naval Affairs, Joint Committee on the Library, Census, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Public Buildings and Grounds, Agriculture and Forestry, Education and Labor, Territories, Interstate Commerce. Epidemic Diseases, Private Land Claims, Patents, Coast Defenses, Rules, and Privileges and Elections, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each, in all, eighty-six thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper: For Sergeant-at-Arms

Sergeant-at-Arms and assistants

and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars, and five hundred dollars additional while the office

Isaac Bassett.

of assistant doorkeeper is held by Isaac Bassett, the present incumbent; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and

Messengers.

ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-five messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger on the floor of the Senate, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger to the official reporter’s room one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand 185 two hundred dollars; upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; two carpenters to assist him, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; eleven skilled laborers, at one thousand

Laborers, etc.

dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; 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; telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; telephone page, six hundred dollars; twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the

Pages.

rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, one hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars.

Post-office; For Postmaster, two thousand two hundred and fifty

Postmaster, etc.

dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one clerk in post-office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven mail-carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four riding pages at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars.

Document Room: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi

Document room.

Superintendent, etc.

Smith), three thousand dollars; three assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to superintendent of document, room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.

Folding Room: For superintendent of the folding room, two thousand

Folding room.

Superintendent, etc.

one hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk in folding room, one thousand dollars; one foreman in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; six folders, at three dollars per day while actually employed, six thousand five hundred and seventy dollars; three folders at one thousand dollars each; and ten folders at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-two thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.

Under Architect of the Capitol: For chief engineer, two

Chief engineer, etc.

thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; three conductors of elevators, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one machinist and assistant conductor of elevators, one thousand dollars; two firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

For twenty-four clerks to committees, at six dollars per day each

Clerks to committees, session.

during the session, seventeen thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars.

For thirty-seven clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees

Clerks to Senators.

at six dollars per day each, during the session, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars.

For Contingent Expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapers,

Contingent expenses.

Stationery and newspapers.

including not exceeding five thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, sixteen thousand dollars.

For postage stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, two

Postage stamps.

hundred and fifty dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, one hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons

Horses and wagons.

for carrying the mails, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For materials for folding, six thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar

Folding.

per thousand, four thousand dollars. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating apparatus,

Fuel, oil, etc.

exclusive of labor, nine thousand dollars. For purchase of furniture, three thousand dollars.

Furniture.

186 For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, two thousand dollars. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one thousand dollars. For packing boxes, nine hundred and seventy dollars.

Packing boxes.

For miscellaneous items exclusive of labor, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous items.

For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby building, eleven

Maltby building.

thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-two cents. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Expenses of investigations.

Reporting debates.

thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments. capitol police.

Capitol police.

For one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants,

Pay.

at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-four privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand eight 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.

For contingent fund, one hundred dollars.

Contingent.

congressional directory.

Congressional Directory.

For expenses of compiling, preparing and indexing the Congressional Directory, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars. house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

For compensation of members of the House of Representatives and

Pay of Members and Delegates.

Delegates from Territories, one million seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

For mileage, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

Mileage.

For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Compensation, officers, etc.

the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and eighty-four thousand one bundled and thirty-six dollars and thirty cents, namely:

Office of the Speaker: For private secretary to the Speaker,

Speaker’s office.

two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speaker’s table, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred and four dollars and eighty cents.

Chaplain: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.

Chaplain.

Office of the Clerk: For Clerk of the House of Representatives,

Clerk of the House, clerks, etc.

including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, five thousand dollars; and for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk’s office, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for chief clerk, Journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand six hundred dollars each, and for the journal clerk for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; tally clerk, three thousand dollars: for printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; for file clerk and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, assistant journal clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index 187 clerk, superintendent of document room, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; for distributing clerk, stationery clerk, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for one bookkeeper and seven clerks at one thousand six hundred dollars each; for document clerk, and locksmith, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; one telegraph operator, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant to the file clerk, and two laborers in Clerk’s document room, at nine hundred dollars each one page, one laborer in the bath room, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant index clerk, dining the session and three months after its close, two hundred and eleven days, at six dollars per day, one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars; one page in the enrolling room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy in chief clerk’s room, three hundred dollars; in all, eighty-five thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars.

Under Architect of the Capitol: One chief engineer, one thousand

Chief engineer, etc.

seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four conductors of the elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

Clerks and Messengers to Committees: For clerk to the Committee

Clerks and messengers to committees.

on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six 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; clerks to the Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Claims, Commerce, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Irrigation of Arid Lands, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Public Lands, River and Harbors, War Claims, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and Public Buildings and Grounds, and clerk to continue Digest of Claims under resolution of March seventh eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at two thousand dollars each; and for assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand four hundred dollars.

For thirty-six clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during

Clerks to committees, session.

the session, twenty-six thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars.

Office of Sergeant-at-Arms: For Sergeant-at Arms of the

Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc.

House of Representatives, four thousand 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 seven hundred and twenty dollars: and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

Office of Doorkeeper: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five

Doorkeeper, assistants. etc.

hundred dollars; and for hire of Horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; assistant

Superintendent of document room, etc.

doorkeeper, superintendent of document room, assistant superintendent of document room, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; two special employees, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including the messenger

Messengers, etc.

to the reporters’ gallery, at one thousand two bundled dollars each; 188 nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers, including two in the cloak rooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in

Superintendent of folding room, etc.

ladies’ retiring room, seven hundred and twenty 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; 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 during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, eight hundred and forty dollars; fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one night watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred dollars; fourteen messengers on the soldiers’ roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;

Pages, etc.

two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, boys not under twelve years of age, during the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; two messengers during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, five hundred and sixty dollars; ten laborers during the session, at sixty

Laborers, etc.

dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred dollars; six laborers, known as cloak room men, at fifty dollars per month each; horse and buggy, for department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents.

Office of Postmaster: For Postmaster, two thousand five hundred

Postmaster, assistant. etc.

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, one thousand six hundred dollars; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, three

Horses and wagons.

thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Official Reporters: For five official reporters of the proceedings

Reporting debates.

and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant official reporter, one thousand dollars, in all, twenty-six thousand dollars.

Stenographers to Committees: For two stenographers to committees,

Stenographers to committees.

at four thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars.

That wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing

“During the session” to mean four months.

they shall be construed to mean four months or one hundred and twenty-one days.

For Contingent Expenses, namely: For materials for folding,

Contingent expenses.

Folding materials.

sixteen thousand dollars.

For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, six thousand dollars.

Fuel and oil.

For furniture, and repairs of the same, eight thousand dollars.

Furniture.

For packing boxes, three thousand and five dollars.

Packing boxes.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,

Miscellaneous items.

twenty thousand dollars. For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, including

Stationery.

not exceeding six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, forty-seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. For postage stamps for the Postmaster one hundred dollars; for the

Postage stamps.

Clerk, two hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five dollars. 189 public printing.

Public printing.

For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundred

Public Printer, clerks.

dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery, postage, advertising,

Contingent expenses.

traveling expenses, horses, and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. library of congress.

Library of Congress

For compensation of Librarian, four thousand dollars, and for

Librarian, assistants. etc.

twenty-eight 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; eight at one thousand four hundred dollars each, one of whom shall be in charge of international exchanges; nine at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty two thousand six hundred dollars. For purchase of books for the Library, four thousand dollars; for

Purchase of books, etc.

purchase of law books for the Library, one thousand five hundred 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 five hundred dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals, serials, and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Library, one thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Catalogue.

For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars. To enable the Librarian of Congress to continue the work upon the Catalogue of the Congressional Library, two thousand five hundred dollars. BOTANIC GARDEN.

Botanic Garden.

For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for assistants

Superintendent, etc.

and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents. For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, and

Repairs and improvements.

for labor and material in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars. EXECUTIVE.

Executive.

For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand

Compensation of the President.

dollars. For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight

Vice-President.

thousand dollars.

For compensation to the following in the office of the President of

Executive office.

the United States: Private secretary, five thousand dollars; assistant

Private secretary, etc.

secretary, two thousand five hundred dollars; one executive clerk and disbursing clerk and one executive clerk, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight 190 hundred dollars; chief doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one engineer, who is also the fireman, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Executive Office including stationery

Contingent expenses.

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, nine thousand dollars.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

Civil Service Commission.

For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars

Commissioners, examiner, etc.

each; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and one laborer; in all thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars. For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting

Expenses.

under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

For compensation of the Secretary of State eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary.

First Assistant Secretary of State, four thousand five hundred

Assistants, clerks, etc.

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 bureaus and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk of class two, for indexing records, one thousand four hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class one, one of whom is to be a telegraph operator, five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, three assistant messengers; one packer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and ten laborers; in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars. For proofreading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress,

Proof-reading, etc.

including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the purchase

Stationery, etc.

of passport paper, five thousand dollars. For books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars.

Books, etc.

For services of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographic

Lithograper, etc.

press, one thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses

Contingent expenses.

and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, care of clocks, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars. For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the

Editing, etc., laws.

first session of the Fifty-second Congress, three thousand dollars For editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the Fifty-second

Editing, etc., Statutes at Large.

Congress, one thousand dollars, 191 TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

Secretary’s Office: For compensation of the Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

Treasury, eight thousand dollars; three assistant secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; three private secretaries, one to each assistant secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; one copyist; three messengers; three assistant messengers; in all, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, including

Chief clerk, clerks, etc.

three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one inspector of electric-light plants, gas and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, one thousand nine hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as bookkeeper, one hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one messenger: two assistant messengers; 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

Engineer. etc.

thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one locksmith, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one coal-passer, five hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen; six special watchmen, at seven hundred and

Watchmen.

twenty dollars each; one foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one skilled laborer, male, at eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled laborers, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six

Laborers.

laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety charwomen; one foreman of cabinet shop,

Cabinet shop.

one thousand five hunched dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinet makers, at one thousand dollars each; one cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one carpenter’s helper, six hundred and sixty dollars. For the Winder building: One engineer, one thousand dollars;

Winder building.

conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; one laborer, at four hunched and eighty dollars; and six charwomen; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations: For chief of

Warrant division.

division, three thousand dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundred

Customs division.

and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; in all, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars.

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Division of appointments: For chief of division, two thousand seven

Appointment division.

hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and ten dollars.

Division of public moneys: For chief of division, two thousand five

Public moneys division.

hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer, five hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and ten dollars.

Division of loans and currency: For chief of division, two thousand

Loan division.

five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars: seven clerks of class four; additional to two clerks of class four as receiving clerk of bonds and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one copyist, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one paper cutter, at three dollars per day; one paper counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-four paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixty-four thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars.

Division of revenue marine: For assistant chief of division, two

Revenue-marine division.

thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, eighteen thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.

Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand five hundred

Miscellaneous division.

dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.

Division of stationery, printing and blanks: For chief of division,

Stationery division.

two thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; 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-one thousand and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.

Division of mail and files: For chief of division, two thousand five

Mail and files division.

hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; five clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one mail messenger, one thousand dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and forty dollars.

Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousand

Special agents division.

four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, twelve thousand one hundred and forty dollars.

Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousand

Disbursing clerks.

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.

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Miscellaneous: For one clerk of class two; one clerk, one

Miscellaneous.

dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars.

Supervising Architect: In the construction branch of the Treasury:

Supervising Architect’s office.

For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.

And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, computers,

Draftsmen, etc.

accountants, 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 exclusively to carry into effect the various appropriations for public buildings, to be paid for from and equitably charged against such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the

Proviso.

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Limit.

shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars and that 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.

First Comptroller of the Treasury: For First Comptroller

First Comptroller’s office.

of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thou sand seven hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; seven clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and three laborers; in all, ninety-two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

Second Comptroller of the Treasury: For Second Comptroller

Second Comptroller’s office.

of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thou sand one hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class four: ten clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each: five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; five clerks, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers: in all, ninety-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

That hereafter the adjustment of the accounts of the Soldiers’ Home,

Soldiers' Home accounts.

R. S., sec. 4818, p. 935.

under section forty-eight hundred and eighteen, of the Revised Statutes, in the offices of the Second Comptroller and Second Auditor, shall be limited to those originating subsequent to March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

Commissioner of Customs; For Commissioner of Customs, four

Commissioner of Customs’s office.

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 thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.

First Auditor: For First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand

First Auditor’s office.

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 hunched dollars each; two assistant messengers, and two laborers; in all, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.

Second Auditor: For Second Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Second Auditor’s office.

dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each: thirteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty-three clerks of class three: fifty-five 194 clerks of class two; forty-nine clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; in all. two hundred and seventy-one thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars

For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defaced

Restoring, etc., rolls.

rolls and vouchers in the Second Auditor’s Office, twenty-one thousand dollars.

For the twenty additional clerks of class one in the Second Auditors

Additional clerks on pensions.

Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, twenty-four thousand dollars.

That hereafter nothing in section two hundred and seventy-seven of

Disallowance of pay and bounty claims.

R. S., sec. 277, p. 46.

the Revised Statutes shall be so construed as to prevent the Second Auditor of the Treasury from disallowing claims for arrears of pay and bounty in cases where it appears from the records and tiles of his office that payment in full has already been made to the soldier himself, or

Proviso.

to his widow or legal heirs: Provided, That if any person whose claim may be disallowed be dissatisfied with the action of the Auditor, he

Appeal.

may, within six months, appeal to the Second Comptroller; otherwise the Auditor’s action shall be deemed final and conclusive and be subject to revision only by Congress or the proper courts.

Third Auditor: For Third Auditor three thousand six hundred

Third Auditor’s office.

dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; twenty-one clerks of class three: fifty-four clerks of class two; twenty-nine clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers: and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

Fourth Auditor: For Fourth Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Fourth Auditor’s office.

dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, at eight hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, seventy-four thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.

Fifth Auditor: For Fifth Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Fifth Auditor’s office.

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.

Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department:

Sixth Auditor’s office.

For 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; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty-five clerks of class three; seventy-seven clerks of class two; eighty-five clerks of class one; seventy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one skilled laborer, at one thousand dollars; twenty assorters of money orders, at nine hundred dollars each; fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty assorters of money orders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: two messengers; twenty-three assorters of money orders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: twelve assistant messengers; twenty-three male laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; three 195 female laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; and ten charwomen; in all, five hundred and forty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.

For the temporary force to dispose of accumulated money orders,

Temporary clerks.

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.

That hereafter the Postmaster General shall require each postmaster,

Postmasters money order, etc., accounts.

at a money order or postal note office, to render to the Post-Office Department monthly, semimonthly, weekly, semiweekly, or daily accounts of all money orders and postal notes issued and paid; of all fees received for issuing them: of all transfers and payments made from money-order funds: and of all money received to be used for the payment of money orders or postal notes, or on account of money-order business.

Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States, six thousand dollars;

Treasurer’s office.

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 divisions, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant book keeper, 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; one clerk for the Treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 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 clerks of class one: ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each: fifty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; one mail messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; six messengers; six assistant messengers; twenty three laborers; seven charwomen, three pressmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one compositor and pressman, at three dollars and twenty cents per day; eight separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; seven feeders, at six hundred and sixty dollars each: in all, two hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty cents.

For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be

Redemption of national currency.

reimbursed by the national banks) namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one teller and one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant teller, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one charwoman; in all, sixty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.

thousand dollars; assistant register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one: two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-nine copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers: and eight laborers; in all, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Comptroller of the Currency: For Comptroller of the Currency,

Comptroller of the Currency’s office.

five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: three 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; ten clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred 196 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 four hundred and twenty dollars.

For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bank

Special examinations, etc.

plates, of keeping macerator in Treasury building in repair, and for other incidental expenses attending the working of the macerator, one thousand six hundred dollars.

For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by the national

National currency expenses.

banks) namely: One superintendent, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one teller, one bookkeeper, and one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each: two clerks of class one; one clerk one thousand dollars, five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all. sixteen thousand eight hundred, and twenty dollars.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For Commissioner of Internal

Commissioner of Internal Revenue, office of.

Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars, one chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one microscopist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of division at two thousand five hundred dollars each; six 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-five clerks of class four; twenty-five-clerks of class three; thirty-five clerks of class two; twenty-five clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-one clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: three messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and seventy-two thousand, five hundred and eighty dollars.

For one stamp agent, at one thousand six hundred dollars, and one

Stamp agent.

counter at nine hundred dollars; in all two thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers.

Light-House Board: For chief clerk of the Light-House Board,

Light-House Board,

two thousand four hundred dollars: two clerks of class four: two clerks-of class three; two clerks of class two: four clerks of class one; ten clerks at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; one. laborer, at six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, at two thousand four hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman at one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

Office of Life-Saving Service: For General Superintendent of

Life Saving Service.

the Life Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk and accountant, two thousand dollars: one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five 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; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all. thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

Bureau of Navigation: For Commissioner of Navigation, three

Bureau of Navigation.

thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four: additional to one clerk designated as deputy commissioner, two hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one, ten clerks at nine hundred dollars each: one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-five, thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For Chief of Bureau, four

Engraving and Printing Bureau.

thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, 197 one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one, clerk, at one thousand dollars; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all. seventeen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

Bureau of Statistics: For Officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics,

Bureau of Statistics.

three thousand dollars: chief clerk two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars one special statistical clerk, two thousand dollars: four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three: five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; three copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all forty six thousand seven hundred and ten dollars,

For the payment of the services of experts, and for other necessary

Experts, etc.

expenditures connected with the collection of facts relative to the internal and foreign commerce of the United States one thousand dollars.

That hereafter collectors of customs shall render to the Bureau of

Returns of exports by rail.

Statistics, in such manner and form and at such periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, returns of exports to foreign countries

Post, p. 667.

leaving the United States by rail. Any person who shall here after deliver to any railway or transportation company or other common carrier commodities for transportation and exportation by rail from the United States to foreign countries, shall also deliver to the agent of such railway or transportation company or common carrier a manifest

Manifests.

in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, duly verified by oath or affirmation, exhibiting the kinds, quantities, and values of the several articles delivered by such person for transportation and

Penalty for carrier transporting without manifest.

exportation; and any railway or transportation company or common carrier that shall hereafter transport commodities for exportation, as herein specified, without having received such manifest of the persons shipping the same for transportation and exportation as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars. And no railway car containing

Cars not permitted to leave the country without delivery of manifest.

commodities, the product or manufacture of the United States, or foreign goods, duty paid or free of duty, intended to be exported to any foreign country, shall be permitted hereafter to leave the United States until the agent of the railway or transportation company or the person having such car in charge shall deliver to the customs officer at the last port in the United States through which the commodities pass into foreign territory a manifest thereof, which shall specify the kinds and quantities of the commodities in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and said manifest shall be accompanied by the manifests thereof required herein to be delivered to the railway or transportation companies by the owners, shippers, or consignors of the commodities. The agent or employee of the railway or transportation company who

Penalty for nondelivery.

shall hereafter omit or refuse to deliver to the customs officer such manifests of the lading of any ear shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offence, or the detention of the car until such manifests shall be furnished, or information satisfactory to such customs officer as to the kind, quantities, and values of the domestic and foreign free or duty paid commodities laden on such car; Provided, That

Proviso.

contained in the foregoing shall be held as applicable to goods in transit

Goods in transit in bond.

between American ports by routes passing through foreign territory, or to merchandise in transit between places in the Dominion of Canada by routes passing through the United States, or to merchandise arriving at the ports designated under the authority of section three thousand

R. S., sec; 3005, p. 579.

and five of the Revised Statues and which may be destined for places in the Republic of Mexico.

Secret Service Division: For one chief, three thousand five hundred

Secret Service Division.

dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; and one attendant, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.

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Office of Construction of Standard Weights and Measures:

Standard weights and measures.

For construction and verification of standard weights and measures, including metric standards, for the customhouses, and offices of the United States, and for the several States, and mural standards of length in Washington, District of Columbia; one adjuster, at one thousand five hundred dollars; one mechanician, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant messenger; and one watchman; in all, four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars

For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental expenses,

Incidental expenses.

five hundred dollars.

For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the international

International committee on weights and measures.

Vol. 20, p. 700.

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.

Office of the Director of the Mint: For Director, four thousand

Director of the Mint.

five hundred dollars; examinor; two thousand five hundred dollars; computer, two thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two, who shall be a stenographer; four clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise,

Freight.

between mints and assay offices, nine thousand dollars,

For contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to be expended

Contingent expenses.

under the direction of the Director, namely: For assay laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For examination of mints, expense in visiting 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 coin and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, five hundred dollars.

For the collection of statistics relative to the annual production of

Statistics.

the precious metals in the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Ooffice of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine Hospital Service:

Marine Hospital Service.

For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one hospital steward (employed) as chemist) one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists; one messenger, six hundred dollars; two laborers at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and one laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars, the some to be paid from

Detail for laboratory.

the permanent appropriations for the Marine Hospital Service. And the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service is hereby authorized to cause the detail of one hospital attendant from the port of New York for duty in the laboratory of the Bureau, who shall receive the pay equivalent to the compensation of a first-class hospital attendant.

Office Supervising Inspector-General

Steamboat-Inspection Service.

Stam-boat Inspection Service: 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 at 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 Stam-boat inspection service.

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For Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department,

Contingent expenses.

including all Buildings under Control of the Treasury in Washington, District of Columbia, namely:

For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several Bureaus,

Stationery.

twenty-six thousand dollars.

For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union

Postage.

countries, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For postage, two hundred dollars.

For newspapers, law books, city directories, and other books of reference

Newspapers, books, etc.

relating to the business of the Department; purchase of material for binding important records and of the amount appropriated not more than four hundred dollars may be used in the purchase of technical publications, foreign and domestic, two thousand dollars.

For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary

Investigations, etc.

traveling expenses, and for other traveling expenses, five hundred dollars.

For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, one thousand

Freight, etc.

eight hundred dollars.

For rent of buildings three thousand nine hundred and seventv dollars.

Rent.

That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury

Statement of buildings rented.

to cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress each year, in the annual Book of Estimates of Appropriations, a statement of the buildings rented within the District of Columbia for the use of the Government, the purposes for which rented, and the annual rental of each.

For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to be

Horses and wagons.

used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of same, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For purchase of ice, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Ice.

For purchase of file holders and file cases, three thousand dollars.

Files.

For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate

Fuel. etc.

baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, ten thousand dollars.

For purchase of gas, electric light, gas brackets, candles, candlesticks,

Lights.

drop lights and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks fourteen thousand dollars.

For purchase of carpets, carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats,

Carpets, etc.

rugs, matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, laying and relaying of the same by contract, five thousand dollars.

For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair caneing, chair covers,

Furniture.

desks, book eases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, typewriters, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, ten thousand dollars.

For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings and

Miscellaneous.

fixtures, window shades and fixtures, alcohol, benzine, turpentine, varnish, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, cloth, chamois skins, cotton waste, door and window fasteners, dusters, flower garden, street, and engine hose, lace leather, lye, nails, oil, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, hand stamps, and repairs of same, stamp ink. spittoons, soap, matches, match safes, sponge, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, towel racks, tumblers, wire, zinc, and for blacksmithing, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpening tools, advertising for proposals, and for sale at public auction in Washington, District of Columbia, of condemned property belonging to Treasury Department, payment of auctioneer fees, and purchase of other absolutely necessary articles ten thousand dollars.

200 collecting internal revenue.

Collecting internal revenue.

For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors and

Collectors, etc.

clerks, including expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty six, taxing oleomargarine, and the

Vol. 24, p. 209.

Vol. 24, p. 218.

act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco

Vol. 26, p. 583.

exported, and the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for the payment of a bounty on sugar, and for the purchase of the necessary polariscopes and other miscellaneous expenses connected with ascertaining and payment of said bounty, including transportation of public funds, one million nine hundred thousand

Proviso.

dollars: Provided, That the number of deputy collectors and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue shall not be increased, nor

Limit.

Exception.

shall the salary of officers and employees be increased beyond the salaries paid during the last fiscal year. But this exception shall not apply to the number or salary of the deputy collectors or clerks employed in enforcing the provisions of the said act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses

Agents, surveyors, etc.

of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred thousand dollars.

That section eight of an act entitled “An act to amend the laws relating

Rectifying spirits.

Vol. 20, p. 341.

to internal revenue,” approved March first eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be amended by striking out all after said number and substituting the following:

When any rectifier intends to rectify or compound any distilled

Notice to be given by rectifier.

spirits he shall, before emptying any package of distilled spirits for that purpose, give notice in duplicate to the collector of internal revenue for the district of his intention so to rectify, and submit such

Gauging.

package for the inspection of a United States gauger, who shall duly weigh or gauge such package and its contents and make due return thereof, and such spirits shall not be emptied for rectification, nor rectified or compounded in the package, until ganged or weighed as herein above provided. And such notice and return shall lie made in such form and contain such particulars as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may from time to time prescribe.”

That section thirty-three hundred and twenty of the Revised Statutes

Gauging, etc., rectified spirits.

R. S. sec. 3320, p. 644, amended.

of the United States be amended by striking out all after said number and substituting the following:

“Whenever any cask or package of rectified spirits containing five

Packages to be marked, etc., by rectifier.

wine gallons or more is filled for shipment, sale, or delivery, on the premises of any rectifier who has paid the special tax required by law, it shall be marked, branded, and stamped by the rectifier in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe.”

That section thirty-three hundred and twenty-three of the Revised

Distilled spirits packed by wholesale dealer.

R. S., sec. 3323, p. 645, amended.

Statutes of the United States be amended by striking out all after said number and substituting the following:

“Every package of distilled spirits containing five wine gallons or

Wholesale liquor dealers to mark, etc., packages filled by them.

more, tilled on the premises of a wholesale liquor dealer, who has paid the. special tax required by law. shall be marked, branded, and stamped by such wholesale liquor dealer in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe; and on or

Returns.

before the tenth day of each month every wholesale liquor dealor shall make return, under oath, to the collector of internal revenue for the district of the various kinds and quantities of each kind and of the total quantities of distilled spirits received on his premises and of the various kinds and quantities of each kind and of the total quantity of 201 distilled spirits sent out from his stock or possession during the preceding month, and of the quantity of each kind and the total quantity remaining on hand at the end of the month; and such return shall be made in such form and contain such other particulars as the Commissioner

Form.

of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. And every rectifier or wholesale liquor

Penalty for not complying.

dealer who refuses or wilfully neglects to comply with the requirements of this act as to giving the said notice or the said return, and as to marking, branding, and stamping, in accordance with the law and the regulations made in pursuance thereof, the packages of spirits tilled on his premises as aforesaid, shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.”

That section thirty-two hundred and ninety-five of the Revised

Erasing branding marks on casks of dis tilled spirits.

R. S., sec. 3295, p. 638.

Statutes of the United States be amended by striking out the final words of said section, namely, the words following “by cutting or burning a canceling line across such marks or brands.”

The foregoing amendments of laws relating to internal revenue shall

Effect.

take effect thirty days from and after the passage of this act.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is authorized to employ not

Sugar bounty inspectors.

to exceed twelve inspectors, at a salary not exceeding five dollars per day and necessary expenses, whose duty it shall be to inspect sugar upon which a bounty is required to be paid under the act of Congress

Vol. 26, p. 567.

entitled “An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety; to aid in ascertaining the amount of bounty due thereon, and to perform such other duties as may be required by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, thirty-three thousand dollars.

independent treasury.

Independent treasury.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore: For assistant

Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars: three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: in all, twenty two thousand eight hundred dollars.

Office of the Assistant Treasurer at Boston: For assistant

Boston.

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, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant redemption clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; three watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-seven thousand and nine hundred and ten dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Chicago: For assistant

Chicago.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, and receiving teller, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; three watchmen, seven hundred and 202 twenty dollars each; and for temporary clerical force in his office three thousand dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati: For assistant

Cincinnati.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; check clerk, and interest clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two night watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger six hundred dollars; one watchman, at one hundred and twenty dollars; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans: For assistant

New Orleans.

treasurer, four thousand dollars; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand two hundred and fitly dollars; receiving teller, two thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; coin and redemption clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; porter, five hundred dollars; one day watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one nightwatchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars: in all. eighteen thousand and ninety dollars.

Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York: For assistant

New York.

Treasurer, eight thousand dollars; cashier and chief clerk, four thousand two hundred dollars; deputy assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier and vault clerk, three thousand two hundred dollars; two chiefs of division, at three thousand one hundred dollars each; two chiefs of division, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; chief paying teller, three thousand dollars; authorities clerk, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; correspondence clerk, two thousand three hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; assistant paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred dollars; minor-coin teller, two thousand dollars; three clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; eight clerks, at one thou sand six hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; eight clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand three hundred dollars; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; two hall men, at one thousand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; keeper of the building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant detective, one thousand four hundred dollars; engineer one thousand and fifty dollars; assistant engineer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; six watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, one hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia: For assistant

Philadelphia.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; chief interest clerk, and chief registered interest clerk, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight 203 hundred dollars; coin teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption clerk, and assistant coupon clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; assistant registered interest clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant to cashier, and assistant coin teller at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receiving teller, one thousand three hundred dollars: three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant receiving teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four female counters, at nine hundred dollars each; seven watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Saint Louis: For assistant

Saint Louis.

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, coin teller, and assistant teller, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; coin clerk, assistant coin clerk, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all nineteen thousand and sixty dollars.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco: For

San Francisco.

assistant treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, receiving teller, and assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; coin teller and one clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; 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 one hundred and twenty dollars.

For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts,

Special agents.

and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, under the requirements

R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718.

of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of there-vised Statutes of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, three thousand dollars.

For paper for interest, transfer, redemption, pension, and other checks

Paper for checks.

and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, eighteen thousand dollars.

united states mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

Mint at Carson, Nevada: For salary of superintendent, three

Carson.

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 dollars.

For wages of workmen and adjusters, fifty thousand dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

Denver.

For incidental and contingent expenses twenty thousand dollars.

Mint at Denver, Colrado: for salary of the assayer in charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; for melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

For wages of workmen, thirteen thousand seven hundred and

Wages.

dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, three thousand two hundred

Contingent expenses.

and fifty dollars.

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Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana: For salary of superintendent,

New Orleans.

three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter, and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter, and refiner, and assistant coiner, atone thousand nine hundred dollars each; abstract clerk, bookkeeper, weigh clerk, and 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, one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

For wages of workmen and adjusters, seventy-four thousand dollars.

Wages.

For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs, thirty-three

Contingent expenses.

thousand dollars.

Mint at Philadelphia: For salary of the superintendent, four

Philadelphia.

thousand five hundred dollars: for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and engraver, 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, abstract clerk, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, warrant clerk, and register of deposits, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk, and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and ninety-three

Wages.

thousand dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery

Contingent expenses.

and repairs, expenses annual assay commission (and purchases, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), seventy-five thousand dollars.

Mint at San Francisco, California: For salary of superintendent

San Francisco.

four thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk and cashier, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, warrant clerk, assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner. assistant coiner, and register of deposits, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computing clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendent’s computing clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars.

For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy

Wages.

thousand dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Boise City.

Assay Office at Boise City, Idaho: For assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thou sand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, eight thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Assay Office at Charlotte, North Carolina: For assayer

Charlotte.

and melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand

Contingent expenses.

dollars.

For replacing worn-out charcoal furnaces and muffles with a gas

New furnaces.

plant, including two melting furnaces, two muffle furnaces complete, with blower motor, and putting same in place, one thousand dollars.

Assay Office at Helena, Montana: For salary of assayer in

Helena.

charge, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; 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 seven hundred dollars.

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For wages of workmen, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

For incidental and contingent expenses, four thousand five hundred

New York.

dollars.

Assay Office at New York: For salary of superintendent, four

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

Saint Louis.

thousand five hundred dollars; for assayer. and melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, assistant melter and refiner, and weighing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; book keeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bar clerk, 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; assayer’s first assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s second assistant, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s third assistant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For wages of workmen, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars.

Assay Office at St. Louis, Missouri: For assayer in charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all three thousand five hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand

Territories.

tour hundred dollars.

government in the territories.

Alaska.

Pay of governor, etc.

Territory of Alaska: For salary of governor, three thousand

Contingent expenses.

dollars; judge, three thousand dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; four commissioners, one thousand dollars each; six deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; in all twenty-two thousand dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, stationery,

Arizona.

Pay of governor, etc.

lights, and fuel, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars.

Territory of Arizona: For salary of governor, two thousand six

Contingent expenses.

Legislative expenses.

hundred dollars; chief justice and three 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. sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

New Mexico.

Pay of governor, etc.

five hundred do liars.

For legislative expenses, namely: For general expenses of the seventeenth legislature of Arizona, fitting up legislative halls, buying furniture, paying members and officers of the legislature, per diem and mileage, printing laws and journals, and other incidental expenses of the legislature, rent, fuel, lights, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Territory of New Mexico: For salary of governor, two thousand

Contingent expenses.

six hundred dollars; chief justice and four 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; nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Legislative expenses.

five hundred dollars.

For legislative expenses, namely: For compensation of members and officers of the legislative assembly; mileage of members; stationery, record books, and incidentals; printing laws, journals, bills; rent of rooms for legislature and committees; furniture; light, fuel, ice, stationery, and record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, messenger and porter, and incidentals in secretary’s office, twenty-six thousand dollars.

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Territory of Oklahoma: For salary of governor, two thousand,

Oklahoma.

Pay of governor, etc.

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.

For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

Legislative expenses.

five hundred dollars.

For legislative expenses, namely: For pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, fuel, lights and incidentals; rent of office, furniture, fuel, lights, stationery, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, record casings, messenger and porter for secretary’s office; twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Territory of Utah: For salary of governor, two thousand six

Utah.

Pay of governor, etc.

hundred dollars; chief justice and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary at one thousand eight hundred dollars; sixteen thousand four hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For legislative expenses, namely: For contingent expenses of secretary’s

Legislative expenses.

office, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For the salaries of the five commissioners appointed under an act entitled

Utah commission.

“An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two

Vol. 22, p. 32.

of the Revised Statutes of the United States in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and

Proviso.

eighty-two, at two thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars:

Appointments.

Provided, That commissioners hereafter appointed shall be residents of the Territory of Utah.

For the following expenses of the Commission, namely: For traveling

Expenses.

expenses, printing, stationery, clerk hire, and office rent, seven thousand dollars: Provided, That out of this sum the Commission is hereby

Secretary.

authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum tor such service, not exceeding three hundred dollars, tor the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

For compensation of the officers of election, including contingent expenses

Election officers.

twenty-five thousand dollars.

Mine Inspectors: For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorized

Mine inspectors.

by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Vol. 26, p. 1104.

for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two

Expenses.

thousand dollars per annum each; for per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, five thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary. Assistant, etc.

Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: disbursing clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two stenographers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; twenty-one 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 six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

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Record and Pension Office: Two chiefs of division, at two

Record and pension office.

thousand dollars each; twenty clerks of class four; forty three clerks of class three; ninety clerks of class two; four hundred and sixty five clerks of class one; one hundred and twenty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty copyists; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; five messengers; twenty-nine assistant messengers; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; five watchmen; one superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and sixteen laborers; in all, one million nine thousand three hundred and ninety dollars, and all employees provided for by this paragraph for the record and pension office of the War Department shall be exclusively engaged on the work of this office for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety three.

In the Office of the Adjutant-General: Chief clerk, two

Adjutant-General’s office.

thousand dollars; fifteen clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; twenty-one clerks of class two; eighty-two clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers: twenty assistant messengers; three watchmen; in all, two hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.

In the Office of the Inspector General; For one clerk of

Inspector-General’s office.

class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, nine thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

Judge-Advocate-General’s Department: Chief clerk two thousand

Judge-Advocate-General’s office.

dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.

Signal Office: One clerk of class four; two clerks of class one;

Signal office.

one messenger; one laborer; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars.

In the Office of the Quartermaster-General: Chief clerk,

Quartermaster-General’s office.

at two thousand dollars; thirteen clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; twenty-four clerks of class two; thirty-six clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six skilled typewriters, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; two laborers; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one experienced builder and mechanic, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.

In the Office of the Commissary-General; Chief clerk, at two

Commissary-General’s office.

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; two assistant messengers; two laborers: in all, forty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.

In the Office of the Surgeon-General: Chief Clerk, at two

Surgeon-General’s office.

thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; thirty-one clerks of class two; thirty-eight clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each: one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; twelve assistant messengers; three watchmen; one superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library) two hundred and fifty dollars; and five laborers; for the continuance of the following employees heretofore authorized and paid from the appropriations for contract 208 surgeons, namely; one chemist, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one principal assistant to librarian, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars.

In the Office of the Paymaster-General: Chief clerk, at two

Paymaster-General’s office.

thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; four laborers; in all, thirty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

In the Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Chief clerk, at two

Ordnance office.

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.

In the Office of the Chief of Engineers: Chief clerk, at

Engineer office.

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, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other

Draftsmen, etc.

services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and

Proviso.

surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

Limit.

eighteen hundred and ninety three shall not exceed sixty thousand

Report.

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.

Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion: For

Records of the Rebellion.

one agent, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; three copyists; two pressmen and compositors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one compositor, one thousand dollars; two copyholders, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all. thirty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as required

Postage stamps.

under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, one thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus:

Contingent expenses.

Expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; purchase of professional and scientific books, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department Building) occupied by the Adjutant General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, the Signal Office, the office of Records of the Rebellion, and the record and pension office of the War Department; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifty-five thousand dollars.

For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices,

Stationery.

thirty-five thousand dollars.

For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows:

Rent.

For medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Record’s Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for record and pension office, two thousand four hundred dollars; for office for Signal Bureau, including heating, lighting, and care, two thousand dollars; in all six thousand six hundred dollars.

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Public buildings and grounds.

Office of Public Buildings and Grounds: For one clerk, one

Clerk, messenger, gardener.

thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all. four thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

For overseers, draftsmen, foremen, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers

Overseers, etc.

employed in the public grounds, thirty thousand dollars. For day watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars.

Watchmen.

For day watchman in La Fayette 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. For two night watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one day watchman at Judiciary Square and one at Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman in Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Rawlins Square and Washington Circle; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut Squares; one at Stanton Square and neigh boring reservations; two at Henry Square and Seaton Square and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion; eleven in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For one night watchman at Henry Square (Armory) and Seaton Square and reservations east of Botanic Garden, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Garfield Park, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

state, war, and navy department building.

State, War, and Navy Department building.

Superintendent’s office.

Office of the superintendent: One clerk of class one; one chief engineer, at one thousand two bundled dollars; eight 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; fifty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thou sand dollars; one machinist nine hundred dollars; one plumber nine hundred dollars; one painter nine hundred dollars; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-eight firemen, including four firemen heretofore paid from appropriation for fuel, lights and miscellaneous items; ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty laborers; and eighty charwomen; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

For fuel, lights, miscellaneous items, and repairs, thirty-nine thousand

Fuel, lights, etc.

six hundred and twenty dollars.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars;

Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; disbursing clerk, 210 two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of tiles and records; two clerks of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one: one clerk at one thousand dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; one carpenter, nine hundred dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger boys at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one laborer; one clerk of class two; and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one (for Examining and Retiring Board); in all forty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

Bureau of Navigation: Chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Navigation.

dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; three laborers; in all, twenty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion: For the following

Naval Records of the Rebellion.

employees, to be selected by reason of special aptitude for the work by the Secretary of the Navy, namely, two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two copyists: four copyists at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records, six hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Library of the Navy Department: One clerk, at one thousand

Library.

dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all. two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy: For two

Judge-Advocate-General’s office.

clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars: one laborer in all ten thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.

Hydrographic Office: For two clerks of class two; one clerk of

Hydrographicoffice.

class one; one assistant messenger: one watchman; in all, five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For draftsmen, engravers, assistants, nautical experts, computers,

Services.

custodian of archives, copyists, copperplate printers, printer’s apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.

For purchase of copperplates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotyping

Materials, etc.

copperplates; cleaning copperplates, tools, instruments, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts; data for charts and sailing directions; reduction of charts by photography; photolithographing charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; care and repairs to printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; expert marine, meterological, and other work in the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same; and purchase of, com piling, and arranging data for charts, and sailing directions, and other nautical publications, works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, and surveying, thirty thousand dollars.

For rent of building for printing presses, draftsmen, and engravers,

Rent.

storage of copperplates and materials used in the construction and printing of charts; repairs and heating of the same, and for gas, water, and telephone rates, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York. Philadelphia.

Contingent expenses, branch offices.

Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Port land, Oregon, Portland, Maine, Chicago, and Port Townsend, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, ear fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for 211 the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of office in New York, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.

Bureau of Equipment: For chief Clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Equipment

dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger, and one laborer; in all, seven thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.

Nautical Almanac Office: For the following assistants, in preparing

Nautical Almanac office.

for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 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 copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars: one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the

Computers.

American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the Tables of the Planets, nine thousand two hundred dollars.

For rent of building and fuel for use of the Nautical Almanac Office,

Rent.

one thousand dollars.

Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one

Naval Observatory.

at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars: one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two firemen; six watchmen: two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers: in all thirty-six thousand four hundred and forty dollars.

For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Computations.

For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two

Apparatus.

thousand five hundred dollars.

For professional and scientific books, engravings, photographs, fixtures,

Books, etc.

and periodicals, for the library, one thousand dollars.

For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, gas, furniture, chemicals,

Repairs, etc.

stationery, freight, including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, foreign postage, expressage, fertilizers, plants, and all contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for

Miscellaneous.

the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; material for boxing nautical instruments for transportation; paints, telegraph and telephone service, and incidental labor seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Bureau of Steam Engineering: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger, two laborers; one chief draftsman, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand dollars; in all eleven thousand and ninety dollars.

Bureau of Construction and Repair: For chief clerk, one

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, 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 thirteen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Bureau of Ordnance: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Ordnance.

dollars ; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of 212 class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all twelve thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thou sand tour hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars, and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all twelve thousand and sixty dollars.

Bureau of Yards and Docks: For one chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Yards and

eight hundred dollars; one draftsman and clerk, one thousand

Docks.

eight 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; ten thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.

For professional books and periodicals for Department library, one

Books, etc.

thousand dollars.

For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing materials,

Contingent expenses.

horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes, freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, twelve thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Department of the Interior.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

First Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars additional as

Board of Pension Appeals.

superintendent of the Patent Office building; nine members of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior,

Land inspectors.

at two thousand dollars each; two special land inspectors, connected with the administration of the public land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to be subject to his direction, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one superintendent of documents, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk; for one private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; one census clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars: seven 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 book keeper for custodian, one thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one, two of whom shall be stenographers or typewriters; 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; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; nine copyists;

Messengers, etc.

one telephone operator, six hundred dollars; three messengers, nine assistant messengers; fourteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; 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; four charwomen;

Watchmen.

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 213 two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and seven firemen: in all, one hundred and ninety-two thousand two hundred and ten dollars.

Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For one law clerk, at

Assistant Attorney General’s office.

two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one reporter of land decisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; thirteen law clerks, at two thou sand dollars each; three clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer; in all, forty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For per diem in lieu of subsistence of two special land inspectors connected

Per diem, etc., land inspectors.

with the administration of the public land service, 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 and assistance, four thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

General Land Office: For the Commissioner of the General Land

General Land Office.

Office, five 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 maybe 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 five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; three principal clerks at two thousand dollars each; eight chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; two law examiners at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-two clerks of class four; sixty two clerks of class three; seventy-two clerks of class two; seventy-eight clerks of class one; fifty-six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and fifty-five copyists; two messengers; nine assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, five hundred and forty-six thousand five hundred dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed

Per diem, etc., investigations.

to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, 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, seven thousand dollars.

For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, five

Law books.

hundred dollars.

For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared

Maps.

in the General Land Office, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; eight hundred and forty-eight copies of said maps shall be delivered to the General Land Office, and, of the remainder, one-third shall be delivered to the Senate and two-thirds to the House of Representatives for distribution.

Indian Office: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, four thousand

Indian Office.

dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk two thousand dollars: chief of division, two thousand dollars; principal book keeper one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall have charge of the educational division; ten clerks of class three; one draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve copyists; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; one female messenger, 214 eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; and two charwomen; in all. one hundred and seven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.

Pension Office: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand

Pension Office.

dollars; first deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; second deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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; thirty-eight medical examiners who shall be surgeons of education, skill and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twelve chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; sixty principal examiners for review board, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-four assistant chiefs of divisions, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy-seven clerks of class four; ninety-eight clerks of class three; three hundred and seventy-six clerks of class two; four hundred and eighty-one clerks of class one; three hundred and thirty-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of buildings, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two hundred copyists; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys at four hundred dollars each; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade nine hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; three firemen; twenty five laborers; five female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all, two million two hundred and ninety-six thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.

For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outside

Per diem.etc., investigations.

the District of Columbia, for special examiners or other persons employed in the Bureau of Pensions, detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, two hundred

Provisos.

thousand dollars: Provided, That five special examiners, or clerks

Supervising examiners.

detailed and acting as supervising examiners, and special examiners or clerks detailed as such, not exceeding three in number, with headquarters in the District of Columbia, may be allowed, in addition to their salaries and in lieu of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars each per annum: Provided further,

Limit.

That the salary and such allowance to each shall in no case exceed two thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners

Additional special examiners.

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 examiners maybe reappointed if they be found to be qualified.

United States Patent Office: For the Commissioner of the

Patent Office.

Patent Office, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; thirty two principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each: thirty-four first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-eight second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; forty-three third assistant 215 examiners, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: fifty-two fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; 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; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; six clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen at one thousand dollars each; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty five permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; sixty copyists, five of whom may be copyists of drawings; seventy six copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three messengers; twenty assistant messengers; forty-five laborers at six hundred dollars each; forty-five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; fifteen messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, six hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars.

For purchase of professional and scientific books and expenses of

Books, etc.

transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the Official

Official Gazette.

Gazette, fifty-five thousand dollars.

For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings

Photolithographing, etc.

of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; 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, shall be authorized to make contracts therefor, one hundred thousand dollars.

For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventions

Investigating use of inventions, etc.

for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and for expenses attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, five hundred dollars.

For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting the

International Bureau. industrial property, at Berne.

Bureau of Education.

International Bureau at Berne, Switzerland, seven hundred dollars.

Bureau of Education; For the Commissioner of Education, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, of class four; one statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; one specialist in foreign educational systems, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism and crime, one thousand six 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; one skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; 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 twenty dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred dollars; and one laborer at three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars.

For books for library, current educational periodicals, other current

Books, etc.

publications and completing valuable sets of periodicals, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

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For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,

Statistics.

two thousand dollars.

For the purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents,

Distributing documents, etc.

and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, textbooks and educational reference books, articles of school furniture, and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for repairing the same, two thousand dollars.

Office of Commisssioner of Railroads: For the Commissioner,

Commissioner of Railroads.

four thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three: one copyist; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.

For examination of books and accounts of certain subsidized railroad

Examining books, etc.

companies, and inspecting roads, shops, machinery, and equipments of same, one thousand six hundred dollars.

Office of the Architect of the Capitol: For Architect,

Architect of the Capitol.

four thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; person in charge of the heating of the Congressional Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty four dollars; one laborer in charge of water-closets in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars; three laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; two laborers, in charge of public closets of the House of Representatives, and in the terrace, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seven watchmen employed on the Capitol grounds, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all. twenty thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars.

Office of the Director of the Geological Survey: For

Geological Survey.

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, one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each: in all, thirty-five thousand five hundred and forty dollars.

For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interion

Contingent expenses.

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, eases for drawings, file-holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several

Stationery.

Bureaus and offices, including the Civil Service Commission and the Geological Survey, fifty-five thousand dollars.

For professional and scientific books and books to complete broken

Books, etc.

sets, five hundred dollars

For rent of buildings for the Department of the Interior, namely:

Rent.

For the Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars; Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars; Indian Office, six thousand dollars; General Land Office, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars.

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For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and its

Postage.

Bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand five hundred dollars.

surveyors-general and their clerks.

Surveyors general, etc.

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand five

Arizona.

hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of California, two thousand seven hundred and

California.

fifty dollars; and for the clerks in his office, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand five

Colorado.

hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For surveyor general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

Minnesota.

and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, printing, binding, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Florida.

and for the clerks in his office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, eight hundred and fifty dollars. For surveyor-general of Idaho, two thousand five hundred dollars;

Idaho.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Louisiana.

and for the clerks in his office, six thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Montana, two thousand five hundred dollars;

Montana.

and for the clerks in his office, ten thousand dollars: in all, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Nevada, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Nevada.

and for the clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand three bundled dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, eight hundred dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand

New Mexico.

five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, six thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars;

North Dakota.

and for the clerks in his office, six thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand dollars. 218 For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For Surveyor general of Oregon, two thousand dollars;

Oregon.

and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of South Dakota, two thousand dollars;

South Dakota.

and for the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, binding records, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand

Utah.

five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand four hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand five hundred

Washington.

dollars; and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger; and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand five hundred dollars;

Wyoming.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars: in all, eight thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

PostOfiice Department.

Office Postmaster General: For compensation of the Postmaster-General,

Pay of Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

eight thousand dollars; chief clerk of the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger: one page, three hundred and sixty dollars: in all, twenty-five thousand and twenty dollars.

Office of assistant attorney-general for the Post-Office Department:

Assistant Attorney General’s office.

Law clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk, of class two; two clerks, of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

Office First Assistant Postmaster General: For First Assistant

First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

Post Master-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of salary and allowance division two

Free delivery.

thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent division post-office supplies, two thousand dollars; superintendent of free delivery, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of free delivery, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four: nine clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; sixteen clerks, of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six assistant messengers; nine laborers; two pages, at three hundred and sixty dollars

Money order system.

each; superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each: seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger one engineer, one 219 thousand dollars; one assistant engineer for additional building for Sixth Auditor’s Office, one thousand dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for four charwomen; one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and ten laborers; superintendent of Dead-Letter Office, two thousand five

Dead-letter office.

hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be chief clerk; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; five clerks at one thousand dollars each; fifty-six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six female clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; three laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all two hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars.

Office Second Assistant Postmaster-General. For Second

Second Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

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 three clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; two laborers; superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief clerk,

Foreign mails.

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, one hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars.

Office Third Assistant Postmaster-General: For Third Assistant

Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk two thousand 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; four clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; twenty-two clerks •of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; six laborers; in all, one hundred and twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.

Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General: For Fourth

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; Chief Clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, fifteen clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars: three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one page at three hundred and sixty dollars; chief post office inspector, three thousand dollars; chief clerk of mail depredations two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two assistant messengers; in all eighty-four thousand six hundred dollars.

Office of Topographer: For topographer, two thousand five

Topographer, draftsmen, etc.

hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand-four hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one examiner, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one map-mounter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant mapmounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one charwoman; in all, thirty-one thousand and twenty •dollars.

220

Office of Disbursing Clerk: Disbursing clerk and superintendent

Disbursing clerk, clerks. etc.

of building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk, of class two; one clerk of class one; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, nine hundred dollars; one fireman who shall be a steamfitter, nine hundred dollars; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen; one carpenter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant carpenter, one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen, twenty-two laborers; one plumber, nine hundred dollars; one awning maker, at nine hundred dollars: and fifteen charwomen; and for force in the additional building as follows: Four watchmen; two firemen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers; and six charwomen; and the following additional force for the additional building used for the storage of post-office supplies: Two watchmen; two firemen; one laborer; and one charwoman; in all, sixty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.

For Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department,

Contingent expenses.

including the additional building occupied by the Sixth Auditor’s Office, and the additional building used for storage of post-office supplies, namely:

For stationery and blank books, including amount necessary for the purchase of free-penalty envelopes, twelve thousand dollars. For fuel and tor repairs to heating apparatus, nine thousand dollars. For gas and electric lights, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For plumbing and gas and electric light fixtures, two thousand dollars. For telegraphing two thousand five hundred dollars. For painting, three thousand five hundred dollars. For carpets and matting, three thousand dollars. For furniture, three thousand dollars. For purchase and keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness to be used only for official purposes, one thousand dollars. For hardware, one thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, twelve thousand dollars. For rent of topographer’s office, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Rent.

for rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money-order office of the Post-Office Department, eight thousand dollars; for rent of building for use of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, eleven thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, including

Postal Guide.

not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Executive Departments, fifteen thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparation

Post-route maps.

and publication of the post-route maps, eighteen thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General shall furnish any person who may apply, in writing, copies of any sheets of the post-office maps at the cost of printing and ten per centum thereon, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps. For postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which is

Postage.

not exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, seven hundred and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

Office of the Attorney-General: For compensation of the

Pay of Attorney-General. Assistants. Solicitor-General, etc.

Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor General, seven 221 thousand dollars; four assistant attorneys-general, at five thousand dollars each; one assistant attorney-general of the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, four thou sand five hundred dollars; solicitor for the Department of State, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at three thou sand dollars each; three assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; law clerk and examiners of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and exofficio superintendent of the building, two thousand five hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three stenographic clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; attorney in charge of pardons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; one telegraph operator and stenographer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; seven copyists; one messenger; five assistant messengers; four laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thou sand two hundred dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight charwomen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand and ten dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Department, namely:

Contingent expenses.

For furniture and repairs, one thousand dollars. For law books for library of the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of session laws and statutes of the States and Territories for library of Department, one thousand dollars. For stationery, one thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, repairs of building and care of grounds, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, one thousand two hundred dollars. For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the

Care of courthouse, D. C.

court house in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One engineer, 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.

Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For compensation

Solicitor of the Treasury.

of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

For law books for office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, five hundred

Law books.

dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, two hundred and

Stationery.

fifty dollars. For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, one thousand

Warden of jail D. C.

eight hundred dollars. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Department of Labor.

For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;

Commissioner, clerks, etc.

chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars: four statistical experts, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four, who may be statistical 222 experts; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen, two laborers; two charwomen; six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dolars each; ten special agents, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; four special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and one thousand and twenty dollars.

For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of special agents and experts

Per diem special agents, etc.

while traveling on duty away from home and outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate not to exceed three dollars per day, and for their transportation, and for employment of experts and temporary assistance, and for traveling expenses of officers and employees, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For stationery, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Stationery.

For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, one thousand

Books.

dollars For postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal-Union

Postage.

countries, two hundred and fifty dollars. For rent of rooms, including steam heat and elevator service, five

Kent.

thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For furniture, carpets, ice, lumber,

Contingent expenses.

hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, expressage, storage for documents not to exceed five hundred dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, three thousand one hundred dollars. JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

Supreme Court: For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the

Pay of justices, Supreme Court.

United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each: in all, ninety thousand five hundred dollars.

For ten circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six thousand dollars

Circuit judges.

each, sixty thousand dollars. For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand dollars.

Marshal, Supreme Court.

For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associate

Clerks to justices.

justice of the Supreme Court, at a sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars.

Circuit Courts of Appeals: For nine additional circuit judges,

Circuit courts of appeals.

at six thousand dollars each;

For nine clerks, at three thousand dollars each: in all. eighty-one

Clerks.

thousand dollars.

That so much of section two of the act approved March third, eighteen

Marshals abolished.

Vol. 26, p. 826.

hundred and ninety one, to establish circuit courts of appeals as authorizes the appointment of a marshall to each of said courts at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby, repealed, and the duties and powers imposed upon said marshals under

District marshals to perform duties.

the said act shall be performed by the United States marshals in and for the districts where terms of said courts may be held, and to this end said marshals shall be the marshals of said circuit courts of appeals.

Court of Private Land Claims: For chief justice and four associate

Court of Private Land Claims.

justices, at five thousand dollars each:

For clerk, two thousand dollars; For stenographer, one thousand five hundred dollars; For attorney, three thousand five hundred dollars; For interpreter and translator, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. 223 For deputy clerks as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary.

District Courts: For salaries of the sixty-four district judges of

District judges.

the United States, at five thousand dollars each;

For salary of the judge of the United States court in the Indian Territory,

Judge, Indian.Territory court.

three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

To pay the salaries of the United States judges retired under section

Retired judges.

seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be

R. S., sec. 714, p. 135.

necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby appropriated.

Supreme Court, District of Columbia: For salaries of the

Supreme Court, District of Columbia.

chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and the five associate judges, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars.

District Attorneys: For salaries of the district attorneys of the

District attorneys.

United States, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars.

Marshals: For salaries of the district marshals of the United

Marshals.

States, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the

Proviso.

marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit and district courts

Marshals. etc., in Washington. Montana, and North Dakota.

of the districts of Washington, Montana, and North Dakota shall for the services they may perform, during the fiscal year herein provided for, receive the fees and compensation allowed by law to like officers performing similar duties in the districts of Oregon and Idaho.

Court of Claims: For salaries of five judges of the Court of

Court of Claims, judges, etc.

Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-four thousand six hundred and forty dollars.

For stationery, law books, fuel, gas, and other miscellaneous expenses,

Contingent expenses.

three thousand dollars.

For reporting the decisions of the court, and superintending the

Reporting decisions.

R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314.

printing of the twenty-seventh 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

Vol. 18, p. 109.

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.

Sec. 2. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen,

Rate of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc.

laborers, and charwomen provided for in this act, unless otherwise specifically stated, shall be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each.

Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with

Repeal.

the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 16, 1892.

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CHAP. 197.—

An Act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Diplomatic and consular appropriations.

That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

224 SCHEDULE A.

Schedule A.

salaries of ministers.

Salaries.

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain.

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.

France, Germany, Russia, and Mexico, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China, Japan, Spain, Austria, Italy, and Brazil, at twelve thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic, Columbia, Peru, Turkey, and Chile, at ten thousand dollars each, fifty thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Belgium, Hawaiian Islands, Netherlands, Venezuela, and Paraguay and Uruguay, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway, and to Denmark, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia, and Ecuador, at five thousand dollars each; ten thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul general in Korea, seven thousand five

Ministers resident and consuls-general.

hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland, five thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars; Ministers resident and consuls-general in Siam, Persia, Portugal, and Haiti, at five thousand dollars each (and the minister resident and consul general in Haiti shall also be accredited as charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo), twenty thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general in Liberia, four thousand dollars; Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;

Agent, etc., Cairo.

Charges d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, twenty

Chargesd'affaires.

thousand dollars; Total, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. salaries of diplomatic and consular officers while receiving instructions and making transits. To pay the salaries of ministers, consuls, and other officers of the

Ministers, consuls, etc., while receiving instructions, etc.

R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309.

the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby appropriated. salaries, secretaries of legations. Secretaries of the legations in London, Paris, Berlin, Saint Petersburg,

Secretaries of legations.

China, and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Secretary of legation in Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation in Korea, one thousand five hundred dollars:225 Secretary of legation and consul-general at Bogata, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation in Guatemala and Honduras and consul-general to Guatemala, two thousand dollars; Secretaries of the legations in Turkey, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars; Secretaries of legations in Argentine Republic, Venezuela, Chile, and Peru, at one thousand five hundred each, six thousand dollars; Second secretaries of the legations at London. Paris, and Berlin

Second secretaries.

at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; 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; Total, forty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. salaries, interpreters to legations. Interpreters to the legations in China and Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand

Interpreters

dollars; Interpreter to the legation in Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate general in Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Korea, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Total, eleven 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. clerk-hire at legations. Clerk-hire at the legation in Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Clerk, Spain.

contignent expenses, foreign missions. To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such

Contingent expenses. foreign missions.

stationery, blanks, records, 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, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk-hire, compensation of cavasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangier, and the compensation of dispatch

Dispatch agents.

agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of legations, and for printing in the

Printing.

Department of State, ninety thousand dollars. loss by exchange, diplomatic service. Loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from legations, two

Loss by exchange.

thousand five hundred dollars. steam launch for legation at constantinople. Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one

Steam launch, Constantinople.

thousand eight hundred dollars. 226 buildings and grounds for legation in china. Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or

Rent.

other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand

China.

one hundred dollars. rent of legation building in tokyo, japan. Rent of legation building in Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending

Japan.

March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand dollars. annual expenses of cape spartel light, coast of morocco. Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangier Light,

Cape Spartel and Tangier Light.

on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars. bringing home criminals. Actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries

Bringing home persona charged with crime.

persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars. fees and costs in extradition cases. To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements of

Extradition expenses.

the fourth section of “An act regulating fees

Vol. 22, p. 216.

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. rescuing shipwrecked american seamen. Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services

Life-saving testimonials.

of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. expenses under the neutrality act. To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the

Expenses, neutrality act.

neutrality act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of

R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.

the Revised Statutes, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service. To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the

Unforeseen emergencies.

diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, to be expended pursuant to the

R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.

requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. allowance to widows or heirs of diplomatic officers and die abroad. Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and

Payment to heirs of diplomatic or consular officers dying abroad.

forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to 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. 227 transporting remains of diplomatic officers, consuls, and consular clerks to their homes for interment. Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and

Remains of ministers, consuls, etc.

consular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, ten thousand dollars. international bureau of weights and measures. Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of

International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in conformity with the terms of the convention

Vol. 20. p. 714.

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. international union of american republic. Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, for the prompt collection

Bureau of the American Republics.

and distribution of commercial information, as recommended by the International American Conference, thirty thousand dollars. The sums contributed by the other American Republics for this purpose, when collected, shall be covered into the Treasury. continental railway survey.

Continental railway survey.

For payment of the share of the United States of the expense of a

Preliminary survey.

preliminary survey for a continental railway recommended by the International American Conference, sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

That this sum shall be in full of the share of the United States for the

To be in full.

Officers prohibited from participating in building the road.

expense of said preliminary survey: and provided further, That it shall not be lawful for any officer of the United States or persons connected with the international commission of engineers as a representative of the United States to participate in any action as to proposals to build the whole line of the intercontinental railroad or any part thereof: Provided further, That to avoid any misunderstanding on the part of the Central and South American Nations it is hereby declared that no officer of the government of the United States shall commit or attempt to

United States not to approve survey, etc.

commit it to the approval of the surveys, the terms of proposal, the protection of the concessionaires, the inspection of the work, the legislation affecting it, the neutrality of the road, the free passage of the merchandise in transit thereon, or to aid in the construction thereof in any form, either alone or in connection with other nations interested, and that the President of the United States cause notice of this declaration

Notice.

to be communicated to these several nations. publication of international catalogue of exports and imports. For completion of the compilation and publication, under the direction

Catalogue of commercial terms.

of the Secretary of State, of a uniform nomenclature of articles of merchandise, exported and imported, in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, as provided by the International American Conference, ten thousand dollars; and the Public Printer is hereby directed to issue an edition of one thousand copies for the use of the customs and consular service of the United States and five hundred for the governments of the several American Republics, and he is hereby authorized to furnish copies to the public, on application, at a price not to exceed the cost of publication with ten per centum added. 228 SCHEDULE B.

Schedule B.

salaries, consular service. Consul-general at Havana, six thousand dollars;

Salaries.

Consuls-general at London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, at five thousand

Consuls-general.

dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars. Consuls-general at Shanghai and Calcutta, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; Consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; Consuls general at Berlin, Montreal. Kanagawa, Panama, Mexico (city), and Honolulu, at four thousand dollars each, twenty-four thou sand dollars; Consuls-general at Halifax and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Apia, Constantinople, Dresden, Ecuador, Frankfort, Ottawa, Rome, Saint Petersburg, and Saint Galle, at three thousand dollars each, twenty-seven thousand dollars; Consul general at Nuevo Laredo, two thousand five hundred dollars; Consul-general at Tangier, two thousand dollars; Total, ninety-eight thousand dollars. For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents, three

Consuls, etc.

hundred and ninety-seven thousand dollars, as follows namely: Consul at Liverpool, five thousand dollars. Consul at Hongkong, five thousand dollars. For salary and expenses of a commercial agent at Boma, in the Lower

Commercial agent, Boma.

Kongo Basin, with authority to visit and report upon the commercial resources of the Upper and Lower Kongo basins, their products, their minerals, their vegetable wealth, the openings for American trade, and to collect such information on the subject of that country as shall be thought of interest to the United States, five thousand dollars. Class II.

Class II, $3,500 a year.

At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. China: Consuls at Amoy, Canton, and Tien-Tsin. France: Consul at Havre. Peru: Consul at Callao. Class III.

Class III, $3,000 a year.

At three thousand dollars per annum. Austria: Consul at Prague. Belgium: Consul at Antwerp. Chile: Consul at Valparaiso. Colombia: Consul at Colon (Aspinwall). China: Consuls at Chiu Kiang, Fuchau, and Hangkow. France: Consul at Bordeaux. Germany: Consul at Barmen. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belfast, Bradford, Demerara, Glasgow, Kingston (Jamaica), Manchester, and Singapore.229 Japan: Consuls at Nagasaki, and Osaka and Hiogo. Mexico: Consul at Vera Cruz. Spanish Dominions: Consul at Matanzas (Cuba). Switzerland: Consul at Basle. Uruguay: Consul at Montevideo. Class IV.

Class IV, $2,500 ft year.

At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Argentine Republic: Consul at Buenos Ayres. Austria: Consul at Reichenberg. Belgium: Consul at Brussels. China: Consul at Ningpo. Danish Dominions: Consul at Saint Thomas. France: Consuls at Lyons, and Marseilles. Germany: Consuls at Annaberg, Aixla-Chapelle, Bremen, Brunswick, Chemnitz, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Mayence. Greece: Consul at Athens. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Birmingham, Dundee, Leith, Nottingham, Sheffield, Tunstall, Victoria (British Columbia), and Huddersfield. Mexico: Consul at Paso del Norte. Spanish Dominions: Consuls at Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba. Turkish Dominions: Consul at Smyrna. Class V.

Class V. $2,000 a year.

At two thousand dollars per annum. Austria-Hungary: Consul at Trieste. Brazil: Consul at Pernambuco. Columbia: Consul at Barranquilla. Costa Rica: Consul at San Jose. France: Consuls at Rheims, and Saint Etienne. Germany: Consuls at Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Leipsic, Stuttgart, Sonneberg, and Magdeburg. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belize (British Honduras), Cardiff, Chatham, Cork, Dublin, Dunfermline, Hamilton (Ontario), Leeds, Nassau (New Providence), Port Louis (Mauritius), Port Stanley and Saint Thomas (Canada), Saint John (New Brunswick), Sherbrooke (Canada), Sydney (New South Wales), and Toronto (Canada).230 Honduras: Consul at Tegucigalpa. Italy: Consul at Palermo. Madagascar: Consul at Tamatave. Mexico: Consuls at Acapulco, and Piedras Negras. Netherlands: Consul at Rotterdam. Nicaragua: Consuls at Managua, and San Juan del Norte. Russia: Consul at Odessa. Salvador: Consul at San Salvador. Spain and Spanish Dominions: Consuls at Baracoa, Manila (Philippine Islands), San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Sagna la Grande (Cuba). Switzerland: Consuls at Horgen, and Zurich. Turkish Dominions Consuls at Beirut, and Jerusalem. Venezuela: Consul at Maracaibo. Class VI.

Class VI, $1,500 a year.

At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Brazil: Consuls at Bahia, Para, and Santos. Belgium: Consul at Liege and Verviers. Denmark: Consul at Copenhagen. France and French Dominions. Consuls at Cognac, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Nice. Germany: Consuls at Breslau, Kehl, Mannheim, and Munich. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Amherstburg (Canada), Antigua (West Indies), Auckland (New Zealand), Barbadoes, Bermuda, Bristol. Brookville (Ontario), Cape Town, Coaticook (Canada), Ceylon (India), Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Clifton (Canada), Fort Erie (Canada), Goderich (Canada). Gibraltar, Guelph (Canada), Kingston (Canada). London (Canada), Malta, Morrisburg (Canada), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Pictou (Canada), Port Hope (Canada), Port Sarnia (Canada), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Prescott (Canada), Quebec, Southampton, Saint Helena. Saint Johns (Quebec), Saint Stephens (Canada), Stratford (Ontario), Three Rivers (Canada), Wallaceburg (Canada), Windsor (Ontario), Winnipeg Manitoba, Woodstock (New Brunswick), and Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Italy: Consuls at Castela-Mare, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Leghorn, Messina, Milan, and Naples. Mexico: Consuls at Matamoras, Merida, Nogales, and Tampico. Netherlands: Consul at Amsterdam. Paraguay: Consul at Asuncion.231 Portuguese Dominions: Consuls at Fayal (Azores), and Funchal (Madeira). San Domingo: Consul at Santo Domingo. Spain: Consuls at Barcelona, Cadiz, Cardenas, Denia, and Malaga. Switzerland: Consul at Geneva. Sweden and Norway: Consuls at Gottenberg, and Stockholm. Turkey: Consul at Sivas. Venezuela: Consuls at La Guayra, and Puerto Cabello. SCHEDULE C.

Schedule C.

Class VII.

Class VII, $1,000 a year.

At one thousand dollars per annum. Belgium: Consul at Ghent. Chile: Consul at Talcahuano. France and French Dominions: Consul at Nantes. Germany: Consul at Stettin. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Gaspe Basin (Canada), Sierra Leone (West Africa), Turks Island, and Windsor (Nova Scotia). Haiti: Consul at Cape Haitien. Honduras: Consul at Ruatan and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla). Italy: Consul at Venice. Netherlands: Consul at Batavia. Portuguese Dominions: Consuls at Mozambique (Africa), and Santiago (Cape Verde Islands). Society Islands: Consul at Tahiti. Sweden and Norway: Consul at Christiania. And in the estimates for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

Estimates.

hundred and ninety-four, there shall be estimated for specifically, under classified consulates, all consulates and commercial agencies where the fees collected or compensation allowed for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, exceed one thousand dollars. salaries, consular clerks. Eight consular clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars per

Consular clerks.

annum each, nine thousand six hundred dollars; five consular clerks, at one thousand dollars per annum each, five thousand dollars; total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. 232 salaries, consular officers not citizens. The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States,

Consular officers, not citizens to be paid from amount for the office.

shall be paid out of the amount specifically appropriated for salary at the consular office to which the alien officer is attached or appointed. allowance for clerks at consulates. Allowance for clerks at consulates, as follows:

Clerks at consulates.

Liverpool, two thousand dollars; Havana, two thousand six hundred dollars; London, one thousand six hundred dollars; Shanghai, one thousand six hundred dollars; Paris, one thousand six hundred dollars; Rio de Janeiro, one thousand six hundred dollars; Antwerp, one thousand five hundred dollars; Berlin, Bremen, Chemnitz, Crefeld, Frankfort, Hamburg, Havre, Hongkong, Kanagawa. Lyons, Manchester, Mexico (city), Montreal, Barmen, and Vienna, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars. Halifax, six hundred and forty dollars; Belfast, one thousand dollars; Birmingham. Bradford, Marseilles, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; Bordeaux, Brussels. Calcutta, Colon, Dresden, Dundee, Glascow, Leipsic, Melbourne, Nuevo Laredo, Nuremberg, Panama, Port an Prince, Sheffield, Singapore, Sonneberg, Toronto, and Tunstall, at eight hundred dollars each, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; Kingston. Jamaica, eight hundred dollars; Maracaibo, eight hundred dollars; Ecuador, eight hunched dollars; Messina, Ottawa, Palermo, Saint Gall, Smyrna, and Tangier, at eight hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; Leith and Victoria, at six hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; Beirut, four hundred and eighty dollars; Piedras Negras, six hundred and forty dollars; Paso del Norte, six hundred and forty dollars; Aix la Chapelle, six hundred and forty dollars; Prague, four hundred and eighty dollars; Horgen, six hundred dollars; Berne, Demerara, Florence, Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, Naples, Stuttgart, and Zurich, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars;

Allowance for clerks at consulates, to be expended under the direction

Consulates not specified.

of the Secretary of State at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk hire, no greater portion of this sum than five hundred

Provisos.

dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one fiscal year: Provided, That the total sum expended in one year shall not exceed the

Lands.

amount appropriated: And provided further, That out of the amount hereby appropriated the Secretary of State may make such allowance

Interpreters.

as may to him seem proper to any interpreter for clerical services in addition to his pay as interpreter, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Total, ninety-three thousand dollars.

salaries, interpreters to consulates in china, korea, and japan. Interpreters to be employed at consulates in China, Korea, and

Interpreters.

Japan, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifteen thousand dollars. 233 expenses of interpreters, guards, and so forth, in turkish dominions and so forth. Interpreters and guards at the consulates in the Turkish Dominions

Interpreters, guards, etc.

and at Zanzibar, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars. salaries, marshalls for consular courts. Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, Japan, and Turkey

Marshals, consular courts.

nine thousand three hundred dollars. boat and crew for consul at osaka and hiogo. Boat for official use of the United States consul at Osaka and Hiogo,

Boat hire, Osaka and Hiogo.

and pay of boat’s crew, five hunched dollars. boat and crew for consul at hongkong. Boat for official use of United States consul at Hongkong, and for pay

Hongkong.

of boat’s crew, five hundred dollars. expenses of prisons for american convicts.

Expenses of a prison and prison-keeper, at the consulate-general in

Consular prisons.

Bangkok. Siam.

Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars.

Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts

Shanghai, China.

in China, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

Actual expense of renting a prison in Kanagawa for American convicts

Kanagawa, Japan.

in Japan, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China. Korea,

Keeping, etc., prisoners.

Provisos.

Japan. Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provided That no more than seventy-five cents per day for the

Maximum allowance.

keeping and feeding of each prisoner while actually confined shall be allowed or paid for any such keeping and feeding. This is not to be understood as covering cost of medical attendance and medicines when required by such prisoners: And provided further, That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and feeding of any prisoner who is able to pay, or does pay,

Self-supporting prisoners.

the above sum of seventy-five cents per day, and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case;

Rent of prison for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of

Rent, etc., prisons in Turkey.

keepers of the same, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars.

relief and protection of american seamen. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, or

Relief of American seamen.

so much thereof as may be necessary, fifty thousand dollars. foreign hospitals at panama. Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at Panama,

Foreign hospitals, Panama.

five 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 hospitals. 234 publication of consular and other commercial reports. Preparation, printing, publication, and distribution, by the Department

Publication, etc., consular reports.

of State, of the consular and other commercial reports, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, twenty thousand dollars. loss by exchange, consular service. Actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from

Loss by exchange, consular service.

the several consulates and consulates-general, four thousand dollars. contingent expenses, united states consulates. Expense of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other

Contingent expenses, consulates.

books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks, compensation of Chinese writers, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates, consular agencies, and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, July 16, 1892.

Chap. 198: to amend section seven of the act approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred. and eighty-eight, entitled •• An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska,” and for other purposes. Chapter 198 27 Stat. 234 1892-07-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 198.—

An Act to amend section seven of the act approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred. and eighty-eight, entitled •• An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska,” and for other purposes.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Missouri River.

Time extended for bridging, at Omaha, Nebr.

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That section seven of the act approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska,” is hereby amended so as to require said bridge to be completed within three years from the date of the approval of this act, and all the other provisions of said act are hereby revived and determined to be in full force and effect.

Approved, July 16, 1892.

Chap. 199: authorizing the Saint Joseph’s Church, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, to use the land quit-claimed to it by the United States for school purposes. Chapter 199 27 Stat. 234 1892-07-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 199.—

An Act authorizing the Saint Joseph’s Church, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, to use the land quit-claimed to it by the United States for school purposes.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Joseph’s Church. Baton Rouge. La.

May use land for cemetery purposes.

That Saint Joseph’s Church, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, be, and it is hereby, authorized to use the land quit claimed to said church by the terms of an act approved September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety (chapter eleven hundred and twenty-four, first session, Fifty-first Congress), for religious, school, or charitable purposes, in

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addition to the right to use the same for cemetery purposes, as expressed in the terms of the act aforesaid.

Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions

Repeal.

of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, July 16, 1892.

Chap. 201: to vest the title of public square eleven hundred and two. in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in the trustees of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and for other purposes. Chapter 201 27 Stat. 235 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 235

CHAP. 201.—

An act to vest the title of public square eleven hundred and two. in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in the trustees of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and for other purposes.

July 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Square 1102, District of Columbia.

Title to vest in trustees Fourth Street Methodist Church.

That whenever there shall have been a full compliance with the provisions of section two of this act, as evidenced by the certificate of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, all that tract of land situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and mentioned and described as public square numbered eleven hundred and two in the deed of conveyance bearing date December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, in liber W B, numbered thirteen, folio one hundred and ninety-two, and those that follow of the same date, from J. Elgar, United States commissioner of public buildings, by authority conferred upon him under the act of Congress approved April twenty-ninth,

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eighteen hundred and sixteen, to Israel Little. James Friend, Nathaniel Brady, Ambrose White, Patrick Kain, William Speiden, and George Adams, trustees of the Methodist Society at the Ebenezar Station, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, granted in fee simple to Theodore Sniffin, Robert W. Dunn, Edward F. Casey, Francis A. Belt. Thomas E. Trazzare, James T. Harrison, Maurice Otterback, Robert E. Cook, and Arthur A. Chapin, and their successors and assigns, trustees of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, the successor of and the same church organization as the Methodist Society at the Ebenezar Station in the said city, as and for the benefit of the said Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, freed from all the conditions and limitations mentioned in

Conditions repealed.

said deed of conveyance.

Sec. 2. That the said trustees last above mentioned, and their successors

Removal of dead,

and assigns, are hereby authorized and required, under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to remove, within twelve months from the approval of this act, the dead heretofore interred in any part of the said public square to some suitable public cemetery within the District of Columbia, at the expense of the said Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church Society.

Approved, July 18, 1892.

Chap. 205: granting to the County of Mariposa, in the State of California, the right of way for a free wagon road or turnpike across the Yosemite National Park, in said State. Chapter 205 27 Stat. 235 1892-07-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 205.—

An act granting to the County of Mariposa, in the State of California, the right of way for a free wagon road or turnpike across the Yosemite National Park, in said State.

July 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Yosemite Park, Cal.

Right of way across, granted to Mariposa County.

That there is hereby granted to the County of Mariposa, in the State of California, a right of way, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, on that portion of the Yosemite National Park, in said State, commencing near the southwest corner of said national park as now established and running from thence to the Merced River, thence across same to the western boundary line of the Yosemite Valley grant to a junction with the Coulterville road, for the

Free wagon road.

purpose of constructing a free wagon road or turnpike leading from the town of Mariposa, in said County and State, to the Yosemite Valley, upon the express condition that the said road shall be completed in five

Completion.

years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. That the United States shall in nowise be liable for any expense,

Nonliability of United States.

at any time, on account of the building of said free wagon road or turnpike, or for keeping the same in repair, and if the said road should be forfeited or abandoned, or cease to be free of toll, the land covered by the right of way shall revert to the United States if the

Reversion.

236 land over which it ran is kept for park purposes, or if sold, to the owners of the land through which the road runs, or whose property abuts the same.

Approved, July 19, 1892.

Chap. 206: making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 206 27 Stat. 236 1892-07-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 206.—

An act making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Naval service appropriations.

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 Gov eminent for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, and for other purposes:

pay of the navy.

Pay of the Navy.

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra pay to men re enlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the engineer’s force, for the Coast Survey Service and Fish Commission, seven thousand five hundred men and seven hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million three hundred thousand dollars.

Every navel cadet or cadet engineer who has heretofore graduated

Naval Academy graduates.

To be paid from graduation if commissioned in six months.

or may hereafter graduate from the Naval Academy, and who has been or may hereafter be commissioned within six months after such graduation an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, under the laws appointing such graduates to the Navy or Marine Corps, shall be allowed the pay of the grade in which he be may be so commissioned from the time fixed as the date of the completion of the academic course of six years by the members of his class to the date of his qualification and acceptance of his commission.

pay, miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, and tor 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; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners, and prisons and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery, and recording; expenses of purchasing paymasters’ offices of 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, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts. and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage, recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports, professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and classification 237 thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and forty thousand dollars.

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses

Contingent.

arising at home or 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 dollars.

bureau of navigation.

Bureau of Navigation.

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises

Gunnery exercises.

and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges; for hiring established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six thousand dollars.

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys, the publication

Ocean and lake surveys.

and care of the results thereof: the purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central and South America, fourteen thousand dollars.

Bounties for outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties

Apprentices’ bounties.

for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thou sand dollars.

Recruiting, transportation, and contingent Bureau of

Recruiting. transportation, etc.

Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval 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; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, forty thousand dollars.

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode

Naval Training Station.

Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improvements on buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon and attendance on same, eighteen thousand dollars.

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters

Naval War College.

Harbor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island and care of grounds for same, eight thousand dollars.

bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing,

Ordnance and ordnance stores.

preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, tools, and material, 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 ordnance and proving ground, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; proof of naval armament, ten thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thousand dollars;

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Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; boiler

New proving ground, Indian Head. Md.

and engine for new proving ground, fifteen thousand dollars; construction of a telegraph line from the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, to the naval ordnance proving ground at Indian Head, Maryland, and instruments for same, five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

Ordnance experiments and tests: For experimentation, making

Experiment and tests.

tests and development of torpedoes, projectiles, submarine guns, and other instruments of submarine warfare, and American armor, and for the use of nickel in armor, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to use one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may

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be necessary, to be taken from the appropriation of one million dollars appropriated by joint resolution of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the purchase of nickel ore or nickel matte.

To enable the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to manufacture

Manufacture of double-charge steel rifle.

at the Washington navy yard, after the approval of designs to be furnished by the inventor, one eight inch, fifty caliber, high-power steel rifle, wire-wrapped or built up and hooped, chambered to load with a primary and main charge insuring a progressive burning of the charge, and firing a high explosive projectile with great velocity, and to test

Testing.

the same; and tor such purpose the sum of fifty thousand dollars which was appropriated for testing three or more rapid fire, rapid twist one pounder, breech-loading guns and an equal number of the same type of three pounder guns and an equal number of the same type of

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thirty-two pounder guns, in the act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes, may be used; the Chief of Ordnance of the Navy Department, under the inventor’s designs, shall prepare necessary computations, plans, specifications, and working drawings of said gun and its ammunition, the expenses of which shall be paid out of the fifty thousand dollars herein provided for, and no part of such money shall be expended until the owners of the patents for said eight

Contract with inventor.

inch rifle and its ammunition shall contract, at such price as shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy, for the exclusive right on the part of the Government to manufacture by contract or otherwise such gun and ammunition without the payment of any royalty on the same, the option of the Government to make such contract to be exercised within a period to be fixed by said contract.

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance

Repairs.

buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars.

Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode

Torpedo station.

Island: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings and wharves; boats, instruction. instruments, tools, furniture, experiments and general torpedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars.

Naval Militia: For arms and equipment connected therewith for

Naval militia.

naval militia of various States under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, twenty five thousand dollars.

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items,

Contingent.

namely: Freight to foreign and home stations: advertising; 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; and incidental expenses attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars.

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil establishment

Civil establishment.

under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely:

Navy-yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer,

Portsmouth.

when required, five hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required,

Boston.

five hundred dollars;

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Navy-yard, New York; For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred

New York.

dollars;

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at twelve hundred dollars; two writers at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at nine hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two

Norfolk.

hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand

Mare Island.

and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Naval Torpedo Station. Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at

Torpedo station.

two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars;

In all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars: and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service.

bureau of equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and

Equipment of vessels.

ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steam launches; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on board ship, 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; foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, namely: signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding: lanterns and lamps, and their appendages for general use on board ship, for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal communications on board vessels of war, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Portsmouth,

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth.

New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars;

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope

Boston.

walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars;

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred

New York.

dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one store keeper, at nine hundred dollars;

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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one

League Island.

thousand two hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two

Norfolk.

hundred dollars each;

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand

Mare Island.

two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars;

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

thousand dollars;

In all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service.

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transportation

Contingent.

of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books, and models; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twelve thousand dollars.

bureau of yards and docks.

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of

Maintenance.

yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire engines; machinery; repairs on steam tire engines and attendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture tor Government houses and offices, in navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on tires, lights, tire engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. PUBLIC WORKS—NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS.

Public works. navy-yards and stations.

Navy-Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For coal pocket for

Portsmouth.

the storage of coal, six thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of boiler house for buildings numbered forty-five and forty-six, seven thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For quay wall extension of

New York.

cob dock, thirty thousand dollars; for opening a gate into the navy-yard at Sand’s Street, five thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Navy-Yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For extension of

League Island.

protection wall, twenty thousand dollars; for extension of light retaining wall, fifteen thousand dollars; for ripraps, Broad Street wharf, six thousand five hundred dollars; for branch sewer, two thousand one hundred dollars: in all, forty-three thousand six hundred dollars.

Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For repair of

Washington.

breech-mechanism shop, fifteen thousand dollars.

Navy-Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For floating gate for granite

Norfolk.

dock, twenty five thousand dollars; for coal shed, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars.

Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For the completion

Port Royal.

of dry dock at Port Royal, South Carolina, change of location of naval wharf, erection of office building, water closet, pay of superintendents and inspectors, necessary dredging, incidental expenses, unforeseen emergencies and contingent expenses, and for protection to 241 dry-dock entrance and wharf, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for officers’ quarters, five thousand dollars; telephone line, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars.

Navy-Yard, Mare Island, California: For one twelve-ton pillar

Mare Island.

wharf-crane, three thousand eight hundred dollars; for locomotive for yard use, four thousand dollars; for replanking wharves, three thousand dollars; for oil house for general storekeeper, eight thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars.

Repairs and Preservation at Navy Yards and Stations:

Repairs and preservation.

For repairs and preservation at navy yards and stations, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Total for public works for navy yards and stations, five hundred and eighty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars.

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent expenses

Contingent.

that may arise at navy yards and stations, fifteen thousand dollars.

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard,

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand

Portsmouth.

four hundred dollars; one mail messenger at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; one janitor at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars.

Navy Yard. Boston Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand

Boston.

four hundred dollars: one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one writer at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-six cents.

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand

New York.

four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, atone thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one electrician, to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and fifty cents.

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one shipkeeper,

Sacketts Harbor.

at three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum;

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thousand

League Island.

four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars.

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting and fire alarm, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars.

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Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four

Norfolk.

hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messenger at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents.

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two

Pensacola.

hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand

Mare Island.

four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifteen cents.

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one messenger, at six

Key West.

hundred dollars.

In all, sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and four cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such services.

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superintendent

Naval Home.

, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight waiters at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver at three handled and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and gas, two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty thousand dollars; total for Naval Home, seventy thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars; which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund.

new naval observatory.

Naval Observatory.

For approaches and grounds: Observatory lane: Grading, filling,

Approaches and grounds.

building culvert and retaining wall, and laying roadbed from Tennallytown road to new Naval Observatory, two thousand five hundred dollars; for asphalting road and footways, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand dollars.

New meridian circle: For one six-inch meridian circle, with mounting

Meridian circle.

collimators, reflection apparatus, reversing carriage, personal equation 243 apparatus, illumination, and all accessories, complete, ten thousand dollars. Removing Magnetic Observatory: For removal of magnetic buildings

Magnetic observatory.

and instruments from the old to the new observatory, and construction of new basements, three thousand five hundred dollars.

bureau of medicine and surgery.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in

Surgeons’ necessaries, etc.

commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several navy hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, fifty-five thousand dollars.

Naval Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals

Hospital fund.

at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars.

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight,

Contingent.

expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick and insane patients; care, transportation and burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and stationery; binding of unbound books and pamphlets; 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 repairs of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, sugeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations, and ships and rendezvous, and all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary

Repairs.

repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars.

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, hereafter to be called

bureau of supplies and accounts.

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For

Provisions.

provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for officers and naval cadets on sea duty, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men when unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commutation therefor to be given) and fresh water, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, for drinking and cooking purposes, one million dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, ninety thousand dollars; in all, one million and ninety thousand dollars.

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight

Contingent.

and express charges; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising; furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards; expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same; postage, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty thousand dollars. And section thirty-seven hundred and eighteen

Advertising for supplies.

of the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended by the 244 act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended

R. S., sec. 3718, p. 734 amended.

Vol. 26, p. 197.

Post. p. 721.

so as to read “twice a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, or once a week for four weeks, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy.”

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts:

Civil establishment.

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In

Portsmouth.

general storehouses: Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars;

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One

Boston.

bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars;

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection,

New York.

nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookeepers at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; one assistant receiving clerk at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one box maker at three dollars per diem; one engineer tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem;

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem;

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: One

League Island.

bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper at seven hundred and twenty dollars;

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; In general storehouse:

Washington.

one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars;

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One

Naval Academy.

bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars;

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse:

Torpedo station.

One clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars.

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two

Mare Island.

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two bookkeepers,

Norfolk.

at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant bookkeepers at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one bill clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 245 at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars;

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

In all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty two dollars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. And all laws now in force relating to the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing shall now and hereafter apply to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

And the provisions of section two of the naval appropriation act approved

Shore duty.

Orders, need not state duration.

Vol. 22, p. 481.

March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be so modified that hereafter orders of the Secretary of the Navy employing officers on shore duty shall state that such employment is required by the public interests, but need not state the duration of such service.

bureau of construction and repair.

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

Construction and Repair of Vessels: For preservation and

Preservation, repair, etc., of vessels.

completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers; steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, four thousand dollars of which may be used to purchase the right to manufacture and use the “Wellman improved

Wellman improved bushings.

bushings for sheaves,” patented under letters patent Numbered three hundred and three thousand seven hundred and seventy of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty four: Provided, That no part

Provisos.

of this sum shall be applied to repairs of any wooden ship when the

Limit of repairs, wooden ships.

estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a newship of the same size and like material: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kearsarge, or to

“Hartford” and “Kearsarge.”

Vessels in foreign waters, etc.

order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home.

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair:

Civil establishment.

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Portsmouth.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each;

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Boston.

at one thousand four hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor,

New York.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: for one clerk to naval

League Island.

constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to naval

Washington.

constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at

Norfolk.

one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each;

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and

Pensacola.

seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents;

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Mare Island.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 246 thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service.

bureau of steam engineering.

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of

Completion of machinery, etc.

machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and launches, four hundred thousand dollars.

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores,

Materials, etc

purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and forty thousand dollars.

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau,

Incidental expences.

such as foreign postage, telegrams advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars: in all, six

Provisos.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said

Limit of repairs, wooden ships.

sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same character and power, nor shall new boilers be constructed for wooden ships: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kearsage, or to order

“Hartford” and “Kearsarge.”

repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of ships

Vessels in foreign waters, etc.

damaged in foreign waters or on the. high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home.

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies,

Contingent.

drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thousand dollars.

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For necessary tools and

League Island.

machinery to put the yard in condition to do ordinary repair work,

Tools, etc.

twenty-five thousand dollars.

Civil establishment. Bureau of Steam Engineering Navy-yard,

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department,

Portsmouth.

at one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department at one

New York.

thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; messenger at six hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department,

League Island.

at one thousand two hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one thousand

Norfolk.

three hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dollars;

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida; For writer, at one thousand dollars;

Pensacola.

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California; For clerk to department, at one

Mare Island.

thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars;

In all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service.

naval academy.

Naval Academy.

Pay of Professors and Others, Naval Academy: For one professor

Pay of professors and others.

of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), namely, one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant professors, namely, one of English studies, history and law, three of French, 247 and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, one sword master, at one thousand live hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, to the Superintendent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and one at one thousand dollars, respectively; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred and thirty dollars, one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine, dollars, and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in 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, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one

Band.

bandmaster, at five hundred 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; pay of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars:

In all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars.

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as authorized

Special training, naval cadets.

Vol. 22, p. 285.

by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five thousand dollars.

Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and Others, Naval Academy:

Watchmen, mechanics, etc.

For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety five cents; one attendant in purifying house of the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem;

In all forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents.

Pay of Steam Employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics

Employees, steam engineering.

and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents.

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs

Repairs, etc.

of public buildings pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and fixtures, twenty one thousand dollars.

Heating and Lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating

Fuel and lights.

and lighting the Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dollars.

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses Naval Academy:

Contingent expenses.

Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, and text books, for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy,

Board of Visitors.

being mileage and five dollars per diem, for each member for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand five hundred dollars: purchase of chemicals, apparatus and instruments in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars: purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy 248 freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms for the, bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of team, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the department of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars.

In all, forty one thousand eight hundred dollars.

marine corps

Marine Corps.

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one

Pay of officers, active list

colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general, United States Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred dollars.

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieutenant-colonels,

Retired officers.

one quartermaster, one assistant quartermaster, six captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, forty thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one

Enlisted men.

sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 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 six hundred privates, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant major, one drum-major,

Retired enlisted men.

two first class musicians, seven first sergeants, eleven sergeants, one corporal, two drummers, one filer, and thirty-four privates, nineteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-dollars.

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing

Undrawn clothing.

undrawn,

Proviso.

No other fund to he used.

Mileage.

twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose.

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without troops, nine thousand dollars.

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers

Civil force.

on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thousand dollars.

Pay to civil Force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one

Commutation of quarters.

chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty-eight cents;

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents;

In the office of the paymaster: one chief clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents;

In the office of the quartermaster: one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty two cents; One clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents;

In the Office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem;

In the Office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of Columbia: one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all for pay to civil force, seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety-three 249 dollars and thirty-five cents, and the money herein specifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred noncommissioned

Provisions.

Officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation for rations to eleven enlisted men, detailed as clerks and messengers, also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, sixty-seven thousand dollars, and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. For Amount required to be transferred to paymaster Marine Corps, on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents each per annum, four thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents.

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred noncommissioned

Clothing.

officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters,

Fuel.

for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to officers. nineteen thousand five hundred dollars.

Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at

Military stores.

three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each, per day; in all, three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents; for purchase of military equipments, such as catridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knap sacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, and good conduct badges, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents.

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transportation

Transportation and recruiting.

of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, fourteen thousand dollars.

For repair of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Boston,

Repair of barracks.

Massachusetts; Brooklin, New York: League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia: Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; Port Royal, South Carolina; and Sitka, Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars.

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing supplies,

Rent.

and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one thousand three hundred dollars.

For erection of a building for marine barracks at naval station, Port

Barracks, Port Royal. S. C.

Royal. South Carolina; appropriation to be immediately available, three thousand dollars; and no part of this appropriation shall be used until a contract shall have been made for the completion of said barracks within the same.

For sanitary improvements at the Marine barracks, navy-yard, Mare. Island, California, five thousand two hundred and twelve dollars.

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the

Forage.

Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers

Hire of quarters.

serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed 250 by the United States, to accommodate them, four thousand five hundred dollars;

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s, and quartermaster’s offices, Washington District of Columbia, and assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty-one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars;

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars;

In all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars;

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage,

Contingent.

funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks, packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchaise and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicine for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, purchase, and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates, purchase of ice, towels and soap for offices, postage stamps for foreign postage, purchase of books, newspapers and periodicals, improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain and water pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and maintenance of electric lights, straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various posts, furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

International naval rendezvous and review: Toward the

International naval rendezvous.

expenses of the international naval rendezvous and review, as

Vol. 26, p. 63.

provided in section eight of the act creating the Worlds Columbian Exposition, including pay and drill of seamen temporarily enlisted and used for said review in addition to the regular number of enlisted men and

Reproduction of fleet of Columbus.

including the construction by the Secretary of the Navy of reproductions in Spain of two of the caravels, the Pinta and the Nina, which composed the fleet of Columbus on his voyage of discovery, to be taken after the review to Chicago as a part of the Government exhibit, fifty thousand dollars.

increase of the navy.

Increase of the Navy.

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have

One armored cruiser.

constructed, by contract, one armored cruiser of about eight thousand tons displacement of the general type of armored cruiser numbered two

Cost.

(New York), to cost, exclusive of armament, not more than three million five hundred thousand dollars, excluding any premium that may be paid for increased speed and the cost of armament. The contract for the construction of said cruiser shall contain provisions to the effect that the contractor guarantees that when competed and tested for

Minimum speed.

speed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy Department, it shall exhibit a speed of at least twenty knots per hour; and for every quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guaranteed speed the contractor shall receive a premium over and above the contract price

Premiums and penalties.

of fifty thousand dollars; and for every quarter knot that such vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted from 251 the contract price the sum of fifty thousand dollars; In the construction

Construction.

Vol. 24, p. 215.

of said vessel all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval establishment,” as to material for said vessel, its engines, boilers, and machinery, the contract under which it is built, the notice of and proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contract, shall be observed and followed, and said vessel shall be built incompliance with the terms of said act, save that in all its parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture.

Domestic manufacture.

To be built at navy-yard if no reasonable contract can be made.

If the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract at reasonable prices for the building of said vessel, then he may build such vessel in such navy-yard as lie may designate.

Also one seagoing coastline battle ship, designed to carry the

Ono seagoing coastline battle ship.

heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance, with a displacement of about nine thousand tons, to have the highest practicable speed for vessels of its class, and to cost, exclusive of armament and of any premiums

Cost.

that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding four million dollars.

And in the construction of said battle ship, the provisions of the act

Construction.

Vol. 24, p. 215.

of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” shall be observed and followed in the same manner that the provisions of said act are applied to the construction of the armored cruiser herein authorized; and in the contracts for the construction of said battle ship, such provisions for minimum speed and for premiums for increased speed and penalties for deficient

Speed penalties and premiums.

speed may be made, subject to the terms of this act, as in the discretion of the Secretary of the, Navy may be deemed advisable.

under the bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

Armament And Armor: Toward the armament and armor or

Armament and armor.

Vol. 24, p. 215.

domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by section three of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 24, p. 593.

eighty-seven; of the vessels authorized by the act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; of the vessels authorized

Vol. 25, p. 472.

Vol. 25. p. 824.

Vol. 20, p. 205.

Vol. 26, p. 814.

by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those authorized by the acts of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and this act, including the purchase and installation of new machinery for the breech-mechanism

Machinery.

shop at the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, and torpedo

Torpedo outfits.

outfits for the Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago, two million dollars. under the bureau of equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

Equipment of new vessels of the Navy: Toward the completion

Equipment of new vessels.

of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore authorized by Congress, four hundred thousand dollars. under the bureau of yards and docks.

Bureau of and Docks.

Traveling cranes: For one traveling crane of forty tons capacity,

Mare Island.

for dry docks at Mare Island, California, navy-yard, sixty thousand

Traveling crane.

dollars.

Construction and steam machinery: Toward the construction

Construction and steam machinery.

and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized by Congress, with their engines, boilers and machinery, and for the payment of premiums for increased speed or horse power under contracts

Speed premiums.

now existing and to be made under this and other acts for increase of the Navy, seven million dollars: Provided, That no contract for the

Proviso.

purchase of gun steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made

Steel to be advertised for.

until the subject-matter of the same shall have been submitted to public competition by the Department by advertisement.

Approved, July 19, 1892.

Chap. 208: to provide for holding terms of court in the district of Montana. Chapter 208 27 Stat. 252 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 252

CHAP. 208.—

An act to provide for holding terms of court in the district of Montana.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Montana judicial district.

Southern division established.

That the territory embraced within the following counties in the district of Montana, to wit: Beaver-head County, Madison County, and the county of Silver Bow shall hereafter constitute and be known as the southern division of the district of Montana, and regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the

Terms at Butte City.

United States for said district may be held at Butte City, Montana, on the first Tuesday in February and the first Tuesday in September of

Jurisdiction.

each year; and the said courts so sitting at Butte shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction and authority in all civil actions, pleas, or proceedings, and in all prosecutions, informations, indictments, or other criminal or penal proceedings conferred by the general laws on the district and circuit courts of the United States; and where one or more defendants in any civil cause shall reside in said division, and one or more defendants to such cause shall reside out of said division, but in said district, then the plaintiff may institute his action either in the court having jurisdiction over the latter or in the said division. That this act shall not affect the jurisdiction, power, and authority of the

Pending actions not affected.

court as to actions, prosecutions, and proceedings already begun and pending in said district, but the same will proceed as though this act had not been passed, except that the court shall have power, which it may exercise at discretion, to transfer to the court in said division such of said pending actions, prosecutions, and proceedings as might properly be begun therein under the provisions of this act.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 209: providing when plaintiff may sue as a poor person and when counsel shall be assigned by the court. Chapter 209 27 Stat. 252 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 209.—

An act providing when plaintiff may sue as a poor person and when counsel shall be assigned by the court.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

United States courts.

That any citizen of the United States, entitled to commence any suit or action in any court of the

Entering units without paying costs.

United States, may commence and prosecute to conclusion any such suit or action without being required to prepay fees or costs, or give security therefor before, or after bringing suit or action, upon filing in

Affidavit of poverty.

said court a statement under oath, in writing, that, because of his poverty, he is unable to pay the costs of said suit or action which he is about to commence, or to give security for the same, and that he believes he is entitled to the redress he seeks by such suitor action, and setting forth briefly the nature of his alleged cause of action.

Sec. 2. That after any such suit or action shall have been brought,

Affidavit when demand for fees, etc., is made.

or that is now pending, the plaintiff may answer and avoid a demand for fees or security for costs by filing a like affidavit, and wilful false swearing in any affidavit provided for in this or the previous section, shall be punishable as perjury is in other cases.

Sec. 3. That the officers of court shall issue, serve all process, and

Process, etc., to issue.

perform all duties in such cases, and witnesses shall attend as in other cases, and the plaintiff shall have the same remedies as are provided by law in other cases.

Sec. 4. That the court may request any attorney of the court to

Assignment of counsel.

represent such poor person, if it deems the cause worthy of a trial, and may dismiss any such cause so brought under this act if it be made to appear that the allegation of poverty is. untrue, or if said court be satisfied that the alleged cause of action is frivolous or malicious.

Sec. 5. That judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion

Costs on judgment.

Proviso.

Nonliability of United States.

of the suit as in other cases: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable for any of the costs thus incurred.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 214: granting the right of way to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company over and through the public lands of the United States in the States of Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, and Tennessee, and granting the right of way to said Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida. Chapter 214 27 Stat. 253 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 253

CHAP. 214.—

An act granting the right of way to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company over and through the public lands of the United States in the States of Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, and Tennessee, and granting the right of way to said Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mexican Gulf. Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company granted right of way through public lands in Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Pensacola.

That the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, is hereby granted the right of way, one hundred feet in width, through the lands belonging to the United States in the States of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and through the reservations lying near Pensacola, in the State of Florida, known as the naval and military reservations. The said The Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company is hereby granted also the privilege and authority to use such timber,

Use of timber, etc.

gravel, stone, and all materials within the said right of way through lands belonging to the United States, except said naval and military reservations, as may be necessary in the construction and operation of the said The Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad.

Sec. 2. That the line and location of the right of way to the said

Location through reservations, Pensacola to be approved by Secretaries of War and Navy.

The Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company through the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, shall be subject to the approval and under the control of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War: Provided, That the said railroad company,

Proviso.

on notification by the Secretaries of the Navy and War, shall, within a

Track to navy-yard.

reasonable time thereafter, construct, maintain, and operate at its own expense a spur track or tracks to enter into and be located at such place or places within the present limits of the navy-yard inclosure on said reservation as may be designated by the Secretary of the Navy: And provided further,

Coaling station.

That the Secretaries of the Navy and War be, and are hereby, authorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accommodation of its general traffic and the maintenance of a coaling station, of so much of the land and water front of the said reservation lying west of and outside the present navy-yard inclosure as in their judgment will not be required for naval or army purposes, and as will not be a hindrance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation and not to exceed in any one case three hundred feet of water front, which width may extend back along the line of said road not more than one thousand feet; the value of the use of land to be appraised by a board of naval officers, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy: And provided further,

Damages.

That said company shall reimburse the residents of said reservation for any damages to their property or tenements caused by the construction, excavation, or operation of said road, such damage in all cases to be fixed by the said board: And provided further,

Regulation.

That the right of way and other privileges granted in this section shall be subject to the regulation and control of the said Secretaries, and shall be inoperative, null, and void unless the said railroad company shall complete the construction of and have in use its tracks within two years from the date of the passage of this act.

Sec. 3. That the Secretaries of the Navy and War may, at any time

Removal of structures.

they shall deem it necessary for the public good, cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the structures hereby permitted on the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, without liability for damages; and the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any

Structures to be approved by Secretaries of War and Navy.

residences on said reservation, nor shall it erect any structures of any kind thereon, except such as the Secretaries of the Navy and War shall approve; and all approvals in this act required shall be in writing.

Sec. 4. That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, or

Amendment, etc.

repeal this act, in whole or in part, without any liability on the part of the United States for any damages or losses sustained by said company.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 215: to extend the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the ports of Bangor and Vanceboro, Maine. Chapter 215 27 Stat. 254 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 254

CHAP. 215.—

An act to extend the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the ports of Bangor and Vanceboro, Maine.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bangor and Vanceboro, Me.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 173, 174.

That the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the 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, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the ports of Bangor and Vanceboro, in the district of Bangor, State of Maine.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 216: authorizing the Leonard Avenue Street Railway Company to lay tracks upon certain streets abutting United States Military reservation in the City of Columbus, Ohio. Chapter 216 27 Stat. 254 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 216.—

An act authorizing the Leonard Avenue Street Railway Company to lay tracks upon certain streets abutting United States Military reservation in the City of Columbus, Ohio.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Columbus, Ohio.

Consent of United States to laying street railroad.

That the Leonard Avenue Street Railway Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, is hereby granted consent to construct a single or double track street railway on Cleveland avenue, and on Buckingham street, and on Jefferson avenue, in the city of Columbus, Ohio, wherever said avenues and street abut upon the military reservation now known as Columbus Barracks, and located in the said city of Columbus, Ohio. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to sign such consent as may be required by the laws of Ohio, on behalf of the Government of the United States, to authorize the construction of said street railroad in and upon said avenues and street.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 227: fixing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia. Chapter 227 27 Stat. 254 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 227.—

An act fixing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

West Virginia judicial district.

Terms of court.

That hereafter the circuit and district courts of the district of West Virginia shall be held each year, at Wheeling, on the first day of April and the twentieth day of

R. S., sec. 572, 658, pp. 101, 123.

Vol. 20, pp. 27, 259; Vol. 25, p. 151.

Ante p. 14.

September; at Clarksburg, on the fifteenth day of April and the first day of October; at Martinsburg, on the fifteenth day of October; at Charleston, on the first day of May and the tenth day of November; and that the circuit court shall be held at Parkersburg on the tenth day of January and the tenth day of June.

Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are herein repealed.

Approved, July 22, 1892.

Chap. 228: regulating the construction of buildings along alleyways in the District of Columbia. Chapter 228 27 Stat. 254 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 228.—

An act regulating the construction of buildings along alleyways in the District of Columbia.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alleys. District of Columbia.

Regulation of dwellings in.

That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to erect or place a dwelling house on or along any alley in the District of Columbia where such alley is less than thirty feet wide and is not supplied with sewerage,

Proviso.

Width of roadway, etc.

watermains, and light: Provided, That no dwelling house hereafter erected or placed in any alley shall in any case be located less than twenty feet back clear of the center line of such alley, so as to give at least a thirty-foot roadway and five feet on each side of such roadway clear for a walk 255 or footway, and that it shall be unlawful to erect or place a dwelling-house on or along any alley which does not run straight to, and open at right angles upon, one of the public streets bordering the square in which such alley is located, with at least one exit fifteen feet in the clear.

Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of

Repeal.

this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 22, 1892.

Chap. 229: to establish weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay islands in Lake Huron. Chapter 229 27 Stat. 255 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 229.—

An act to establish weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay islands in Lake Huron.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Weather Bureau.

That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not

Appropriation for stations, Lake Huron.

otherwise appropriated, or so much of the same as may be necessary, for the establishment of weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay islands in Lake Huron, the said sum to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture in fitting up proper stations, with necessary appliances, on the said islands, and in establishing telegraphic

Telegraph to Alpena, Mich.

communication between Alpena, Michigan, and the said islands.

Approved, July 22, 1892.

Chap. 230: to provide for the opening of Alleys in the District 01 Columbia. Chapter 230 27 Stat. 255 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 230.—

An act to provide for the opening of Alleys in the District 01 Columbia.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alleys, District of Columbia.

Commissioners may open, etc.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to condemn, open, extend, widen, or straighten alleys in the District of Columbia upon the presentation to them of the plat of the alley to be condemned, opened, widened, extended, or straightened, accompanied by a petition

Upon petition of adjoining owners.

of the owners of more than one-half of the real estate in the square in which such alley is sought to be opened, widened, extended, or straightened, or when the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall

To preserve peace, etc.

certify that the preservation of peace, good order, and public morals require that any such alley should be opened, extended, widened, or straightened; or when the health officer of said District shall certify

For public health.

that such opening, extension, widening, or straightening of an alley is necessary for the public, health: Provided, That in the opening, extension,

Proviso.

Closing alleys or parts.

widening, or straightening of an alley it shall be lawful to close any original alley, or part of an original alley, the fee of which is in the United States, which may thereby become useless or unnecessary; and that it shall also, in like manner, be lawful to close any other alleys or parts of alleys, the title thereto to revert to the person or persons who dedicated the same for alley purposes, or to their assigns.

Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the surveyor of said District, as

Surveyor to prepare plats.

soon as may be thereafter, to distinctly mark off such alley in the manner in which it may be designated in the petition therefor and make out triplicate plats of such alley showing its courses and boundaries and the quantity in square feet which may be taken from the lots or parts of lots in the square by the opening, extending, widening, or straightening thereof, and showing also the alley or part of alley to be

Disposal.

closed, if any, and the lots or parts of lots to which the land contained in such closed alley is to be annexed; one of which plats shall be deposited with the recorder of deeds of said District to be filed amongst the records of his office, another kept in the office of the surveyor of said District, and one filed in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

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Sec. 3. That in the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of

Hale of land reverting to United States.

an alley as herein provided for it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close any alley or part of an alley thereby rendered useless or unnecessary, the fee to which is in the United States, by entering into an agreement with the owners of the lots or parts of lots contiguous thereto for the purchase by them of the land contained in said alley sought to be closed, at a price to be agreed upon by the said Commissioners and said owners, which price shall not be less per square foot than the assessed value per square foot of the contiguous lots; said agreements to be in duplicate, one of which shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds and the other in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the sums so agreed to

Payment.

be paid shall be assessed severally against the lots or parts of lots to which the land so purchased shall be annexed, such assessments to bear interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum until paid, and shall

Proviso.

be collected as other taxes are collected: Provided, however, That the

Sale to others than abutting owner.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, sell and convey the land contained in the alley to be closed for cash to any person or persons. That the Commissioners of the District of

Closing alley where fee is in private person.

Columbia may, in the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of an alley, close an alley, or part of an alley, the fee to which is not in the United States, prodded the owners of all the lots or parts of lots abutting thereon and the party or parties holding the fee title to the land contained in the alley to be closed shall first sign and file a petition therefor, in duplicate, together with a plat thereof, in duplicate, as provided by the first section of this act, one copy of which shall be filed with the recorder of deeds and the other in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 4. That upon the filing of such plat by the surveyor in the office

Jury to assess damages.

of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as aforesaid, the said Commissioners shall make an application in writing to the marshal of the District of Columbia to summon and impanel a jury of twelve citizens who have no interest in the real estate mentioned in the said petition (and it is hereby made his duty to summon and impanel the same in all such eases upon application to him in writing by said Commissioners), and who, having first taken and subscribed an oath in writing to discharge the duty imposed upon them by the provisions of this act justly and impartially, shall proceed to ascertain and appraise the damages which may accrue to the real estate of any person or persons by the opening, extending, widening, or straightening of such alley, which shall be the value of the land at the time of the taking, and they

Statement.

shall make and file a statement in writing, signed by them, of the damages so ascertained and appraised, in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and a duplicate of said statement in the office of the recorder of deeds for the said district, and the amount thereof shall be paid to the persons respectively entitled thereto by said District of Columbia, out of any funds available therefor; and all such alleys or extensions, widenings, or straightenings shall thereafter be kept open and free for public use.

Sec. 5. That the said jury shall apportion an amount equal to the

Expenses to be assessed on lots benefited.

amount of said damages so ascertained and appraised as aforesaid, including six dollars for the services of said marshal and sixty dollars for the services of said jury, according as each lot or part of a lot of land in such square may be benefited by the opening, widening, extending,

Proviso.

or straightening such alley: Provided, however, That

Deduction for sales.

in cases provided for in section two of this act the sums paid or agreed to be paid for the land contained in any alley or part of alley to be closed, shall first be deducted from the amount of benefits so to be assessed; and they shall make due return of such apportionment to the recorder of deeds and to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in which they shall designate each lot or part of a lot of land in such square so benefited,

Collection of assessment.

and the amount so apportioned to each, respectively; and, in ease of 257 failure to pay the amount so apportioned, it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes to levy a tax upon each said lot or part of a lot of land, in accordance with such apportionment, and to collect the same as other taxes upon real estate are collected; and said assessment shall bear interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum until paid.

Sec. 6. That the said marshal shall give or cause to be given at least

Notice to owners of land in the square.

ten days’ writtin or printed notice of the time and place of the meeting of such jurors for the purposes aforesaid to each proprietor of land in the square designated as the location of such alley. If the proprietor be a resident of the District of Columbia the notice shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to him or her personally, or leaving it at the usual residence with some person over ten years of age. If the proprietor be a nonresident the notice shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to his or their tenant or agent, or depositing it in the post-office at Washington City, inclosed in a postpaid envelope, which shall be addressed to the proprietor at his or her post-office address. If the proprietor or proprietors be under twenty-one years of age the notice shall be served as hereinbefore provided upon the guardian or parent of such minor or minors. A return of such service and the manner

Return.

thereof shall be made by the marshal to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall be filed among the records of said District.

Sec. 7. That all alleys opened or extended in the City of Washington

Existing alleys legalized.

since June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, under an ordinance of the late corporation of Washington approved November fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, are hereby made valid: Provided,

Proviso.

That nothing in this act shall affect the rights of parties to suits

Pending suits.

now pending in such eases.

Sec. 8. That all alleys or parts of alleys heretofore closed by subdivision,

Alleys closed.

with the approval of the Commissioners, shall remain unaffected by this bill.

Sec. 9. If any moneys from the sale of land in which the United

Disposal of proceeds.

States is interested shall remain after carrying out the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, such moneys shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 10. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

hereof are hereby repealed

Approved, July 22, 1892.

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CHAP. 231.—

An act to fix the compensation of keepers and crews of lifesaving stations.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Life-Saving Service.

That hereafter the compensation of the keepers of lifesaving stations shall be at the rate of nine

Pay of keepers and crews.

hundred dollars per annum, each, except that of keepers of stations known as houses of refuge, which shall be at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum, each, and the compensation of the members of the crews of the stations, during the time the stations are manned, shall be at the rate of sixty-five dollars per month, each.

Approved, July 22, 1892.

Chap. 233: making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes. Chapter 233 27 Stat. 257 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 233.—

An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fortifications appropriations.

That the sums of money herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any 258 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely:

Gun and Mortar Batteries: For construction of gun and mortar

Gun and mortar batteries.

batteries, five hundred thousand dollars.

Sites for fortifications and seacoast defenses: For the

Sites.

procurement of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of work for fortifications and coast defenses, five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Preservation and repair of fortifications: For the protection,

Preservation, etc.

preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, sixty thousand dollars.

For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.

Plans.

Armament of fortifications: For finishing and assembling of

Armament.

eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch seacoast guns

Seacoast guns, Army gun factory.

at the army gun factory, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under

Seacoast guns made by contract.

Vol. 26, pp. 319, 770.

the provisions of the fortifications acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, fifty-three thousand dollars. For necessary expenses, other than for powder and projectiles, incident

Tests of guns made by contract.

to the test and inspection of the twenty-five eight inch, fifty ten-inch, and twenty-five twelve-inch guns provided under the fortifications

Vol. 26. pp. 319. 770.

acts of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and as provided for by said act, ten thousand dollars. For steel field guns of three and two-tenths inch caliber, twenty-five

Steel field guns.

thousand dollars. For carriages for field-gun batteries, thirty thousand dollars.

Carriages.

For steel siege breech-loading rifles of five-inch caliber, thirty-five

Siege breech-loading rifles.

thousand dollars. For steel siege breech-loading howitzers of seven-inch caliber, thirty-five

Steel breech-loading howitzers.

thousand dollars. For carriages for siege breech-loading rifles of five-inch caliber, thirty

Carriages.

thousand dollars. For carriages for siege breech-loading howitzers of seven-inch caliber, thirty-five thousand dollars. For alteration of existing carriages for ten-inch and fifteen-inch

Altering carnages.

smoothbore guns to adapt them to present service conditions, fifty thousand dollars. For sights for cannon, and for fuses, five thousand dollars.

Sights and fuses.

For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets, for the manufacture

Inspecting instruments.

of cannon and projectiles, three thousand dollars. For powder for issue to service, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Powder.

For projectiles for issue to the service, thirty thousand dollars.

Projectiles.

For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and

Powder, etc., for proofs.

twelve-inch guns, twenty thousand dollars. For steel deck piercing shell for twelve-inch breech-loading mortars,

Steel shells.

thirty thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of steel plates for the test of deck-piercing

Steel plates fortests.

shell, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For steel armor piercing shot for breech loading seacoast guns,

Steel shot.

fifty thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor piercing

Armor plates for tests.

projectiles, sixteen thousand dollars.

That the President is hereby authorized to appoint a board, to consist

Commission to report on site for gun-plant, etc., Pacific Coast.

of three officers of the Army and three officers of the Navy, who shall examine and report to the Secretary of War for transmission to Congress for its consideration what, in their opinion, is the most suitable site on the Pacific Coast or on the rivers or other waters thereof, for the erection of a plant for finishing and assembling the parts of heavy guns and other ordnance for the use of the Army and Navy. 259 That for the payment of the necessary expenses of the board to be appointed under the foregoing provisions the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to procure, by purchase or manufacture, the following, namely:

Machine tools and fixtures adapted to the manufacture of steel seacoast

Watervliet Arsenal.

cannon, to complete the equipment of the south wing of the army

Tools, etc., to make steel seacoast cannon

gun factory, Watervliet Arsenal. West Troy, New York, the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred dollars; steel breech-loading rifled seacoast mortars of twelve inch

Mortars.

caliber, the cost of which shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; oil tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast-defence

Steel for guns.

guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, in quality and dimension conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of the manufacture, and including all the parts of each caliber, the cost of which shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars; carriages for breech-loading rifled mortars of twelve-inch caliber, two

Carriages, breech-loading mortars, and guns.

hundred thousand dollars; carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, three hundred thousand dollars, amounting in all to one million seven hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than five hundred

Proviso.

Limit for present year.

and seventy thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended for these objects during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which sum of five hundred and seventy thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For paving the highway to the extent of the arsenal frontage at the

Watervliet Arsenal.

Watervliet Arsenal, the sum

Paving.

of fifteen thousand dollars.

For defraying expenses incurred in procuring expert opinions on large

Expert opinions on lathes.

lathes for army gun factory, the sum of five hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty-three cents is hereby reappropriated, for the object

Reappropriation.

herein stated, from the sum of two hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars appropriated by the act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 769.

hundred and ninety-one, for machinery, tools, power plant, and fixtures and for the equipment of the south wing of the army gun factory.

Proving Ground Sandy Hook, New Jersey.—For current expenses

Sandy Hookproving ground.

Maintenance, etc.

and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including general repairs and alterations, and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, cleaning and grading ranges, twenty-two thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of War, in bis discretion, to purchase the

Additional land.

land adjoining the Government reservation at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. now belonging to the grantees of the Highland Beach Association of New Jersey, together with the right of way from said land to the

Right of way, etc.

main line of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, together with the rails, ties, switches, and all the railroad equipment on said lands, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the necessary expenses of ordnance officers while temporarily

Expenses of officers, etc.

employed at the proving ground and absent from their proper stations, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, nine thousand five hundred dollars.

For one steam engine and boiler, two thousand dollars.

Engine, machinery, trucks, etc.

For woodworking machinery, to increase the capacity of carpenter shop, one thousand dollars.

260

For two railway tracks of thirty tons capacity, seven hundred dollars.

For the purchase of railroad tracks, sidings, frogs, and switches

Railroad tracks, etc.

(about six miles of track in all), belonging to railroad companies, and now on the United States reservation at Sandy Hook, and for altering, relaying, and repairing the same, for Government use by the Ordnance Department, United States Army, at the United States Proving Ground at Sandy Hook, twenty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the Secretary of War is hereby empowered to purchase from the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, or other owners of said tracks, so much of said tracks as he may deem desirable and advantageous to the United States, and provided that the tracks can be purchased at satisfactory prices.

Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For enlargement

Watertown Arsenal, Mass.

Gun-carriage plant.

and improvement of the heavy gun-carriage plant at Water-town Arsenal. Watertown, Massachusetts, one hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars.

For fitting up new carpenter and pattern shop, moving and setting

New shop.

up machinery and shaftings, including new machines required, nine thousand four hundred dollars.

For the following, to be expended under the direct supervision of the

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

Board of Ordnance and Fortification, created by the fortifications appropriation act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 489.

and eighty-eight, and in the manner prescribed by said act. namely:

Board of Ordnance and Fortification: To enable the board to

Purchases, tests, etc.

make all needful and proper purchases, experiments and tests to ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured under authority of the Secretary of War. such guns, carriages, armor plates, and other war materials and articles as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary

Vol. 25, p. 489.

in the proper discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the act approved September twenty-second, eighteen-hundred and eighty-eight;

Civilian member.

to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and

Vol. 20. p. 769.

Fortification provided by the act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen

Expenses.

hundred and ninety-one. and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said act; for payment of the necessary expenses of the Board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon when employed on duty away from his permanent station of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns and carriages procured in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.

That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this act

Purchases to be of American manufacture.

Exception.

shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 234: to amend sections twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-one hundred and forty, and twenty-one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes touching the sale of intoxicants in the Indian country, and for other purposes. Chapter 234 27 Stat. 260 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 234.—

An act to amend sections twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-one hundred and forty, and twenty-one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes touching the sale of intoxicants in the Indian country, and for other purposes.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indians.

R. S., sec. 2139, p. 373.

Introduction of intoxicating liquors in Indian country forbidden.

That section twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised Statutes be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 2139. No ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquor or liquors of whatever kind shall be introduced, under any pretense, 261 into the Indian country. Every person who sells, exchanges, gives, barters, or disposes of any ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating

Penalty.

liquors of any kind to any Indian under charge of any Indian superintendent or agent, or introduces or attempts to introduce any ardent spirits, ale, wine, beer, or intoxicating liquor of any kind into the Indian country shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, and by tine of not more than three hundred dollars for each offense. But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing

Authority from War Department.

or attempting to introduce ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors into the Indian country that the acts charged were done under authority in writing from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department. All complaints for

Complaints.

the arrest of any person or persons made for violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be made in the county where the offense shall have been committed, or if committed upon or within any reservation not included in any county, then in any county adjoining such reservation. and, if in the Indian Territory, before the United States court commissioner, or commissioner of the circuit court of the United States residing nearest the place where the offense was committed, who is not for any reason disqualified: but in all cases such arrests shall be made

Arrests.

before any United States court commissioner residing in such adjoining county, or before any magistrate or judicial officer authorized by the laws of the State in which such reservation is located to issue warrants for the arrest and examination of offenders by section ten hundred

R. S., sec. 1014, p. 189.

and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States. And all persons so arrested shall, unless discharged upon examination, be

Trial.

held to answer and stand trial before the court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense.”

Approved, July 23, 1892.

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CHAP. 235.—

An act to provide for a May term of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of South Carolina.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

South Carolina eastern judicial district.

That there shall be a term of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of South Carolina, to be holden on the first. Monday in May in each year, in the

Term at Charleston.

city of Charleston, which term shall be in lien of the term now Provided

Vol. 26, p. 71.

by law for the first Monday in April in each year.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 236: to amend “An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Chapter 236 27 Stat. 261 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 236.—

An act to amend “An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Police court, D. C.

Vol. 26, p. 818.

That an act entitled “An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be amended as follows: Strike out all of section two of said act, and in lieu thereof insert the following:

“Sec. 2. That prosecutions in the police court shall be on information

Prosecutions.

by the proper prosecuting officer. In all prosecutions within the jurisdiction of said court in which, according to the Constitution of the United States, the accused would be entitled to a jury trial, the trial

Jury trials.

shall be by jury, unless the accused shall in open court expressly waive

Waiving jury.

such trial by jury and request to be tried by the judge, in which case the. trial shall be by such judge, and the judgment and sentence shall have the same force and effect in all respects as if the same had been entered and pronounced upon the verdict of a jury. In all cases where

Cases where jury may be demanded.

the accused would not by force of the Constitution of the United States 262 be entitled to a trial by jury, the trial shall be by the court without a jury, unless in such of said last-named cases wherein the fine or penalty may be fifty dollars or more, or imprisonment as punishment for the offense may be thirty days or more, the accused shall demand a trial by

Fines, etc.

jury, in which case the trial shall be by jury. In all cases where the said court shall impose a fine it may, in default of the payment of the fine imposed, commit the defendant for such a term as the court thinks right and proper, not to exceed one year.”

Sec. 2. That section ten hundred and sixty of the Revised Statutes

Oaths.

R. S., D. C., sec, 1960, p. 123, amended.

relating to the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, amended so that said section shall read:

“Sec. 1060 The clerk and the deputy clerks, and such other officers

Officers to administer oaths.

of the court as may be assigned by the judges of the court for that purpose, shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations.”

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 237: to accept a bequest made by General George W. Cullum for the erection of a memorial hall at West Point, New York, and to carry the terms and conditions of the same into execution. Chapter 237 27 Stat. 262 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 237.—

An act to accept a bequest made by General George W. Cullum for the erection of a memorial hall at West Point, New York, and to carry the terms and conditions of the same into execution.

July 23, 1892

. Whereas George W. Cullum, colonel of the Corps of Engineers on the

Preamble.

retired list, brevet major-general United States Army, a resident of the city of New York, lately deceased, did, by his last will and testament, give and bequeath to the United States the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars upon the terms and conditions that the United States shall build and maintain, in accordance with certain stipulations, upon the public grounds at West Point, New York, a fireproof memorial hall for certain designated purposes hereinafter specified: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Military Academy.

Acceptance of bequest by Gen. G. W. Cullum for memorial hall.

That the said bequest be, and the same hereby is, accepted by the United States under the terms and conditions thereto annexed by the said testator in his said last will and testament; the said sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be paid into the Treasury of the United States, subject to the disposition hereinafter to be made of the same and for the faithful execution of the objects and purposes of said bequest according to the will of the donor.

Sec. 2. That the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy,

Hoard of trustees.

three other members of the academic board, and Major-General James B. Fry, during his lifetime, be, and they are, constituted a board, by the name of “The Board of Trustees of the Memorial Hall

Duties.

of the United States Military Academy,” whose duty it shall be to erect the said memorial hall according to the provisions of the will of the testator, and on completion thereof to transfer the same to the United States for perpetual use as a memorial hall, to be devoted to the objects and purposes as defined in the said will. And the members of the said board of trustees, to be selected as aforesaid, shall be appointed, immediately upon the passage of this act, by the Secretary of War, from members of the academic board of the said academy

Vacancies.

who are graduates thereof. And in the event of any vacancy occurring in the said board of trustees, either by the death or inability to serve of Major-General James B. Fry, or by the death or vacation of office of any member thereof who was appointed by selection from the members of the said academic board, the Secretary of War shall in each case, and from time to time as often as vacancies occur, fill such vacancy by the appointment of a member of the said academic board, who shall be a graduate of the said Military Academy, in the same manner as provided for the original appointments.

Sec. 3. That when the said sum of two hundred and fifty thousand

Erection of building.

dollars shall have been paid into the Treasury of the United States the 263 whole sum shall be, and hereby is, appropriated for the erection of a suitable structure for the purposes of a memorial hall at West Point, New York, upon such site at West Point, New York, as the board of trustees herein created shall recommend and the Secretary of War approve.

Sec. 4. That the said board of trustees shall, as soon as practicable

Plans to be submit ted by board of trustees.

after the funds appropriated for building purposes in the preceding section shall have become available, determine, by a majority of the whole number of its members, upon a plan and specifications for a building to be erected corresponding to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the aforesaid bequest, and submit the same to the Secretary of War for his approval, who on behalf of the United States shall

Approval by Secretary of War.

then cause a contract to be let, in the same manner as other contracts to which the United States is a party, for the erection of said building, under the direction of the said board of trustees.

Sec. 5. That the funds appropriated in this act shall be drawn from

Use of funds.

R. S., sec. 3673, p. 722.

the Treasury as required by section thirty-six hundred and seventy-three, Revised Statutes of the United States, in the case of moneys appropriated for the use of the War Department. And the said board of trustees shall submit to the Secretary of War estimates for his approval, which shall form the basis of his requisition. The funds so drawn shall be disbursed, under the direction of the Secretary of War, by the disbursing officer of the United States Military Academy, upon vouchers certified to by the president and secretary of the said board of trustees for and in behalf of said board, and shall be accounted for by the said disbursing officer in the same manner and under the same conditions as other public funds of the United States: Provided, That the authority

Proviso.

Approval of Secretary of War final.

of the Secretary of War for any expenditure under the provisions of this act shall be conclusive evidence of the legality thereof.

Sec. 6. That the memorial hall to be erected under the provisions of

Purpose of the memorial hall.

this act shall be a receptacle of statues, busts, mural tablets, and portraits of distinguished and deceased officers and graduates of the Military Academy, of paintings of battle scenes, trophies of war, and such other objects as may tend to give elevation to the military profession; and to prevent the introduction of unworthy subjects into this hall the selection of each shall be made by not less than two-thirds of the members of the entire academic board of the United States Military Academy, the vote being taken by ayes and nays and to be so recorded.

Sec. 7. That the said board of trustees shall, within thirty days after

Organization of trustees.

the passage of this act, meet at West Point, New York, and organize by the election of one of their number as president and another as Secretary of said board; and a majority of the whole number shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. And the said memorial hall shall be erected under the direction of the said board of trustees, and after being erected shall be maintained, managed, and controlled by the United States in a manner similar to other public buildings at West Point. After the construction of the building and its transfer to

Termination of duties.

the Government the functions of the said board of trustees shall cease.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 238: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain lands in the city of Springfield and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Chapter 238 27 Stat. 263 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 238.—

An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain lands in the city of Springfield and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Springfield, Mass.

Sale of lands authorized.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell such lands as have been acquired by the United States in the city of Springfield and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by devise, upon such terms, and after such public notice by advertisement, as he may deem best for the public interest.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 239: authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States, situate in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Chapter 239 27 Stat. 264 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 264

CHAP. 239.—

An act authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States, situate in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pittsburg. Pa.

Sale of land authorized.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to sell and convey to the purchaser or purchasers, all the right, title, and interest of the United States of, in, and to all that certain parcel of land situate in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, at the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Smithfield street, extending one hundred and twenty feet from said corner along Smithfield street towards Virginia alley, and being in depth one hundred and twenty feet towards Wood street; fronting one hundred and twenty feet on Smithfield street, and one hundred and twenty feet on Fifth avenue.

Sec. 2. That said sale shall be by public auction, after due advertisement

Auction.

daily, for three weeks, in three newspapers of the city of Pittsburg, and after publication of notice by printed hand bills posted for that length of time on said property and in ten of the most conspicuous places in the said city, and shall be of the property as a whole

Terms.

or in parts, for cash, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury may best subserve the interest of the United States and secure the best price for said entire property: Provided, That nothing herein contained

Proviso.

Time allowed to complete payment.

shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of the Treasury, in making sale as herein provided, from giving to the purchaser of said property an allowance of not to exceed sixty days from the date of bid within which to pay the purchase money, said purchaser, however, to pay ten per centum of the amount of his bid at the time of the acceptance thereof.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 240: to establish a division line between land of the United States and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company. Chapter 240 27 Stat. 264 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 240.—

An act to establish a division line between land of the United States and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company.

July 23, 1892

. Whereas a conflict has arisen between the United States and the Pittsburg,

Preamble.

Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company as to the true location of the division line between land owned by them respectively on the north shore of Ohio River adjacent to the Davis Island Dam, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and Whereas the following described compromise line of division between said properties is satisfactory to the United States, to-wit: Beginning at a stone monument A in the western boundary line of property acquired by the United States of America from William Jackman, said property line being the former division line between properties of William Jackman and Alexander Taylor, said monument being located sixteen and eight-hundredths feet from the south rail of the present south main track of said Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, measured on the boundary line, said stone monument being also ten feet (measured at right angles) from the future south rail of future south main track of Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway as located; thence south forty-four degrees and forty minutes east, five hundred eighty-one and three-tenths feet to a stone monument B located thirty-one and eight-tenths feet northeast from the inner-face wall of the western gate recess, Davis Island Dam; thence continuing south forty-four degrees and forty minutes east, to a point southeastwardly from said stone monument B seven and six-tenths feet; thence north forty-five degrees and thirty minutes east, five and ninety-two hundredths feet to a point: thence south forty-four degrees and forty minutes east, fifty four and eight-tenths feet to a point; thence south forty-five degrees and thirty minutes west five and ninety-two hundredths feet to a point on the compromise (or dividing) line; thence south forty-four degrees and forty minutes east two hundred 265 eight and five-tenths feet to a point twenty-one and two-tenths feet distant northwardly from the northwest corner of lock keeper’s house; thence continuing by same course and straight line eighty-six and eight tenths feet to a point twenty and eight tenths feet distant northwardly from the northeast corner of lock keeper’s house; thence continuing by same course and straight line one hundred and fifty-six and seven-tenths feet to a stone monument, C; thence southeastwardly by a curved line, radius eight thousand five hundred and ninety-four feet, a distance of one hundred and nineteen and seventeenths feet to a point thirty and three-tenths feet northeast from inner face of eastern gate recess, Davis Island Dam; thence continuing southeastwardly by same curved line six hundred and thirty-five feet to a stone monument, D; thence southeastwardly by straight line tangent to last-mentioned line a distance of one hundred and thirty-one feet to a stone monument, E, on the eastern boundary line of property of the United States of America acquired from Thomas Mulvehill: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Davis Island Dam. Pa.

Sett lenient of division line with Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company.

That the United States of America do consent to the division line hereinbefore recited and specified between their land and that of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company on the north shore of the Ohio River at the Davis Island Dam upon the relinquishment and conveyance by the said railroad company of all its right, title, and interest in and to the property on the south or river side of said recited line to the United States; and upon such relinquishment and conveyance to the United States in a manner valid and satisfactory to the Attorney-General the United States do hereby release and convey all their right, title, and interest in and to the property north of said recited line to the said Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company: Provided, That no spare material shall

Provisos.

be stored south of the proposed new track of the said railroad company

Storage of material.

for a space of seven hundred and thirty feet, beginning fifty feet above the upper gate recess and ending fifty feet below the lower gate recess: Provided also, That the said railroad company shall construct a

Walk.

walk of crushed limestone, such as is used at its stations, from Bellevue Station to the lock house: And provided also, That the said railroad

Masonry walls.

company shall protect the ends of the recesses, if necessary, by masonry walls.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 241: to establish a railroad bridge across the Black River, in Arkansas. Chapter 241 27 Stat. 265 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 241.—

An act to establish a railroad bridge across the Black River, in Arkansas.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hoxie and Pocahontas Railroad Company may bridge Black River at Pocahontas. Ark.

That the Hoxie and Pocahontas Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain a railroad bridge across the Black River, in the State of Arkansas, between a point on the east side of said river, in the county of Randolph in said State, to be by said company selected, and a point to be also selected by said company at or near the town of Pocahontas on the west side of said Black River, in said county of Randolph and State of Arkansas; and that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged

Unobstructed navigation.

Litigation.

obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the same shall be instituted and determined in the district court of the United States for the eastern district of the State of Arkansas.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may. At

Construction

the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous 266 spans: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be built with unbroken

Provisos.

or continuous spans it shall have one or more channel spans,

Spans.

each having not less than two hundred feet clear channel way, measured normal to the current of said river, and not less than fifty feet clear headroom above high-water mark, and the clear headroom under the

Height.

other channel spans may be less than fifty feet: Provided, That no part of the superstructure of such spans shall give a less headroom than ten

Piers, etc.

feet above high-water mark: And provided further, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduction in height; 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

Draw.

than two hundred feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, 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 feet in length, measured normal to the current of said river, 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 feet in length, measured normal to the current of said river, and every part of the superstructure shall give a clear headroom

Location of spans.

of not less than ten feet above high watermark: Provided, That the spans of both high and low bridges shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodations to the river traffic, and a draw opening of low bridges shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river when

Opening draw.

said bridge may be erected: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the

Approaches.

passage of boats: And provided also, That if the approaches by land to said bridge shall be built over land submerged at high water, said approaches shall be provided with sufficient passage for water, in connection with the water way through the spans of said bridge, to pass the flood discharge of the Black River without unduly increasing the velocity of flow through the navigated spans of said bridge: And provided also,

Aids to navigation.

That all such dikes, booms, piers, fences, wing dams, and other necessary works that may be necessary to safely guide all steamboats, rafts, tows, and other water craft navigating said river, up to and through said draw or channel spans at any and all stages of water in the Black River, within a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below said bridge shall be located, constructed, and maintained

Maps to show approaches, etc.

at all times as may be required by the Secretary of War: And provided also, That the approaches of said bridge by land or by water within the limits of high water with limiting and level lines of the natural surface, grades of track, and proposed high-water discharge openings, within said overflowed limits along the line of such road or any road using said bridge and all accessory works herein required among other data hereinafter required shall be indicated, shown and located upon the maps and plans of said bridge, hereinafter required to be submitted for approval to the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to

Lawful structure and post route.

Postal telegraph.

telegraph across said bridge.

Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall

Use by other companies.

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

Terms.

the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as 267 shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in ease they shall not agree.

Sec. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 said bridge and approaches by land and by water, 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 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 may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge and approaches thereto are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the process of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of

Changes.

the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be at all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and to secure the safe passage of vessels at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hour of sunset to that of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed

Lights.

by the Light-House Board; and the said structure shall be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment.

expressly reserved.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 248: to enforce reciprocal commercial relations between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes. Chapter 248 27 Stat. 267 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 248.—

An act to enforce reciprocal commercial relations between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Canadian canals.

President to suspend free passage through Saint Marys Falls Canal when unjust charges are made for navigation of Saint Lawrence River, etc., by United States vessels, etc.

That, with a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the citizens, ports, and vessels of the United States, on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the passage through any canal or lock connected with the navigation of the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, or the water ways connecting the same, of any vessels of the United States, or of cargoes or passengers in transit to any port of the United States, is prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the imposition of tolls or otherwise

Post. p. 1032.

which, in view of the free passage through the Saint Marys Falls Canal, now permitted to vessels of all nations, he shall deem to be reciprocally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, for such time and to such extent (including absolute prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of free passage through the Saint Marys Falls Canal, so far as it relates to vessels owned by the subjects of the government so discriminating against the citizens, ports, or vessels of the United States, or to any cargoes, portions of cargoes, or passengers in transit to the ports of the government making such discrimination, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations.

In such case and during such suspension tolls shall be levied, collected,

Tolls.

and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind or 268 description, not to exceed two dollars per ton; upon passengers, not to exceed live dollars each, as shall be from time to time determined by

Proviso.

No charge for navigation west of Ogdensburg, N. Y.

the President: Provided, That no tolls shall be charged or collected upon freight or passengers carried to and landed at Ogdensburg, or any port west of Ogdensburg, and south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota.

Sec. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such regulations

Collection of tolls.

as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, who may require the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried and

Proof of destination.

the destination of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been

Tolls to be a lien.

landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default wherever and whenever found in the waters of the United States.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 249: to authorize the Postmaster-General to provide mail service, and for other purposes. Chapter 249 27 Stat. 268 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 249.—

An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to provide mail service, and for other purposes.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Postal service.

Mode of securing, before regular advertisements.

That after providing by general advertisement for the transportation of the mails in any State or Territory as authorized bylaw, the Postmaster-General may secure any mail service that may become necessary before the next general advertisement for said State or Territory by posting notices, for a period of not less than ten days, in the post-offices at the termini of any route to be let, and upon a bulletin board in the Post-Office Department, inviting proposals, in such form and with such guaranty as may be prescribed by the Postmaster-General, for the performance of the proposed service.

Contracts.

The contract for such service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement, shall be made with the lowest bidder whose proposal is in due form, and who, under the law,

Temporary service on failure of contracts.

is eligible as a bidder for such postal service. Temporary service rendered necessary by reason of the failure of any bidder or contractor to perform the service awarded him under this act may be employed by the Postmaster-General without advertisement, at a rate which he may deem reasonable, at the expense of any such failing bidder or contractor.

Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 250: to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Columbia and to create a board of children’s guardians. Chapter 250 27 Stat. 268 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 250.—

An act to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Columbia and to create a board of children’s guardians.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Board of children’s guardians.

That there shall be created, in and for the District of Columbia, a board to be known as the board of children’s guardians, composed of nine members who shall serve without compensation, the said board to be a body politic and corporate and to have the powers and to be constituted in the manner hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. That the members of the board of children’s guardians shall

Appointment.

be appointed by the judges of the police court and the judge holding 269 the criminal court of the District of Columbia, met together for that purpose; the assent of a majority of such judges being necessary to appointment in each case: Provided, That there shall always be at

Provisos.

least three representatives of each sex upon the board. Of the nine

Sex representation.

members first appointed after the passage of this act. three shall be appointed for one year, three for two years, and three for three years.

Terms.

Thereafter all appointments, except such as shall be made for the remainder of unexpired terms, shall be for the term of three years. The

Removal.

judges of the police court and the judge holding the criminal court, or a majority of them, when met together for that purpose, may remove for cause any member of the board: Provided, That such member shall

Defense.

be given an opportunity to be heard in his own defense.

Sec. 3. That the board shall elect from its own members a president,

Officers.

vice-president, and secretary, who shall severally discharge the duties usual to such offices, or such as the by laws of the board may prescribe. The board shall have the power subject to the approval of the Commissioners

Agents.

to employ not more than two agents, at an annual compensation not exceeding two thousand four hundred dollars for the two, and prescribe their duties, and to conclude arrangements with persons or institutions for the care of dependent children at such rates as may be agreed upon.

Sec. 4. That said board shall have the care and supervision of the

Duties.

following classes of children: First. All children committed under section

Children committed.

two of the act approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 23, p. 302.

and eighty-five, entitled, “An act for the protection of children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” Second. All children

Destitute abandoned. etc., children.

who are destitute of suitable homes and adequate means of earning an honest living, all children abandoned by their parents or guardians, all children of habitually drunken or vicious or unfit parents, all children habitually begging on the streets or from door to door, all children kept in vicious or immoral associations, all children known by their language or life to be vicious or incorrigible whenever such children may be committed to the care of the board by the police court or the criminal court of the District: and power is hereby given to these courts to commit such children when not over sixteen years of age to said board: Provided, That the laws regulating the commitment of children

Proviso.

Children from reform schools.

Laws relating to reform school not repealed.

to the reform schools of the district shall not be deemed to be repealed in any part by this act. Third, such children as the board of trustees of the reform school for boys or the reform school for girls, may, in their discretion, commit to the board of children’s guardians, and power is hereby given the board of trustees of the said reform school to commit any inmate of their respective institutions to the said board of guardians, conditionally upon the good behavior of the child so committed. Fourth. Under the rules to be established by the board children

Temporary care.

may be received and temporarily cared for pending investigation or judgment of the court.

Sec. 5. That the board shall be the legal guardian of all children

To be legal guardian of children committed.

committed to it by the courts, and shall have full power to board them in private families, to board them in institutions willing to receive them, to bind them out or apprentice them, or to give them in adoption to foster parents. Children received from the reform schools shall be placed at work, bound out or apprenticed, and at any time before attaining

Apprentices, etc.

majority may be returned to the school from which they came, if in the judgment of the board of guardians such a course is demanded by the interest of the community or the welfare of the child. All children under the guardianship of the board shall be visited not less than

Visit.

once a year by an agent of the board, and as much oftener as the welfare of the child demands. Children received temporarily may not be

Temporary care.

kept longer than one week, except by order of the police court or the criminal court.

Sec. 6. That the antecedents, character, and condition of life of each

Investigation, etc.

child received by the board shall be investigated as fully as possible, 270 and the facts learned entered in permanent records, in which shall also be noted the subsequent history of each child, so far as it can be, ascertained.

Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District shall have authority

Records.

to prescribe the form of records to be kept by the board of guardians, and the methods to be employed by them in paying bills and auditing

Annual report.

accounts; and an annual report of its operations hereunder shall be made by the board to the superintendent of charities. The

Superintendent of charities; duties.

superintendent of charities shall have full powers of investigation and report regarding all branches of the work of the board, as well as over all institutions in which children are placed by the board; and it shall be his duty to recommend annually the appropriations which in his judgment are. necessary to the carrying on of its work.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 251: to amend Section two of an act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, being “An act for the relief of settlers on public lands.” Chapter 251 27 Stat. 270 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 251.—

An act to amend Section two of an act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, being “An act for the relief of settlers on public lands.”

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands.

That section two of an act

Vol. 21, p, 141.

approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act for the relief of settlers on public lands,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 2. In all cases where any person has contested, paid the land-office

Notice to contestant of relinquishment of contestee’s claim.

fees, and procured the cancellation of any preemption, homestead, or timber-culture entry, he shall be notified by the register of the land office of the district in which such laud is situated of such cancellation, and shall be allowed thirty days from date of such notice to

Provisos.

enter said lands: Provided, That said register shall be entitled to a fee

Fee.

of one dollar for the giving of such notice, to be paid by the contestant and

Death of contestant not to abate rights.

not to be reported: Provided further, That should any such person who has initiated a contest die before the final termination of the same, said contest shall not abate by reason thereof, but his heirs who are citizens of the United States, may continue the prosecution under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and said heirs shall be entitled to the same rights under this act that contestant would have been if his death had not occurred.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 252: to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Bright-wood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.” Chapter 252 27 Stat. 270 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 252.—

An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Bright-wood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.”

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bright wood Railway Company.

Vol. 25. p. 560.

Post. p. 491.

That the charter granted to the Brightwood Railway Company by an act of Congress approved October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is, amended as follows:

“That within six months from the date of the approval of this act,

To use overhead electric power.

the said Brightwood Railway Company shall equip and operate its existing line with the overhead trolley system of electric motive power, and shall thereafter maintain the road in first-class condition. That

Equipment.

the road shall be supplied entirely with new cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as the public convenience shall require, but not less frequently than one car every fifteen minutes from each end of the. line, between five o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight.

“Sec. 2. That within twelve months from the date of the approval

Extension of tracks.

of this act the said Brightwood Railway Company shall extend its tracks to the District line, as provided in the. original charter of said company, and shall operate the new portion of the line in the same manner and under the same conditions as hereinbefore provided for the 271 operation of those portions of the road already built. The said company

Branch line.

shall also construct and maintain a branch line, beginning at a point, to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track on Fifth street in Takoma Park; thence along Fifth street to Umatilla street; thence west along Umatilla street to and across Piney Branch road, and thence to Brightwood avenue by such route as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall approve. Said branch line shall be operated by the overhead trolley system; and when the company lays its double track from Brightwood to Takoma Park said tracks shall be laid on one side of the said road; the ears used shall be first-class in every respect, and the schedule of the running of cars shall be subject to the approval of the District Commissioners, but ears shall be run as often as one every fifteen minutes between the hours of five o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight. Work on the said branch road shall be

Commencement and completion.

begun within two months and completed, with cars running thereon, within one year from the date of the approval of this act.

“Sec. 3. That in the event that the company should not be able to

Condemnation proceedings for right of way, etc.

come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any laud through which the said road may be located to pass, or upon which any necessary buildings may be required to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes.

“Sec. 4. That any failure to comply with any of the provisions of this

Forfeiture on failure to comply.

act shall work a forfeiture of the original charter of the said Brightwood Railway Company. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

“Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act.”

Amendment, etc.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 253: to amend “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee,” approved August ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Chapter 253 27 Stat. 271 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 253.—

An act to amend “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee,” approved August ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Tennessee River at Knoxville. Tenn.

Vol. 25. p. 395.

That the time for the commencement of the bridge authorized by an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee,” approved August the ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, extended one

Time for construction extended.

year from this passage of this act, and that the time for the completion of said bridge be extended three years from the same date.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 254: to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay over certain moneys to the State of South Carolina, as prescribed by the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.” Chapter 254 27 Stat. 271 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 254.—

An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay over certain moneys to the State of South Carolina, as prescribed by the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.”

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

South Carolina.

To be paid allotment for agricultural colleges.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, notwithstanding the adverse report of the Secretary of the Interior, to pay over to the 272 proper authorities of the State of South Carolina, in accordance with an act of the legislature of that State approved December twenty-fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, the amount of money to which said State is now entitled under the act of Congress approved

Vol. 26, p. 417.

August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.”

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 255: in relation to the execution of declarations and other papers in pension claims. Chapter 255 27 Stat. 272 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 255.—

An act in relation to the execution of declarations and other papers in pension claims.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensions.

That declarations of pension

Declarations may be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths.

claimants shall be made before a court of record, or before some officer thereof having custody of its seal, or before some officer who, under the laws of his State, city or county, has authority to

R. S., sec. 4719. p. 919. amended.

administer oaths for general purposes; and said officers are hereby fully authorized and empowered to administer and certify any oath or

Proviso.

affirmation relating to any pension or application therefor: Provided, That

Certificate of official character to be filed.

where such declaration or other papers are executed before an officer authorized as above but not required by the laws of his State to have and use a seal to authenticate his official acts, he shall file in the Pension Bureau a certificate of his official character, showing his official signature and term of office, certified by a clerk of a court of record or

Recognized during term of office.

other proper officer of the State as to the genuineness thereof; and when said certificate has been filed in the Bureau of Pensions his own certificate will be recognized during his term of office.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Pensions may accept declarations

Declarations made in foreign countries.

and other papers of claimants residing in foreign countries made before a United States minister or consul or other consular officer, or before some officer of the country duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, and whose official character and signature shall be duly authenticated by the certificate of a United States minister or consul

Declarations of Indians.

or other consular officer; and declarations in claims of Indians may be made before a United States Indian agent.

Sec. 3 That any and all declarations or affidavits now on file in the

Curing defective declarations, etc.

Pension Bureau which are considered informal by reason of not having been executed in conformity to the laws heretofore in force covering such, and in which it is shown or may be hereafter shown by proper evidence that the same were executed by and before an officer who was duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes at said date of execution, shall be accepted as formal as from date of tiling such declarations or affidavits.

Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 256: to legalize the deed and other records of the Office of Indian Affairs, and to provide and authorize the use of a seal by said office Chapter 256 27 Stat. 272 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 256.—

An act to legalize the deed and other records of the Office of Indian Affairs, and to provide and authorize the use of a seal by said office

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian Department.

That the recording of all deeds and papers

Recording of deeds, etc., in Indian Office, legalized.

heretofore made and done in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be, and is hereby, confirmed, approved, and legalized; and said record heretofore made shall be deemed, taken, and held to be good and valid and shall have all the force and effect and be entitled to the same credit as if it had been made in pursuance of and in conformity 273 to law. But shall have no effect whatever upon the validity or invalidity

Validity of deed, etc., not affected.

of the deed or paper so recorded, and shall be no evidence of constructive notice to any persons not actually knowing the contents.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby empowered

Records of all deeds by Indians to be kept.

and directed to continue to make and keep a record of every deed executed by any Indian, his heirs, representatives, or assigns, which may require the approval of the President of the United States or of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever such approval shall have been given, and the deed so approved returned to said office.

Sec. 3. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal

Seal to be made.

to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner

Certifications.

thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.

Sec. 4. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the custody

Furnishing certified copies of records.

of said seal, and shall furnish certified copies of any such records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the tiles of said office, to any person applying therefor who shall comply with the requirements of said office, upon the payment by such parties at the rate of ten cents

Feed.

per hundred words, and one dollar for copies of maps or plats, and the additional sum of twenty-five cents for the Commissioner’s certificate of verification, with the seal of said office; and one of the employes

Receiving clerk.

of said office shall be designated by the Commissioner as the receiving clerk, who shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, and the amounts so received shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the Treasury of the United States; but fees shall not be demanded

No fees for copies for official use., etc.

for such authenticated copies as may be required by the officers of any branch of the Government or by any Indian who shall satisfy the Commissioner by satisfactory legal evidence that he or she is not able, by reason of poverty, to pay such fees, nor for such unverified copies as the Commissioner in his discretion may deem proper to furnish.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 257: authorizing the payment of a certificate of indebtedness of the District of Columbia, numbered forty-nine hundred and eighty-seven. Chapter 257 27 Stat. 273 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 257.—

An act authorizing the payment of a certificate of indebtedness of the District of Columbia, numbered forty-nine hundred and eighty-seven.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Appropriation to pay a certificate of indebtedness.

That the sum of one hundred and seven dollars is hereby appropriated, one-half 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 redemption, with interest, of a certificate of indebtedness numbered four thousand nine hundred and eighty seven, issued by authority of section seven of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia, approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, dated July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 264: to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Dunkirk, New York. Chapter 264 27 Stat. 273 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 264.—

An act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Dunkirk, New York.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Dunkirk, N. Y.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

Vol. 21, p. 174

That the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Dunkirk, in the State of New York.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 265: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River. Chapter 265 27 Stat. 274 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 274

CHAP. 265.—

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company may bridge Savannah River to Hutchinson Island, Georgia.

That the assent of the United States of America is hereby given to the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company, a corporation incorporated by the laws of the State of Georgia, its successors and assigns, and such other persons as may be associated with it, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Savannah River from the main land to Hutchinson Island, in the county of Chatham.

Sec. 2. That the bridge shall be so constructed, by draw-span or

Construction.

otherwise, that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

vessels and other water craft navigating said river. That any bridge 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 company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approaches, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high water and at low water, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of other bridge or bridges, wharves, landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and after such approval by the Secretary of War the approved plans and designs for the bridge shall not be deviated from or added to either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Secretary of War and received his approval; and the said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or

Opening draw.

under said bridge, and if said bridge be built with a draw said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats or other craft, and the said company or corporation shall maintain,

Lights, etc.

at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and if at any

Unobstructed navigation.

time, the navigation of said river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the bridge authorized by this act to be constructed, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to re quire said company to alter and change said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment: and if upon reasonable notice to said company, its successors or assigns, to make such change or improvements, the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to make the same, and shall thereupon institute proceedings

Litigation.

in the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in which any part of said bridge may be located for the recovery of the cost

Proviso.

thereof: Provided, also, That nothing in this act shall be so construed

Existing laws not affected.

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.

Sec. 3. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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 munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads of the United States. And equal 275 privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for said postal-telegraph

Postal telegraph.

purposes.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other companies.

and its approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners

Terms.

of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge and approaches, 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.

Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 266: for the establishment of additional aids to navigation in Tampa Bay, Florida. Chapter 266 27 Stat. 275 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 266.—

An act for the establishment of additional aids to navigation in Tampa Bay, Florida.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Tampa Bay. Florida.

That there be established in Tampa Bay, Florida, such additional aids to navigation as maybe found

Appropriation for additional aids to navigation.

necessary by the Light-House Board, the entire cost of which shall not exceed the sum of six thousand dollars; and the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of this act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 267: to provide for the collection, custody, and arrangement of the military records of the American Revolution and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Chapter 267 27 Stat. 275 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 267.—

An act to provide for the collection, custody, and arrangement of the military records of the American Revolution and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

July 27, 1892

. Whereas the military records of the American Revolution and of the

Preamble.

war of eighteen hundred and twelve are now preserved in different Executive Departments of the Government and are not easily accessible; and Whereas it is important that they should be collected in one Department, where they could be easily consulted and properly indexed and arranged for use: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Revolutionary military records.

That the military records of the American Revolution and of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, now preserved in the Treasury and Interior Departments, be transferred

Transfer to War Department.

to the War Department, to be preserved in the Record and Pension Division of that Department, and that they shall be properly indexed and arranged for use.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 268: to furnish the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with specimens of arms, accouterments, and so forth, used by the armies in the battle of Gettysburg, for exhibition and preservation at the Gettysburg Museum. Chapter 268 27 Stat. 276 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 276

CHAP. 268.—

An act to furnish the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with specimens of arms, accouterments, and so forth, used by the armies in the battle of Gettysburg, for exhibition and preservation at the Gettysburg Museum.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association.

Specimens of arms, etc., used in battle to be furnished.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, specimens of the arms, equipment, projectiles, uniforms, and other material of war used by the armies in that battle (so far as may be practicable), for the purpose of exhibiting and preserving them for historical purposes in the museum at the house used by Major General Meade for headquarters, now owned by the said association, or at such other place as the directors of the

Transportation.

association may deem proper. And that the transportation to Gettysburg be furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States from the appropriation tor the transportation of army supplies.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 269: amending the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein.” Chapter 269 27 Stat. 276 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 269.—

An act amending the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein.”

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army. Promotions.

That section three of the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to

Vol. 26, p. 562.

provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein,” is hereby amended by adding thereto the

Officers appointed from civil life may waive board of similar character.

following: And provided further, That officers entitled by this section to examination by a board composed entirely of officers who were appointed from civil life, or who were officers of volunteers only during the war. may, by written waiver filed with the War Department, relinquish such right, in which case the examination of such officers shall be conducted by boards composed as shall be directed by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That the examination of officers of the Corps of Engineers

Examination of engineer or ordnance officers who served during the rebellion.

and Ordnance Department who were officers or enlisted men in the regular or volunteer service, either in the Army, Navy, or the Marine Corps, during the war of the rebellion, shall be conducted by boards composed in the same manner as for the examination of other officers

Subjects.

of their respective corps and department; and the examinations shall embrace the same subjects prescribed for all other officers of similar grades in the Corps of Engineers and Ordnance Department, respectively.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 270: to define the grade of certain medical officers of the Army, and for other purposes. Chapter 270 27 Stat. 276 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 270.—

An act to define the grade of certain medical officers of the Army, and for other purposes.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

That from and after the

Grade of certain medical officers.

passage of this act the grade of certain medical officers of the Army below that of Surgeon-General shall be as follows: Those holding the rank of colonel, assistant surgeon-generals; those holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel, deputy surgeon-generals.

Sec. 2. That before receiving the rank of captain of cavalry, assistant

Examination of assistant surgeons for promotion.

Vol. 26. p. 562.

surgeons shall be examined, under the provisions of an act approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein.”

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Sec. 3. That medical officers of the Army may be assigned by the

Assignment.

Secretary of War to such duties as the interests of the service may demand.

Sec. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 271: to authorize the construction of jetties, piers, and breakwaters at private expense in the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of Ropes Pass, in the State of Texas. Chapter 271 27 Stat. 277 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 271.—

An act to authorize the construction of jetties, piers, and breakwaters at private expense in the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of Ropes Pass, in the State of Texas.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Port Ropes Company may construct jetties, etc., Mustang Island, Texas.

That the Port Ropes Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Texas, which has partially constructed a ship channel across Mustang Island, in said State, for the purpose of obtaining a deep-water harbor upon the coast of Texas, at its own cost and expense, by connecting the waters of Corpus Christi Bay with those of the Gulf of Mexico, be. and is hereby, authorized to protect the gulf entrance to said ship channel, and to further prosecute its project of obtaining and maintaining a deep-water harbor, by constructing suitable jetties, piers, and breakwaters as far out into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico as may be requisite to obtain and maintain a channel with a depth of thirty feet, more or less.

Sec. 2. That said work shall be prosecuted by the said the Port Ropes

Completion.

Company, its successors and assigns, diligently, and completed within seven years from the passage of this act and entirely at its own expense, and nothing in this act shall be construed as committing the Government of the United States to any expenditure for the whole or any part of the same. And the said company shall hold the United

United States not liable for damages. etc.

States harmless from any damage that may accrue to any person or persons by reason of the construction of its work.

Sec. 3. That at any time after said improvements and works have been

United States may purchase works on completion.

completed as herein provided, and a depth of twenty feet has been obtained, the United States shall have the right to pay the said company, or their assigns, successors, or legal representatives, the value of the works constructed under this act or under or by virtue of any authority granted by the State of Texas, which value shall be ascertained by appraisement to be made by three officers of the Engineer

Appraisement.

Corps of the United States Army, who shall be appointed for that purpose by the, Secretary of War, and on such payment being made by the United States all rights to said work on the part of said parties shall cease; but nothing in this act shall be construed as compelling or

Purchase not compulsory.

requiring the Government to take possession of and pay for said works unless so desired by the Government of the United States.

Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this

Amendment.

act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 272: to amend the Articles of War, and for other purposes. Chapter 272 27 Stat. 277 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 272.—

An act to amend the Articles of War, and for other purposes.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

Articles of War.

R. S., sec. 1342 amended.

That articles seventeen, eighty-four, one hundred and four, and one hundred and ten, of section thirteen hundred and forty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows:

“Article 17. Any soldier who sells or through neglect losses or

Selling horse, etc., to be punished by court-martial.

R. S., sec. 1342, p. 231.

spoils his horse, arms, clothing, or accoutrements shall be punished as a court-martial may adjudge, subject to such limitation as may be prescribed by the President by virtue of the power vested in him.”

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“Article 84. The judge-advocate shall administer to each member

Oath of members of courts-martial.

R. S., sec. 1342, p. 238.

of the court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following oath, which shall also be taken by all members of regimental and garrison courts-martial: ‘You, A B, do swear that you will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now before you, between the United States of America and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice, without partiality, favor, or affection, according to the provisions of the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States, and if any doubt should arise, not explained by said articles, then according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases; and you do further swear that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authority, except to the judge-advocate; neither will you disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.’”

“Article 104. No sentence of a court-martial shall be carried into

Approval of sentence.

R. S., sec. 1342, p. 240.

execution until the same shall have been approved by the officer ordering the court, or by the officer commanding for the time being.”

“Article 110. No sentence adjudged by a field officer, detailed to

Approval of Held officer’s sentence.

R. S., sec. 1342, p. 240.

try soldiers of his regiment, shall be carried into execution until the same shall have been approved by the brigade commander, or, in case there be no brigade commander, by the commanding officer of the post or camp.”

Sec. 2. That whenever a court-martial shall sit in closed session the

Judge-advocate to withdraw from closed sessions.

judge-advocate shall withdraw, and when his legal advice or his assistance in referring to recorded evidence is required it shall be obtained in open court.

Sec. 3. That fraudulent enlistment, and the receipt of any pay or

Fraudulent enlistment a military offense.

R. S., sec. 1342, p. 236.

allowance thereunder, is hereby declared a military offense and made punishable by court-martial, under the Sixty-second Article of War. Sec. 4. That judge-advocates of departments and of courts-martial,

Administration of oaths.

and the trial officers of summary courts, are hereby authorized to administer oaths for the purposes of the administration of military justice, and for other purposes of military administration.

Sec. 5. That the commanding officers authorized to approve the sentences

Effect.

of summary courts shall have the power to remit or mitigate the same.

Sec. 6. That this act shall take effect sixty days after its passage.

Approving authority may remit, etc., sentence.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 273: to amend section nine of the act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico, passed March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Chapter 273 27 Stat. 278 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 273.—

An act to amend section nine of the act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico, passed March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Removal of charge of desertion.

Time extended for presenting claims.

Vol. 25, p. 871.

That section nine of the act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico, passed March second, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to extend the time for the limitation of the operation of said section for the period of two years from the first of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 274: to build a bridge across the Tennessee River between a point in Whitesburg Precinct, in Madison County, an organ County, in the State of Alabama. Chapter 274 27 Stat. 279 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 279

CHAP. 274.—

An act to build a bridge across the Tennessee River between a point in Whitesburg Precinct, in Madison County, an organ County, in the State of Alabama.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Huntsville Bridge Company may bridge Tennessee River. Alabama.

That the Huntsville Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, its successors or assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Tennessee River between a point in Whitesburg Precinct, in Madison County, and Morgan County, in the State of Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad

Railroad, wagon, and foot bridge.

trains, wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, steam and street cars, animals, foot passengers, and for all road travel, for such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed

Toll, etc.

by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge audits approaches for

Postal telegraph.

postal and telegraph purposes.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a ponton draw-span

Ponton draw.

bridge, and shall contain a ponton drawspan of not less than two hundred feet in length, which drawspan shall be maintained over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river: Provided, That said draw shall be opened

Provisos.

Opening draw.

promptly by said company or corporation upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and rafts, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other

Lights, etc.

signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act

Unobstructed navigation.

which shall at any time 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 the entire removal thereof or such change or alteration of such bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions shall 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

Litigation.

to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States in the State of Alabama in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify

Existing laws not affected.

any of the provisions of the law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same: Provided, That said company may construct

Wagon and foot bridge provisions.

a wagon and foot bridge alone, and in case of the construction of a wagon and foot bridge alone the drawspan shall be of such length and shall be of such construction as shall be approved by the Secretary of War, and shall be subject to all the provisions herein contained in respect to being promptly opened to admit of the unobstructed navigation of said river, and of keeping the said bridge lighted as herein provided in case of a railroad and wagon bridge, and in such 280 case the provisions herein in relation to the use for railroad purposes shall not apply.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge,

Use by railroad companies.

shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains or cars over the same, and over the

Compensation.

approaches to the same, upon the 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 of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the 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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 approval and examination, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving for the space of one half mile above and one half 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 commenced

Changes.

or built; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and

Proviso.

completed within three years from the time this act takes effect:

Amendment, etc.

Provided, That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act whenever it may think the public interests so require.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 275: to provide for the improvement of the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia. Chapter 275 27 Stat. 280 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 275.—

An act to provide for the improvement of the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Brunswick, Ga.

Payments to C. P. Goodyear upon securing deep-water channel over outer bar.

Post. p. 529.

hundred feet in width, and of a minimum depth of twenty-two feet at ordinary mean high tide, on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of ten thousand dollars; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-three feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar at a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-four feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-five feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon procurement on or before October first, eighteen hundred and ninety three, of a minimum depth in said channel over said outer bar of twenty-six 281 feet at ordinary mean high tide, and of a width of not less than one hundred and twenty-five feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; and should the depth of twenty five feet at ordinary mean high tide in said channel over said outer bar be procured on or before the time aforesaid, and maintained for two years for the width named thereafter, twenty five thousand dollars in addition, to be paid in manner aforesaid; and should the depth of twenty-six feet at ordinary mean tide for the width named be procured on or before the date named, and maintained tor two years thereafter, twenty five thousand dollars in addition, to be paid in manner aforesaid. The said C. P.

Work to be done by exploding dynamite.

Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, shall perform said work on said outer bar by the explosion of dynamite on the bottom of said channel or sunk beneath the bottom of said channel, in his or their discretion, and not otherwise; and the channel to be deepened as aforesaid shall be north of the present buoyed out channel, so that said work shall not interfere with the commerce of the port of Brunswick during the progress of such work. The Secretary of War shall detail an officer of engineers

Engineer officer to report on maintenance, etc.

to examine and report upon said work from time to time, at such times as the said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, announce that they have complied with the conditions as to any of the depths and widths named, or as to the maintenance of depths of twenty five and twenty six feet, and payments to be made as aforesaid upon the certificate of such engineer that such depth and width, or such maintenance, has been accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this act. And the money necessary to carry out the provisions of this act

Appropriation.

is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 276: to amend an act entitled “An act to promote the administration of justice in the Army,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Chapter 276 27 Stat. 281 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 276.—

An act to amend an act entitled “An act to promote the administration of justice in the Army,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

That the act entitled “An act to promote the administration of justice in the Army,” approved October

Summary courts.

first, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 26, p. 648.

amended by adding thereto the following section:

“Sec. 3. That the commanding officers authorized to approve the

Approving authority may remit, etc. sentence.

sentences of summary courts shall have the power to remit or mitigate the same.”

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 277: granting pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighty hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war. Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war. Chapter 277 27 Stat. 281 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 277.—

An act granting pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighty hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war. Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian wars.

Pensions for service in.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the names of the surviving officers and enlisted men, including marines, militia, and volunteers of the military and naval service of the United States, who served for thirty days in the Black Hawk war. the Creek war, the Cherokee disturbances, or the Florida war with the Seminole Indians, embracing a period from eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, and were honorably discharged, and such other officers, soldiers, and sailors as may

Widows.

have been personally named in any resolution of Congress, for any specific service in said Indian wars, although their term of service may have been less than thirty days, and the surviving widows of such officers

Provisos.

and enlisted men: Provided, That such widows have not remarried:

Remarriage.

282 Provided further, That this act shall not apply to any person not a

Persons not citizens.

Post. p. 429.

citizen of the United States.

Sec. 2. That pensions under this act shall be at the rate of eight

Rate.

dollars per month, and payable from and after the passage of this act. for and during the natural lives of the persons entitled thereto.

Sec. 3. That before the name of any person shall be placed on the

Proof.

pension roll under this act, proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, of the right

Penalty for false

of the applicant to a pension; and any person who shall falsely

swearing, etc.

and corruptly take any oath required under this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken from the pension roll the name of any person whenever it shall be made to appear by proof satisfactory to him that such name was put upon such roll through false and fraudulent representations, and that such person is not entitled to a pension under this act. The loss of the certificate of discharge shall not deprive any

Loss of discharge certificate not a bar.

person of the benefits of this act, but other evidence of service performed and of an honorable discharge may be deemed sufficient.

Sec. 4. That this act shall not apply to any person who is receiving

Not to apply to certain pensioners.

a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month or more, nor to any person receiving a pension of less than eight dollars per month, except for the difference between the pension now received (if less than eight dollars per month) and eight dollars per month.

Sec. 5. That the pension laws now in force, which are not inconsistent

Pension laws applicable.

or in conflict with this act, are hereby made a part of this act, so far as they may be applicable thereto.

Sec. 6. That section forty-seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised

Loyalty.

Statutes is hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to this

R. S., sec. 4716, p. 919.

act or to pensioners under this act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 311: making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Chapter 311 27 Stat. 282 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 311.—

An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Deficiencies appropriations.

That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

STATE DEPARTMENT.

State Department.

foreign intercourse.

Foreign intercourse.

Salaries, charges d’affaires ad interim: To pay amounts

Charges d’affaires ad interim.

found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries charges d’affaires ad interim for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. five thousand five hundred and five dollars and thirty-one cents.

Salaries, consular service: To pay amounts found due by the

Consular salaries.

accounting officers on account of salaries, consular service, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand four hundred and one dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Salaries, consular officers not citizens: To pay amount

Consular officers not citizens.

found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, consular officers not citizens, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. six thousand eight hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, consular officers not citizens, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, two thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-six cents.

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Loss by exchange, diplomatic service: To pay amount found

Loss by exchange.

Diplomatic service.

due by the accounting officers on account of loss by exchange, diplomatic service, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, seventy-one dollars and ninety-seven cents.

Loss by exchange, consular service: To pay amounts found

Consular service.

due by the accounting officers on account of loss by exchange, consular service, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Payment to the heirs of Alexander Clark: For payment to

Alexander Clark.

Payment to heirs.

the heirs of Alexander Clark, late minister and consul general to Liberia, the amount of one year’s salary of said officer, four thousand dollars.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Depart.

Office of Comptroller of the Currency (National currency,

Superintendent national currency.

Vol. 26, p. 921.

to be reimbursed by national banks): For superintendent, to make his salary two thousand two hundred dollars for fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two and to correct an error in legislative act for that year, two hundred dollars. internal revenue.

Internal Revenue.

For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses

Agents’ salaries, etc.

of surveyors, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, six thousand dollars.

For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.

coast and geodetic survey.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

For payment to John E. McGrath and J. Henry Turner, sub-assistants,

John E. McGrath and J. Henry Turner.

Payment to.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the sums, respectively, of one hundred and fifteen dollars and forty cents and one hundred and seven dollars and ten cents, in all two hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, for services performed by them during the month of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby

W. P. Ray.

Credit in accounts.

authorized to credit Lieutenant W. P. Ray, United States Navy, commanding officer of the United States Coast Survey steamer McArthur, the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars and forty-five cents, amount actually expended by him for cleaning and laundering clothing of the officers and crew of that vessel after she had been accidentally sunk alongside the dock at Seattle, Washington.

under the smithsonian institution.

Smithsonian Institution.

International exchanges: To pay amounts found due by the

International changes.

accounting officers of the, Treasury on account of international exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:

To pay the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, sixty-seven cents.

National Museum: To pay amounts found due by the accounting

National Museum.

Preserving collections. etc.

officers of the Treasury on account of preservation of collections, National Museum, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:

To pay the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, four dollars and forty-seven cents; to pay the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, two dollars and fifty cents; in all, six dollars and ninety-seven cents.

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To pay Melville Lindsay for rubber boots furnished to employees

National Zoological

engaged to work in water in the National Zoological Park, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, thirty-eight dollars.

To pay Newbold H. Trotter, as per bill rendered, for paintings furnished

Newbold H. Trotter.

the United States of America, one hundred and sixty dollars.

public buildings.

Public buildings.

For custom house and post-office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: That so

Milwaukee. Wis.

Rent of old building may be paid from proceeds of sale.

much of the proceeds of the sale of the old customhouse and post-office site and building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as may be necessary is hereby made available for the payment of the rent of such premises

Vol. 26, p. 952.

at the rate prescribed in the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. for such time as may be necessary to rent the same from the purchaser thereof during the construction of the new United States post-office, court house, and customhouse building in said city. For post-office at Dayton, Ohio: For payment of outstanding contract

Dayton. Ohio.

liabilities on account of the construction of building and approaches, one thousand two hundred dollars. For marine hospital at Portland, Maine: To complete electric light

Portland. Me.

Marine Hospital.

plant, three thousand dollars. For court house and post-office at Macon, Georgia: That the unexpended

Macon, Ga.

Vol. 26. p. 950.

balance of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the appropriation of eight thousand dollars made in the sundry civil appropriation act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the construction of a sewer be, and the same is hereby, made available for the improvements of the building. For heating apparatus for the public buildings at the following places,

Heating apparatus.

namely: Greenville, South Carolina, two thousand dollars;

Greenville. S. C.

Los Angeles, California, three thousand dollars;

Los Angeles, Cal.

Statesville, North Carolina, two thousand five hundred dollars:

Statesville. N. C.

Vicksburg, Mississippi, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all,

Vicksburg. Miss.

ten thousand dollars. fish commission.

Fish Commission.

For the completion of the fish cultural stations at Green Lake and

Stations.

Green Lake and Craig’s Brook, Me.

Craig’s Brook, Maine, including construction of ponds, buildings, roads, grading, and buoyage and all necessary materials and equipment, and pay of employees required for the same, eight thousand dollars, being: for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-three. For investigation and report respecting the advisability of establishing

Wyoming.

a fish hatchery station at some suitable point in Wyoming, four hundred dollars. light-house establishment.

Light-house Establishment.

For legal services performed and expenses incurred in examining

Portsmouth. Va.

Legal services.

title to land and water front at Portsmouth, Virginia, for an addition to the site of the Portsmouth light-house depot, Virginia, two hundred and forty-four dollars and twenty-five cents. For legal services performed and expenses incurred in correcting an

Grindel Point, Me.

Legal services.

error in the title to the site for light-house at Grindel Point, Maine, seventy-nine dollars and thirty cents. mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of

Helena. Mont.

Contingent expenses.

contingent expenses, United States assay office at Helena, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:285 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway Company, for transportation of public property, five dollars and thirty-eight cents; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, same, three dollars and ninety-seven cents; in all, nine dollars and thirty-five cents. To pay amount found due by the accounting officers on account of

Charlotte, N. C.

wages and contingent expenses, United States assay office at Charlotte,

Contingent expenses.

for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as follows: The Charlotte Publishing Company, for advertising furnished in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, “proposals for supplies for the United States assay office at Charlotte,” thirty-one dollars and fifty cents. miscellaneous treasury.

Miscellaneous.

Contingent Expenses: To pay amounts found due by the accounting

Contingent expenses.

officers of the Treasury on account of contingent expenses, Treasury Department, gas, and so forth, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty-seven cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury

Furniture, etc.

on account of contingent expenses, Treasury Department, furniture, and so forth, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ten dollars.

To pay the Fenton Metallic Manufacturing Company, of Jamestown, New York, for materials furnished and work done in connection with fitting up the new money-order building erected for the use of the money-order branch of the Sixth Auditor’s Office, three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and five cents.

North American Commercial Company: To reimburse the North

North American

American Commercial Company for supplies furnished by order

Commercial Company.

of the Treasury Department to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint

Reimbursement.

George and Saint Paul, Alaska, during the winter of eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, necessary to the maintenance of, and to keep said natives from suffering, on account of being without means of support by reason of the limited catch of seals ordered by the Department, five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

Steamer Harry Cottrell: To refund to the master of the steamer

“Harry Cottrell.”

Refund to master.

Harry Cottrell the tine imposed upon said party under section thirty-one hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, since remitted in

R. S., sec. 3125 p. 599.

whole by the Secretary of the Treasury, the original sum having been paid and covered into the Treasury prior to said remission, twenty dollars.

Compensation in Lieu of Moieties: For compensation in lieu of

Compensation in lieu of moieties.

moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, twenty thousand dollars.

Relief or Treasury of the United States: That the Secretary

Treasurer.

of the Treasury and the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to credit in

Credit in accounts, N. H. Camp.

the accounts of the Treasurer of the United States the sum of eleven thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and three cents, now carried in his general account as “ unavailable funds,” and representing the indebtedness of Norman H. Camp, formerly assayer in charge of assay office at Boise City, on his bullion account, which indebtedness has been canceled by the terms of compromise accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury under section thirty-six hundred and forty nine, Revised

R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718

Statutes, said sum being the amount carried in the statement of the Treasurer of the United States, in his annual report for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as unavailable funds. United States Assay Office, N. H. Camp’s account. And for this purpose the said sum of eleven thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and three cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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Contingent Expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Contingent expenses. Independent Treasury.

R. S., sec. 3653. p. 719.

expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, five thousand dollars.

Transportation of Silver Coin: For transportation of silver

Transportation. silver coin.

coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, fifteen thousand dollars.

Life Saving Service: To reimburse the keeper of the Point aux

Life-Saving Service.

Barques Life-Saving Station for

Point aux Barques Station.

moneys expended by him for subsistence of himself and crew on the occasion of the wreck of the barge E. Cohen, during the month of October, eighteen hundred and ninety, seventy-five dollars.

Payment to Louis Des Biens: To pay Louis des Biens for services

Louis des Biens.

Payment to.

as guide and woodsman in connection with a search party, consisting of Lieutenant Frederick G. Dodge and two men, sent out in January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. by Captain C. L. Hooper, commanding the revenue steamer Corwin, for the relief of the crew of nine men of the American schooner Dare, of San Francisco, wrecked near Bonilla Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and in danger of dying from hunger and exposure, forty dollars.

Payment to George S. Prindle: To pay George S. Prindle,

George S. Prindle.

Payment to.

special assistant United States attorney, for professional services in examining the patent for the Courtenay automatic whistling buoy in the interests of the light house service, seventy-five dollars.

Refund to Benham

Benham and Doville.

Refund to.

and Doville: To refund to Benham and Doville, owners of the steam barge Edward S. Pease, that portion of a fine of one hundred dollars imposed upon them for a violation of

R. S., sec. 4438. p. 859.

section forty-four hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes, since remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury; the original sum having been paid and covered into the Treasury prior to said remission, ninety dollars.

Refund to Waddle Brothers and Ora C. McCreary: To refund

Waddle Brothers, Ora C. McCreary.

Refund to.

to Waddle Brothers and Ora C. McCreary the sum of fifty dollars each, being one-half of a tine imposed upon each party for a violation

R. S., sec. 4438, p. 859.

of section forty-four hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes, since remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury; the original sums having been paid and covered into the Treasury prior to the said remission, one hundred dollars.

Refund to heirs of

Charles Wilson.

Refund to heirs of.

Charles Wilson: To refund to the heirs of Charles Wilson, late master of the schooner Regalia, one-half of a fine

R. S., sec. 4359. p. 813.

imposed upon said Wilson for a violation of section forty-three hundred and fifty-nine, of the Revised Statutes, since remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, the original sum having been paid and covered into the Treasury prior to the said remission, ten dollars.

Refund to Ida F. Howes: To refund to Ida F. Howes, owner of

Ida F. Howes.

Refund to.

the schooner Josie Crowley, a fine imposed upon said party for a

R. S., sec. 4336, p. 838.

violation of section forty-three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes, since remitted in whole by the Secretary of the Treasury, the original sum having been paid and covered into the Treasury prior to the said remission, one hundred dollars.

Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes: For the necessary

Suppressing crimes.

investigation of violations of section fifty-two hundred and nine of

R. S., sec. 5209, p. 1007.

the. Revised Statutes, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Refund to J. G. Allen: To refund to J. G. Allen so much of the

J. G. Allen.

Refund to.

fine and costs imposed upon him by the United States court for the district of Kentucky, in November, eighteen hundred and ninety, from which he was relieved by a pardon granted by the President May twenty-second, eighteen bundled and ninety-one, seventy-two dollars and eighteen cents.

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Payment to McMaster

McMaster and McGibbon.

Payment to.

and McGibbon: For payment to McMaster and McGibbon, advocates, Montreal, Canada, for services in defending United States officers arrested and tried in that city for alleged conspiracy, one thousand and fifty dollars and twenty-five cents.

Relief of F W. Vanderbilt: To pay the claim of F. W. Vanderbilt,

F. W. Vanderbilt.

Payment to.

of New York City, owner of the yacht Conqueror, for damages sustained by that vessel in collision with an ammunition lighter in tow of the steam launch of the United States steamer Lancaster, July eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the steam launch and lighter above mentioned being responsible therefor, three hundred and twenty-nine dollars.

Schooner W Andrian: To pay to the owners of the English schooner

“Wandrian.” Payment to owners.

Wandrian for damages caused by collision with the United States steamer Monongahela, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, the latter vessel being responsible therefor, sixty-two dollars.

Payment to the Pacific Railroads: The Secretary of the

Pacific railroads.

Claims for services to examined by Secretary of Treasury.

Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause a careful examination to be made of the claims heretofore reported to Congress for services performed for the Government by the several Pacific railroads, their branches and leased lines, as set forth and described in House Executive Documents numbered seventy-one and one hundred and twenty-two, and Senate Executive Documents Numbered one hundred and thirty-two and One hundred and thirty five, Fiftieth Congress, second session; House Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-four, One hundred and seventy four, and Three hundred and ninety-four, and Senate Executive Documents Numbered Two hundred and ten and Two hundred and eleven, Fifty-first Congress, first session; House Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and sixty-seven and One hundred and seventy one, Fifty-first Congress, second session; and House Executive Documents Numbered Ninety-four, One hundred and ninety-two, One hundred and ninety-nine, Two hundred and five, Two hundred and sixteen, and Two hundred and fifty-eight, and Senate Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and twenty-three and One hundred and forty. Fifty-second Congress, first session; and shall ascertain the amounts respectively due, if any, for services over the aided and non-aided or leased lines of said roads, and the relation of said roads to their branches and leased lines respectively, and report

Report.

the same to Congress at the beginning of its next session.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Interstate Commerce Commission.

To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to give effect to, execute,

Expenses.

and enforce the provisions of the “Act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and

Vol. 24, p. 386.

amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and February

Vol. 25, p. 855.

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tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen thousand dollars. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia.

Executive Offices: For one Engineer Commissioner (to make

Engineer Commissioner.

salary five thousand dollars) nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents.

Fire Department: For forage, four thousand dollars.

Fire department.

Police Court: For pay of jurors, one thousand one hundred and

Police court.

forty dollars;

For pay of deputy marshal, from April first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, inclusive, at three dollars per day, two hundred and thirty-one dollars.

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Health Department: For collection and removal of garbage, one

Health department.

thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents: for collection and removal of garbage prior to March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-three cents; in all, two thousand two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eighty-three cents.

Payment of Judgments: For payment of judgments against the

Payment of judgments.

District of Columbia, as follows:

To Barber Asphalt Paving Company, seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents, together with eighteen dollars and seventy cents costs; To Barber Asphalt Paving Company, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-two cents, together with nineteen dollars and twenty cents costs; To William H. Stearns, three hundred and fifty dollars, together with eighteen dollars and ninety-five cents costs; To William B. Moses, one hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifty-one cents, together with eighteen dollars and seventy cents costs. To Leo Pollak, one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, together with eighteen dollars and forty-five cents costs; To Charles L. Holt, sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, together with eighteen dollars and forty-five cents costs; To Mary E. Arnold, Benjamin Blue, and Charles J. Hailstalk, one hundred dollars, together with forty-eight dollars and thirty cents costs; To James A. Connor, ten dollars, together with two dollars and ten cents costs; To James A. Connor, one dollar, together with two dollars and forty cents costs; To Philip Hutchinson, five hundred and forty dollars, together with forty-four dollars and fifty-fifty cents costs; To William T. Garrison, seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars, together with eighteen dollars and seventy cents costs: To Alfred W. Clements, seventy-one dollars, together with four dollars and forty-five cents costs; To —;—Jenner, thirty-six dollars and ninety cents costs; To Michael I. Weller, forty dollars and thirty five cents costs; To Harry S. Hutton, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, together with twenty-five dollars and forty cents costs;

George W. Mockabee three thousand dollars, together with seventy-two dollars and ninety-five cents costs; in all, nine thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighty-four cents, together with a

Interest.

further sum to pay the interest on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment.

Deficiency in Sale of Bonds: To supply the deficiency in the

Contractors’ bonds.

amount realized from the sale of bonds in which the ten per centum retained from contractors was invested, five thousand dollars.

General Advertising: To pay the Evening Star Newspaper Company,

Advertising.

advertising tax sales, two thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty-seven cents;

To pay the Washington Post Company, advertising tax sales, two thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty-seven cents; in all, four thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy-four cents.

Streets: Condemnation of streets, roadways, and alleys; To pay

Condemnation of streets, etc.

B. K. Bruce, recorder of deeds, recording transactions, five dollars;

To pay Stellwagen and Edmonston, land condemned for opening T street, one hundred and three dollars and forty-nine cents; in all, one hundred and eight dollars and forty-nine cents.

Sprinkling, Sweeping, and Cleaning Streets: For sprinkling,

Sprinkling, etc., streets.

sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, four thousand dollars.

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Public Schools: Salaries of superintendents, teachers, and

Public schools.

janitors:

To pay janitor of Polk school, sixty-four dollars and fifty-five cents; To pay janitor of Wilson school, sixty-two dollars and ninety-nine cents; To pay janitor of Taylor school, twenty-nine dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-seven cents.

For permanent fixtures in laboratories, blackboarding, and gas fixtures for high school building on Capitol Hill, two thousand three hundred dollars, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

For fuel, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Militia: For rent, fuel, light, care and repair of armories, two

Militia.

thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For printing and stationery, two hundred and fifty dollars; and for this purpose the additional sum of one hundred and forty dollars shall be transferred from the appropriation for expenses of drills and parades, and the sum of sixty dollars from the appropriation for expenses of rifle practice and matches for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two;

For expenses of drills, parades, and instruction, forty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars.

Support of Convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation

Support of convicts.

of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, eight thousand five hundred and ninety dollars and eleven cents.

To supply deficiency in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as follows:

Contingent Expenses: To pay B. K. Bruce, recorder of deeds,

Contingent expenses.

recording tax sales, thirty-three dollars.

For general advertising, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-two cents.

Coroner’s Office: To pay James Oliver for services in care of the

Coroner.

morgue, two dollars and eighty-seven cents.

Parking Commission: For contingent expenses, eleven dollars and

Parking commission.

twenty-two cents.

Construction of County Roads: Grading and regulating Bunker

County roads.

Hill road from Harewood avenue to Queen’s Chapel road;

To pay McMahon, Porter and Company, sewer pipe, three dollars and twenty cents.

Public Schools: For contingent expenses, one hundred and fifty

Public schools.

dollars and ninety-nine cents.

For purchase of articles for use in connection with instruction in manual training, sixty-four dollars and ninety-eight cents.

Militia: For rent, fuel, light, and care of armories, three thousand

Militia.

nine hundred dollars.

Metropolitan Police: For contingent expenses, twenty-six dollars

Police.

and twenty-five cents.

Police Court: For witness fees: To pay certificates on file in the

Police court.

office of the auditor, District of Columbia, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.

Washington Asylum: To pay William Wyman, cook, eleven dollars

Washington Asylum.

and seventy-three cents.

For contingent expenses, five hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-four cents.

Public Bathing Beach: To pay for lumber, one dollar and one cent.

Bathing beach.

Support of Convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation

Support of convicts.

of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-six cents.

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To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:

Public Schools: For salaries of superintendents, teachers, and

Public schools.

janitors: The sum of one hundred and forty-four dollars paid for helpers in the manual training schools in the Franklin, Thomson, Force, Seaton, Wallach, Jefferson, Curtis, and Addison schools is hereby allowed, and the accounting officers in the United States Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Douglass, L. G. Hine, and H. M. Robert.

Miscellaneous Expenses: For general advertising, forty-four

Miscellaneous.

dollars and forty cents.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as follows:

Collector’s Office: To pay W. B. Moses and sons, furniture,

Collector’s office

eleven dollars and ten cents.

Engineers Office: To pay J. Y. Turner, subscription to Washington

Engineer’s office.

Post, eight dollars and forty cents.

Public Schools: For salaries to superintendents, teachers, and

Public schools.

janitors: To pay the janitor of Smallwood school, thirty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents.

Police Court: Witness fees: To pay certificates on file in the

Police court.

office of the Auditor, District of Columbia, six dollars and twenty-five cents.

Miscellaneous Expenses: For general advertising, seven dollars

Miscellaneous.

and forty-four cents.

Telegraph and Telephone Service: For general supplies, being

Telegraph and telephone service.

for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents.

That one-half of the foregoing amounts, to meet deficiencies in the

One-half from District revenues.

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.

Water Department: For deficiencies in the appropriations for the

Water department.

water department, payable from the revenues of the water department, as follows:

Pumping expenses and pipe distribution: The sum of fifteen dollars

Pumping expenses, etc.

and forty cents, paid for clerical services, is hereby allowed, and the accounting officers of the United States Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Douglass, L. G. Hine, and C. W. Raymond, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, fifteen dollars and forty cents.

The sum of six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eight cents, paid

Clerical services.

for clerical services, is hereby allowed and the accounting officers of the United States Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J W Douglass, L. G. Hine, and C. W. Raymond, six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eight cents; being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

Pumping Expenses and Pipe Distribution: To pay George W.

Services.

Beall, twenty-seven dollars.

To pay Henry B. McIntire, fifty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. To pay Joseph A. Neville, twenty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents. To pay Theodore Oertel, forty-two dollars. To pay Michael Sullivan, seventy-five dollars. To pay William Small, nine dollars and thirty-seven cents; in all, two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and ninety-nine cents, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

That the Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby required to repair

P street bridge to be repaired by Metropolitan Railroad Company.

the bridge across Rock Creek at P street, in the District of Columbia, at a cost of not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Said repairs to 291 make the bridge sufficiently strong to allow the passage of storage battery ears of the said company, and to be made under the direction of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by him.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

Transportation of the Army and its Supplies: To pay amounts

Transportation.

found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred and twelve thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and four cents.

Rifle Range, Fort Sheridan, Illinois: To pay amount found

Fort Sheridan. III., rifle range.

due by the accounting officers to William Goldie and sons, of Chicago, Illinois, on account of the appropriation for rifle range, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, ninety dollars.

Construction and Repair of Hospitals: To pay amount found

Construction, etc. of hospitals.

due by the accounting officers to V. A. Kelley (in part), on account of construction and repair of hospitals, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty-two cents.

To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to W. Millard’s sons, on account of construction and repair of hospitals, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, thirty-four dollars and forty-three cents.

Burial of Indigent Soldiers: For expenses of burying in the

Burial of indigent soldiers.

Arlington National Cemetery or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War at a cost not exceeding fifty dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, five hundred dollars.

State or Territorial Homes: For continuing the aid to State

State, etc., homes for disabled soldiers.

or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen

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hundred and eighty-eight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and twenty thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighty-five cents.

Oregon and Washington Indian War: To pay the awards made

Oregon and Washington Indian war claims.

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by the Third Auditor of the Treasury, under the provisions of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, providing for the adjustment of claims arising in the Oregon and Washington Indian war of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, certified at the present session of Congress in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and three, one thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixteen cents.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

naval establishment.

Naval establishment.

To reimburse “General account of advances” created by the act of

Advances.

Vol. 20, p. 167.

June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (Twenty Statutes, one hundred and sixty-seven), for amounts advanced therefrom and expended on account of the several appropriations named, in excess of the sums appropriated therefor for the fiscal years given, found to be due the “general account” on adjustment by the accounting officers, there is appropriated as follows:

For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nineteen

Fay.

thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-nine cents;

292 For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents. For transportation and recruiting, Bureau of Navigation, eighteen

Bureau of navigation.

hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and seventy dollars and fifty cents. For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

and ninety-one, three hundred and five dollars and sixty-eight cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Bureau of Equipment.

one hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifteen cents. For provisions. Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

hundred and ninety, four thousand two handled and ninety-six dollars and eight cents; For navigation, Bureau of Navigation, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Bureau of navigation.

one hundred and fifty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents; in all, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars and eleven cents.

Pay of Marine Corps: Commutation of Quarters, For commutation

Marine Corps.

Commutation of quarters.

of quarters for officers on duty without troops, where there are no public quarters, five hundred and forty-eight dollars and forty cents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Contingent, Marine Corps: To pay amounts found due by the

Contingent.

accounting officers on account of freight and transportation under the appropriation Contingent, Marine Corps,” except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty dollars and ninety-eight cents.

To pay accounts on file for gas, water, straw, freight, express charges, and rent of telephone for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand seven hundred and six dollars and ninety-five cents.

To reimburse appropriation contingent on account of amount paid for funeral expenses of Private Rusk for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-three dollars: in all, one thousand eight hundred and ten dollars and ninety-three cents.

Marine Barracks, Sitka, Alaska: To reimburse appropriation

Sitka. Alaska.

marine barracks, Sitka, Alaska,

Marine barracks.

on account of expenditures made under direction of the commanding naval officer at Sitka, and also for amount disallowed by the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury for purchase of lumber, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and one cent.

Transportation and Recruiting, Navy: To pay amounts found

Transportation and recruiting.

due by the accounting officers, on account of freight and transportation, under appropriation “Transportation and recruiting. Navy, Bureau of Navigation,” except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, six dollars and seventy cents.

To pay bill of Pennsylvania Railroad Company for transportation of enlisted men in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seventy-three dollars and eighty-five cents; to pay bill of Pennsylvania Railroad Company for transportation of enlisted men in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty-one dollars and forty-five cents; to pay bill of Pennsylvania Railroad Company for transportation of enlisted men in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventy cents: in all, two hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy cents.

Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: To pay amounts found due

Bureau of navigation.

Contingent.

by the accounting officers for freight, under appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Navigation,” except for services over Pacific railroads, and being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, ninety-nine dollars and six cents.

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: To supply a deficiency in the

Bureau of Ordnance. Contingent.

appropriation for the contingent service of the Bureau of Ordnance for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, four hundred dollars.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers for freight, under appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance,” except for services over Pacific railroads, and being for the service of the fiscal 293 year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nineteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Equipment OF Vessels: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation

Equipment of vessels.

“Equipment of vessels,” eighteen hundred and ninety-one, incurred in the purchase of naval supplies, for which no bills have been rendered, three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: To pay amounts found due

Bureau of Equip merit.

Contingent.

by the accounting officers for freight under appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Equipment,” except for services over Pacific railroads, and being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-two cents.

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: To pay amounts

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Repairs.

found due by the accounting officers for freight, under appropriation “Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” and being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents.

Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: To pay

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

Contingent.

amounts found due by the accounting officers for freight, under appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.” except for services over the Pacific railroads, and being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents.

To pay the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company, of Wilmington,

Harlan and Hollingsworth Company.

Payment to.

Delaware, for wharfage and care and protection of the monitor Amphitrite, including services of watchman, day and night, and use of mooring lines, from June seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and forty-four days, at eight dollars per day, two thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars, said sum to be accepted in full of all demands.

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to Joseph Fernandez, a

Joseph Fernandez.

Indemnity to.

British subject, the same to be received by him as full indemnity for the loss and injuries caused by a shot fired from the United States steamship Galena while engaged in practice on the range at Key West, Florida, in eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand dollars.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

Maps of the United States: To pay amounts due the Missouri

Maps.

Republican for advertising in August, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, nineteen dollars and twenty cents.

Education of Children in Alaska: To pay amounts found due

Education in Alaska.

by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of education of children in Alaska, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as follows: To pay the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railroad Company, forty-three dollars and eighty-four cents.

Pension Office Building: To pay to Wilson and Goss balance due

Pension Office.

Foundation.

them on their contract for building the foundation of the new Pension Office building, two hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-five cents.

public lands service.

Public lauds.

Protecting Public Lands: For amount of claim of Edward G.

Protecting, etc.

Fahnestock, for salary and per diem in lieu of subsistence, as special agent of the General Land Office, during the months of June and July, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, four hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy cents.

Reproducing Plats of Surveys: For amount of claim of The

Reproducing plats.

Missouri Republican for advertising in August, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, fourteen dollars and forty cents.

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Custodians of Abandoned Military Reservations and Ruins

Care of abandoned military reservations and Casa Grande.

of Casa Grande: To pay salaries of custodians of the following abandoned military reservations, at not exceeding four hundred and eighty dollars each per annum, namely: Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming, Fort Laramie, Wyoming, Fort Hayes, Kansas, and Fort Dodge, Kansas, and custodian of Ruins of Casa Grande at not exceeding seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, for services rendered during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.

Geological Survey: For topography east of one hundredth meridian,

Geological Survey.

fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand eight hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-seven cents.

For topography west of one hundredth meridian, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-one cents.

Town sites in Oklahoma: To pay the amounts which shall be found

Oklahoma.

Town site boards.

due, after proper audit in each instance, to the persons constituting the boards, including disbursing agents and clerks, appointed to carry into

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effect the provisions of the act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to provide for town site entries in Oklahoma, eight

Proviso.

thousand live hundred dollars: Provided, That no payments shall be made hereunder to the disbursing agents of said boards until after the

Accounts.

accounts of said agents shall have in each instance been satisfactorily adjusted by the General Land Office.

Relief of Alexander Sampson: That the word and name James,

Alexander Sampson.

Name corrected.

preceding the word Sampson, in the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, and for other purposes,

Vol. 26, p. 879.

approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and occurring in the provision for the Department of the Interior, and being on page eight hundred and seventy-nine, of volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same is hereby, amended and changed to Alexander, and that Alexander Sampson have all the rights granted in and by said act.

indian affairs.

Indian affairs.

Removal of Certain Flathead Indians: For this amount to

Flat heads.

Removal.

pay the expenses of a special agent for the removal of certain Flathead Indians to Jocko Reservation, Montana, to be reimbursed to the United States out of proceeds of sale of lands, one hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventy-one cents.

Pine Ridge Commission: To pay the account of Charles E. Pearce,

Charles E. Pearce.

Payment to.

chairman Pine Ridge Commission, for services and expenses incurred by him in a visit to Washington, District of Columbia, under instructions from the Department of the Interior, for the purpose of a consultation in regard to matters contained in report of the Pine Ridge

Vol. 26, p. 1009.

Commission, organized under the authority of the Indian appropriation act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and forty-nine dollars.

To pay John R. Gilman of Arizona, two thousand dollars balance due

John R. Gilman.

Payment to.

for erection of ware house and office on San Carlos Reservation in Arizona.

Indian school, Carson City, Nevada: Support of Indian pupils

Carson City, Nev.,

at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per

Indian school.

annum each, necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, and for pay of superintendent of said school at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand and twenty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.

Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the

Indian supplies, purchasing, etc.

expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouse and pay of necessary employees; advertising, 295 at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates: inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. five thousand dollars.

Surveying and allotting for iowas in Oklahoma: To enable

John C. Robison.

Payment to.

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the Secretary of the Interior to compensate John C. Robison, of Indiana, for the balance due him for services rendered and expenses incurred under his appointment as special agent to allot lands to the Iowa Indians, in Oklahoma, under the act of Congress approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the sum of two hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Indian Office: That out of the appropriation of two thousand five

Indian Office.

Per diem clerks.

Vol. 26, p. 938.

hundred dollars for per diem clerks in the Indian Bureau, contained in the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, there may be expended not exceeding sixty-four dollars for services rendered by four persons under appointment of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs prior to decision of Civil Service Commission that such positions could be filled only by certification from that Commission, said persons having received no pay for such service.

army and navy pensions.

Pensions

For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered

Examining surgeons’ fees.

within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 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 applicant on such day, three hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollars and eighty-three cents. expenses of eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

For salaries and necessary expenses for continuing the work of compiling

Compiling results.

the results of the Eleventh Census, five hundred and sixty thousand dollars, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and to continue available until exhausted.

For the work of the division of farms, homes, and mortgages, one

Division of farms, homes, and mortgages.

hundred thousand dollars, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and to continue available until exhausted.

To continue printing of the final volumes of the Eleventh Census,

Printing.

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authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to continue available until exhausted.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post Office Department.

Rent of buildings: For rent of building known as Marini’s Hall,

Rent.

Washington, District of Columbia, for the use of the money-order division of the auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, for the months of February, March, April, May, June, and July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two thousand dollars. POSTAL SERVICE.

Postal Service.

out of the postal revenues.

For advertising, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year

Advertising.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and forty dollars and thirty-four cents.

Mail transportation: For inland transportation by railroad

Transportation, rail road routes.

routes, except for service over Pacific railroads, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and 296 forty-eight thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-two cents.

Compensation to postmasters: For amounts to reimburse the

Postmasters.

postal revenues of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety and eighteen hundred and ninety-one, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriations (ascertained and estimated), as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five hundred and seventy-eight thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars and forty-one cents.

For eighteen hundred and ninety, thirty-one thousand five hundred forty-nine dollars and forty-nine cents.

To pay the amount certified by the Auditor of the Treasury for the

Luke Voorhees.

Payment to.

Post-Office Department to be due Luke Voorhees, late contractor on mail route numbered thirty-five thousand and forty, Fargo to Pembina, Dakota, contract term ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for the period from April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to July thirty first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, nine thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Department of Agriculture.

Botanical investigations and experiments: For vegetable

Botanical investigations.

Transportation.

pathological investigations and experiments: To pay the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, for transportation. May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighty-six dollars.

Pomological information: To reappropriate and make available

Pomological information.

Eugene Schuyler.

Payment to.

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for the payment of balance due on two drafts made by Eugene Schuyler, late agent and consul-general of the United States at Cairo, Egypt, under date of May first and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for expenses incurred in purchasing and shipping to the Department of Agriculture date trees and onions from Egypt, the sum of three hundred and four dollars and seventy-nine cents, which was appropriated by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and inadvertently made payable to the estate of Eugene Schuyler.

Fiber investigations: To reimburse B. F. Fuller, disbursing

Fiber investigations.

Translations.

clerk, for amount paid to Henry L. Thomas for translating articles on the cultivation of flax, as follows: Five dollars and twenty-five cents paid December twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; forty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents paid April sixteenth, and eight dollars paid April twenty-first, eighteen hunched and ninety, aggregating sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety.

Investigating the history and habits of insects: To pay

Insect investigations.

amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of investigating the history and habits of insects, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one dollar and seventy-seven cents.

Investigations in Ornithology and Mammalogy: To pay

Ornithology and mammalogy.

amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of investigations in ornithology and mammalogy, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, four dollars and ninety cents.

Experiments in the manufacture of sugar: To pay amounts

Sugar experiments.

found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of experiments in the manufacture of sugar, one hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-two cents.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

For stationery, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For furniture and repairs, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty-five dollars.

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For transportation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seventy-five dollars.

Prosecution of Crimes: To pay amounts found due by the

Prosecution of crimes.

accounting officers of the Treasury on account of prosecutions of crimes, being for the. service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as follows: To pay the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, twenty dollars and thirty cents.

Reform School, District of Columbia: That in order to settle

Reform School. Transfer of balance.

the accounts for “Buildings, Reform School,” the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to transfer the unexpended balance of subheads of appropriations to meet disbursements already made, no money being hereby appropriated out of the Treasury therefor.

expenses united states courts.

United States courts.

Fees for Marshals: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Marshals’ fees.

for fees and expenses of marshals. United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred and one dollars and seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand dollars For fees of special deputy marshals at Congressional elections, being

Special deputies. Congressional elections.

a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and thirty dollars. For fees of special deputy marshals at Congressional elections, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, twenty-five dollars.

Fees of Witnesses: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Witnesses’ fees.

for fees of witnesses, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one thousand dollars.

Fees of District Attorneys: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

District attorneys.

for fees of District Attorneys, United States courts for the

Fees.

fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, forty-seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and ninety-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-seven cents. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for special compensation

Special compensation.

to district attorneys for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three thousand five hundred and sixty-three and eighty-six cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seven thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-six cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars and nine cents.

Pay of Special Assistant Attorneys: To supply deficiencies in

Special assistant attorneys.

the appropriations for pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars and forty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety fourteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.

Fees of Clerks: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

Clerks’ fees.

fees of clerks, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, forty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, fifty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents. 298 Fees of Commissioners: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Commissioners’ fees.

for fees of commissioners, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ninety-one thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty-three cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, sixty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifteen cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, seven thousand two hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-three cents.

Support of Prisoners: For support of United States prisoners,

Support of prisoners.

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and twenty-eight cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, sixty-two thousand and seventy-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents.

Pay of Bailiffs: For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three

Bailiffs, criers, etc.

bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York; of expenses of district judges directed to hold court outside of their district; of meals for jurors in United States cases when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, live dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years, as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and sixty-two dollars.

Miscellaneous Expenses: For payment of such miscellaneous

Miscellaneous.

expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General, including the employment of janitors and watchmen in rooms or buildings rented for the use of courts, and of interpreters, experts, and stenographers; of furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirty-three thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, thirty-six thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-nine cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, live hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents.

Rent of Court Rooms: For rent of court rooms, United States

Rent.

courts, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two. twenty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and forty-five cents.

Expenses of Territorial Courts in Utah: To supply deficiencies

Utah courts.

in the appropriations for expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, on account of fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-two thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty-four cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and fifty-one cents.299 For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, six hundred and fifty-two dollars and ten cents.

Rent and Incidental Expenses, Territory of Alaska: To

Alaska.

supply deficiencies in the appropriations for rent and incidental expenses of offices for the marshal, district attorney, and commissioners, Territory of Alaska, on account of fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, three hundred and four dollars and five cents.

Defending Suits in Claims against the United States:

Defending suits in claims.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including the payment of such expenses as in the discretion of the Attorney-General shall be necessary for making proper defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, on account of fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand three handled and twenty-one dollars and eighty cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, four hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, ten dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred dollars and twenty-five cents.

Circuit Courts of Appeals: For salaries and expenses of the circuit

Circuit Courts of Appeals.

courts of appeals, thirty thousand three hundred and eighty dollars and fifty cents.

Court of Private Land Claims: For salaries and expenses of the

Court of Private Laud Claims.

Court of Private Land Claims, eleven thousand two hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty cents.

For publishing notice of the organization of the Court of Private

Advertising.

Land Claims, as follows: To the Phoenix Herald, Phoenix, Arizona, seven thousand three hundred and thirty-one dollars and six cents; to the New Mexican Printing Company, New Mexico, six thousand three hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-five cents; to the Washington Post. District of Columbia, nine thousand four hundred and thirty-one dollars and ten cents; to the Sun Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and five cents; in all, twenty-eight thousand and thirty-six dollars and forty-six cents.

Expenses United States courts, Indian Territory: To pay

Indian Territory courts.

the actual traveling and other expenses of the judge of the United States court holding court in the Indian Territory, other than at Muscogee, in accordance with the act of May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:

For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and one dollars and ninety-five cents; For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven hundred dollars. In all, nine hundred and one dollars and ninety-five cents.

Deputy Marshals in Oklahoma: To enable the Attorney-General

Oklahoma.

Investigation of amounts duo deputy marshals.

to investigate and ascertain the amounts due such persons as are alleged to have rendered service in Oklahoma since the lands therein were opened to settlement by proclamation of the President under orders of the United States marshal as deputies between April twenty second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, in compliance with directions from the Attorney-General, one thousand dollars; and for the payment of accounts

Payment.

which will be found due upon such investigation, twenty thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand dollars; Provided, That in

Proviso.

Maximum.

no ease shall there be allowed exceeding four dollars per diem for compensation and two dollars per diem each for expenses.

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To defray the expenses of an apportionment of the Territory of Oklahoma

Apportionment of legislative districts.

into thirteen council and twenty-six representative districts, for the purpose of an election to be held as hereinafter provided for, one

Proviso.

Officers to be elected.

thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That at such election in said Territory of Oklahoma there shall be elected a delegate to the Fifty-third Congress, members of the second legislative assembly of the Territory, and county and township officers. Such election shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of said Territory.

The governor, Abraham J. Seay, of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Leslie P.

Apportionment commission.

Ross, of Norman, Oklahoma, and Samuel Crocker, of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, are hereby appointed a commission to apportion the Territory into thirteen council and twenty-six representative districts as nearly as may be in proportion to the population, and the governor shall on or before the first day of October anno Domini, eighteen

Election.

hundred and ninety-two, issue a proclamation for the holding of such election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, setting forth therein the apportionment of said Territory as aforesaid, and such election shall be held on the day last named, and said second legislative assembly

Meeting of legislature.

shall convene on the second Tuesday of January anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as now provided by the laws of said Territory.

That each of said commissioners shall be paid for his said services a

Commissioners’ pay.

sum not exceeding ten dollars per diem for the time actually spent in making such apportionment.

The said commissioners in making said apportionment, shall so make

Voting precincts.

the same that no voting precinct shall be situated in more than one council or representative district. Should either of said commissioners fail or refuse to act, the governor shall appoint, as his successor, the person recommended by the Territorial executive committee of the political party to which said commissioner belongs.

The board of county commissioners of each county are hereby constituted

Canvassing boards.

a county canvassing board, and the governor, secretary, and Territorial auditor are hereby constituted a Territorial canvassing board,

Meetings.

and said county canvassing board shall meet on the Friday next following said election and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election, and the county clerk shall thereupon immediately issue to all county and township officers elected at said election a certificate of their election, and shall immediately certify the canvass of said vote for Delegate to Congress, and for representatives and councilors to the secretary of the Territory, and the said Territorial canvassing board shall meet on the second Friday after said election and proceed to canvass the returns and declare the result of said election for a Delegate to Congress and for councilors and representatives of the Second Legislative Assembly, and immediately thereafter the secretary shall issue to the

Proviso.

persons elected certificates of their election: And provided further, That the Legislative Assembly elected under this act shall not consider any

Location of capital.

proposition or pass any bill to remove the seat of government of said Territory from its present location.

JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

For pay of the difference in the salaries of the sixty-four district

District judges.

Increased pay.

judges of the United States as established by law prior to February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the rate of five

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thousand dollars per annum, as established by the act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one from that date to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, both inclusive, thirty thousand eight hundred dollars. 301 SENATE.

Senate.

To reimburse Honorable Fred T. Dubois, Senator from the State of

Contested elections.

Hon. Fred T. Dubois.

Idaho, for expenses incurred in defending his right to a seat in the Senate as Senator from said State, two thousand dollars.

To pay William H Clagett, in full compensation for his time and expenses

William H. Clagett.

incurred in prosecuting his claims to a seat in the Senate as a Senator from the State of Idaho, four thousand dollars.

To pay R. H. M. Davison, in full compensation for his time and expenses

R. H. M. Davidson

incurred in prosecuting his claims to a seat in the Senate as a Senator from the State of Florida, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For payment to the legal representatives of the Honorable John S.

John S. Barbour.

Payment to legal representatives.

Barbour, deceased, late a Senator of the United States from the State of Virginia, five thousand dollars.

To pay ex-Senator Alexander McDonald, under Senate resolution of

Alexander McDonald.

Payment to.

March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, six thousand five hundred and two dollars and twenty-nine cents.

To reimburse the Official Reporter of the Senate for moneys paid by

Official reporter.

Extra services.

him during the present session for clerical hire and extra clerical services, live thousand dollars.

To pay Isaac Hamburger, clerk to the Committee to Examine the

Isaac Hamburger.

Several Branches of the Civil Service, for eight days’ service, from December eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, forty-eight dollars.

To pay William H. II. Hart, in full compensation for his claim for

William H. H. Hart.

services as janitor under the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate during fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, five hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty cents.

For contingent expenses, namely:

Contingent expenses.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, two thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous items.

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Investigations.

two thousand dollars.

For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one

Repairing, etc., furniture

hundred and fifty-six dollars and forty-two cents.

That the appropriations made for session employees of the Senate and

Session employees.

House of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and

Appropriation available.

ninety-three, shall be available from and including July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, during the session of Congress.

That the unexpended balances of the appropriations for miscellaneous

Balances of miscellaneous items appropriations available.

items of the Senate and House of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. shall be available for expenditure during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

To pay to the widow of M. H. Ford, late a Representative in Congress

Deceased members.

M. H. Ford.

Widow of.

John R. Gamble.

Widow of.

from the State of Michigan, five thousand dollars. To pay to the widow of John R. Gamble, late a Representative in

Leonidas C. Houk.

Widow and children of.

Congress from the State of South Dakota, five thousand dollars. To pay to the widow of Leonidas C. Houk, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents, and to John L. Hudiburg, guardian of Annie Houk and Eddie Houk, two minor children of the said Leonidas C. Houk, for their use and benefit, two thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-two cents; in all, five thousand dollars. To pay to the widow of John W. Kendall, late a Representative in

John W. Kendall.

Widow of.

Congress from the State of Kentucky, four thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty-four cents. To pay to the widow of W. H. F. Lee, late a Representative in Congress

W. H. F. Lee.

Widow of.

from the State of Virginia, five thousand dollars. 302 To pay to the widow of Francis B. Spinola, late a Representative in

Francis B. Spinola.

Widow of.

Congress from the State of New York, five thousand dollars. To pay to the legal heirs of E. T. Stackhouse the amount of salary for

E. T. Stackhouse.

Heirs of.

the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Fifty-second Congress, four thousand and fourteen dollars and ten cents. To pay to the widow of James Phelan the amount of salary for the

James Phelan.

Widow of.

unexpired term of his service as a member of the Fifty-first Congress, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-seven cents. For allowance to the following contestants and contestees, audited

Contested elections.

and recommended by the Committee on Elections, for expenses incurred by them in contested election cases, namely: Alexander K. Craig, two thousand dollars;

Alexander K. Craig.

Andrew Stewart, two thousand dollars;

Andrew Stewart.

Henry T. Noyes, two thousand dollars;

Henry T. Noyes.

John V. McDuffie, two thousand dollars;

John V. McDuffie.

Louis W. Turpin, two thousand dollars;

Louis W. Turpin.

Hosea H. Rockwell, two thousand dollars;

Hosea H. Rockwell

John A. Quackenbush, eight hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.

John A. Quackenbush.

For stationery, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Stationery.

To reimburse the official reporters of the proceedings and debates of

Official reporters and stenographers.

the House of Representatives and the official stenographers to committees for the moneys paid by them so far during the present session for clerical hire and extra clerical services, one thousand dollars each; in all, seven thousand dollars. To pay John W. Daniel extra compensation for preparing statistical

John W. Daniel.

Payment to.

tables, and for services rendered to the Committee on Ways and Means, three hundred dollars. To pay Charles Carter for services in caring for the sub-committee

Charles Carter.

Services.

room of the Committee on Appropriations, sixty dollars; To pay George W. Rae for services as assistant clerk to the Committee

George W. Rae.

on Claims, from January second to January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and fourteen dollars. To pay the following accounts, which have been audited and recommended by the Committee on Accounts, namely: To pay H. G. Clement and G. H. Watkins for extra services rendered

H. G. Clement and G. H. Watkins.

Services.

C. W. Coombs.

in the folding room, three hundred dollars each, six hundred dollars. To pay C. W. Coombs for extra services rendered, two hundred and fifty dollars. For reporting hearings and testimony taken by committees of the

Reporting.

House, when the official stenographers of committees were otherwise engaged, namely: To pay James M. Fisher, four hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents;

James M. Fisher.

To John W. Hulse, one hundred dollars;

John W. Hulse.

To Henry G. Hayes, three hundred and sixteen dollars and fifteen cents;

Henry G. Hayes.

To Frank F. Doyle, twenty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; in all,

Frank F. Doyle.

eight hundred and seventy dollars and ninety cents. To pay the conductors of the elevators in the House wing of the

Conductors of elevators.

Capitol the difference between their respective salaries and one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, as follows: To L B. Cook and George Winters, for fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred dollars each; to R. R. Gibbs and Samuel D. Sterne, from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety to January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, inclusive, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty cents each; to R. W. Gondelock and C. L. Williams, from February first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, including forty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents each; in all, eight hundred dollars. To pay George W. Cooper the difference between his salary as page

George W. Cooper.

in the folding room and that of an assistant clerk, at seventy-five dol-303 lars per month, from April first to December seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents. To pay laborer in charge of public closet in south wing of the Capitol,

Laborer, public closet.

from March fourth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive, two hundred and thirty-six dollars. under the public printer.

Public Printer.

To pay twenty per centum, in addition to the amount paid them for

Twenty per cent.

day labor, to Stephen Caldwell, laborer, and Samuel Robinson and William Madden, messengers, during the first session of the Fifty-second Congress, three hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.

Judgments, United States courts.

For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of suit, which have been rendered under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty seven, entitled “An act to

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provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney-General in House Executive Documents Numbered Nine and Two hundred and forty-three and Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, thirteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-three cents, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments, at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date thereof until the time tins appropriation is made. JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS. For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims as follows:

Payment of judgments, Court of Claims.

To William J. Gaudin, one hundred and sixty dollars; To E. E. Stafford, administratrix of Joseph M Stafford, one hundred and eighty-six dollars; To J. Crockett Givens, ninety-seven dollars; To Frank Hardin, three hundred and one dollars and sixty-five cents; To Isaac C Fowler, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty-six cents; To Henry L Carroll, one hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty-five cents; To H. J. Phillips, administrator of J. M. Phillips, two hundred and thirty dollars; To J. A. Donnell, eighty-five dollars and thirty-live cents; To John M Langston, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents; To William J. Gaudin, one hundred dollars; To William E. Abbott, one hundred and four dollars and seventeen cents; To Morris Kirkpatrick, one hundred and seven dollars; To Edward George, one hundred and ten dollars; To Ebenezer N. O. Clough, one hundred and eighty-three dollars; To Richard G. Davenport, executor of George R. Graham, two thousand and thirty-six dollars; To William J. Gaudin, one hundred and fifty-five dollars; To B. H. Peterson, two thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and nine cents; To William D. McKinstry, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; To W. C. Robards, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents; 304 To William D. McKinstry, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six

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dollars and eighty-six cents; To Frank Ives, one hundred and ninety-five dollars; To Alfred B Mullet, sixty-six dollars and eighty-six cents; To John Finn, fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty cents; To Alfred Pasqueau, twenty-six thousand dollars; To William J. Gaudin, ninety-one dollars and sixty cents; To William J. Gaudin, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty-five cents; To Houstan M. McCullough, two hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents; To Stephen P Hale, one hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty cents; To James T. Carter, one hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents; To Thomas L. Harrison, two hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty-five cents; To James B. Gaston, seven hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-five cents; To Henry C. Cowles, one thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and forty-eight cents; To William II McGrew, three hundred and seventy-six dollars and forty-five cents; To James A. Bledsoe, nine hundred dollars and thirty-five cents: To William Muirheid, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty cents; To Louis C. Hughes, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents; To Charles B. Germain, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy cents; To Will Haight, eight hundred and eighty-six dollars; To Stephen Roberts, five hundred and eleven dollars; To Joseph C. Finnell, nine hundred and eighteen dollars; To Abner Hazeltine, one thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollars and eighty cents; To Stephen Wheeler, one thousand and sixty-three dollars and ninety cents; To Thomas Corwin, ninety-five dollars and ten cents: To Alfred T. Dillard, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and ten cents; To Doc. H. Hart, one thousand and eighty-two dollars; To James H. Bone, three hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-five cents; To Horatio D. Woods, three hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty cents; To John Whitehead, thirty dollars; To Frank F. Teicher, one hundred and sixty-six dollars; To James E Reed, two thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and eighty-five cents; To G. McHenderson, one hundred and thirty-two dollars: To Elbert Wallace, eight hundred and seventy dollars; To John M. Allred, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety-five cents. To Frank Pidgeon, junior, four thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars, and twenty-two cents; To Frank Pidgeon, junior, five thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirty cents; To Richard M. Jones, fifty-four dollars and twenty cents; To John A. Shipman, one thousand five hundred dollars; To John H. Finks, one thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; 305 To Cadwallader J. Pride, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and

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fifty-five cents; To William Morgan, five hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents; To Archibald B Calvert, five hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy cents; To James H. Gable, two thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars. To James M. Brown, fifty-three dollars and eighty cents; To James M. Brown, forty-nine dollars and thirty cents; To John J. Allen, eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-five cents; To the Michigan Central Railroad Company, one thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars; To William S. Rosecrans, four hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty cents; To the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, four thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty-one cents, and interest on this judgment from February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and thirty-five dollars and fifty-eight cents; To William H. Woolverton, forty-six thousand five hundred and eighty dollars; To William H. Strong, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents; To Sarah A. Harris, administratrix of William P. Harris, two hundred and sixty-nine dollars; To Philip A. Hoyne, five hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; To James J. McNew, sixty-two dollars and twenty cents; To Howard D. Spencer, two hundred and seventy-one dollars and ten cents; To Francis Bloodgood, three thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five cents; To James Brizzolora, seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ten cents; To James C. Strong, four hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy cents; To Alfred E. Buck, two thousand three hundred and forty dollars and eighty-five cents; To J. M. Brown, fifty-eight dollars and fifteen cents; To Joseph C. Wilson, three hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty cents; To Joseph C. Wilson, ninety-six dollars; To Grant Jarvis, administrator of John Mefford, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents; To William Wilson, one hundred and ninety dollars; To Thomas W. Campbell, two hundred and fifty-four dollars; To George W. Henderson, one hundred and twenty-six dollars; To Robert. S. Friend, seven hundred and nine dollars and eighty cents; To Allied E. Buck, three hundred and thirty dollars and ninety cents; To G. G. Eaves, three hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-five cents; To Thomas R. Morgan, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents; To John M. Landon, three hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy cents; To J. A. Thorn, six hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty cents; To A. T. Summey, four hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents; To Thomas B. Ford, two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and forty cents; 306 To William H. Strong, two thousand four hundred and twenty-nine

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dollars and fifty-two cents; To Warren Green, one thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars and eighty-three cents; To William H. Hunter, five handled and sixty-nine dollars and fifteen cents; To Sampson Williams, one hundred and eleven dollars and seventy cents; To Benjamin P. Seals, six hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventy-five cents; To George W. Blankenship, one hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty cents; To Anson C. Merrick, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and five cents; To William D. Ramey, four hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents; To John E. Pound, three hundred and seventy dollars and seventy-five cents; To Charles C. Waters, one hundred and eighteen dollars and thirty-five cents; To Chapel W. Tweed, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and forty cents; To Thomas E. Goodwin, administrator of John C Moore, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-four cents; To Stephen C. McCandless, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents; To Edward T. Jones, fifty-nine dollars and seventy cents; To Alfred B. Getty, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty cents; To Christopher Dart, two thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-five cents; To Richard A. Donnelly, three hundred and seven dollars and sixty cents; To John W. Burton, three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty-five cents; To William G. Cantrell, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and fifteen cents; To Henry H. Kirkpatrick, one thousand one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents; To Henry N. Wayne, administrator do bonis non of James M. Wayne, one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety-seven cents; To John T. Patterson, four hundred and nine dollars and twenty-five cents; To Thomas R. Jernigan, two thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars; To William G. Bogle, eight hundred dollars; To Isaac C. Fowler, one thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-one cents; To William N. Payne, one thousand and eighty dollars and forty-five cents; To James E. Reed, nine hundred and seventy-five dollars and sixty cents; To William H. Fawcett, three hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy cents; To Richard P. Morle, two hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-five cents; To William H. Hunter, four hundred and one dollars and twenty-seven cents; To Stanley W. Martin, executor of Charles Martin, two thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars and ninety-five cents; 307 To Stephen Wheeler, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

dollars and fifty-five cents; To S. B. Noe, two hundred and twenty-six dollars; To Mattie H. Leak, administratrix of Joseph F Leak, one hundred and thirteen dollars; To Bushrod W. Bell, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and forty-five cents; To Henry C. Cowles, four hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-five cents; To Madison J. Julian, four hundred and eighty-four dollars and eighty cents; To William P. Dryden, two hundred and forty-five dollars; To Angelo C. Scott, one hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty cents; To Robert Barber, three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and five cents; To John M. Tinney, three hundred and thirty-five dollars; To Eugene O’Locke, two hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty cents: To McLain Jones, one thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and five cents; To Edward Kurtz, three hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifteen cents; To William W. Gilbert, four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-five cents; To William E. Singleton, one thousand and ninety-one dollars and sixty-nine cents; To H. C. Hamilton, one thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and ninety-five cents; To E. K. Cunningham, six hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-five cents; To William A. La Motte, executor of Robert S. La Motte, two hundred dollars; To John J. Allen, three thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty cents; To Mary E. Brazee, administratrix of Andrew W. Brazee, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-five cents; To Bushrod W. Bell, four hundred and eight dollars; To Joseph W. Dimmick, one thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty cents; To Nathaniel McKay, one hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars; To Robert Barber, nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; To William A. Allen, one hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-five cents; To Daniel D. Davies, six hundred and sixty dollars and twenty cents; To Daniel N. Cooper, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents; To Richard Jones, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty cents; To James W, Hocker, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-one cents; To William Muirheid, four thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixty-four cents; To Joseph Ricketts, two hundred and ninety-five dollars and ten cents; To John I. Davenport, one thousand dollars; To the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, three thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and thirty-one cents; To William D. McKinstry, one thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents; 308 To William L. Goodwin, seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars and

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

ten cents; To Boon Crawford, two hundred and eleven dollars and seventy cents; To Benjamin Z. Herndon, one hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-five cents; To Andrew McAllister, three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-six cents; To C. H. Matthews, three thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-four cents; To W. W. White, three thousand and sixty-nine dollars and eight cents; To C. C. Willis, two thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and seven cents; To W. Stuart Smith, three thousand three hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-two cents; To B. C. Sampson, three thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents; To Kenneth McAlpine, three thousand four hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents; To D. C. Redgrave, three thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents; To Albert Moritz, three thousand four hundred and nine dollars and fifty-seven cents; To H. G. Leopold, two thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twelve cents; To John C. Leonard, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twelve cents; To Gustave Kaemmerling, two thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty-four cents; To R. B. Higgins, two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and fifteen cents; To W. B. Day, two thousand seven hundred and ninety-four dollars and ninety-one cents; To F. H. Conant, two thousand five hundred and four dollars and eighty-nine cents; To Lloyd Bankson, two thousand nine hundred dollars and ninety-four cents; To Solon Arnold, three thousand six hundred and ninety-two dollars and eighty-seven cents; To M. A. Anderson, three thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Amasa A. Redfield, receiver and assignee of William Mitchell, fifteen thousand and forty-six dollars and thirty-eight cents; To A. J. Houston, ninety-eight dollars and eighty cents; To Stephen M. Dickey, two hundred and twenty-six dollars: To Henry I). Fitzgerald, two hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; To Samuel Henry, three hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifteen cents; To John W. Payne, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-five cents;

To Charles L. Smathers, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents; in all, four hundred and seven thousand and

Proviso.

Appeal.

forty-nine dollars and eighty-seven cents: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.

fox and wisconsin river improvement.

Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvement.

For payment of the judgments and awards rendered against the United States

Payment of flowage damages.

for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and 309 Wisconsin rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, under the act approved Marell third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as reported to Congress

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by the Attorney-General, and fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and twenty-two, first session of the Fifty-second Congress, one hundred and nine thousand and twenty-two dollars and thirty three cents.

Sec. 2. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund—under the provisions of section five of the

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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-nine and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and

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eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-nine, Fifty second Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows:

AUDITED CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by First Comptroller.

state department.

State Department.

Foreign Intercourse: For salaries of ministers, three hundred

Ministers’ salaries.

and five dollars and seventy-one cents;

For contingent expenses of foreign missions, three dollars and fifty-two

Contingent expenses, missions.

cents; For saliaries, consular service, six hundred and nineteen dollars and

Consular salaries.

fifty-two cents; For salaries, consular officers not citizens, four dollars and eight

Consular officers not citizens.

cents; For loss by exchange, consular service, two hundred and ninety-six

Loss by exchange.

Consular service.

dollars and seventy-four cents; For contingent expenses, United States consulates, one hundred and

Contingent expenses, consulates.

thirty-nine dollars and seventy-six cents; For relief and protection of American seamen, sixty-five dollars and thirty-six cents;

Relief, etc., seamen.

For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen,

Services, American vessels.

twenty-six dollars and fifty cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Internal Revenue: For punishment for violation of internal-revenue

Internal revenue.

Violations.

laws, three hundred and thirty dollars; For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered, fifty dollars;

Refunding moneys.

For reimbursement of the value of a Still destroyed act March one,

Destroyed still.

eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, fifty dollars; For refunding taxes illegally collected, ten thousand and nine dollars

Refunding taxes.

and thirty-one cents. Coast and Geodetic Survey: For party expenses, Coast and

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Geodetic. Survey, except for services over the Pacific railroads, ninety-four dollars and fourteen cents. Under Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections,

National Museum.

National Museum, one dollar and thirty-four cents. Interstate Commerce

Interstate Commerce Commission.

Commission: For Interstate Commerce Commission, two hundred and six dollars and ninety-five cents. Bureau of engraving and Printing: For materials and miscellaneous

Engraving and Printing Bureau.

expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, forty-five cents. Miscellaneous: Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, thirty-six

Public building.

Fuel, lights, etc.

dollars and ninety cents. 310 Furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, twenty-one dollars

Furniture, etc.

and seventy-eight cents. Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, one hundred and thirty-one

Vaults, etc.

dollars and seventy cents. Repairs to heating apparatus for public buildings, five hundred and

Heating apparatus.

seventy-one dollars and fifty cents. Lands and other property of the United States, twelve dollars.

Lands, etc.

Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury, fifteen cents.

Independent Treasury.

interior department.

Interior Department.

Public Lands Service: For contingent expenses, office of surveyor

Public lands.

general

Surveyors-general.

of-— Colorado, one thousand two hundred and two dollars and twenty-five cents.

Colorado.

Montana, three hundred and thirty-eight and fifty-eight cents.

Montana.

Nevada, five hundred and ninety-three dollars and eleven cents.

Nevada.

Utah, sixty-one dollars and five cents.

Utah.

For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, three hundred

Registers and receivers.

and forty dollars and twenty-two cents. For contingent expenses of land offices, forty-seven dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Hearings.

For expenses of hearings in land entries, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-eight cents. For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys for excess of deposits,

Reimbursing receivers.

sixty-two dollars and twenty-six cents. For surveying the public lands, ten thousand five hundred and seventy-eight

Surveying.

dollars and seventy-six cents. For resurveys of the public lands, three hundred and thirty-four dollars

Resurveys.

and seventy-five cents. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

For fees and expenses of marshals United States courts, two thousand

Marshals.

two hundred and forty dollars and ninety-one cents. For fees of district attorneys United States courts, two thousand

District attorneys.

six hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty-four cents. For special compensation of District attorneys United States

Special compensation.

courts, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six dollars; For pay of regular assistant attorneys United States courts,

Assistant attorneys.

eight hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-three cents; For pay of special assistant attorneys United States courts, four

Special assistants.

thousand dollars. For fees of clerks United States courts, one thousand seven hundred

Clerks.

and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents. For fees of commissioners United States courts, four thousand

Commissioners.

seven hundred and nine dollars and forty-five cents. For fees of jurors United States courts, sixteen dollars and

Jurors.

twenty-five cents. For fees of witnesses United States courts, two thousand and

Witnesses.

ninety-two and ninety-two cents. For support of prisoners United States courts, three thousand

Support of prisoners.

nine hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-six cents. For rent of court rooms United States courts, two thousand

Rent.

and fifty dollars. For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts

Bailiffs. etc.

one thousand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars. For miscellaneous expenses United States courts, three

Miscellaneous.

hundred and forty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents. For payment for legal services rendered the United States,

Legal services.

one thousand dollars. 311 For fees of supervisors of elections, five hundred and

Supervisors of elections.

fifty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, four hundred and

Utah courts.

sixty-two dollars CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Customs revenue.

For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, two thousand

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.

four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents. For expenses of Revenue Cutter Service, two hundred and

Revenue cutters.

eighty-nine dollars and ninety-four cents. For Life-Saving Service, seventy-seven dollars and sixty

Life-Saving Service.

cents. For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal fisheries

Alaska seal fisheries.

in Alaska, one hundred dollars. For salaries of keepers of light houses, one hundred and

Light-house keepers.

eleven dollars and twenty-seven cents. For supplies of lighthouses, except for services over Pacific

Light-house supplies.

railroads, two thousand four hundred and eleven dollars and eighteen cents. For expenses of light-vessels, two hundred and two dollars

Light-vessels.

and ninety-eight cents. For expenses of buoyage, four thousand

Buoyage.

four hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty-six cents. For lighting of rivers, two thousand one hundred and twenty-four

Lighting of rivers.

dollars and eleven cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department claims. Second Auditor find Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, except for services over

Army pay.

the Pacific railroads, thirty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents. For travelling expenses of First Michigan

First Michigan Cavalry.

Cavalry, four hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents. For travelling expenses of California

California and Nevada Volunteers.

and Nevada Volunteers, two hundred and eleven dollars and sixty cents. For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, fifty-four dollars

Mexican war volunteers.

and eighty-two cents. For preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities,

Indian hostilities.

eighty-seven dollars and sixty-four cents. For Rogue River Indian war, eight dollars and

Rogue River Indian war.

Eight-hour law.

fifty-three cents. For allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law, nine

Collecting, etc., volunteers.

dollars and seventy-eight cents. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers,

Contingencies.

eighty-two dollars and fifty-three cents. For contingencies of the Army, four hundred and ninety-two

Draft, etc., fund.

dollars and fifty cents. For draft and substitute fund, five dollars and

Military convicts.

fifty-eight cents. For expenses of military convicts, one thousand, one hundred

Medical department.

and eleven dollars and forty cents. For medical and hospital department, twenty-nine dollars and

Secret Service fund.

thirty-five cents. For Secret Service fund, four hundred and eleven dollars and

Indian claims, Second Auditor and Comptroller.

seventy-seven cents. INDIAN CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER

Incidentals.

California.

For incidentals in California, including support

Dakota.

and civilization, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars. For incidentals in Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars. 312 For incidentals in Washington, including employees and support and

Washington.

civilization, seven dollars and fifteen cents. For Indian schools, support, one hundred and three dollars and

Indian schools.

thirty-five cents. For Indian schools, support, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-five dollars and sixty-four cents. For Indian school, Albuquerque, New Mexico, support, two hundred and

Albuquerque, N. Mex.

one dollars and one cent. For Indian school, Salem, Oregon, support, twenty-one dollars and

Salem, Oregon.

twenty-one cents. For Indian school transportation, eighteen hundred and ninety, three

Transportation.

hundred and thirty-four dollars. For Indian school transportation, fourteen dollars. For contingencies, Indian Department, nine dollars.

Contingences.

For pay of Indian agents, one hundred and thirty dollars and thirty-nine cents.

Indian agents.

For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization,

Sioux.

Support.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, eighteen hundred

Indians. Arizona, and New Mexico.

and ninety, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and seven cents. For support of Yakamas and other Indians, eighteen dollars and

Yakamas, etc.

fifty cents. For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred

Supplies, purchasing, etc.

and ninety-one, except for services over Pacific railroads, one thousand and forty dollars and ten cents. For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirteen cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, fifteen dollars and seventy-nine

Transportation.

cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

war department.

War Department.

For subsistence of the Army, three hundred and eighty-three dollars

Army subsistence.

and eighteen cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, one thousand

Quartermaster’s Department. supplies.

three hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-nine cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, except for

Incidental expenses.

services over Pacific railroads, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and three cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services

Transportation.

over the Pacific railroads, fifteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars and six cents. For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain

Fifty per cent arrears.

land-grant railroads, two thousand two hundred and eighty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents. For clothing and garrison equipage, seventeen dollars and fifty cents.

Clothing, etc.

For horses for cavalry and artillery, five hundred and forty dollars

Horses.

and twenty-five cents. For barracks and quarters, nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and

Barracks and quarters.

seven cents. For maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, three dollars

Telegraph lines.

and eighty cents. For observation and report of storms, twenty-three dollars and seventy

Observation of storms, etc.

nine cents. For Signal Service, transportation, five hundred and thirty-five dollars

Signal Service.

and thirty-six cents. For contingencies of fortifications, three hundred and twenty-four

Fortifications.

dollars and seventeen cents. 313 For improving harbor at San Francisco, California, twenty-two cents.

San Francisco harbor. Cal.

Missouri River.

Mississippi River Commission

National cemeteries.

Refund to States.

For improving Missouri River twenty-eight cents. For Mississippi River Commission, forty-four dollars and eighty cents. For national cemeteries, eight dollars and twenty-five cents. For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, six teen thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-two cents. For or Rogue River Indian war, four hundred and sixty-three dollars

Rogue River Indian war

and fourteen cents. For twenty per centum additional compensation, two hundred and

Twenty per cent.

forty-nine dollars and seventy-three cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, thirty-four

Horses etc., claims.

thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents. interior department

Interior Department

For fees of examining surgeons, army pensions, three hundred and

Examining surgeons, pensions

eighty-four dollars. For army pensions, five hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty-five

Pensions.

cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Navy claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and

Pay

twenty-five dollars and ten cents: Provided, That no part of this sum

Proviso

shall be used for the payment of any claim for sea pay on receiving,

Services on receiving etc., ships.

training, or practice ships, or for the payment of any claim which may have been allowed under the decisions of the Supreme Court which have been adopted by the accounting officers as a basis for the allowance of said claims which accrued prior to July sixteenth eighteen hundred and eighty.

That hereafter the accounting officers of the Treasury shall not receive,Claims accrued before

July 16, 1880

. not to be examined by accounting officers. examine, consider, or allow any claim against the United States for sea pay or commutation of rations which has been or may be presented by officers of the Navy, their heirs or legal representatives, under the decisions of the Supreme Court, which have heretofore been adopted as a basis for the allowance of such claims, which accrued prior to July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

For pay, miscellaneous, forty-one dollars and sixty-one cents.

Miscellaneous

For pay, Marine Corps, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two

Marine Corps.

Pay.

dollars and twenty-nine cents. . For Provisions, Marine Corps, three hundred and sixty-five dollars

Provisions, contingent

and thirty cents. For Contingent, Marine Corps, sixty-two dollars and sixty cents. For transportation and recruiting. Marine Corps, three dollars.

Transportation, etc.

For contingent, Bureau of Navigation, forty-one dollars.

Bureau of navigation

For steel cruisers, Bureau of Navigation, sixty-eight dollars and forty-eight cents. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair,

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

thirty dollars and thirty-two cents. For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, one

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

dollar and twenty cents.

For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, four thousand

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

Proviso.

Service on training, etc., ships.

ninety-six dollars and twenty-six cents: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used for the payment of any claim for provisions of the Navy on training, receiving, or practice ships, or for the payment of any claim which may may have been allowed under the decisions of the Supreme Court which have been adopted by the accounting officers as a basis for the allowance of said claims, which accrued prior to July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

314 For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, one thousand

Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.

two hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-two cents. For twenty per centum additional compensation, two hundred and

Twenty per cent.

thirty-three dollars and seventy cents. For allowance for reduction of wages, eighteen dollars.

Reduction of wages.

For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, one

Destroyed clothing.

hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents. For enlistment bounties to seaman, nine thousand seven hundred

Enlistment bounties.

and thirty-three dollars and sixty-two cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, two thousand seven hundred and

Lost clothing.

eighty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, one hundred and

Bounty, destruction of enemies’ vessels.

eighty-one dollars and thirty-six cents. For relief of sufferers by the wreck of the Levant, two hundred and

“Levant”, wreck of.

forty dollars. For fees of examining surgeons, navy pensions, four dollars.

Examining surgeons, navy pensions.

Mileage claims.

For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and three dollars and ten cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

For deficiency in the postal revenue, except for services over the

Deficiency, postal revenues

several Pacific Railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and prior years, thirty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-four cents.

Sec. 3. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury. Department under appropriations the balance of which have been exhausted or

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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 and eighty-nine and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under

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section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and twenty three, Fifty Second Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows;

AUDITED CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Allowed by First Comptroller

state department

State Department.

Foreign Intercourse: For salaries, consular service, four hundred

Consular salaries.

and seventy-five dollars and seventy cents. For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen,

American vessels.

two hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-one cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Internal Revenue: For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate

Internal revenue

Agents’ salaries etc.

officers of internal revenue, one dollar. For refunding taxes illegally collected, five thousand nine hundred

Refunding taxes.

and sixty-five dollars and thirty-one cents. For drawback on stills exported, act March first, eighteen hundred

Drawback on stills

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and seventy-nine, twenty dollars. Miscellaneous: For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, fifty-one

Public buildings.

Assistant custodians.

dollars and seventeen cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, one dollar and seventy

Fuel, etc.

one cents. 315 For plans for public buildings, six dollars and sixty cents.

Plans.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings, forty cents.

Repairs, etc.

For contingent expenses, Independent Treasury, four dollars.

Independent Treasury.

interior department.

Interior Department.

Public Land Service: For salaries, office of surveyor general of

Public lands.

Dakota, eighteen hundred and ninety, one dollar and seventy-nine

Surveyor-general. Dakota.

cents. For contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of South Dakota,

South Dakota.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-four cents. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, sixty cents.

Registers and receivers.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses of land officers, thirty-six dollars and thirty cents. For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys for excess of deposits,

Reimbursing receivers.

twenty-one dollars and seventy-six cents. department of Justice.

Department of Justice.

For fees and expenses of marshals. United States courts, one thousand

Marshals,

two hundred and six dollars and eighteen cents. For fees of commissioners United States courts, three thousand four

Commissioners.

hundred dollars and seventy-five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, seven dollars and sixty

Witnesses.

cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, two hundred and

Support of prisoners.

seventy-eight dollars and eighty-four cents. For fees of supervisors of elections, fifteen dollars.

Supervisors of elections.

CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs

For expenses of collecting the. revenue from customs, six hundred and

Customs revenue.

forty-nine dollars and five cents. For Life-Saving Service, one hundred and ninety-six dollars.

Life-Saving Service.

For supplies of light houses, five hundred and thirty dollars and

Light house supplies.

twenty-eight cents. For expenses of buoyage, except for services over Pacific railroads,

Buoyage.

one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents. For Marine Hospital Service, twenty-five cents.

Marine hospitals.

For repayment to importers, excess of deposits, fifty-six dollars.

Repayment to importers

WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department. Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, except for services over the

Pay, etc.

Pacific railroads, four thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-eight cents. For Medical and Hospital Department, two dollars.

Medical Department.

For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, one

California and Nevada volunteers

hundred and sixty dollars and sixty cents. To reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for money expended for payment

Pennsylvania

of militia, three thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents. INDIAN CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Indian claims Second Auditor and Comptroller

For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization,

Sioux.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-three dollars and ninety-five cents.316 For Indian schools, support, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and

Indian schools.

six cents. For Indian school transportation, eighteen hundred and ninety, five

Transportation.

hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-four cents. For Indian school transportation, three hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-one cents. For Indian school, Albuquerque, New Mexico, support, one hundred

Albuquerque. N. Mex.

and eighty-four dollars and seventy-four cents. For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, support, eighteen hundred

Carlisle. Pa.

and ninety, sixty-seven dollars and one cent. For Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, support, eighteen

Fort Totten. N Dak.

hundred and ninety-two, forty-two dollars and twenty-two cents. For Indian school, Lawrence, Kansas, support, one dollar and twenty-four

Lawrence. Kans.

cents. For incidentals in Washington, including employees and support and

Incidentals. Wash

civilization, eighty-one dollars and fifty-two cents. For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred

Supplies, etc.

and ninety-one, one hundred and ten dollars. For transportation of Indian supplies, forty-eight dollars. Pay of judges, Indian courts, ninety-six dollars.

Judges Indian courts.

CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller

war department.

War Department.

For subsistence of the Army, twenty-seven dollars and twelve cents.

Subsistence.

For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, forty-two dollars

Quartermaster’s supplies

and fifty-three cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, five thousand

Incidental expenses

nine hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty-five cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services

Transportation

over the Pacific railroads, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents. For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain

Fifty per cent arrears.

land grant railroads, four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty two cents. For barracks and quarters, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars.

Barracks and quarters.

For Signal Service, regular supplies, one hundred and ninety-five

Signal Service.

dollars and fifty-seven cents. For Signal Service, clothing, forty-one cents. For observation and report of storms, one dollar and fifty cents. For contingencies of fortifications, twenty-eight dollars.

Fortifications.

For twenty per centum additional compensation, one hundred and

Twenty percent.

sixty-eight dollars. For gunboats on Western rivers, twenty-three dollars and seventy-two

Gunboats. Western rivers.

cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, three

Horses, etc. claims.

thousand and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

For fees of examining surgeons, army pensions, ninety-four dollars.

Examining surgeons

NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Navy claims, Fourth Auditor. Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven

Pay.

dollars and forty cents: Provided, That no

Proviso.

part of any sum appropriated by this act shall be used for the payment of any claim for sea pay or for provisions of the Navy on receiving, training, or practice ships or 317 for the payment of any claim which may have been allowed under the

Receiving, etc., ship claims.

decisions of the Supreme Court which have been adopted by the accounting officers as a basis for the allowance of said claims which accrued prior to July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

For pay, miscellaneous, five dollars and ninety-five cents.

Pay, miscellaneous.

For pay, Marine Corps, eight hundred and twenty-three dollars and

Marine Corps.

twenty-four cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, nine

Bureau Provisions and Clothing.

hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, one hundred

Bureau Equipment and Recruiting.

and six dollars and fourteen cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, two thousand three hundred and

Enlistment bounties.

eighty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, ninety dollars and

Destruction enemies’ vessels.

twenty-one cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, one thousand four hundred and

Lost clothing.

twenty-eight dollars and ninety-two cents. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons,

Destroyed clothing.

thirty-three dollars and seventy-four cents. For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and

Mileage claims.

mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States-Supreme Court in case of Graham versus The United States, eight thousand one hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents. To pay Mrs. Grace F. Edes, widow of Benjamin L. Edes, late lieu

Grace F. Edes.

Payment to.

tenant commander, United States Navy, the sum due her husband for difference in pay and rations, six hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-one cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

For deficiency in the postal revenue, seven thousand seven hundred

Postal revenues.

and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-seven cents.

Sec. 4. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of

Vol. 18, p. 110.

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-nine, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress undersection two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

Vol. 23, p. 254.

as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document numbered one hundred and forty, Fifty-second Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows:

AUDITED CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Allowed by First Comptroller.

department of justice.

Department of Justice.

For fees of commissioners United States courts, three hundred and

Commissioners.

sixty-three dollars and thirty-five cents. For fees of witnesses United States courts, eighteen dollars and

Witnesses.

eighty-nine cents. For support of prisoners United States courts, three hundred and

Support of prisoners.

twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, two dollars and twenty

Utah courts.

cents. 318 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.

For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, two hundred

Collecting customs revenue.

and ninety-two dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department claims. Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, five thousand one hundred and

Army pay.

eighteen dollars and two cents. For Signal Service, pay, four hundred and sixty-five dollars and

Signal Service.

eighty-four cents. For Signal Service, Medical Department, one hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-five cents. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, forty-two

California and Nevada volunteers.

dollars and eighty-four cents. INDIAN CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Indian claims. Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For incidentals in Dakota, six dollars and fifty-four cents.

Dakota, incidentals.

For Indian schools, support, one hundred and fifty-three dollars.

Indian schools.

For reimbursement to Samuel W. Brown, a Creek Indian, for stolen

Samuel W. Brown.

Reimbursement.

money and property, one thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

war department.

War Department.

For transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services

Army transportation.

over Pacific railroads, eight thousand and sixty-five dollars and fifty-seven cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, one thousand

Horses, etc., claims.

two hundred and sixty-three dollars and sixty cents. For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, six

Refund to States.

thousand four hundred and five dollars and eighty-two cents. For reimbursing the State of Kentucky for expenses in suppressing

Kentucky.

the rebellion, two thousand and fifteen dollars and sixty-one cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED. BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Navy claims. Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-eight

Navy pay.

cents. For pay, miscellaneous, thirteen dollars and thirty cents.

Miscellaneous.

For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, six dollars and

Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.

eighty-seven cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, one hundred and forty-six dollars

Enlistment bounties.

and sixty-eight cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels nineteen dollars

Bounty, destruction Of vessels.

and six cents For payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and

Mileage claims.

mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham, one thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eleven cents. 319

Sec. 5. For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims in Indian

Indian depredation claims.

depredation eases, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-two cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay and discharge such judgments as have been rendered against the United States, after the deductions required

Deductions.

Vol. 20, p. 853.

to be made under the provisions of section six of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,” shall have been ascertained and duly certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, which certification shall be made as soon as practicable alter the passage of this act, and such deductions shall be made according to the discretion of Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the educational and other necessary requirements of the tribe or tribes affected, and the amounts paid shall be reimbursed to the United States at such times,

Reimbursement.

and in such proportions, as the Secretary of the Interior may decide to be for the interests of the Indian service.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 312: to authorize the establishment of an academy and gallery of art in the District of Colombia. Chapter 312 27 Stat. 319 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 312.—

An act to authorize the establishment of an academy and gallery of art in the District of Colombia.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Academy of Art incorporated.

Incorporators.

That there is hereby ordained, created, and constituted a body corporate and politic under and by the name and style of the “National Academy of Art,” with Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Charles Stewart Smith, Kate Field, Phebe A. Hearst, Arthur McArthur, Charles M. Ffoulke, Jefferson Chandler, Francis Colton, John Armstrong Chanler, Charles J. Singer, E. F. Riggs, T. E. Waggaman, W. H. Phelps, George M. Pullman, James J. Hill, Mrs. Thomas Lowry, and Mrs. Bellamy Storer, their associates and successors, as incorporators thereof, who shall have perpetual succession.

Sec. 2. That the above named persons shall be and constitute a

Board of regents.

board of regents of such corporation for and during the term of one year from the date of the passage of this act, and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified.

Sec. 3. That said persons named shall have power to select their associates

Organization.

and successors, to organize and elect officers, and said corporation may from time to time make such rules and bylaws as shall be deemed appropriate by said corporation for the government and management of the business thereof, and to provide for the appointment or election of the officers and agents of said corporation and for the government and prosecution of all of its business.

Sec. 4. That the said corporation, under the name and style aforesaid,

To establish an academy and museum of art.

shall have power to establish within the District of Columbia an academy and museum of art, with full power and authority to collect and assemble therein all the works and products of art of every kind and character whatsoever, and to that end shall have power to receive donations, contributions, bequests, and subscriptions of all kinds, and to take, acquire, and hold, by donation or purchase, all the real and personal property necessary therefor, which shall not be taxed, and shall have the power to issue such publications as are by said corporation deemed necessary and pertinent to the business of said corporation, and to give exhibitions anywhere of art and the treasures thereof, as may by said corporation from time to time be deemed appropriate, and shall have all power to fully carry into execution the object and purposes of this corporation.

Sec. 5. That said corporation shall have power, if it becomes necessary

May mortgage real estate.

so to do in the opinion of said corporation, to mortgage the real estate which it may hereafter own, and may give therefor such evidences of indebtedness as such incorporation may decide to give: 320 Provided, That this act shall not permit said corporation to take or hold

Proviso.

Not to hold land for speculation.

real estate in the District for speculative purposes, and only such as issued and held for the corporate purposes aforesaid.

Sec. 6. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this act.

Amendment, etc.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 313: to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the heir of Hugh Worthington, for his interest in the steamer Eastport. Chapter 313 27 Stat. 320 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 313.—

An act to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the heir of Hugh Worthington, for his interest in the steamer Eastport.

July 28, 1892

. Whereas, it is claimed the Steamer Eastport was taken by the United

Preamble.

States anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and converted into a gunboat; and Whereas, it is claimed at the time of such taking one Hugh Worthington, then of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinous, but since deceased, was the owner of three-fifths interest in said steamer, and no compensation has been paid to said Hugh Worthington or his heirs: and Whereas, his daughter, Mrs. Sarah A Oakes of Metropolis, Illinous, claims that Hugh Worthington was a loyal citizen, that she is his only heir at law, and is justly entitled to receive from the United States compensation for the value of her father’s interest in said steamer; Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hugh Worthington.

Claim referred to Court of Claims.

That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine what are the just rights in law of the said Sarah A. Oakes, as heir of Hugh Worthington, deceased and that from any judgment so entered by said Court of Claims either party may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, for compensation for the value of said Worthington’s

Hearing.

interest in said steamer Eastport. That upon proper petition being presented by said Sarah A. Oakes, her heirs, executors, or administrators, to said court, said court is authorized and directed to inquire into the merits of said claim, and if on a full hearing the court shall find that said claim is just, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the claimant and against the United States for whatever sum shall be found to be due.

Sec. 2. That in case judgment shall be rendered against the United

Appropriation for payment of judgment against United States.

States, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the claimant, her heirs, executors, or administrators whatever sum shall be adjudged by the court to be due, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 314: to grant the right of way to the Pensacola Terminal Company through the lands of the naval reservation near Pensacola. Chapter 314 27 Stat. 320 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 314.—

An act to grant the right of way to the Pensacola Terminal Company through the lands of the naval reservation near Pensacola.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensacola Terminal Company granted right of way through naval reservation. Pensacola. Fla.

That a right of way shall be, and is hereby, granted to the Pensacola Terminal Company, a railroad corporation, incorporated under the laws of Florida, through the lands of the United States near Pensacola, in said State of Florida, known as the navy reservation; that said right of way shall be not more than one hundred feet in width, and located, at the expense of said railroad company, through said naval reservation, and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, to be evidenced by his written consent and

Maintenance of railway.

approval. That said railroad corporation, on a written notification by the Secretary of the Navy of his assent and approval to and of the route to be followed, shall construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a line of railway on said route from Pensacola to Warrington, on said naval reservation.

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Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy shall be, and he is hereby,

Use of water front.

empowered and directed to allow the use by said railroad company for the accommodation of its freight and passenger traffic of so much of the water front of said naval reservation lying outside and east of the present navy-yard enclosure, not exceeding two hundred feet front on the bay by five hundred feet in depth, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy is necessary for the purposes of a depot and terminal facilities for said railroad company; The Secretary of the Navy is also hereby authorized to permit said railroad company to construct a wharf on the east side of the present navy-yard enclosure, connecting

Wharf.

its depot with the channel of the bay, said wharf not to exceed fifty feet in width. The value of the use of any land now occupied by or in

Appraising damages.

possession by enclosure of any person that shall be appropriated for the use of said railroad company, under the powers granted to it by this act, shall be appraised by a board of six residents of said naval reservation, appointed by the commandant of the navy-yard, and the amount so appraised shall be paid by said railroad company before it shall have the right to enter upon or use such laud. The Secretary of

Removal, etc.

the Navy may, at any time when he shall deem it necessary to the public good, cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the structures hereby permitted, without subjecting the Government to any claim for damages. Said railroad company shall not erect or allow the use of

Consent of Secretary of the Navy.

any building or structures on said naval reservation without the consent of the Secretary of the Navy.

Sec. 3. That all rights of way and privileges hereby granted shall

Construction.

become null and void unless said railroad company shall construct and operate its line of railway through said reservation within one year from the time said Secretary of the Navy has, in writing, notified said company of his assent to and approval of its route through said reservation, and its failure so to do shall be a forfeiture of this franchise.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 315: to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Marine Corps, and to regulate promotion therein. Chapter 315 27 Stat. 321 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 315.—

An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Marine Corps, and to regulate promotion therein.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Marine Corps.

Promotions.

That hereafter promotions to every grade of commissioned officers in the Marine Corps below the grade of Commandant shall be made in the same manner and under the same conditions as now are or may hereafter be prescribed, in pursuance of law, for commissioned officers of the Army: Provided, That

Provisos.

Examining boards.

examining boards which may be organized under the provisions of this act to determine the fitness of officers of the Marine Corps for promotion shall in all eases consist of not less than five officers, three of whom shall, if practicable, be officers of the Marine Corps, senior to the officer to be examined, and two of whom shall be medical officers of the Navy: Provided further, That when not practicable to detail officers of the

Detail of naval officers.

Marine Corps as members of such examining boards, officers of the

of naval

line in the Navy shall be so detailed.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 316: authorizing the Secretary of War to lease public property in certain cases. Chapter 316 27 Stat. 321 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 316.—

An act authorizing the Secretary of War to lease public property in certain cases.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Secretary of War may lease public property not required.

That authority be, and is hereby, given to the Secretary of War, when in his discretion it will be for the public good, to lease, tor a period not exceeding five years and revocable at any time, such property of the United States under his 322 control as may not for the time be required for public use and for the leasing of which there is no authority under existing law, and such

Proviso.

Mineral, etc., lands excepted.

leases shall be reported annually to Congress: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be held to apply to mineral or phosphate lands.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 317: to amend the national bank act in providing for the redemption of national bank notes stolen from or lost by banks of issue. Chapter 317 27 Stat. 322 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 317.—

An act to amend the national bank act in providing for the redemption of national bank notes stolen from or lost by banks of issue.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National currency.

Redemption of lost or stolen notes.

That the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States, providing for the redemption of national bank notes, shall apply to all national bank notes that have been or may be issued to, or received by, any national bank, notwithstanding such notes may have been lost by or stolen from the bank and put in circulation without the signature or upon the forged signature of the president or vice-president and cashier.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 320: for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia. Chapter 320 27 Stat. 322 1892-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 320.—

An act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Injury, etc., to public and private property forbidden.

That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to destroy, injure, disfigure, cut, chip, break, deface, or cover, or rub with or otherwise place filth or excrement of any kind upon any property, public or private, in the District of Columbia, or any public or private building, statue, monument, office, dwelling, or structure of any kind, or which may be in course of erection, or the doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, balconies, balustrades, stairs, porches, or halls, or the walls or sides, or the walls of any enclosure thereof; or to write, mark, or paint obscene or indecent words or language thereon, or to draw, paint, mark, or write obscene or indecent figures representing obscene or indecent objects; or to write, mark, draw, or paint any other word, sign, or figure thereon, without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, or, in case of public property,

Penalty.

of the person having charge, custody, or control thereof, under a penalty of not more than fifty dollars for each and every such offense.

Sec. 2. That it shall not lie lawful for any person or persons to destroy,

Destruct ion of building material, etc., forbidden.

break, cut, disfigure, deface, burn, or otherwise injure any building materials, or materials intended for the improvement of any street, avenue, alley, foot pavement, roads, highways, or enclosure, whether public or private property, or remove the same (except in pursuance of law or by consent of the owner) from the place where the same may be collected for purposes of building or improvement as aforesaid; or to remove, cut, destroy, or injure any scaffolding, ladder, or other thing

Penalty.

used in or about Such building or improvement, under a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

Sec. 3. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within

Throwing stones, etc., forbidden.

the District of Columbia to throw any stone or other missile in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, or open space, or public square, of enclosure, or to throw any stone or other missile from any place into any street, avenue, road, or highway, alley, open space, public square,

Penalty.

or enclosure, under a penalty of not more than five dollars for every such offense.

Sec. 4. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to set

Firing kites, etc.. forbidden.

up or fly any kite, or set up or fly any the balloon or parachute in or upon or over any street, a venue, alley, open space, public enclosure, or square within the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, 323 under a penalty of not more than ten dollars for each and every such

Penalty.

offense.

Sec. 5. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to curse,

Cursing. disorderly conduct, etc., forbidden.

swear, or make use of any profane language or any indecent or obscene words, or engage in any disorderly conduct in any street, avenue, public space, square, road, or highway, or at any railroad depot or steamboat landing within the District of Columbia, or in any place where from the same may be heard in any such street, avenue, alley, public square, road, highway, or in any such depot, railroad cars, or on board any steamboat, under a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for

Penalty.

each and every such offense.

Sec. 6. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within

Boisterous assemblages, etc., forbidden.

the District of Columbia to congregate and assemble at the corners of any of the streets or avenues, or in any street, avenue, or alley, road, or highway, or on the foot pavements or flag footways of any street or avenue, or at the entrance or on the steps, cellar doors, porches, or porticos of any public or private building or office, or at the entrance of any public or private building or office, or at the entrance, or in, on, or around any of the enclosures of the Capitol, Executive Mansion, public squares, District buildings, Judiciary square, or at the entrance of any church, schoolhouse, theater, or any assembly room, or in or around the same, or any other public or private enclosure within the said District, and be engaged in loud or boisterous talking, or to insult or make rude or obscene comments or remarks or observations on persons passing by the same, or in their hearing, or to so crowd, obstruct, or incommode the said foot pavement or flag footway, or the entrance into or out of any such church, public or private dwelling, city hall, Executive Mansion, Capitol, or such public enclosure, square or alley, highway or road, as to prevent the free and uninterrupted passage thereof, under a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every

Penalty.

such offense.

Sec. 7. That it shall not be lawful for any prostitute or lewd woman

Enticing prostitution on the streets, etc., forbidden.

to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons, in or upon any avenue, street, road, highway, open space, alley, public square, or enclosure in the District of Columbia, to accompany, go with, or follow her to her residence, or to any other house or building, enclosure, or other place, for the purpose of prostitution, under a penalty, if the person so invited,

Penalty, it person addressed an adult.

enticed, or persuaded, or addressed for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading shall be an adult, of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense, and if the person invited, enticed, or persuaded, or addressed for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading be a minor, under a penalty of no more than fifty dollars

If a minor.

for each and every such offense. And it shall not be lawful for any prostitute or woman of lewd character to invite, entice, or persuade, or

Enticing prostitution from a house.

address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons from any door, window, porch, or portico of any house or building to enter any house, or go with, accompany, or follow her to any place whatever, for the purpose of prostitution, under the like penalties

Penalties.

herein provided for the same disorderly conduct in the streets, avenues, roads, highways, or alleys, public squares, open places or enclosures.

Sec. 8. That all vagrants, idle and disorderly persons, persons of

Vagrants, prostitutes, etc., to give bond for good behavior.

evil life and fame, persons who have no visible means of support, persons who are likely to become chargeable to the District of Columbia as paupers, or drunk in or about any of the streets, avenues, alleys, roads, or highways, or public places within the District of Columbia, or loitering in or about tippling houses, all suspicious persons who have no fixed place of residence or can not give a good account of themselves, persons guilty of open profanity or grossly indecent language in or on any of the streets, avenues, alleys, public places, roads, or highways of said District; all public prostitutes, and all such persons who lead a 324 notoriously lewd or lascivious course of life, shall, upon conviction thereof before the police court of said District, be required to enter into security for their good behavior for the space of six calendar

Penalty of recognizances.

months. Said security shall be in the nature of a recognizance to the District of Columbia, to be approved by said court in a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, conditioned that the offender shall not, for the space of six months, repeat the offense with which he is charged, and shall in other respects conduct himself properly.

Sec. 9. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make

Indecent exposure forbidden.

any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons in any street, avenue, or alley, road, or highway, open space, public square, or enclosure in the District of Columbia, or to make any such obscene or indecent exposure of person in any dwelling or other building or other place where from the same may be seen in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, open space, public square, or enclosure,

Penalty.

under a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every such offense.

Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to entice,

Causing dogs to fight forbidden.

induce, urge, or cause any dogs to engage in a fight in any street, alley, road, or highway, open space, or public square in the District of Columbia, or to urge, entice, or cause

Penalty.

such dogs to continue or prolong such tight, under a penalty of not more than five dollars for each and every offense; and any person or persons who shall induce or cause

Setting dogs on persons or animals forbidden.

any animal of the dog kind to run after, bark at, frighten, or bite any person, horse, or horses, cows, cattle of any kind, or other animals lawfully passing along or standing in or on any street, avenue, road, or

Penalty.

highway, or alley in the District of Columbia, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not exceeding five dollars.

Sec. 11. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to

Disturbing religious services in churches.

molest or disturb any congregation engaged in any religious exercise or proceedings in any church or place of worship in the District of

Arrests.

Columbia; and it shall be lawful for any of the authorities of said churches to arrest or cause to be arrested any person or persons so offending, and take him, her, or them to the nearest police station, to be there

Penalty.

held for trial; and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for every such offense.

Sec. 12. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to ride

Past riding and driving forbidden.

or drive any animal of the horse kind in or on any street, avenue, or alley of the cities of Washington or Georgetown at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles per hour, nor cause any such animal to turn any corner within the said cities at a rate of speed exceeding four miles per hour, nor to ride or drive any such animal in or on any road or highway in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of said cities

Penalty.

at a rate of speed exceeding twelve miles per hour. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay a fine or penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense.

Sec. 13. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to girdle,

Injuring trees, etc., forbidden.

break, wound, destroy, or in any manner injure any of the trees now growing or planted and set, or which may hereafter be planted and set on any of the public grounds, open spaces, or squares or on any private lot, or on any of the streets, or avenues, roads or highways, in the District of Columbia, or any of the boxes, stakes, or any other

Penalty.

protection thereof, under a penalty of not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every such offense: and if any person or persons shall tie or in any

Fastening horses to trees, etc., forbidden.

manner fasten a horse or horses to any of the trees, boxes, or other protection thereof on any streets or avenues, roads or highways, on any of the public grounds belonging to the United States, or on any of the streets, avenues, or alleys, in the District of Columbia, each and every

Penalty.

such offender shall forfeit and pay for each offense a sum not exceeding ten dollars.

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Sec. 14. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within

Kindling bonfires forbidden.

the limits of the District of Columbia to kindle or set on fire, or be present, aiding, consenting, or causing it to be done, in any street, avenue, road, or highway, alley, open ground, or lot, any box, barrel, straw, shavings, or other combustible, between the setting and rising of the sun; and, any person offending against the provisions of this act

Penalty.

shall on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars for each and every offense.

Sec. 15. That the provisions of the several laws and regulations

Laws, etc., for protecting property extended to public buildings and grounds.

within the District of Columbia, for the protection of public or private property and the preservation of peace and order be, and the same are hereby, extended to all public buildings and public grounds belonging to the United States within the District of Columbia. And any person guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about the same, or who

Disorderly conduct, etc., in public buildings and grounds.

shall willfully injure the buildings or shrubs, or shall pull down, impair, or otherwise injure any fence, wall, or other enclosure, or shall injure any sink, culvert, pipe, hydrant, cistern, lamp, or bridge, or shall remove any stone, gravel, sand, or other property of the United States, or any other part of the public grounds or lots belonging to the. United States in the District of Columbia, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not

Penalty.

more than fifty dollars.

Sec. 16. That if any person shall drive or lead any horse, mule, or

Driving or riding on footways in public grounds forbidden.

other animal, or any cart, wagon, or other carriage whatever on any of the paved or graveled footways now made or which may hereafter be made in and on any of the aforesaid public grounds, or shall ride thereon, except at the intersection of streets, alleys, and avenues, each and every such offender shall forfeit and pay for each offense a sum not less than one nor more than five dollars.

Sec. 17. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to play

Playing games of ball in streets, etc., forbidden.

the game of football, or any other game with a ball, in any of the streets, avenues, or alleys in the cities of Washington and Georgetown; nor shall it be lawful for any person or persons to play the game of bandy, shindy, or any other game by which a ball, stone, or other substance is struck or propelled by any stick, cane, or other substance in any street, avenue, or alley in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, under a penalty of not more than five dollars for each and every

Penalty.

such offense.

Sec. 18. That all prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions

Prosecutions in name and benefit of the District.

of any of the laws or ordinances provided for by this act shall be conducted in the name of and for the benefit of the District of Columbia, and in the same manner as now provided by law for the prosecution of offenses against the laws and ordinances of the said District. Any

Committal on failure to pay fine.

person convicted of any violation of any of the provisions of this act, and who shall fail to pay the tine or penalty imposed, or to give security where the same is required, shall be committed to the workhouse in the District of Columbia for a term not exceeding six months for each and every offense.

Sec. 19. That all laws or ordinances,

Repeal.

or parts of laws or ordinances, now in force in the District of Columbia inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or any part thereof, are hereby repealed.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

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CHAP. 321.—

An act to provide for semiannual statements by foreign corporations doing business in the District of Columbia.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Foreign corporations to publish semiannual statements.

That any insurance company, building association or company, banking company, savings institution, or other company or association advertising for or receiving premiums, deposits, or dues for membership, incorporated under the laws of any other State, Territory, or foreign government, and transacting 326 business within the District of Columbia, shall publish in at least two daily papers printed in the District of Columbia semiannually, during the months of March and September of each year, a full statement, under oath, showing their capital stock and the amount paid in on account of the same, assets, liabilities, debts, deposits, dividends and dues, as well as their current expenses during six months ending January and July preceding.

Sec. 2. That any such company, association, or institution failing to

Penalty for failure.

publish statements as required by the first section of this act shall forfeit its right to do business in said District, and thereupon it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to revoke its license or permit to do business in said District: Provided, That fraternal beneficiary associations or societies doing

Proviso.

Fraternal. etc., societies excepted.

business on the lodge plan and paying death benefits be exempted from the provisions of this act.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

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CHAP. 322.—

An act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company incorporated.

Incorporators.

That W. C. Codd, and James F. Morrison, of the State of Maryland, and James L. Barbour, James Robbins, Smith Pettit, John G. Slater, Edwin Baltzley, Edward Baltzley, J. P. Clark, Simson De. F. Jennings, and Edward B. Cottrell, of the District of Columbia, and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and may make and have a common seal, and

May construct electric railway.

alter the same at their pleasure; and the said corporation is hereby authorized to locate, construct, equip, maintain, and operate a continuous line of single or double track railway, and all necessary sidings, stations, switches, turnouts, and other devices, and to operate the same by electricity through and along the following named streets,

Route.

Elevated roads.

avenues, and roads, to wit: Beginning at a point, to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, west of the north end of the Aqueduct Bridge, and running thence west over the Canal road on an elevated railway of iron columns and beams, with wood cross ties and guards, to be built so as not to interfere with the use of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and so as to preserve to the public the full use

District Commissioners to approve plans, etc.

of the Canal road. The said company shall submit the plans of said elevated railway to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for their approval, and no work shall be done on said railway by said company before such approval in writing. In respect of everything that may pertain to the strength of the structure and to the safety and convenience of the public the construction and operating of said elevated railway shall at all times be subject to the control and approval of the said Commissioners, and the said company shall make good to the District of Columbia all damages done by it or by its contracting agents to the Canal road and other roads belonging to the District of Columbia, and shall also make good to the District of Columbia all the costs of inspection of the company’s work by the

Safety of water mains.

authorized agents of the said District. In respect of everything

of water

that may pertain to the safety of the United States water mains in the Canal road, the plans, the construction, and the operating of said elevated railway shall be subject to the control and approval

Wall on Canal road.

of the Secretary of War. For the safety of travel on said Canal road, and before commencing to run its cars on said elevated railway, and subject to the inspection and approval of the Commissioners of the 327 District of Columbia, the said company shall, at its own expense, construct a substantial masonry wall between said Canal road and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal throughout the entire distance on said road occupied by said elevated railway; and the said company also at

Surface road.

its own expense and within the same time and subject to the same approval and acceptance, shall pave the said portion of said road with granite blocks or vitrified brick in the best manner. From the Canal road the route of said railway is to run westerly along the top of the bluff on the north side of the Canal road, and outside and south of the southern boundary of the land of the Washington Aqueduct pertaining to the distributing reservoir, to a point on said boundary not more than six hundred feet from the western boundary of said land; thence across said land but at no point less than two hundred feet from the outer crest of the dam of said reservoir, to said western boundary; thence westwardly on a route exterior to and on the south side of the land of the United States pertaining to the Conduit road to the land of the said aqueduct pertaining to the receiving reservoir; thence through said land to a point on the land of said aqueduct near the westerly foot of Dalecarlia Hill; thence westwardly on a route exterior to and on the south side of the land of the United States pertaining to the Conduit road to Cabin John Creek, returning thence along the same line, by return tracks to the place of beginning, with the privilege

Branch line.

of constructing a branch line, with a single or double track, from the Conduit road lands south to Chain Bridge, on land to be acquired by the corporation: Provided, That there shall be but one railway

Proviso.

Only one railway permitted parallel to Conduit road and over Canal road.

parallel to and near the Conduit road and there shall never be more than one double track on or over the Canal road, and all acts or parts of acts granting the use of the surface of the Canal road, or any part thereof, for laying railway tracks thereon and operating cars thereon are hereby repealed; and wherever the route specified in this act is parallel with or coincides with the route of

Use of coinciding tracks

any other railway the two companies shall maintain and use but one set of double tracks, and any violation of this provision by the said Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company shall operate as a repeal of this charter; and matters of dispute between

Determining disputes.

the companies respecting railways parallel to the Conduit road, and affecting the same, whether in the District of Columbia or in Maryland shall be referred to and determined by the Secretary of War and matter in dispute between the companies respecting railways on the Canal road shall be determined upon the application of either road to any court in the District of Columbia having competent jurisdiction. The inner rail of said Washington and Great Falls railway shall not at any place on the line of said railway be less than one hundred feet from the middle of the paved portion of the Conduit road. Wherever the said

Secretary of War to approve route, etc., across Aqueduct lands.

railway shall run over or across any of the lands of the United States or any of the accessory works of the Washington Aqueduct as provided in this act, it shall be done only on such lines, in such manner, and on such conditions as shall be approved by the Secretary of War and accepted by said company, and no works shall be done on said railway on any of said lands until after such approval and acceptance in writing. No steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars for steam railways shall ever be run over the tracks of said railway within the District of Columbia or on said lands. So much of said railway as may be in the State of Maryland must first have the approval of the authorities of said State. Said company shall, before commencing work on

Deposit to defray expenses of inspection. etc.

said railway, deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Washington Aqueduct the sum of five thousand dollars, to defray all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the company’s work on the lands of the United States and any of the company’s work that may affect the interests of the United States, and in making good any damages done by said company or its works to any work or land or other property of 328 the United States, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, any of the company’s work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of the Washington Aqueduct and the works pertaining thereto, including its telephone line, or for the proper drainage of the United States lands, its reservoirs and other works, or for the proper use and orderly appearance of the Conduit road; and the said company and its successors shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes and at such times as the

Disbursement.

Secretary of War shall direct. The said moneys shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and whatever shall remain of said deposits after the completion of the work for which they may be obtained shall be returned to said company with an account of their disbursement in detail. The disbursements of said deposits shall, except in case of emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. During the construction and after the completion of said railway its agents and servants, when on the public land of the United States, shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. The provisions of this act, as far as applicable shall apply to any extension of this railway in the State of Maryland

Crossing at distributing reservoir

that may be granted by the authorities of said State; and the said Washington and Great Falls Railway may cross the projection of the United States land at a point on the south side of the Conduit road

Protection of mains, etc.

just west of the distributing reservoir, and the provisions of section fifteen of the act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 793.

hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Company, of the District of Columbia,” shall control and govern all the privileges granted by this act to the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, and said section shall be held to include the Washington Aqueduct and its tunnels

Construction.

and all other works connected therewith. Said Washington and Great Falls Railway shall everywhere be constructed in a neat and substantial manner, of good material, subject, for such parts of the line as are within the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the supervision and approval of said Commissioners, and, for such parts of the line as are in any jurisdiction outside of the District of Columbia, to the supervision and approval of the proper authorities

Gauge.

of such jurisdiction; the gauge of the track to be the same as that of the Washington and Georgetown Railway; and the said Washington and Great Falls Railway Company shall where its tracks run on or across any street or road which is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or across any other road outside

Paving.

the District of Columbia, pave the same between the rails and sets of rails and two feet outside thereof with such material and in such manner as shall be approved by such proper authorities, as the case may

Failure to repair.

require, and shall keep the same in repair at its own expense; and if the said corporation shall fail to make any necessary repairs within ten days after notice has been given by said authorities, the repairs shall be made by said authorities and the cost thereof, except as hereinbefore provided, if not paid voluntarily, shall be recovered by them before any court of competent jurisdiction; and the amount of such repairs shall be a lien upon all property of said company

Erection of poles for wires.

from the time the same are made until paid by the company. That the said corporation shall operate its said road by electric power, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized to erect and maintain such poles and aerial lines as may be necessary for the proper conduct of said power; such lines to be built in the most perfect and substantial

Proviso.

Protection of Government telephone line.

manner: Provided, That in order to prevent any danger or damage to the United States telephone line between the Great Falls of the Potomac and Washington, belonging to the Washington Aqueduct, or to its instruments, from the electric wires of said railway company, the said company shall, at all times and at its own expense remove, change, and 329 protect said telephone line in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of War. The said corporation shall, before operating said

Fence.

railway, erect and maintain subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, at its own expense, a neat, well-painted, and substantial fence, four feet in height, on each side of its tracks, through the lands of the United States, and also at such places along the Conduit road as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, with suitable openings and crossings for roadways, and at such places as the Secretary of War shall consider to be required for the safety of the use of said roadways. That the said corporation shall, at its own expense, maintain electric

Electric lights.

lights along the entire length of its railway during the hours after nightfall that its cars shall run, and at least until twelve o’clock and thirty minutes antemeridian, which lights shall be located so as to light all roads on and across which it shall pass, and shall be placed at such points along the proposed road as the Secretary of War shall direct, and shall also light Chain Bridge in the same manner and during the same hours. No claim for damages shall ever be made by said company or its successors in consequence of the exercise of any of the rights of the United States under this act. The construction of said

Mains in streets, etc.,

railway on any street where there are or may be any mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining to the Washington Aqueduct shall be subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War, which conditions must be obtained and be accepted in writing by said company before commencing any work on such street, and the operations of said company in respect of the safety of such mains, fixtures, or apparatus shall always be subject to the control and direction of the Secretary of War, and subject to the right of the Secretary of War or other lawful public authority to interrupt the construction or use of said railway, whenever necessary for the protection or repair of such mains, fixtures, or apparatus. Efficient signals by gong or bell shall

Signals.

be made by every car before and during the crossing of the Conduit road. The rate of speed at which the ears may run on said road shall

Speed.

not exceed five miles per hour on or across any street or road, and the fare for riding over the said road shall not exceed ten cents each way per passenger, and this amount may be divided into divisions of five cents each. The work of construction and the operating of said railway

Regulation of construction and operating.

by said company on the lands of the United States shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and the exercise of the rights by this act granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said company or by its successors to make the deposits or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid.

Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand

Capital stock.

dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which capital stock may be increased from time to time upon a majority vote of the stockholders, but not to exceed the actual cost of right of way, construction, equipment, station houses and other buildings necessary to the operation of said road. The said company shall require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash, to the treasurer appointed

Payments.

by the incorporators, the amounts severally subscribed by them, as follows, to wit: Fifty per centum at the time of subscribing, and the remainder at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors shall require, and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless the fifty per cenum thereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing; the remainder of said subscription to be paid at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors may require, as hereinbefore provided; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any installments

Sale of stock for default in payment.

as aforesaid, as required by the board of directors, after thirty days’ notice in writing, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as will pay the installments; and the person who shall offer to take the least number of shares for the assessments due shall be taken as the highest 330 bidder, under such general regulations as may be provided in the bylaws of the company, but no stock shall be sold for less than the total assessments due and payable; or the company may sue and collect the same from a delinquent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction. No certificate of stock shall be issued until the par value thereof has

Passenger rooms.

been fully paid up. The company may buy, lease, or construct such passenger rooms, ticket offices, depots, workshops, and buildings as may be necessary, at such points, not on the land of the United States, along the lines as the business of the railway and the convenience of the public may require, and connect its tracks therewith; all of the above subject to the approval of the proper authorities.

Bonds.

Whenever one-fourth of the capital stock of the company so subscribed shall have been paid in, bonds may be issued, in the discretion of the board of directors, to an amount not exceeding the balance of the stock unpaid, which bonds may be secured by mortgage of its franchise and

Provisos.

Use of proceeds.

property, real and personal: Provided, That the moneys raised on said bonds shall be used and expended only for the completion and improvement of said road and the equipment thereof. But this section is

Maximum stock issue.

subject to the provision that said corporation shall not have or issue any greater number of shares of stock than the nominal value of such shares shall equal the actual and necessary cost of the construction and equipment of such railroad, which sum shall first be ascertained and authorized upon petition therefor to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as the chief justice and judges thereof shall prescribe efficient to limit the stock of such corporation in the aggregate to the actual and necessary cost

Bonds and mortgage.

thereof. That if it shall be desired by such corporation to issue bonds upon its said property, secured by mortgage or otherwise, upon petition therefor to said court, setting forth the necessity thereof and the amount of stock issued and outstanding, it may and shall be lawful for such court, or the chief justice or justices thereof, as the case may be, or one of them, upon public notice, to be prescribed by the rules of the court, to permit the issuance of such bonds and mortgage if desired:

Cancelling stock.

Provided, however, that an amount of stock equal to the bonds so issued shall be first canceled, and adjudged annulled: Provided, That

Increase of capital.

if in the course of the construction and equipment of such railroads it should appear that the amount of stock authorized as provided herein should not be sufficient for the purposes desired, the said Court may upon further petition and hearing authorize the issuing of such further stock as in its judgment may be deemed necessary to carry out the

Issue of stock and bonds.

purposes of this act: And provided further, that such stock and bonds may be issued as the work progresses.

Sec. 3. That within thirty days after the passage of this act the corporators

Meeting of corporators.

named in the first section, or a majority of them, or if any of

Subscription to stock.

them refuse or neglect to act, then the majority of the remainder, shall cause books of subscription to the capital stock of said company to be opened and kept open in some convenient place in the District of Columbia. from ten o’clock in the forenoon until four o’clock in the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by the corporators, not less than two days, unless the whole stock shall be sooner subscribed; and the said corporators shall give public notice, by advertisement in one or more of the daily papers published in the city of Washington, of the time when and place where the said books shall be opened; and the subscribers upon said books to the capital stock of the said company shall be held

Proviso.

Payments.

to be stockholders: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay, at the time of subscribing, fifty per centum of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his subscription shall be void; and when the books of subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be closed the corporators, and, in case anyof them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall,

First meeting of stockholders.

within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders of said company to meet within ten days thereafter, for the choice of 331 directors, of which said meeting notice shall be given in a daily newspaper published in the city of Washington and by written notice mailed to each stockholder, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the company, which vote may be cast in person or by proxy: Provided, That it

Consolidation to forfeit charter.

shall be unlawful for the company hereby incorporated to consolidate with any other railroad company now in existence, or which may hereafter be chartered, whose route shall be substantially the same as the route herein provided for; and any such consolidation shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter. If the charter or franchise

Forfeiture on sale before completion.

herein granted be sold or transferred to any company or person before the road shall have been fully constructed, such sale or transfer shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter.

Sec. 4. That the government and direction of the affairs of the company

Board of directors.

shall be vested in the board of directors, which shall consist of seven members, who shall be stockholders of record and shall hold their office for one year and until others are duly elected and qualified, and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be a quorum) shall elect

Officers.

one of their number to be president of the company, and they shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall give bond, with surety, to the company, in such sum as the directors may require, for the faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy in the board of directors from any cause such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining directors. The directors shall have power

Rules, etc.

to make such rules, regulations, and bylaws as they may deem need fill and proper for the management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the company not contrary to the charter or the laws or ordinances in force in the District of Columbia. There shall be an annual

Annual meeting of stockholders.

meeting of the stockholders for the choice of directors, to be held at such time and place and under such conditions and upon such notice as the said company in its bylaws may prescribe, and the said directors shall annually make a report, in writing, of their doings to the stockholders. Said company shall have at all times, except as otherwise

Penalty for obstructing, etc., road.

provided, a free and uninterrupted use of the railway, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously or unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars on the railway with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operators while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depot, or stations, or other of the property belonging to the said railway, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and penalties are recovered in the jurisdiction in which the offense may be committed; and shall be liable in addition to said penalty for any loss or damage occasioned to said company by his or her or their acts as aforesaid, to be recovered by said company for its use before any court of competent jurisdiction. No person shall be prohibited the right to travel on the cars of the said

Ejection of disorderly, etc., persons.

road or be ejected therefrom by the company for any other cause than being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or for the use of obscene language, or refusing to pay the legal fares exacted, or to comply with the lawful regulations of the company. The said company

Railway crossings.

shall have the right of way across all duly authorized railways within the limits of the lines granted by this act, and is hereby authorized to construct its said road across such other railways: Provided, That it

Proviso.

No grade crossings, etc.

shall not interrupt the travel of such other railway in such construction nor shall it cross any steam railroad at grade: And provided also, That the said Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway, and all

Regulations.

railways crossed by it shall be subject to such provisions and regulations for the safety of passengers at said crossings as the proper authorities may prescribe. The principal office of said company shall be

Principal office.

situated in the city of Washington, and all books and papers belonging to the business of said company shall be kept thereat and open at all 332 times to the inspection of the stockholders. The book in which transfers of the stock are entered and recorded shall be closed, for the purpose of such transfers, thirty days before the annual meeting.

Sec. 5. That for the purpose of locating, constructing, maintaining,

Taking land for stations. etc.

and operating the stations, tracks, railroads, shops, and other structures or buildings herein provided for, said company is hereby authorized and empowered to take, acquire, and hold in fee simple the land

Consent of owner.

necessary for such purposes; but before proceeding so to do the said company shall first obtain the. assent of the owner or owners of said land, and if such owner or owners shall be absent from the said city of Washington, or the District of Columbia, or shall refuse to give such assent on such terms as such company shall approve, or by reason of infancy, coverture, or insanity, or any other cause, shall be legally incapable of giving such assent, it shall be lawful for said company to make application, in writing, to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof, for the appointment of three commissioners to estimate the damages which the owner or owners of the land or other property sought to be taken shall sustain by the taking thereof

Application for condemnation.

by the said company. Said application shall describe the land or other property sought to be taken, and give the name or names of the owners thereof, as far as the same may be known to said company;

Commission to assess values, etc.,

and said supreme court of the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof, shall thereupon appoint three discreet and disinterested freeholders of said District of Columbia, none of whom shall be residents or owners of property upon or adjoining the line of said railroad, or interested therein, or related to any person interested in said land or a stockholder in said company; and before said

Oath.

commissioners shall act the clerk of said court shall administer an oath or affirmation to each of them that he will justly and impartially estimate the compensation that the owner or owners of such lands or other property will be entitled to by reason of the taking of the same by the company, and the said supreme court of the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof, shall appoint a time not less than ten nor more than twenty days after due notice to the parties in interest, which notice shall be given in the form required by the order of said supreme court of the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof,

Estimating value.

appointing said commissioners, and said commissioners shall proceed to estimate, after viewing the premises, the value of the land so proposed to be taken by said company, and the damages, if any, to the residue of the tract so taken or occupied, or to be taken or occupied, or the material so used or taken away, as the case may be, having due regard to and making just allowance for the advantages which may have resulted, or which may seem likely to result, to the owner or owners of said land or materials in consequence of the making or opening of said railroad and of the construction of the works connected therewith, and after having made a fair and just comparison of said advantages and disadvantages they shall estimate and determine

Report.

whether any, and, if any, what amount of damages have been or may be sustained, and to whom payable, and make report in writing signed by them, or a majority of them, and file the same with the clerk of the

Payment of damages.

supreme court of the District of Columbia; and if any damages be awarded and the report be confirmed by the said court, judgment shall be entered thereon, and if the amount thereof be not paid within thirty days after the entry of such judgment execution may issue thereon as in the case of other judgments of said court for the sum so awarded, and the cost and expenses incurred shall be defrayed by the said railroad company, and each of said commissioners shall be entitled to ten dollars per day for every day necessarily employed in the performance of the duties herein prescribed, to be paid by such railroad company.

Confirmation of return.

Said return of said commissioners shall be confirmed by said court or a judge thereof, at any time after the expiration of ten days from and after the date of the filing of said report with the clerk of said court, 333 unless an appeal from said award shall be taken and perfected as hereinafter

Appeal.

provided; and either party may appeal to the said court within ten days from and after the return of the said award to said court by filing notice of such appeal with the clerk of said court, and upon said appeal the ease shall be docketed in said court in the ordinary form, in which the company shall be plaintiff and the other parties shall be defendants, and shall be tried by a jury, if either party shall require the same, according to the ordinary course of trial by jury in said court. Should said company desire to take possession of

Possession pending appeal.

the land and property mentioned in its said application prior to the determination of the appeal. it shall have the right so to do upon tiling with the clerk of said court a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of said award, conditioned to pay such judgment as may be given by said court upon the trial of the appeal. The sureties on said bond and the form thereof shall be approved by said court. In case the judgment rendered by the court upon said

Costs on appeal.

appeal, either with or without a trial by jury, shall be for a sum less than the amount awarded by the commissioners aforesaid, then the costs shall be paid by the parties defendant; in case the judgment shall be for a greater sum than the amount awarded by the commissioners, then the costs shall be paid by the company, and judgment for costs shall be rendered accordingly. Upon payment of the judgment rendered

Title on paying judgment.

by said court, either upon the confirmation of the award or upon trial of the appeal, or upon tender of such payment, the company shall be entitled to all the rights, interests, and estate of the parties to the proceeding to the same extent as if the same had been legally conveyed by them in fee simple to said company, unless the said company shall within ten days after the rendition of said judgment disclaim the taking of said property, which shall be done in writing and filed in said case. An appeal shall lie from the judgment of said court to the supreme

Appeal from decision of court.

court in general term or to the Supreme Court of the United States, as now allowed by law in other cases, and the said company shall be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, operate, and maintain said tracks, and in addition thereto tracks to and into the yards and stations aforesaid, and any of them in connection with the tracks or any of them hereinbefore authorized or prescribed.

Sec. 6. That the work on said road shall commence within one year

Commencement and completion.

from and after the passage of this act, and shall be complete its entire distance, and have cars running thereon for the accommodation of the public within two years from the passage of this act; otherwise, this charter shall be null and void.

Sec. 7. That said railway company shall, on or before the fifteenth

Annual report to Congress.

of January of each year, make a report to Congress of the names of all the stockholders therein and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the bonded and other indebtedness and the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December the thirty-first, which report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and secretary of said company; and if said report is not made at the time specified, or

Failure to report to forfeit charter.

within ten days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted judicial proceedings to forfeit this charter; and

Payment in lieu of personal tax.

said company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, including cars and motive power, each year four per centum of its gross earnings, which amount shall be payable to the collector of taxes at the times and in the manner that other taxes are now due and payable, and subject to the same penalties on arrears; and the franchise and property of said company, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount, may be seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other property for taxes; and said per centum of its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes upon its property, used solely and exclusively in the operation and management of said railway. Its real estate

Real estate.

334 shall be taxed as other real estate in the District: Provided, That its

Proviso.

Elevated structure not to be taxed as real estate.

Amendment, etc.

tracks and elevated railway structure shall not be taxed as real estate.

Sec. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this act.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

Chap. 323: to prohibit the use of “one horse” cars within the limits of the city of Washington after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 323 27 Stat. 334 1892-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 323.—

An act to prohibit the use of “one horse” cars within the limits of the city of Washington after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

One horse cars in Washington prohibited.

That after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, it shall be unlawful for any street railway company owning or operating any line of street railway within the limits of the city of Washington, or the greater part of which lines lies within said city limits, to use upon such road any “one horse” cars. After said date, all cars used within the said limits shall, if drawn by horse power, be of the size and style known as “two horse cars,” and each car shall be in the charge of a

Proviso.

Railways in sparsely settled sections, etc.

conductor, and such conductor shall not act as a driver: Provided this act shall not apply to any company operating street railways outside the limits of the city of Washington or through unimproved and sparsely settled sections of the same, until such time as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall deem necessary for the public needs,

Penalty for violations.

Any railroad company violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars per day for each car, and for every day it may be so operated, to be recoverable by action instituted in the name of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction within the District, and all fines collected on such account shall, when collected, be paid into the Treasury for the

Enforcement.

use of the District of Columbia, It is hereby made the duty of the Commissioners of said District to see that this act is strictly enforced.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

Chap. 327: to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Deposit, Alabama. Chapter 327 27 Stat. 334 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 327.—

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Deposit, Alabama.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gurleys and Paint Rock Valley Railroad Company may bridge Tennessee River at Deposit. Ala.

That it shall be lawful for the Gurleys and Paint Rock Valley Railroad Company, of Alabama and Tennessee, a corporation duly and legally incorporated under the laws of the States of Alabama and Tennessee, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near

Railway, etc., bridge.

Deposit, in Marshal County, Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway 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.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and

Lawful structure and post route.

subject to its 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 transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the 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; and the United States shall have the right 335 of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes,

Postal telegraph.

and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal rights and privileges in constructing and maintaining their lines across said bridge.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge; the

Drawbridge.

draw or pivot pier shall be at such point in the channel of the river as the Secretary of War may direct, and the opening or passage way of said draw pier shall be so protected and arranged that water crafts can be worked through it at any and all times; and the draw span shall

Draw span.

not be of less width, nor shall the lowest part of same be of less elevation above high water, than are the widest and highest of those authorized by Congress for any bridge over the Tennessee River; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river: Provided, That in said bridge there

Provisos.

Length of span.

shall be one span of not less than three hundred feet in the clear: Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable

Opening draw.

signals for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such

Lights, etc.

lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under authority of this act which at any time substantially or materially obstructs 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

Changes, etc.

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

Litigation.

to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the cause may be brought in the circuit court of the United States or the State of Alabama in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify

Existing laws affected.

any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other companies.

shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case

Compensation.

the owner or owners of said bridge and 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 Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War approve plans, etc.

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 shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of 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 directions and strength of currents at all stages, and 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 if any change is required by the Secretary of War in the plan of said bridge whilst the same is in 336 progress of construction, or after its completion, or if the entire removal of said bridge is required by him at any time, the cost of such change or removal shall be paid by the company owning or controlling said bridge.

Sec. 6. That the right to alter or amend or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 328: to provide for the examination and promotion of enlisted men of the Army to the grade of second lieutenant. Chapter 328 27 Stat. 336 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 328.—

An act to provide for the examination and promotion of enlisted men of the Army to the grade of second lieutenant.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

Promotion of enlisted men to second lieu-tenancies.

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe a system of examination of enlisted men of the Army, by such boards as may be established by him, to determine their fitness for promotion to the grade of second lieutenant:

Proviso.

Qualifications.

Provided, That all unmarried soldiers under thirty years of age, who are citizens of the United States, are physically sound, who have served honorably not less than two years in the Army, and who have borne a good moral character before and after enlistment, may compete for promotion under any system authorized by this act.

Sec. 2. That the members and recorder of such boards as may be

Examination board.

established by the President, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be sworn in every case to discharge their duties honestly and faithfully; and the boards may examine witnesses, and take depositions, for which purposes they shall have such powers of a court of inquiry as may be necessary.

Sec. 3. That the vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant heretofore

Filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant.

Vol. 20, p. 150.

filled by the promotion of meritorious non-commissioned officers of the Army, under the provisions of section three of the act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, shall be filled by the appointment of competitors favorably recommended under this act,

Certificates of eligibility.

in the order of merit established by the final examination. Each man who passes the final examination shall receive a certificate of eligibility, setting forth the subjects in which he is proficient and the especial

Proviso.

grounds upon which the recommendation is based: Provided, That not more than two examinations shall be accorded to the same competitor.

Sec. 4. That all rights and privileges arising from a certificate of

Effect of court-martial.

eligibility may be vacated by sentence of a court-martial, but no soldier, while holding the privileges of a certificate, shall be brought before a garrison or regimental court-martial or summary court.

Sec. 5. That sections three and four of the act approved June eighteenth,

Repeal.

Vol. 20, p. 150.

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, providing for the promotion of meritorious noncommissioned officers, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 329: to authorize the Denison and Northern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Chapter 329 27 Stat. 336 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 329.—

An act to authorize the Denison and Northern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Denison and Northern Railway Company may construct railway, etc., line through Indian Territory.

That the Denison and Northern Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping. 337 operating, using, and maintaining a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be

Location.

selected by said railway company on Red River, near Denison, in Gray-son County, in the State of Texas, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory in a northerly direction to the southern boundary of the State of Kansas, at or near Coffeeville, in said State, with the right to construct and operate a branch

Branch line.

line of railway, beginning at a point about twenty miles north of Red River, on the main line; thence in a northwesterly direction to a point on the western line of the Indian Territory, at or near where it is crossed by the Canadian River, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts, branches, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem it to their interest to construct.

Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all

Right of way.

purposes of a railway, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Indian Territory, and to take and use a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to right of way, for stations, for every ten

Addition for stations, etc.

miles of road, 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: Provided, That no more than said addition

Provisos.

Limit.

Lands not to be sold, etc.

of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall be sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway, telegraph, and telephone lines, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used, such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.

Sec. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through any

Damages.

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 ease of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement

Referees.

of three disinterested referees, to be appointed one (who shall act as chairman) by the President, one by the chief of the nation to which said occupant belongs, and one by said railway company, who, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall take and subscribe, before a district judge, clerk of a district court, or United States commissioner, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award to and filed with the Secretary of the Interior within sixty days from the completion thereof; and a majority of said referees shall be competent to act in case of the absence of a member, after due notice. And upon the failure of either party to make such

Substitution on failure to appoint.

appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the President, the vacancy shall be filled by the district judge of any United States court in the. Indian Territory, upon the application of the other party. The chairman of said board shall appoint the time and place

Hearings.

for all hearings within the nation to which such occupant belongs. Each of said referees shall receive for his services the sum of four dollars

Compensation.

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

Costs.

a part of the award, and be paid by such railway company. In case the referees can not agree, then any two of them are authorized to make the award. Either party being dissatisfied with the finding of the referees

Appeal.

shall have the right, within ninety days after the making of the 338 award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to any district court in the Indian Territory, which court shall have jurisdiction

Costs on appeal.

to hear and determine the subject-matter of said petition. If, upon the hearing of said appeal, the judgment of the court shall be for a larger sum than the award of the referees, the cost of said appeal shall be adjudged against the railway company. If the judgment of the court

Work may begin on depositing double award.

shall be for the same sum as the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the appellant. If the judgment of the court shall be for a smaller sum than the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the party claiming damages. 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 enter upon the property sought to be condemned and proceed with the construction of the railway.

Sec. 4 That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants

Freight charges.

of 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

Provisos.

Passenger rates.

Regulation.

same kind: Provided. That passenger rates on said railway shall 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

Maximum.

State: Provided, however, That the rate of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed the rate above

Mails.

expressed: And Provided further. 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.

Sec. 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said line may be located, the sum of fifty dollars in addition to compensation provided for in this act for property taken and damages done to individual occupants 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

Provisos.

Appeal by general councils.

is graded: Provided, That if the general council of either of the nations or tribes through whose land 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 allowance 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 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:

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

Provided further, 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

Annual rental.

receive under the foregoing provision. 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 with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes according to the number 339 of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so

Taxation.

long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railway as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway as may lie within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right

Survey.

to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act.

Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its

Maps to be filed.

located lines 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 chiefs of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when

Proviso.

Grading to begin on filing map.

a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twenty-five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun.

Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company

Employees to reside on right of way.

necessary to the construction and management of said railway 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.

Sec. 8. That said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of

Construction.

its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railway company shall construct and maintain continually

Crossings, etc.

all fences, road and highway crossings, and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said 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.

Sec. 9. That the said Denison and Northern Railway Company shall

Condition of acceptance.

accept this right of way upon the 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 laud, or its occupancy, than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the condition

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.

Sec. 10. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying

Record of mortgages.

any portion of its railway, 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.

Sec. 11. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, or alter this

Amendment, etc.

No assignment before construction.

act; and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the railway except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 351: to amend an act entitled “An act amending the pension law so as to remove the disability of those who, having participated in the rebellion, have since its termination enlisted in the Army of the United States, and become disabled,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Chapter 351 27 Stat. 340 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 340

CHAP. 351.—

An act to amend an act entitled “An act amending the pension law so as to remove the disability of those who, having participated in the rebellion, have since its termination enlisted in the Army of the United States, and become disabled,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pensions.

Vol. 19, p. 403.

That the act entitled “An act amending the pension law so as to remove the disability of those who, having participated in the rebellion, have since its termination enlisted in the Army of the United States, and become disabled,’’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“That the law prohibiting the payment of any money on account of

Law prohibiting pensions to persons aiding rebellion modified.

pensions to any person, or to the widow, children, or heirs of any deceased person who, in any manner, engaged in or aided or abetted the

R. S., sec. 4710, p. 919.

late rebellion against the authority of the United States, shall not be construed to apply to such persons as afterward voluntarily enlisted

Navy added.

in either the Navy or Army of the United States, and who, while in such service, incurred disability from a wound or injury received or disease contracted in the line of duty.”

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 352: relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia. Chapter 352 27 Stat. 340 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 352.—

An act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hours of labor.

Limited to eight hours for laborers and mechanics on Government work.

That the service and employment of all laborers and mechanics who are now or may hereafter be employed by the Government of the United States, by the District of Columbia, or by any contractor or subcontractor upon any of the public works of the United States or of the said District of Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia or any such contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the services of such laborers or mechanics to require or permit any such laborer or mechanic to work more than eight hours in any calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency.

Sec. 2. That any officer or agent of the Government of the United

Penalty for violation by officer or contractor.

States or of the District of Columbia, or any contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control any laborer or mechanic employed upon any of the public works of the United States or of the District of Columbia who shall intentionally violate any provision of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every such offense shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction thereof.

Sec. 3. The provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to in any

Present contracts not affected.

manner apply to or affect contractors or subcontractors, or to limit the hours of daily service of laborers or mechanics engaged upon the public works of the United States or of the District of Columbia for which contracts have been entered into prior to the passage of this act.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

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CHAP. 353.—

An act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railwav Company.

August 1, 1892

. 341 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Maryland and Washington Railway Company incorporated.

Incorporators.

That Abram P. Fardon, J. Henry Small, junior, Wright Rives, Redford W. Walker, Louis D. Wine, John O. Johnson, Charles A. Wells, Joseph A. Blandon, A. O. Bliss, Edwin A. Newman, Van 11. Manning, Wallace A. Bartlett, Ellis Speare, Benjamin D. Stephen, D. M. Nesbit, P. A. Scaggs, Francis H Smith, W. Clarence Duvall, Filmore Beall, and their associates, successors, and assigns are hereby created a body corporate by the name, style, and title of the “Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal. And said corporation is hereby authorized

May construct railway.

to construct and lay down a single or double track railway, and if it should construct and lay down a single-track railway with the right subsequently to change the same to a double-track railway, as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the necessary switches, turnouts, and other mechanical devices, through and along the following routes, to wit: Beginning at the point where

Location.

Rhode Island avenue of the city of Washington if extended in its present course would intersect Fourth street northeast, as extended due north, and running thence with and along said Rhode Island avenue as thus extended, or adjacent thereto, to a point at or near the point of intersection of said Rhode Island avenue with the northeast boundary line of the District of Columbia: Provided, That all of the

Provisos.

Approval of route.

routes herein mentioned shall be subject to the approval of the Com missioners of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That whenever

Steam railway crossings.

the lines of the said company shall cross any steam railway they shall cross by an overhead bridge or beneath the tracks of said railway, as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 2. That said company may run public carriages propelled by

Motive power.

cable, electric, or other mechanical power, subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, but nothing in this act shall allow the use of steam power in locomotives: Provided further, That for the purpose of

Proviso.

Street crossings.

making a continuous connection the said company shall have the light to cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be necessary for the purpose.

Sec. 3. That said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding

Fare.

live cents per passenger for any continuous ride over its line within the District of Columbia: and the said company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia, for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That six

Proviso.

Tickets.

tickets shall be. sold for twenty-five cents within the District limits.

Sec. 4. That said company shall, on or before the fifteenth of January

Annual report to Congress.

of each year, make a report to Congress, through the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders therein, the amount of stock held by each, and the amount paid thereon, together with a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December the thirty-first, and such other facts as may be required by any general law of the District of Columbia, which report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and secretary of said company, and, if said report is not made at the time specified, or within

Failure to forfeit charter.

ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted proper judicial proceedings therefor; and said company shall

Payment in lieu of taxes.

pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, including cars and motive power, each year, four per centum 342 of its gross earnings, which amount shall be payable to the collector of taxes, at the times and in the manner that other taxes are now due and payable, and subject to the same penalties on arrears; and the franchise and property of said company, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount may be seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other property for taxes; and said four per centum of its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes upon its property used solely and exclusively in the operation and management of said railway. Its real estate shall be

Proviso.

Tracks not real estate.

Construction.

taxed as other real estate in the District: Provided, That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate.

Sec. 5. That the said railway shall be constructed of good materials, and in a substantial and durable manner, with the rails of the most approved pattern, all to be approved by the Commissioners of the said District, laid upon an even surface with the pavement of the street, and the gauge to correspond with that of other city railways. Wherever more than one of the tracks of said railroad company shall be constructed on any of the public highways in the District of Columbia, the width of the space between the two tracks shall not exceed four feet.

Sec. 6. That the said corporation hereby created shall be bound to

To keep tracks, etc., in good repair.

keep said tracks, and for the space of two feet beyond the outer rails thereof, and also the space bet ween the tracks, at all times in such good order as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may require, wherever it shall run over streets, avenues, and highways, subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, without expense to the United States or the District of Columbia.

Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall prevent the District of Columbia,

Altering grades. etc.

at any time, at its option, from altering the grade or otherwise improving all avenues and streets and highways occupied by said road, or from so altering and improving such streets and avenues and highways, and the sewerage thereof, as may be under its authority and control; and in such event it shall be the duty of said company to change its railroad so as to conform to such grade as may have been thus established.

Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said corporation, its successors, or

Excavations. etc.

assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places where said corporation may have the right to construct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the manner and by the means aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Commissioners. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense necessary to change such underground constructions shall be borne by the said railway company.

Sec. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Power house, etc.

or assigns, to erect and maintain at such convenient and suitable points along its lines as may seem most desirable to the board of directors of the said corporation, and subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler house and all other buildings necessary for the successful operation of a cable motor, electric, pneumatic, or other railroad.

Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, its successors,

Speed.

or assigns, to propel its cars over said railroad, or any part thereof, at a rate of speed exceeding that which may be fixed from time to

Penalty for violating.

time by the said Commissioners, and for each violation of this provision said grantees, their successors, or assigns, as the case may be, shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

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Sec. 11. That the line of said railway company, from the point of

Commencement and. completion.

beginning herein named to a point at or near the intersection of Rhode Island avenue extended and the northeast boundary of the District of Columbia, shall be commenced within six months and completed within twenty-four months from the passage of this act.

Sec. 12. That the said company is hereby authorized to issue its

Capital stock.

capital stock to the amount of the actual cost of construction, equipment, and purchase of right of way and ground necessary for its proper working, and not to exceed in all the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. Said company shall require the subscribers to the

Subscriptions.

capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by the corporators the amounts severally subscribed by them, as follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscribing and the balance of such subscription to be paid at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors may require; and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless the ten per centum thereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing as hereinbefore provided, and no assessment exceeding ten per centum to be made at any one time; but at least fifty per centum of the entire stock subscribed shall be paid within six months from the date of subscription, and the whole amount shall be paid within two years from said date; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect

Sale of stock in default.

to pay any installment as aforesaid, or as required by the resolution of the board of directors, after reasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as shall pay said installments, and the person who offers to purchase the least number of shares for the assessment due shall be taken to be the highest bidder, and such sale shall be conducted under such general regulations as may be adopted in the bylaws of said company; but no stock shall be sold for less than the total assessments due and payable, or said corporation may sue and collect the same from any delinquent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of this act corporators

Meeting of incorporators.

named in the first section, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, or, if any refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall meet at some convenient and accessible place in the District of Columbia for the organization of said company, and for the receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay, at the time of

Provisos.

Ten per cent to be paid on subscribing.

subscribing, ten per centum of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his subscription shall be null and void: Provided further, That nothing shall be received in payment

Subscription must be in money.

of the ten per centum at the-time of subscribing except lawful money, or certified cheeks from any established bank. And when the books of subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be closed the corporators named in the first section, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders of

First meeting of stockholders.

said company to meet within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, of which public notice shall be given for five days in two daily newspapers published in the city of Washington, and by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in all meetings of the stockholders each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy: Provided, That it shall be unlawful for the company hereby incorporated

Consolidation forbidden.

to consolidate with any other railroad company now in existence, or which may hereafter be chartered, and any such consolidation shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter. And it

Sale before construction unlawful.

shall be unlawful for the franchise hereby granted to be sold or transferred to any individual or corporation before the road shall have been constructed and equipped for business.

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Sec. 14. That the said company shall place first-class cars on said

Equipment to be first class.

railway, with all modern improvements for the convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars thereon as often as the public convenience may require; the timetable or schedule of time to be approved by the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 15. That the company shall buy, lease, or construct such passenger

Buildings, etc , for company's use.

rooms, ticket offices, workshops, depots, lands, and buildings as they may deem necessary, at such points on its line as may be approved by the said Commissioners.

Sec. 16. That all articles of value that may be inadvertently left in

Lost articles.

any of the cars or other vehicles of the said company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours of business.

Sec. 17. That the government and direction of affairs of the company

Board of directors.

Officers.

quorum) shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, who shall also be president of the company, and they shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and treasurer, who shall give bond with surety to said company in such sum as the said directors may require

Vacancies.

for the faithful discharge of his trust. In ease of a vacancy in the board of directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors.

Sec. 18. That the directors shall have the power to make and prescribe

Duties of directors.

such bylaws, rules and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the company, not contrary to the charter or to the laws of the United States and the ordinances of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 19. That there shall be at least an annual meeting of the stockholders

Annual meeting of stockholders.

for choice of directors, to be holden at such time and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice as the said company in their bylaws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make report in writing of their doings to the stockholders.

Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times the free and

Penalty for obstructing use of roadway, etc.

uninterrupted use of its roadway, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, or other property belonging to said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to the District of Columbia, to be recovered as other fines-and penalties in said District, and shall remain liable to the said company, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his or her or their act as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty days after such offense shall have been committed.

Sec. 21. That the said Maryland and Washington Railway Company

Crossing other rail ways.

Proviso.

Not to interrupt travel.

Ejection of disorderly, etc., persons.

Provided, That it shall not interrupt travel of such other railways in such construction.

Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any part of said road or ejected from the ears by the company’s employees for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, unclean, 345 or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company.

Sec. 23. That this act may at any time to be altered, amended, or repealed

Amendment.

by the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 24. That in the event that the company should not be able to

Condemnation proceedings.

come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located to pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding fifty feet in width, with necessary slopes, and one hundred and thirty feet in width in the line of Rhode Island avenue extended, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes: Provided, That the extension

Proviso.

Extension of Rhode Island avenue.

of Rhode Island avenue herein authorized, whether acquired by condemnation or otherwise, shall be dedicated to the public use in the same manner and subject to the same regulations and control that apply to other streets and avenues in the District of Columbia occupied by street railways.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 360: to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for other purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Chapter 360 27 Stat. 345 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 360.—

An act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for other purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National banks.

Vol. 19, p. 63.

That section three of an act entitled “An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for other purposes, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 3. That whenever any association shall have been or shall be

Winding up business.

placed in the hands of a receiver, as provided in section fifty-two hundred and thirty-four and other sections of the Revised Statutes of the

R. S., secs. 5234, 5236, p. 1018.

United States, and when, as provided in section fifty-two hundred and thirty-six thereof, the Comptroller of the Currency shall have paid to each and every creditor of such association, not including shareholders, who are creditors of such association, whose claim or claims as such creditor shall have been proved or allowed as therein prescribed, the full amount of such claims, and all expenses of the receivership and the redemption of the circulating notes of such association shall have been provided for by depositing lawful money of the United States with the Treasurer of the United States, the Comptroller of the Currency shall call a meeting of the shareholders of such association by giving

Meeting of shareholders after all debts paid, etc.

notice thereof for thirty days in a newspaper published in the town, city, or county where the business of such association was carried on, or if no newspaper is there published, in the newspaper published nearest thereto. At such meeting the shareholders shall determine

Shareholders to decide whether receiver or agent shall wind up affairs.

whether the receiver shall be continued and shall wind up the affairs of such association, or whether an agent shall be elected for that purpose, and in so determining the said shareholders shall vote by ballot in person or by proxy, each share of stock entitling the holder to one vote and the majority of the stock in value and number of shares shall be necessary to determine whether the said receiver shall be continued or whether an agent shall be elected. In case such majority shall determine

Settlement by receiver.

that the said receiver shall be continued, the said receiver shall thereupon proceed with the execution of his trust and shall sell, dispose of, or otherwise collect the assets of the said association and shall possess all the powers and authority, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities originally conferred or imposed upon him by his appointment as such receiver, so far as the same remain applicable. In case

Election of agent.

the said meeting shall by the vote of a majority of the stock in value 346 and number of shares determine that an agent shall be elected, the said meeting shall thereupon proceed to elect an agent, voting by ballot, in person or by proxy, each share of stock entitling the holder to one vote, and the person who shall receive votes representing at least a majority of stock in value and number shall be declared the agent for

Bond by shareholders.

the purposes hereinafter provided, and whenever any of the shareholders of the association shall, after the election of such agent, have executed and tiled a bond to the satisfaction of the Comptroller of the Currency, conditioned for the payment and discharge in full of each and every claim that may thereafter be proved and allowed by and before a competent court, and for the faithful performance of all and

Transfer to agent by receiver and Comptroller.

singular the duties of such trust, the Comptroller and the receiver shall thereupon transfer and deliver to such agent all the undivided or uncollected or other assets of such association then remaining in the bands or subject to the order and control of said Comptroller and said receiver, or either of them; and for this purpose said Comptroller and said receiver are hereby severally empowered and directed to execute any deed, assignment, transfer, or other instrument in writing that may be necessary and proper, and upon the execution and delivery of such instrument to the said agent the said Comptroller and the said receiver shall by virtue of this act be discharged from any and all liabilities to such association, and to each and all the creditors and

Duty of agent.

shareholders thereof. Upon receiving such deed, assignment, transfer, or other instrument, the person elected such agent shall hold, control, and dispose of the assets and property of such association which he may receive under the terms hereof, for the benefit of the shareholders of such association, and he may in his own name, or in the name of such association, sue and be sued, and do all other lawful acts and things necessary to finally settle and distribute the assets and property in his hands, and may sell, compromise, or compound the debts due to such association, with the consent and approval of the circuit or district court of the United States for the district where the business of such association was carried on, and shall at the conclusion of his trust render to such district or circuit court a full account of all his proceedings, receipts, and expenditures as such agent, which court shall, upon due notice, settle and adjust such accounts and discharge

Votes of executors, etc.

said agent and the sureties upon said bond. At such meeting, held as hereinbefore provided, administrators or executors of deceased shareholders may act and sign as the decedent might have done if living, and guardians of minors and trustees of other persons may so act and sign for their ward or wards or cestui que trust. The proceeds of the

Distribution of proceeds of assets.

assets or property of any such association which may be undistributed at the time of such meeting or may be subsequently received shall be distributed as follows: “First. To pay the expenses of the execution of the trust to the date

Expenses.

of such payment. “Second. To repay any amount or amounts which have been paid in by

Repayment of assessments upon shareholders.

any shareholder or shareholders of such association upon and by reason of any and all assessments made upon the stock of such association by the order of the Comptroller of the Currency in accordance with the provisions of the statutes of the United States; and “Third. The balance ratably among such stockholders in proportion

Balance.

to the number of shares held and owned by each. Such distribution shall be made, from time to time, as the proceeds shall be received and as shall be deemed advisable by the said Comptroller or said agent.”

Approved, August 3, 1892.

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CHAP. 361.—

An act fixing the fees of jurors and witnesses in the United States courts in certain States and Territories.

August 3, 1892

. 347 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

United States courts.

Fees to jurors and witnesses in certain States and Territories.

That jurors and witnesses in the United States courts in the States of Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado, and in the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, shall be entitled to and receive fifteen cents for each mile necessarily traveled over any stage line or by private conveyance and five cents for each mile over any railway in going to and returning from said courts: Provided, That no

Proviso.

No constructive fees allowed.

constructive or double mileage fees shall be allowed by reason of any person being summoned both as witness and juror, or as witness in two or more cases pending in the same court and triable at the same term thereof.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 362: to grant certain public lands to the State of Minnesota for perpetual use as a public park. Chapter 362 27 Stat. 347 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 362.—

An act to grant certain public lands to the State of Minnesota for perpetual use as a public park.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Minnesota.

Lands granted for public park.

Location.

That all undisposed lands of the United States situated in the following subdivisions, according to the public surveys thereof, to wit: Section six of township one hundred and forty-two; sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen, thirty, and thirty-one of township one hundred and forty-three, all in range thirty-five: sections one, two, three, and four of township one hundred and forty two, and sections one, two, three, four, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty eight, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six, of township one hundred and forty-three, all in range thirty-six, situate in the district of lands subject to sale at Saint Cloud and Crookston, Minnesota, is hereby forever granted to the State of Minnesota, to be perpetually used by said State as and for a public State park: Provided, That the land hereby

Proviso.

Reversion.

granted shall revert to the United States, together with all improvements thereon, if at any time it shall cease to be exclusively used for a public State park; or if the State shall not pass a law or laws to protect the timber thereon.

Sec. 2. That this act shall not in any manner whatsoever interfere

Vested rights not affected.

with, supersede, suspend, modify, or annul the vested rights of any person, company, or corporation in respect to any of said lands existing at the date of the passage of this act.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 374: changing the date for the dedication of the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Chapter 374 27 Stat. 347 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 374.—

An act changing the date for the dedication of the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

August 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

Date of dedication changed.

Vol. 26, p. 63.

That the date for the dedication of the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition is hereby changed from the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, August 4, 1892.

Chap. 375: to authorize the entry of lands chiefly valuable for building stone under the placer mining laws. Chapter 375 27 Stat. 348 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 375.—

An act to authorize the entry of lands chiefly valuable for building stone under the placer mining laws.

August 4, 1892

. 348 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands

Entries for building-stone under placer claims.

That any person authorized to . enter lands under the mining laws of the United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of the

Proviso.

School lands.

law in relation to placer mineral claims: Provided, That lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated to any State shall not be subject to entry under this act.

Sec. 2. That an act entitled “An act for the sale of timber lands in

Timber and stone lands in all public-land States may be sold.

Vol. 20, p. 89.

the State of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory,” approved June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words” States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory'’ where the same occur in the second and third lines of said act, and insert in lieu thereof the words, “public-land States,” the purpose of this act being to make said act of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, applicable to all the public-land States.

Sec. 3. That nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal section

Forest reservations not affected.

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

twenty-four of the act entitled “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Approved, August 4, 1892.

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CHAP. 376.—

An act for the relief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

August 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eastern Cherokees, North Carolina.

Payment of taxes.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use so much of the fund to the credit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians located in the State of North Carolina on the books of the Treasury as may be necessary for the payment annually of taxes upon such of their lands as are held in common, and also for the payment of the taxes that have already accrued, and for which the said lands were sold, together with costs incurred upon conveyance of purchasers of said lands to said Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

All orders or provisions for the sale of timber on said lands to pay

Sales of timber revoked.

the accrued taxes and incumbrances on the same are hereby revoked.

Approved, August 4, 1892.

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CHAP. 379.—

An act granting pensions to army nurses.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army nurses.

To receive pensions.

That all women employed by the Surgeon General of the Army as nurses, under contract or otherwise, during the late war of the rebellion, or who were employed as nurses during such period by authority which is recognized by the War Department, and who rendered actual service as nurses in attendance upon the sick or wounded in any regimental, post, camp, or general hospital of the armies of the United States for a period of six months or more, and who were honorably relieved from such service, and who are now or may hereafter be unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the list of pensioners of the United States and be entitled to receive a pension

Bate.

of twelve dollars per month, and such pension shall commence from the date of filing of the application in the Pension Office after the

Proviso.

To receive only one pension.

passage of this act: Provided, That no person shall receive more than one pension for the same period.

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Sec. 2. That no fee, compensation, or allowance shall be paid to, received,

No fee to agent, etc.

or accepted by any agent, attorney, or other person instrumental in the prosecution of any claim for pension under this act; and any person who may make any claim upon any applicant for any fee,

Penalty for claiming.

compensation, or allowance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court; and it shall be the duty of the Interior and War Departments to render all proper aid to applicants under this act.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

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CHAP. 380.—

An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sundry civil expenses appropriations.

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 ninety-three, namely:

UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

Under State Department.

To pay the expenses of printing, in compliance with the requirements

Printing certified copies of electoral vote.

Vol. 24, p. 373.

of the act of February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the certified copies of the final ascertainment of the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, as transmitted by the executive of each State to the Secretary of State, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Binding manuscript papers: For completing the restoration, mounting.

Binding manuscript papers.

and binding of certain manuscript letters and papers of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and others, in the Department of State, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

International Monetary Conference: The President of the

International monetary conference.

Expenses of commissioners, etc.

United States is hereby authorized to appoint five commissioners to an international conference, to be held at a place to be hereafter designated, with a view to secure, internationally, a fixity of relative value between gold and silver, as money, by means of a common ratio between those metals, with free mintage at such ratio, and for compensation of said commissioners, and for all reasonable expenses connected therewith, to be approved by the Secretary of State, including the proportion to be paid by the United States of the joint expenses of such conference, eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: To enable the

Mexican boundary survey.

Vol. 22, p. 986.

President to complete the execution of 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, and the convention of February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 1493.

eighty-nine, between the. United States of America and the United States of Mexico, fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars appropriated by the act of March

Vol. 23, p. 478.

third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the act of September

Vol. 26, p. 504.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and a detailed account of the expenditure of these appropriations shall be reported to Congress.

For providing naval and coaling stations, two hundred and fifty

Naval and coaling stations.

thousand dollars, to be expended under direction of the President.

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Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid: For expenses of

Madrid Exposition.

Ante, p. 34.

representation of the United States at said exposition, ten thousand dollars.

UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Under Treasury Department.

Public Buildings.

Public buildings.

For public buildings, Alaska Territory: For the construction, repair,

Alaska.

and preservation of public buildings in said Territory, twenty-one

Balances covered in.

thousand dollars. And the balances of appropriations previously made for buildings at designated points in the Territory are hereby covered into the Treasury. For post-office at Aurora, Illinois: For completion of building and

Aurora. III.

approaches, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs, alterations, and improvements in the United States

Atlanta. Ga.

court house and post-office at Atlanta, Georgia, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For post-office at Beatrice, Nebraska: For completion of building, five

Beatrice, Nebr.

thousand dollars. For post-office at Cedar Rapids, Iowa: For an additional story to the

Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

building, thirty thousand dollars. For custom house and post-office at Cincinnati. Ohio: For painting

Cincinnati. Ohio.

and repairs, twenty thousand dollars. For custom house and subtreasury at Chicago, Illinois: For general

Chicago, III

repairs and repairs consequent on settlement of foundation, and for mail lifts, fifty thousand dollars. For post-office at Clarksville, Tennessee: For purchase of site and

Clarksville. Tenn.

commencement of building, ten thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Detroit, Michigan: For an isolating ward, and

Detroit, Mich.

for enlargement of hospital space at the marine hospital at Detroit,

Marine hospital.

ten thousand dollars. For post-office at Lansing, Michigan: For an additional story to the

Lansing. Mich.

Erie, Pa.

building, twenty-five thousand dollars. For courthouse and post office at Erie, Pennsylvania: For completion of elevator, six thousand dollars. For court house and post-office at Louisville, Kentucky: For furnishing

Louisville. Ky.

and placing clock in the tower, additional partitions, cutting doors, and water supply cistern, six thousand dollars

For purchase of a site for the public building heretofore authorized

Allegheny, Pa.

at Allegheny,

Site.

Pennsylvania, one hundred and thirty-five thousand

Proviso.

dollars in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated: Provided, That

Limit of cost.

the limit heretofore fixed for the cost of said building and site shall not be hereby increased.

For post-office at Minneapolis: For general repairs and painting, ten

Minneapolis, Minn.

thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at New York, New York: For elevator,

New York.

change of stairs, repairs, and renewal of heating apparatus, plumbing and painting and other necessary improvements, sixty-five thousand dollars. For court house and post-office at Norfolk. Virginia: For continuation

Norfolk.

of building under present limit, fifteen thousand dollars. For marine hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana: For new water

New Orleans.

Marine hospital.

mains and cisterns, three thousand dollars. For customhouse at New Bedford, Massachusetts:

New Bedford That the balances. Mass.

Balances available.

Vol. 23, p. 308.

Vol. 24, p. 223.

of the appropriations made by the acts approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for the purchase of land, not to exceed seven thousand dollars, are hereby made available for the construction of the building. For customhouse and post-office at Omaha, Nebraska: For continuation

Omaha, Nebr.

of building under present limit, two hundred thousand dollars. 351 For United States mint building at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Philadelphia, Pa.

New mint.

For purchase of site and commencement of building under present limit, six hundred and twenty thousand five hundred dollars, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by the act approved

Vol. 25, p. 507.

October second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight for an additional story to and enlarging the building, including vault, alterations and other necessary work for the United States Mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; which unexpended balance is hereby reappropriated for the object herein named. For old custom house at Saint Paul, Minnesota: That balances of

St. Paul. Minn.

Balances covered in.

the appropriations for additional land adjoining the old building made by the acts approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six,

Vol. 22, pp. 223, 511.

and March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, amounting to sixty-four thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents, be, and the same are hereby covered into the Treasury. For courthouse and post-office at Savannah. Georgia: That the revenue

Savannah, Ga.

Receipts from old site.

received from the sale of the abandoned site may be placed to the credit of the appropriation for said building, but this provision shall not be construed to increase the limit of cost of said building as now fixed by law. For marine hospital at San Francisco, California: For laundry and

San Francisco. Cal.

Marine hospital.

machinery, ten thousand dollars. For courthouse, post-office, and custom house at Sioux City, Iowa:

Sioux City. Iowa.

For continuation of building under present limit, forty thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Sioux Falls, South Dakota: For

Sioux Falla, S. Dak.

completion of building under present limit, forty thousand dollars. For post-office and court house at Troy, New York: For completion

Troy. N. V.

of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars. For post-office at Washington, District of Columbia: For continuation

Washington. D. C.

Post-office

of building under present limit, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: For

Repairs to Treasury. etc.

repairs to Treasury, Butler, and Winder buildings, twelve thousand dollars.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation

Repairs and preservation.

of customhouses, courthouses, post-offices, marine-hospitals, quarantine stations and other public buildings under control of Treasury Department, two hundred and forty thousand dollars; of which amount the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be used for the marine hospitals and quarantine stations: Provided, That of the sum

Proviso.

Superintendents.

hereby appropriated, not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be used in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury in the employment of superintendents and others at a rate of compensation not exceeding, for any one person, six dollars per day: nor shall there hereafter be

Limit of pay.

paid more than six dollars per day to any person employed outside of the District of Columbia, in any capacity whatever, whose compensation is paid from appropriations for public buildings in course of construction, but the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, authorize payment in cities of eighty thousand or more inhabitants of a sum not exceeding eight dollars per day for such purposes.

Light Houses, Beacons and Fog Signals.

lighthouses, beacons, and fog signals.

Buffalo Breakwater Fog Signal, Lake Erie. New York: For establishing

Buffalo Breakwater X. V.

a fog signal at Buffalo Breakwater, north end Lake Erie. New York, four thousand three hundred dollars.

Cape Meares Light Station, Tillamook Bay. Oregon: For making a

Cape Meares, Oreg.

Road.

wagon road from Cape Meares Light Station to the Tillamook River, at an expense not to exceed five thousand dollars: Provided, That it

Proviso.

can be paid for from the appropriation for constructing a lighthouse at Cape Meares, Oregon, approved March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 24, p. 513.

eighty-seven, which payment is hereby authorized.

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Cape Mendocino Light Station, California: For construction of a

Cape Mendocino. Cal.

roadway from Cape Mendocino Light Station to the county road, five hundred dollars.

Depot for the thirteenth lighthouse district: That the appropriation

Depot Thirteenth district.

Repair, etc.

Vol. 26, p. 955.

of fifteen thousand dollars, made by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for removing the depot, is hereby authorized to be used in its repair and extension.

Key West Light Station, Florida: For increasing the height of the

Key West, Fla.

tower of the Key West Light Station, Florida, or for removing obstructions to the present light, three thousand dollars.

Oil houses for light stations: For establishing isolated oil houses for

Oil houses.

Proviso.

Limit of cost.

the storage of mineral oil, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That no oil house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost.

Range light near Port Penn, Delaware: For placing anew light northward

Port Penn, Del.

of Reedy Island light in the vicinity of Port Penn wharf, the Reedy Island light to be made the front light of the range, and for cost of site, ten thousand dollars.

Saint Simons Range Beacon, Georgia: For establishing a small light

Saint Simons, Ga.

to make a range at Saint Simons Light Station, one thousand dollars.

Saint Marys River Upper Range Lights, Michigan: For moving

Saint Marys River ranges.

Upper Saint Marys Ranges, five thousand dollars.

Frankfort Pierhead Fog Bell, Michigan: For establishing a fog bell

Frankfort, Midi.

operated by machinery at the light station on the pierhead at Frank fort, Lake Michigan, one thousand dollars.

Eleven-Foot Shoal Light Station, Lake Michigan, Michigan: That

Eleven-Foot Shoal, Midi.

the appropriation of sixty thousand dollars heretofore made in the act

Amount to be used for light ships.

Vol 26, p. 375.

approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for establishing a light station on or near Eleven-Foot Shoal, off Point Peninsula, Michigan, be applied, under the direction of the lighthouse Board, for the construction or purchase and equipment of one or more lightships for service on the Great Lakes, and that said appropriation be immediately available for such ships.

Limekiln Crossing lightships Detroit River: For two light-ships

Limekiln Crossing, Mich.

at the northwest and southwest corners of the Limekiln Crossing, one thousand dollars.

Range Lights above Grassy Island, Detroit River: For range lights

Grassy Island, Mich.

above Grassy Island, Detroit River, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Detroit River, Light-Vessels: For the construction or purchase,

Detroit River, Mich.

Light-vessels.

equipment, and maintenance of three small light-vessels for use in the Detroit River, Michigan, eight thousand six hundred dollars.

Range light on Mamajuda Island: For light to range with the present

Mamajuda Island, Mich.

light on Mamajuda Island to mark channel between Grassy and Mamajuda islands, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Range lights on Grosse Isle, Detroit River, Michigan: For range

Grosse Isle, Mich.

lights to center the channel from the foot of Fighting Island to Mamajuda Light, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Light ship at Bar Point, Lake Erie: For a light ship to take the

Bar Point, Lake Erie.

place of the private light ship now maintained by private owners at Bar Point, Lake Erie, to be located in American waters at a point to be determined by the lighthouse Board, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Superior Bay Lights, Wisconsin: For establishing post lights from

Superior Bay, Wis.

Post lights.

the entrance to Connor Point, in Superior Bay, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Patrol steamer for Saint Mary’s River: For procuring a patrol

St. Marys River. Mich.

Patrol steamer.

steamer for use on Saint Mary’s River, Michigan, four thousand dollars.

Staten Island lighthouse Depot, New York: For continuing the construction

Staten Island depot.

of the sea wall at the general lighthouse depot at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Nantucket New South Shoal Light-Ship, Massachusetts: For constructing,

Nantucket New South Shoal, Mass.

equipping, and outfitting complete for service a first-class steam light-vessel with a steam fog signal, seventy thousand dollars.

353 Lighthouse Establishment.

lighthouse Establishment.

Supplies of lighthouses: For supplying fog signals, lighthouses,

Supplies.

and other lights with illuminating, cleaning, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption: for books, boats, and furniture for stations, and not exceeding three hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and professional books and periodicals for the use of the lighthouse Board, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

Illustrations.

of this sum not exceeding two thousand dollars may be expended for photolithographs, charts of distribution, and necessary inexpensive illustrations for publications of the lighthouse Board.

Repairs of lighthouses: For repairing, rebuilding, and improving

Repairs.

light houses and buildings, for improvements to grounds connected therewith; for establishing and repairing pierhead and other beacon lights; for illuminating apparatus and machinery to replace that already in use; and for incidental expenses relating to these various objects, three hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.

Salaries of Keepers of Light Houses: For salaries, fuel,

Keepers salaries, etc.

rations, rent of quarters where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifty light house and fog-signal keepers, and laborers attending other lights, six hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

Expenses of Light-Vessels: For seamen's wages, rations, repairs,

Light-vessels.

salaries, supplies, and temporary employment and incidental expenses of light-vessels, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Expenses of Buoyage: For expenses of establishing, replacing

Buoyage.

and maintaining buoys, spindles, and day beacons, and for incidental expenses relating thereto, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Expenses of Fog Signals: For establishing, replacing, duplicating,

Fog signals.

and improving fog signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs and incidental expenses of the same, seventy thousand dollars.

Inspecting Lights: For mileage or traveling expenses of members

Inspecting lights etc.

of the lighthouse Board, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, and for the apprehension of those who damage lighthouse property, three thousand dollars.

Lighting of rivers: For establishing, supplying, and maintaining

Lighting of rivers.

post lights on the Hudson and East rivers. New York: the Raritan River. New Jersey; Connecticut River, Thames River between Norwich and New London, Connecticut; the Deleware River, between Philadelphia and Bordentown, New .Jersey; the Elk River,-Maryland; Cape Fear River. North Carolina; Savannah River, Georgia; Saint Johns and Indian rivers, Florida; at Chicott Pass, and to mark navigable channel along Grand Lake, Louisiana; at the mouth of Red River, Louisiana: on the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, and Great Kanawha rivers; Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California; on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Oregon; on Puget Sound, Washington Sound, and adjacent waters. Washington: and the channels in Saint Louis and Superior Bays at the head of Lake Superior; the lighthouse Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary

Leases authorized.

ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence can not be made permanent, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

Survey of Light House Sites: For preliminary examinations,

Survey of sites.

surveys, and plans for determining the proper sites and cost of lighthouses and structures for which estimates are to be made to Congress, one thousand dollars.

354 Life Saving Service.

life-saving Service.

For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows:

Superintendents.

For one superintendent for the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one thousand live hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island, and Long Island, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one assistant superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, one thousand live hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lake Michigan, one thousand eight hundred dollars: For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars. For salaries of two hundred and fifty-two keepers of life-saving and

Keepers.

lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, one hundred and seventy-one thousand five hundred dollars.

For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and lifeboat

Crews, etc.

Miscellaneous expenses.

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, 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 volunteer crews for drill and exercise; fuel for stations and houses of refuge; repairs and outfits tor 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

Vol. 22, p. 57.

of sections seven and eight of the act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; for draft 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, eight hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the

Establishing new stations.

sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, forty-five

Proviso.

Conditions for erecting station for World's Columbian Exposition.

Vol. 26, p. 65.

thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum or of the sums heretofore appropriated for establishing life-saving stations shall be used for erecting a life-saving station on the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Illinois, unless the right to use and occupy the site selected therefor so long as the Government may desire to maintain 355 a life-saving station thereon, shall first nave been donated to the United States, in which case so much of this appropriation or of the sums heretofore appropriated for establishing life-saving stations as may be necessary shall be available for the purpose, and such station shall take the place of the existing Chicago Station, the crew of which shall be transferred to the new station.

Revenue-Cutter Service.

For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains,

Salaries and expenses.

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; for protection of the seal fisheries

Seal fisheries.

in Bering Sea and other waters of Alaska and the interest of the Government on the seal islands and the sea-otter hunting grounds, and the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska; to carry into effect the

New York harbor.

Vol. 25, p. 151.

provisions of “An act relating to the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York,” approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For maintenance of a refuge station at or near Point Barrow, Alaska,

Point Barrow, Alaska, refuge station.

on the Arctic Ocean, five thousand dollars.

For the construction of a new revenue steamer for duty in the waters

New steamer for Chesapeake Bay.

of Chesapeake Bay to take the place of the revenue steamer Ewing, now unfit for service, the sum of twenty thousand dollars in addition to the amount appropriated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Vol. 26, p. 952.

for rebuilding the Ewing, and so much of said act as provides for

To take the place of the “Ewing.”

such rebuilding is hereby amended to authorize the construction of a new revenue steamer to take the place of the said revenue steamer Ewing.

For the construction of a steam vessel to be used for boarding vessels

Boarding steamer, Chicago, Ill.

at the port of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of twelve thousand dollars in addition to the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars appropriated

Vol. 26, p. 958.

therefor by act approved March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Engraving and Printing.

Engraving and printing.

For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of

Salaries.

all necessary clerks and employees, other than plate printers and plate printers assistant’s, three hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing

Proviso.

Notes of large denomination.

United States notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired.

For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary

Wages.

of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printer’s assistants, at one dollar and twenty-five cents a day each, when employed, four hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars, to be. expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be

Proviso.

Notes of large denomination.

expended for printing United States notes of a larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired.

For engravers’, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive

Materials.

paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, including not exceeding five 356 thousand dollars for preservation and repair of the buildings occupied by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the

Expenses of survey of Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific, and Alaska coasts, etc.

Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States and the coast of the Territory of Alaska, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot; continuing researches and other work relating to terrestrial magnetism and the magnetic maps of the United States and adjacent waters, and the tables of magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them; 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; for special examinations that may be required by the Light House Board or other proper authority, and including traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty; for commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day each; outfit, equipment, and care of vessels used in the Survey, and also the repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey from time to time prescribed

Proviso.

Advances.

by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: Provided, That no advance of money to chiefs of field parties tinder this appropriation shall be made unless to a commissioned officer or to a civilian officer who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.

For party expenses: For triangulation, topography, hydrography

Party expenses.

of the coast of Maine, and to the international boundary monument; the vicinity of the east end of Long Island, Nantucket Shoals and approaches, including Vineyard Sound; the coast of Massachusetts (including resurvey of Boston Harbor), and New Hampshire: the Connecticut River to Hartford, the Hudson River to Troy, and to continue to date corrections of former surveys of the Delaware River, from the vicinity of Philadelphia to Trenton, and for completing unfinished surveys of parts of the Atlantic coast from Maryland to Florida, and for necessary resurveys, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars:

To continue the primary triangulation from the vicinity of Montgomery towards Mobile, and for triangulation, topography and hydrography of unfinished portions of the Gulf Coast, including Lake Pontchartrain and the resurvey of Mobile Bay Entrance, eight thousand four hundred dollars;

To make offshore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, and to transport the steamer Blake to Chicago, and keep her there during the Columbian Exposition, for the purpose of exhibiting the instruments and methods of deep-sea sounding, six thousand four hundred dollars;

For continuing the survey of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, including offshore hydrography, and to continue the survey of the Columbia River from the mouth of the Willamette towards the Cascades triangulation, topography, and hydrography, eighteen thousand six hundred dollars;

For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska, and making hydrographic surveys in the same, and for the establishment of astronomical, longitude, and magnetic stations, eight thousand four hundred dollars.

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For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to

Party expenses—Continued.

harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, and for continuing tidal observations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, eleven thousand three hundred dollars;

For examination into reported dangers on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, and to continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot, and to make special hydrographic examinations for the same, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;

To continue magnetic observations, inclu the maintenance of the Magnetic Observatory two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

For continuing the line of exact levels westward and southward from the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri, westward from Old Point comfort, Virginia, eastward from San Francisco, California, eastward from Vicksburg, Mississippi, between Fernandina and Cedar Keys, Florida, and from the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, to Lake Erie, four thousand two hundred dollars;

For furnishing points to State surveys, to be applied as far as practicable

Points to State surveys.

in States where points have not been furnished, and for surveying and distinctly designating with permanent monuments that portion of the eastern boundary of the State of California commencing at and running southeastward from the intersection of the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west of Greenwich, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars;

For determinations of geographical positions and to continue gravity determinations, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars;

For continuing the transcontinental geodetic work on the line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, including a primary base in the vicinity of Salt Lake, and the necessary check bases twelve thousand six hundred dollars;

For traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty, and for any special surveys that may be required by the lighthouse Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;

For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, including the actual necessary expenses of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office at Washington for consultation with the. Superintendent, to be paid as directed by the Superintendent, in accordance with the Treasury regulations five thousand nine hundred dollars;

For contribution to the International Geodetic Association for the

International Geodetic Association.

measurement of the Earth, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended through the office of the American legation at Berlin; and for expenses of the attendance of the American delegate at the general conference of said association, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That such contribution and expenses of attendance shall be

Proviso.

Payment.

payable out of the item “for objects not hereinbefore named”; and twenty 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-two thousand five hundred dollars.

Alaska boundary survey: Toward the joint survey of the territory

Alaska boundary survey.

adjacent to the boundary line of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada between the Territory of Alaska and the Province of British Columbia, and the Northwest Territory of Canada, from the latitude of fifty-four degrees and forty minutes north, to the point where said boundary line encounters the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude, with a view to the ascertainment of the facts and data necessary to the permanent delimitation of said boundary line in accordance with the spirit and intent of the existing treaties in regard to it between Great Britain and Russia and between the 358 United States and Russia, ten thousand dollars, to be available until expended; and the whole expense of this survey on the part of the United States shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars.

Fob repairs and maintenance of vessels: For repairs and

Repairs, etc., vessels.

maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Pay of Field Officers: For superintendent, six thousand dollars;

Pay of field officers.

For two assistants, at four thousand dollars, each; For one assistant, three thousand six hundred dollars: For one assistant, three thousand two hundred dollars; For four assistants, at three thousand dollars each; For two assistants, at two thousand eight hundred dollars each: For two assistants, at two thousand six hundred dollars each; For six assistants, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; For four assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; For seven assistants, at two thousand dollars each; For nine assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For six assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For five subassistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For two subassistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: For aids temporarily employed at a salary not greater than nine hundred dollars per annum each, three thousand six hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand six hundred dollars.

Pay of Office Force: For one disbursing agent, two thousand two

Pay of office force.

hundred dollars;

For one general office assistant, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one chief of division of library and archives, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one clerk to the Superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; For one clerk to the assistant in charge of the office and topography, one thousand dollars. For clerical force, namely: For two, at one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars each; For three, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For five, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand dollars each; For chart correctors, buoy colorists, stenographers, writers, type writers, and copyists, namely: For two, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at nine hundred dollars each; For one, at eight hundred dollars; For ten, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: For one, at six hundred dollars; For topographic and hydrographic draftsmen, namely: For one, at two thousand four hundred dollars; For one, at two thousand two hundred dollars; For two, at two thousand dollars each; For three, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, For two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand dollars each; For three, at nine hundred dollars each: For astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers, namely: For three, at two thousand dollars each; For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: For three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand dollars each; 359 For copperplate engravers, namely:

Pay of office force—Continued.

For three, at two thousand dollars each; For three, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For one, at one thousand two hundred dollars; For one, at one thousand dollars; For additional engravers, at not to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars; For electrotypers and photographers, plate printers and their helpers, instrument makers, carpenters, engineer, janitor and other skilled laborers, namely: For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two, including a janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For ten, at one thousand dollars each; For two, at nine hundred dollars each; For seven, at seven hundred dollars each; For watchmen, firemen, messengers, and laborers, packers and folders, and miscellaneous work, namely: For three, at eight hundred and eighty dollars each; For six, at eight hundred and twenty dollars each; For two, at seven hundred dollars each; For three, at six hundred and forty dollars each; For four, at six hundred and thirty dollars each; For four, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For two, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; in all, one hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. That the positions of all persons employed as field officers or in the

Offices not appropriated for to be vacated.

office force of the Coast and Geodetic Survey herein provided for, whose services can be dispensed with because of the. reduction of appropriations herein made for said survey, shall be vacated and all such vacancies shall be reported to Congress at its next session in the annual book of estimates. For the discussion and publication of observations, one thousand

Observations.

dollars.

Office expenses: For the purchase of new instruments, for materials

Office expenses.

and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division, and for books, maps, charts, and subscriptions, nine thousand dollars.

For copperplates, chart paper, printer’s ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing, engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies; for extra engraving and drawing; and for photolithographing charts and printing from stone, and copper for immediate use, twenty thousand dollars.

For stationery for the office and field parties, transportation of instruments and supplies, when not charged to party expenses, office wagon and horses, fuel, gas, telegrams, ice and washing, six thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, office furniture, repairs, and extra labor, and for traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, four thousand five hundred dollars.

That no part of the money herein appropriated for the Coast and

Allowances.

Geodetic Survey shall be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for consultation with the Superintendent), or to officers of the Navy attached to the Survey, except as now provided by law.

360 UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Under Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum: For continuing the preservation, exhibition,

National Museum.

Preserving collections, etc.

and increase of the collection from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and thirty-two thousand live hundred dollars.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition

Cases, etc.

and safe keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and telephonic

Heating, etc.

service for the National Museum, eleven thousand dollars.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,

Postage stamps.

five hundred dollars.

National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction of

National Zoological Park.

Expenses.

roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals: and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, fifty thousand dollars,

Half from District revenues.

one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; and a report in detail of the expenses on account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session.

Astrophysical Observatory: For maintenance of astrophysical

Astrophysical observatory.

observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses, ten thousand dollars.

International Exchanges: For expenses of the system of international

International exchanges.

exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twelve thousand dollars.

North American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches

North American ethnology.

among the American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars.

FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries: For compensation

Pay of Commissioner.

of the Commissioner, five thousand dollars.

Propagation of Food Fishes: For the introduction by the United

Propagation of food fishes.

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 shellfish, 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 forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

Distribution of Food Fishes: For the distribution of the eggs

Distribution.

and young of the whitefish, salmon, shad, carp, cod, lobster, the fishes indigenous to the valley of the Mississippi River, and other useful inhabitants of the waters, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty-five thousand dollars.

Maintenance of Vessels: For the maintenance of the vessels and

Maintenance of vessels.

steam launches of the United States Fish Commission, and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the 361 same, including salaries or compensation of all necessary civilian employees, forty-three thousand nine hundred dollars.

Inquiry Respecting Food Fishes: For continuing the inquiry

Inquiries, etc.

into the causes of the decrease of food fishes in the lakes, rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the interior in the interests of fish culture; for continuing the investigation of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, with the view of determining their food resources, in the interest of the development of the commercial fisheries, and for the preparation of reports relative to the inquiry, including salaries or compensation and field expenses of expert assistants, and other necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars, two thousand dollars of which, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in examining the Clark’s Fork of the Columbia River, with the view to ascertain the obstructions which prevent the ascent of salmon up said river to the Flathead Lake and adjacent waters.

Statistical Inquiry: For the study of the methods, relation and statistics

Statistical inquiry.

of the fisheries, with a view to their improvement; for the study of the resources of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, and the determination of methods for the development of the same; tor the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries of all portions of the United States, including persons employed, capital invested, and the quantity and value of products; for the preparation of reports relating to the inquiry, and for such general and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner may find necessary in the prosecution of this work, including salaries or compensation and field expenses of experts and other necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars.

And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the general expenses

Ten per cent interchangeable.

of the work of the Commission shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named.

Fish Hatchery, Northville, Michigan: For the completion of

Fish hatcheries.

Northville. Mich.

the fish-cultural station at Northville, Michigan, three thousand dollars.

Fish Hatchery, Vermont: For the completion of the fish-cultural

Vermont.

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station in Vermont, authorized by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, including the erection of buildings, introduction of a water supply, construction of ponds, equipment, and such other expenditures as may be deemed by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries necessary to establish the station on an efficient basis, ten thousand dollars.

Fish Hatchery, Lake County, Colorado:

Lake County. Colo.

For the introduction of a water supply to the Station of the United

Water supply.

States Fish Commission in Lake County, Colorado, including construction of dam across Rock Creek, the building of a reservoir, laying of pipe or other conduits, the purchase of necessary materials, and all other incidental expenses for the same, fifteen thousand dollars. And

Purchase of water rights, etc.

the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby authorized and empowered, either by purchase for money not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or other consideration, to secure any land or rights, not now belonging to the United States, including rights of way and water rights, necessary to accomplish the object for which provision is hereby made: Provided, That the total expenditure for all purposes shall not

Proviso.

Limit.

exceed the sum hereby appropriated, and that any and all agreements looking to the acquisition of rights not now held by the Government shall be approved by the Attorney-General before such agreements shall be binding upon the United States.

Fish Hatcheries in Montana and Texas: For the establishment

Montana and Texas.

of fish-cultural stations in in the States of Montana and Texas, 362 at points to be selected by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, including the purchase of the necessary lands and water rights, the erection of buildings, and for such other constructions, equipment, and work necessary to place the stations on an efficient basis, as follows: In Montana, ten thousand dollars; in Texas, ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars.

Fish Hatcheries in the States of South Dakota, Iowa,

South Dakota Nebraska.

and Nebraska: For investigation and report respecting the advisability of establishing fish-hatching stations at suitable points in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Fish Hatchery in Tennessee: For investigation and report respecting

Tennessec.

the advisability of establishing a fish hatching station at some suitable point in the State of Tennessee, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Fish Hatchery in the State of Washington: For investigation

Washington.

and report respecting the advisability of establishing a fish-hatching station at some suitable point in the State of Washington, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

That the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries shall embrace in the

Estimates for all officers. etc., to be submitted.

estimates of appropriations for the Fish Commission for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and each year thereafter estimates for all officers, clerks, and other employees whose services are permanent and continuous in their character and deemed to be necessary for an efficient and economical execution of the appropriations for the Fish Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission.

Interstate commerce. Commission.

For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the “Act to regulate

Salaries.

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commerce,” thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: For salary of Secretary, as provided by the “Act to regulate commerce,” three thousand five hundred dollars; For all other necessary expenditures to enable the Commission to

Expenses.

give effect to, and execute the provisions of, the said “Act to regulate commerce,” one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars: in all, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Miscellaneous, Treasury Department.

World’s Columbian Exposition.

World's Columbian Exposition.

Government Exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation,

Government exhibit.

transportation, installation, care and custody, and arrangement of such articles and materials as the heads of the several Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, and National Museum, and the United States Fish Commission may decide shall be embraced in the Government exhibit, and such additional articles as the President may designate for said Exposition, and for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management of the Government exhibit, appointed by the President, of which not exceeding five thousand dollars may be expended by said Board for clerical services, four hundred and eight thousand two hundred and

Proviso.

fifty dollars: Provided That all expenditures for the

Approval of expenditures.

purposes and from the appropriation specified herein shall be subject to the approval of the said Board of Control and Management and of the Secretary of the Treasury, as now provided by law.

World’s Columbian

World s Columbian Commission.

Commission: For the World's Columbian Commission, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars of which sum one hundred and ten thousand dollars shall be used for the Board of 363 Lady Managers: Provided, That all expense of administration and installation

Provisos.

Woman's Building.

in the Woman’s building shall be paid by the World’s Columbian Exposition: Provided That the salaries of the Director-general

Salaries of Director-General and Secretary.

and Secretary of the Commission shall not exceed eight thousand dollars and three thousand dollars respectively per annum, and a sum not exceeding live thousand dollars may be used by the Director-general in his discretion for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, and there shall not be more than two meetings of the World's

Meetings.

Columbian Commission or of the Board of Lady Managers dining the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

And the sums herein appropriated for the World’s Columbian Exposition

In full fur Government liability.

shall be in full of the liability of the United States on account thereof: Provided, That the Government Exhibits at the World’s

Proviso.

To be closed Sundays.

Detail of army officers.

Columbian Exposition shall not be opened to the public on Sundays.

That the Secretary of War be, and lie hereby is, authorized at his discretion to detail for special duty in connection with the World's Columbian Exposition, such officers of the Army as may lie required, to report to the general commanding the Department of the Missouri, and the officers thus detailed shall not be subject to loss of pay or rank on account of such detail, nor shall any officer or employee of the United

No officer or employee to receive additional compensation.

States receive additional pay or compensation because of service connected with said Exposition from the United States or from said Exposition.

Paper and Stamps: For paper for internal-revenue stamps, freight,

Internal-revenue stamp paper, etc.

and salary of superintendent, messengers and watchmen, fifty thousand dollars.

Punishment for Violations of Internal Revenue Laws: For

Punishing violations of internal-revenue laws.

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, twenty-five thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal-Revenue shall

Statements.

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.

Contingent Expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Expenses of fiscal agents, etc.

expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection,

R. S., sec. 3053, p. 710.

safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, sixty thousand dollars.

Transportation of Silver Coin: For transportation of silver

Transporting silver coin.

coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, forty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or sub treasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or

Proviso.

Deposits.

currency shall have 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.

Report.

Recoinage, Reissue, and Transportation of Minor Coins:

Recoinage, etc. minor coins.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the United States Mint at Philadelphia, for cleaning and reissue, any minor coins now in or which may be hereafter received at the subtreasury offices in excess of the requirement for the current business of said offices; and the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the expense of transportation for such reissue. And the Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to recoin any and all the uncurrent minor coins now in the Treasury; and the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to reimburse the Treasury for the loss on such recoinage; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars.

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Recoinage of Silver Coins: For recoinage of the uncurrent fractional

Recoinage silver coins.

silver coins abraded below the limit of tolerance in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred thousand dollars.

Distinctive Paper for United States Securities: For paper,

United States securities.

Paper, etc.

including transportation, salaries of register, two counters, five watchmen, one laborer, and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, fifty thousand dollars.

Sealing and Separating United States Securities: For

Scaling and separating.

materials needed to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as ink, printers’ varnish, sperm oil, white printing paper, manilla paper, thin muslin, benzine, gutta percha belting, and other necessary articles and expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Expenses of National Currency : For paper, express charges,

Paper, national currency.

and other expenses, nine thousand three hundred dollars.

Special Witness of Destruction of United States Securities:

Witness destruction

For pay of the representative of the public on the committee to

of securities.

witness the destruction by maceration of Government securities, at five dollars per day while actually employed, one thousand live hundred and sixty-five dollars.

Canceling United States Securities and Cutting Distinctive Paper:

Canceling, etc.

For extra knives for cutting machine and sharpening same; and leather belting, new dies and punches, repairs to machinery, oil, cotton waste, and other necessary expenses connected with the cancellation of redeemed United States securities, two hundred dollars.

Custody of Dies, Rolls, and Plates: For pay of custodians

Custody of dies, rolls, and plates.

of dies, rolls, and plates used at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the printing of Government securities, namely: One custodian, two thousand four hundred dollars; two subcustodians, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; distributor of stock, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars.

Pay of Assistant Custodians and Janitors: For pay of assistant

Public buildings.

Assistant custodians and janitors.

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, five hundred and eighty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein.

Inspector of Furniture and Other Furnishings for Public Buildings:

Inspector of furniture, etc.

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 actual necessary expenses, not exceeding two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.

Furniture and Repairs of Furniture: For furniture and repairs

Furniture and repairs.

of furniture and carpets for all public buildings, marine hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, and for furniture, carpets, chandeliers, and gas fixtures for new buildings, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and eighty 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.

Fuel, Lights, and Water for Public Buildings: For fuel,

Fuel, lights, and water.

lights, water, electric light plants, including repairs thereto, in such buildings as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for electric-light wiring, 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, marine hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars'. And the appropriation here in made for gas in any of the public buildings 365 in the District of Columbia, under the control of the Treasury Department, shall include the rental or use of any gas governor, gas

Gas governors, etc.

purifier, or other device for reducing the expenses of gas. when first approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and ordered by him in writing: Provided, That no sum shall be paid for such rental or use of

Proviso.

Limit.

such gas governor, gas purifier, or device greater than the one-half part of the amount of money actually saved thereby.

Heating Apparatus For Public Buildings: For heating, hoisting,

Heating, etc., apparatus.

and ventilating apparatus, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings, including marine hospitals and quarantine stations under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but of this amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be expended for personal services of mechanics employed from time to time for casual repairs only.

Vaults, Safes, and Locks, for Public Buildings: For vaults,

Vaults, safes, and locks.

safes, and locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, fifty thousand dollars.

Plans For Public Buildings: For books, photographic materials,

Plans.

and in duplicating plans required for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, four thousand dollars.

Suppressing Counterfeiting and Other Crimes: For the expenses

Suppressing counterfeiting, etc.

of detecting, arresting, and delivering into the custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money, and persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national bank notes, and other securities of the United States and of foreign governments, as well as the coins of the United States and of foreign governments, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, including four thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section forty-seven

R. S., sec. 4718, p. 919.

hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and five thousand dollars for the necessary investigation of violations of section fifty-two

R. S., sec. 5209, p. l007.

hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, and for no other purpose whatever, seventy thousand dollars.

Compensation In Lieu Of Moieties: For compensation in lieu

Compensation in lieu of moieties.

of moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, fifteen thousand dollars.

Expenses Of Local Appraisers' Meetings: For defraying the

Local appraisers' meetings.

necessary expenses of local appraisers at semiannual meetings for the purpose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at different ports of entry, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Enforcement Of Alien Contract-Labor Laws: For the enforcement

Alien contract-labor laws.

of the alien contract-labor laws and to prevent the immigration of convicts, lunatics, idiots, and persons liable to become a public charge, from foreign contiguous territory, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Enforcement Of The Chinese Exclusion Act: To prevent unlawful

Chinese exclusion.

entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expense of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard for deportation, and for enforcing the provisions of the act approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act •

Ante p. 25.

to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” one hundred thousand dollars.

Alaskan Seal Fisheries: For salaries and traveling expenses of

Alaska seal fisheries.

Agents' salaries, etc.

agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two 366 thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each; necessary traveling expenses of agents actually incurred in going to and returning from Alaska, not to exceed five hundred dollars each per annum; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

That the act entitled “An act to enable the Secretary of the Treasury

Inquiry respecting seals, etc., repealed.

to gather full and authentic information as to the present condition and preservation of the fur seal interests of the Government in the region of Alaska, as compared with its condition in eighteen hundred and seventy; also full information as to the impending extinction

Vol. 26, p. 46.

of the sea otter industry, and kindred lines of inquiry, and so forth,” approved April fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be and the same is hereby repealed, said repeal to take effect July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direction

Protecting salmon fisheries.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand dollars.

For publishing the President’s proclamation concerning seal fisheries

Publishing President's proclamation, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 1009.

of Bering Sea, and tor protecting salmon fisheries of Alaska, as required by act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, “To provide for the protection of salmon fisheries of Alaska,” and for expenses of carrying out lease of and protecting seal life on Islands of Saint Paul and

R. S., secs. 1959, 1971. pp. 344, 346.

Saint George, Alaska, under sections nineteen hundred and fifty-nine and nineteen hundred and seventy-one, Revised Statutes, one thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and

Food, etc., to Alaskans.

clothing, to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia.

Metropolitan Police: To meet the expenses for maintaining

Police.

Extra force Grand Army encampment.

public order in the District of Columbia on the occasion of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to take place in said District in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, nine thousand

Proviso.

Limit.

dollars: Provided, That policemen borne on the rolls of the police force of the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore may be employed, and none other outside of the District of Columbia;

For the payment to the inspector of plumbing of the District of Columbia

Inspector of plumbing.

Ante, p. 21.

for additional labor and expense imposed on him under the act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of plumbing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred dollars;

Police Court: For compensation of one deputy marshal, at three

Police court.

dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars;

For furnishing the addition to the police court building, eight hundred

Addition to building.

dollars: one half of which sums for the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.

That the President shall appoint a board of three members, residents

Board to revise assessment of real estate.

of the District of Columbia, who shall each receive a compensation of eight dollars per day and who shall act as a board of revision, equalization, and appeals, with power to revise and equalize the assessment of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and shall remain in session for a period of not less than ninety days nor more than six months, and their decision in all cases shall be final; and the Commissioners are hereby required to detail such clerical force as may be necessary to aid said board in

Proviso.

their duties: Provided, That the triennial assessment made in the year

Assessment of 1889 continued for fiscal year 1893.

Vol. 22, p. 568.

eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, pursuant to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, is hereby continued in force for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and all taxes for said fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be levied and collected upon the basis of said assessment, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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For compensation of the members of the board hereby created, four

Compensation of board.

thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia.

That the circle at the intersection of Sixteenth street and New

Hancock Circle transferred.

Hampshire avenue, known as Hancock Circle, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to and located at or near, the intersection of Sixteenth street extended and Morris street; the location and dimensions of the said circle to be as shown on a map on tile in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Quarantine Service.

Quarantine service.

For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, including pay of officers

Maintenance.

and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Cape-Charles, South Atlantic Station (Sapelo Sound), Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, fifty thousand dollars.

For completion of quarantine stations, as follows:

Completion of stations.

South Atlantic: For water main, sewer, closets, painting, and coal house, six thousand dollars;

Gulf: For building for sheltering crew of vessel and coal shed, disinfecting machinery, repairs to steamer and floats, and for engine, seven thousand five hundred dollars;

San Francisco: For completion of station, including laundry building, hospital, and adjunct buildings, and for machinery, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars: in all, thirty-two thousand dollars.

Prevention of Epidemics.

Prevention of epidemics.

The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, yellow fever, or smallpox, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the sundry civil appropriation act approved March second,

Vol. 25, p. 954.

eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same; and the additional sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the same purpose. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Interior Department.

Public Buildings.

Public buildings.

Repairs of Buildings, Interior Department: For repairs of

Repairs.

Interior Department and Pension Buildings, five thousand dollars.

For the Capitol: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs

Capitol.

Repairs.

thereof, including wages of mechanics, laborers, and fresco painters, twenty thousand dollars.

For repairs and improvements to the steam heating and machinery

Heating, etc., Senate.

of the Senate wing of the Capitol, under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, two thousand three hundred and seventy-live dollars.

For improving ventilation of the Senate Chamber and of Senate

Ventilation, drain age, etc.

committee rooms, improving drainage of central portion of the. Capitol, and of the north and south wings, and making improvements and addition to kitchen of Senate restaurant, and to coal and fuel bins in Senate wing, ninety-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and six cents; said amount to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with the plans and specifications adopted by Colonel George E Waring, junior, and Doctor John S. Billings, as set forth by the reports made by them under the Senate 368 resolution of April twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ordering an investigation and report by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the sanitary condition of the Senate Chamber and other parts of the Capitol.

Improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of

Capitol grounds.

the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers, and for artificial stone pavement, fifteen thousand dollars.

Capitol Terraces: For extending heating apparatus and for general

Terraces.

work in completing terraces, eight thousand dollars.

Lighting the Capitol and Grounds: For lighting the Capitol

Lighting Capitol and grounds

and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, and the Senate and House Stables; for gas and electric lighting; for use of electric lighting plants in Senate and House wings at not exceeding two hundred dollars per month during the sessions of Congress; pay of superintendent of meters, lamplighters, gas-titters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-four thousand dollars.

Engine House and Senate and House Stables: For repairs to

Engine house and stables.

engine House and Senate and House Stables, five hundred dollars.

That no employe of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, or similar

Employment of Pinkerton, etc., detectives forbidden

agency, shall be employed in any Government service or by any officer of the District of Columbia.

Expenses of the collection of Revenue from sales of Public Lands.

Sales of public lands.

Salaries and Commissions of Registers and Receivers: For

Salaries, registers and receivers.

salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand

Consolidations.

dollars each, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate the district land offices where practicable and consistent with the public interests.

Contingent Expenses of Land Offices: For clerk hire, rent

Contingent expenses land offices.

and other incidental expenses of the several land offices, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Expenses of depositing public moneys: For expenses of depositing

Depositing moneys.

money received from the disposal of public lands, six thousand dollars.

Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands,

Timber depredations, protecting Public lauds, and SWAMPLAND claims.

and settlement of claims for swamp lands and swampland indemnity: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lauds from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, one hundred and twenty

Provisos.

Agents’ per diem.

thousand dollars: Prodded, That agents and others employed under this appropriation, shall be allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual

Detail from Land Office.

necessary expenses for transportation: Provided further, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to detail from time to time clerks in his office for protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting Public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands and indemnity for swamp lands, and per diem subject to such rules and restrictions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence of clerks so detailed, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary 369 expenses for transportation, shall be paid from the foregoing appropriation; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall submit in his annual report a detailed statement of the expenditure under this

Statement.

proviso.

That, instead of the provision contained in the sundry civil act of

Port Angeles, Wash.

Purchase of additional lots allowed.

Vol. 26. pp. 390, 679.

August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, any person who shall have, at the date of the final approval of the appraisement, actually established a residence in the town of Fort Angeles, in the State of Washington, upon any one regulation lot fifty by one hundred and forty feet, and shall have made valuable improvements upon one such additional lot prior to the date of the approval of the appraisement thereof, and shall have maintained such residence and improvements up to the date of his application to purchase, shall, upon presenting satisfactory proof of such residence and improvements to the register and receiver, or other officer authorized to take proofs in homestead cases, after the usual notice of intention by publication, be entitled to purchase said lot or lots at their appraised value at any time prior to the date of public sale.

Expenses of hearings in Land Entries: For expenses of hearings

Hearings in land entries.

held by order of the Commissioner of 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.

Reproducing plats of surveys: To enable the Commissioner of

Reproducing plats of surveys.

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 to furnish local land offices with the same, three thousand dollars.

Transcripts of records and plats: For furnishing transcripts

Transcripts of records and plats.

of records and plats, and paying therefor, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS.

Surveying.

For surveys and resurveys of public lands three hundred and seventy-five

Surveys and resurveys.

thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile tor standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines: Provided, That in expending this appropriation

Provisos.

Preferences.

preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 676.

Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222.

and eighty-nine, and the acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture, and lines of reservations, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth,

Extra rates for heavily timbered, etc., lands.

rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and in eases of exceptional difficulties in the surveys, when the work cannot be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be made by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for township and twelve dollars for section lines: Provided further, That in the States of Montana. Washington, Idaho, and Oregon,

Lands in Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.

there may be allowed, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township, and twenty dollars for section lines, and for the extension of the seventh standard parallel north, in the State of Montana, from its present western terminus as provided for in surveying contract numbered two

Extra rate Montana.

370 hundred and fifty-six, being the southwest corner of township twenty-nine north, range twenty-seven west, westward to the western boundary of said State, the Secretary of the Interior may allow a rate not

Resurveys.

exceeding forty dollars per linear mile. And of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars may be expended for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts in order to test the accuracy of work in the field, and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors and for examinations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or

Inspecting mineral deposits, etc.

fraudulent; and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, and for making such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit proceeding in behalf of the United States; and of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding five thousand dollars may be expended for the

Coal lands. Arizona.

survey of the coal lands in the White Mountain or San Carlos Indian reservation in Arizona.

For the survey of the public lands lying within the limits of land

Survey of land grants to railroads.

grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and the selection therein of such lands as are granted therefor, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of section one

Vol. 24, p. 556.

of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes,” being chapter three hundred and seventy-six of volume twenty-four of the Statutes at Large, page five hundred and fifty-six, one

Provisos.

Reimbursement.

hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That any portion of said sum expended for surveying such lands shall be reimbursed by the respective companies or parties in interest for whose benefit the lands are granted, according to the provisions of

Vol. 16, p. 305.

the act of July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and ninety two, volume sixteen, pages three hundred and

Vol. 19, p. 121.

five and three hundred and six, and act of July thirty first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, chapter two hundred and forty-six of volume nineteen, page one hundred and twenty-one, of the Statutes at Large, requiring “that before any lands granted to any railroad company shall be conveyed to such company or any persons entitled thereto under any of the acts incorporating or relating to said company, unless said company is excepted by law from the payment of such cost, there shall first be paid into the Treasury of the United States the cost of surveying, selecting, and conveying the same, by the said company or persons

Not to be used in Florida.

in interest:” Provided, That no part of this sum of money shall be used for any land embraced in any grant to the State of Florida.

For necessary expenses of surveys, appraisal, and sale, and pay of

Abandoned military reservations.

custodians, of abandoned military reservations transferred to the

Vol. 23, p. 103.

control of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, including

Casa Grande.

a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, six thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be surveyed and

Boundary Nebraska and South Dakota.

distinctly marked by suitable monuments that portion of the boundary line between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota which lies west of the Missouri River, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

United States Geological Survey.

Geological Survey.

For salaries of the scientific assistants of the Geological

Scientific assistants.

Survey: For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each;

For one geologist, at three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; For one chief geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; 371 For one geographer, at two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each;

For general expenses of the Geological Survey: For the

Expenses.

Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the 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, namely:

For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, ten

Laborers, etc.

thousand dollars; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States,

Topographic surveys.

two hundred and forty thousand dollars; sixty thousand dollars of which shall be expended west of the ninety-seventh meridian in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and the Territory of Oklahoma, and at least one-half of the remainder shall be expended west of the one hundred and third meridian. For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States,

Geological surveys.

fifty thousand dollars; For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United

Paleontologic researches.

States, ten thousand dollars; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the

Chemical researches.

United States, five thousand dollars; For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, five

Illustrations.

thousand dollars; For the preparation of the report on the mineral resources of the

Mineral resources report.

United States, ten thousand dollars; For the purchase of necessary books for the library, and the payment

Books, etc.

for the transmission of public, documents through the Smithsonian exchange, two thousand dollars; For engraving the geological maps of the United States, ten thousand

Maps.

dollars; For rent of office rooms in Washington, District of Columbia, four

Kent.

thousand two hundred dollars; In all, for the United States Geological Survey, three hundred and seventy-six thousand one hundred dollars. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.

Miscellaneous.

Eleventh Census.

That the appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

Amount for printing available.

Vol. 26, p. 888.

made by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for printing the final reports of the Eleventh Census, be, and the same is hereby, made available for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, under the limitations and conditions prescribed by said act, and for the printing, not to exceed the usual number, of any additional reports the copy of which may be ready for the Public Printer before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Supreme Court Reports.

Supreme Court reports.

To pay the reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for seventy-six copies, each, of volumes one hundred and forty-one to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, of the United States Reports, at a rate not exceeding two dollars per volume, under the provisions of section two of the act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p.661.

and eighty-nine, one thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars. 372 Government Hospital for the Insane.

Government Hospital for Insane.

For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane:

Current expenses.

For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane from the Army and Navy, Marine Corps Revenue-Cutter Service, and inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, who have been a United to the hospital, and who are indigent, two hundred and sixty-eight thousand three hundred dollars: and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expenses of the removal of patients to their friends.

For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for the

Buildings and grounds.

Insane, as follows: For general repairs and improvements, sixteen thousand dollars. For special improvements, as follows: For electric plant, for incandescent lights, and ventilating fans,

Electric plant.

twenty thousand dollars. For inclosing new farm and refitting buildings thereon for hospital use. five thousand dollars. Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.

Current Expenses of the Columbia Institution for the

Current expenses.

Deaf and Dumb: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for genera] repairs and improvements, fifty thousand five hundred dollars, three thousand dollars of which to be expended in the employment of instructors of articulation.

For buildings and grounds, as follows:

Buildings and grounds.

For inclosure, care, and improvement of grounds, and for repairs of buildings, including repairs of heating apparatus, plumbing, and sewerage, two thousand dollars. Howard University.

Howard University.

For maintenance of the Howard University, to be used in payment

Maintenance.

of part of the salaries of the officers, professors, teachers, and other regular employees of the university, the balance of which will be paid from donations and other sources, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. And the proper officers of said university shall report annually to the Secretary of the Interior how the appropriation is expended; and the Secretary of the Interior shall estimate in detail for the next fiscal year the items of expenditure provided for in this paragraph; For tools, materials, wages of instructors, and other necessary expenses of the industrial department, three thousand dollars. For books for library, bookcases, shelving and fixtures, live hundred dollars; For material and apparatus for chemical, physical and natural history, and laboratory, five hundred dollars; For improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; For repairs of buildings, one thousand five hundred dollars; In all, thirty thousand dollars. Education in Alaska.

Education in Alaska.

For the industrial and primary education of the children of school age in the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, forty thousand dollars. 373 Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.

Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.

For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum. Washington, District of Columbia, as follows: For subsistence, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars;

Maintenance.

For salaries and compensation of the surgeon-in-chief, not to exceed three thousand dollars; two assistant surgeons, clerk, engineer, and matron, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers, fifteen 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, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;

For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars, one half of which sum shall be paid

Half from District revenues.

out of the Treasury of the United States and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia; and hereafter the estimates for

Estimates.

the Freedman’s Hospital and Asylum shall, each year, be submitted in the annual estimates for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia.

Hot Springs Reservation: For the improvement, in the discretion

Hot Springs, Ark. Improvement.

of the Secretary of the Interior, according to suitable plans and estimates to be prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, of the Government reserve bordering upon Whittington avenue, on the west branch of Hot Springs Creek, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and to have said improvement completed to make said reserve available in part as a reservoir to retain and retard the flood waters of said creek, and to put said reserve in a suitable state of improvement, thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to

Payable from sales of lands.

be paid out of any money that may now or hereafter be available from the proceeds of the sales of public lands within the Hot Springs, Arkansas, reservation, and that is required, by existing law, to be held as a special fund for such improvements as may be provided for on Government reservations at said Hot Springs by Congress.

UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Under War Department.

Armories and Arsenals.

Armories and arsenals.

For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:

Rock Island, Ill.

For machinery and shop fixtures, ten thousand dollars.

Machinery, etc.

For general care, preservation and improvements; for care and preservation

Care. etc.

of the water power; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings, bridges, and shores of the island; for building fences and sewers, and grading grounds, six thousand dollars. For the Rock Island Bridge, as follows:

Bridge expenses.

For care, preservation and expense of maintaining and operating the draw, ten thousand dollars. For protecting Rock Island Bridge by means of sheer booms, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For overhauling and reconstructing the floor systems and substituting

New doorway.

metal for wooden joists in the roadways of the bridges connecting the Rock Island Arsenal and the cities of Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall require the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company

Proviso.

One-half payable by Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company.

to reimburse to the United States one half of the expenses incurred in said work, for which that company is liable under its guaranty executed to the United States under the acts of Congress providing for the construction of said bridge, but the United States shall pay the whole expense of flooring the wagon roadway.

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Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California: For purchase and erection

Benicia Arsenal, Cal.

of one gas machine, two thousand dollars;

For purchase and erection of one smokestack, for use of steam pump, for pumping water from well to reservoir, fifty dollars; in all, two thousand and fifty dollars.

Columbia Arsenal, Columbia, Tennessee: For constructing

Columbia, Tenn.

and completing fence around arsenal grounds, and for front gate, ten thousand dollars, and one thousand five hundred dollars for improving grounds; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.

Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For machines

Frankford Arsenal, Pa.

for manufacture of field artillery ammunition, five thousand dollars,—.

Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey: For repairs to wharf

Proving Ground, Sandy Hook., N. J.

and crane on same, four thousand dollars;

For one steam capstan, five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars.

Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts: For repairs

Springfield. Mass.

and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, ten thousand dollars.

Testing machine, Watertown Arsenal: For labor and material

Testing machine, Watertown.

in caring for. preserving, and operating the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, including new tools and appliances, ten thousand dollars.

Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York: For paving roads

Watervliet Arsenal. N. Y.

in arsenal grounds with granite blocks, five thousand dollars;

For new iron wagon bridge, five thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.

Repairs of Arsenals: To meet such unforeseen expenditures at

Repairs.

arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, fifty thousand dollars.

Buildings and Grounds in and around Washington.

Buildings and Grounds. D. C.

For the improvement and care of public grounds, as follows:

Improvement and care.

For improvement of grounds north of Executive Mansion, one thousand dollars. For improvement and maintenance of grounds south of the Executive Mansion, four thousand dollars. For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Lafayette Square, one thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Franklin Square, one thousand dollars. For care and improvement of Monument grounds, two thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen and

Proviso.

Condition.

site of old canal northwest of same, five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part thereof shall be expended upon other than property belonging to the United States. For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, and constructing stone coping around reservations, one thousand dollars. For manure and hauling the same, five thousand dollars. For painting watchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lampposts, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand dollars. For purchase and repair of tools, two thousand dollars. For trees, tree and plant stakes, labels, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery, two thousand dollars. For removing snow and ice, one thousand two hundred dollars. For flowerpots, twine, caskets, wire, splints, moss, and lycopodium, one thousand dollars. For care, construction, and repair of fountains, one thousand five hundred dollars. For abating nuisances, five hundred dollars. 375 For improvement, care, and maintenance of various reservations, twelve thousand dollars. For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian Grounds, including construction of asphalt roads and paths, five thousand dollars. For improvement, care and maintenance of Judiciary Square, including grounds around the Pension Building and asphalt roads and walks leading to Pension Building, three thousand dollars. That under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be made

Limit for concrete pavements.

for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness. For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion as follows:

Executive Mansion.

For care, repair, and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, twenty

Repairs, fuel. etc.

thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine. For fuel for the Executive Mansion, greenhouses, and stable, three thousand dollars. For care and necessary repair of greenhouses, five thousand dollars. For renewing the superstructures of two greenhouses connected with the Executive Mansion, two thousand dollars.

Lighting the Executive Mansion and Public Grounds: For

Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.

gas, pay of lamp lighters, gas fitters and laborers; purchase, erection, and repair of lamps and lampposts, purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office, office stables, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, fourteen thousand dollars: Provided, That for each six foot burner not connected with a

Provisos.

meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty-one

Maximum per lamp.

dollars and fifty cents 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 said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum; 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: Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the

Burners.

appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas company shall equip each lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure under all ordinary variations of pressure and density a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour.

For electric lights for three hundred and sixty-five nights from seven

Electric lights.

posts, at forty cents per light per night, one thousand and twenty-two dollars.

Repair of Water Pipes: For repairing and extending water pipes,

Repair of water pipes, etc.

purchase of apparatus for cleaning them, purchase of hose, and cleaning the springs and repairing and renewing the pipes of the same that supply the Capitol, the Executive Mansion, and the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments

Telegraph, Capitol, Departments, and Government Printing Office.

and Government Printing Office: For care and repair of existing lines, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Washington Monument: For the care and maintenance of the

Washington Monument.

Washington Monument, namely: For one custodian, at one hundred

Care and maintenance.

dollars per month; one steam engineer, at eighty dollars per month; one assistant steam engineer, at sixty dollars per month; one fireman, at fifty dollars per month; one assistant fireman, at forty-five dollars per month: one conductor of elevator car. at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at sixty dollars per month; one attend ant on top floor, at sixty dollars per month: three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; in all. eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.

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For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes,

Expenses.

brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floor, repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and repairs of all kinds connected with the monument and machinery, and purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the monument, machinery, elevator, and electric-light plant in good order, three thousand dollars.

Fish-ways at Great Falls: To complete the erection of fish-ways

Fishways, Great Falls.

at the Great Falls of the Potomac, fifteen thousand dollars.

Military Posts.

Military posts.

For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such

Construction, etc.

military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be

Provisos.

Little Rock.

necessary, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That sixty thousand dollars of the sum herein appropriated may be used, in case the Secretary of War shall regard it necessary for the public interest, to commence the erection of buildings including hospital at the military post near Little Rock, Arkansas, when the conditions of the act

Ante, p. 20.

approved April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to establish said post shall have been complied with: Provided further, That not exceeding fifty thousand dollars of the sum herein appropriated

Fort McKinney, Wyo.

may be used for reconstructing Fort McKinney, Wyoming: Provided, further, That the one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by act approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, for the

Helena, Mont.

Establishment of a military post at Helena, Montana, may be used, when

Ante, p. 33.

title to the land shall have been acquired, not only for locating the

Sewerage, etc.

post and the construction of buildings, but also in providing

Post on northern frontier.

proper sewerage and an adequate water supply. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to establish a military post at a point near the northern frontier, where he may, in his judgment, deem it for the public good:

Site to be donated.

Provided, That suitable land for the purpose is donated free of cost to the United States, and that the title shall be declared valid by the Attorney-General.

Army and Naval Hospital: For improvement and maintenance

Hot Springs, Ark.

Hospital.

of grounds about the Army and Naval Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, seven thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars and sixty cents.

Improvement of the Yellowstone National Park: For the

Yellowstone National Park.

Improvement, etc.

improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, forty-five thousand dollars; the same to be expended by, and under the direction of the

Proviso.

Road to Snake River.

Secretary of War: Provided, That fifteen thousand dollars of this amount, or so much thereof as may be. necessary may be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for the construction of a road from the Upper Geyser Basin to a point on Snake River where it crosses the. southern boundary of the park.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: To enable

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.

the Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park according to the terms of existing laws, including surveys, maps, models in relief, the purchase of Orchard Knob and Sherman’s Earthworks, and for observation towers and the purchase of sites for two of them, one

Proviso.

Lease of lands.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may lease the lands of the park at his discretion, either to former owners or other persons, for agricultural purposes, the proceeds to be applied by the Secretary of War to the repairs of roads and the care

Disbursements.

of the park; and from this appropriation the Secretary of War is authorized to pay the disbursing officer of the War Department the. sum of five hundred dollars for disbursing this and former appropriations for said Park.

That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are hereby

Donation of condemned cannon, etc.

authorized to deliver to the Commissioners of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, at the park, such number of 377 condemned cannon and cannon balls as their judgment may approve, for the purpose of their work of indication and marking locations on the battlefields of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain.

Engineer Department.

For continuing improvement of harbor at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Harbors.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Continuing improvement removal of Smith’s Island and Wind mill Island, Pennsylvania, and Petty’s Island, New Jersey, and adjacent shoals, forty-one thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: Completing improvement,

Baltimore, Md.

two hundred and eight thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: Continuing improvement

Galveston, Tex.

to entrance to harbor, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Mary’s River, Michigan:

Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River. Mich.

Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. National Cemeteries.

National cemeteries.

For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving national

Maintenance, etc.

cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred thousand dollars.

For superintendents of national cemeteries: For pay of seventy-five

Superintendents.

superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

Headstones for graves of soldiers: For continuing the work

Headstones for soldiers graves.

of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,

Vol. 17, p. 545.

Vol. 20, p. 281.

and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, ten thousand dollars.

Repairing roadways to national cemeteries: For repairs to

Roadways.

roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, ten thousand dollars.

Burial of Indigent Soldiers: For expenses of burying in the

Burial of indigent soldiers.

Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding fifty dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Road to National Cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco,

Road to Presidio, Cal.

California: For continuing the work of improving the reservation at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, by developing and perfecting the water supply, the reclaiming of sand dunes, the planting of trees and shrubs, and construction of new roads, the erection of a permanent fence or wall on the south and east lines of the reservation, the erection of permanent gateways, the reclamation of the marsh and other general and much needed improvements, ten thousand dollars

Battle Field of Antietam: For the purpose of surveying, locating,

Antietam battlefield.

and preserving the lines of battle of the Army of the Potomac and of the Army of Northern Virginia at Antietam, and for marking the same, and for locating and marking the positions of each of the forty-three different commands of the regular Army engaged in the battle of Antietam, and for the purchase of sites for tablets for the marking of such position, as follows:

For cost of one hundred and fourteen tablets, transporting and setting

Tablets, etc.

up of same, purchase of one hundred and fourteen sites for tablets, salaries of board, including office rent, hire of vehicles, mileage, and 378 for condemnation of land and acquiring title for same, in all, sixteen

Proviso.

Sites.

thousand three hundred and ten dollars: Provided, That in acquiring land for the sites for tablets on the battle field, the Secretary of War

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is authorized to proceed in accordance with act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one making appropriations for Sundry Civil expenses under title “Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.”

Survey of northern and north western lakes: For printing

Survey, northern and northwestern lakes.

and issuing charts for use of navigators and electrotyping plates for chart printing, two thousand dollars.

For surveys, additions to and correcting engraved plates, five thousand dollars.

Transportation of Reports and Maps to Foreign Countries:

Transporting maps, etc.

For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred dollars.

Artificial limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, or

Artificial limbs, etc.

commutation therefor, and necessary transportation to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Appliances for disabled soldiers: For furnishing surgical

Appliances for disabled soldiers.

appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, two thousand dollars.

Support and Medical Treatment of Destitute Patients: For

Providence Hospital. D. C.

Support of destitute patients.

the support and medical treatment, of ninety-five medical and surgical patients who are destitute, in the city of Washington, under a contract to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon-General of the Army, nineteen thousand dollars.

Garfield Memorial Hospital: For maintenance, to enable it to

Garfield Memorial Hospital.

Maintenance.

provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay there for, fifteen thousand dollars.

Expenses of Military convicts: For payment of costs and

Military convicts.

charges of State penitentiaries, for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts confined in them, five thousand dollars.

Publication of Official Records of the War of the Rebellion:

Official records, War of the Rebellion.

Continuing publication.

For continuing the publication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, including the atlas of maps and plans, in accordance with the plan approved by the Secretary of War,

Sets for Fifty-second Congress.

August third, eighteen hundred and eighty, the printing and binding of five hundred copies thereof for the use of Senators, Members, and Delegates of the Fifty-second Congress, to be printed and bound under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, and for the

Civilian board.

Vol. 25, p. 970.

compensation of the civilian members of the board of publication, appointed in accordance with the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for the compensation of such temporary expert services in connection with the preparation, publication and distribution of said records as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, such experts to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, from time to time, as the necessity therefor arises, and for the purchase of stationery and for additional rent, not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars, two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.

The Secretary of War is hereby directed to ascertain what number

Reprint of first five volumes to complete sets.

of copies of the first five volumes of the Rebellion Record is required to complete sets of this series in the possession of libraries or persons supplied with subsequent volumes under existing provisions of law, whether such distribution has been through the War Department or otherwise; and the Public Printer is authorized and directed to furnish upon the requisition of the Secretary of War, the number of copies of each volume required for this purpose, which shall be used exclusively

Proviso.

No increase of appropriation.

by the Secretary of War for completing such sets: Provided, the same can be done without any increase of appropriations.

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Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia: To provide for

Artillery school. Fort Monroe, Va.

means of instruction, such as textbooks, instruments, drawing materials, and stationery, required in the course of artillery, engineering, law. and the art and science of war, and for other necessary expenses of the school, five thousand dollars.

Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas:

Infantry.etc.,school Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

For text books, books of reference, instruments, and materials for use in theoretical and practical instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Harbor of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injurious

Harbor of New York.

deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City:

For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses

Inspectors, etc.

of office, fifteen thousand dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Argus, eight thousand

Maintenance of steamers.

dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Nimrod, ten thousand dollars; m all, thirty-three thousand dollars.

For the construction, under the direction of the Secretary of War, of

Omaha. Nebr.

suitable buildings for a military store house and offices at the military

Military depot.

depot at Omaha, Nebraska, thirty thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso

Limit of cost.

That the total cost shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars.

United States Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth.

Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

For the support of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,

Support.

as follows: For subsistence of prisoners, five teamsters, and two watchmen; and

Expenses.

for prisoners en route to insane asylum, Washington, District of Columbia, twenty thousand dollars; For tobacco for prisoners on special or excessive hard labor, three hundred dollars; For forage and bedding for public animals used exclusively at the prison, and hay for prisoners’ bedding, two thousand five hundred dollars; For stationery, blank books, typewriting supplies, for use in prison offices, memorandum books and pencils for use of guard when on duty, stationery for use in prisoners’ school, postage stamps, envelopes, and letter paper tor issue to prisoners, one thousand dollars; For fuel for generating steam for running engines, heating buildings and cooking purposes; materials for extension and repair of steam-heating apparatus, and water circulation; hose, belting, machinery, castings, horses and mules, horse and mule shoes, and nails, articles for repairing harness and wagons, stoves and stovepipe, lime, cement, fire clay, fire bricks, iron, tin, solder, and blacksmiths’ coal, charcoal, putty, nails, whitewash brushes, painting materials, disinfectants, axes, shovels, spades, wheelbarrows, and all articles required for proper police of buildings and grounds, horse medicines and dressings, tools and miscellaneous articles for use in shops, laundry, barber shop, bathrooms, stables, printing office, and photograph gallery; furniture for use in offices; oil and electric-light supplies, blankets, bedsacks, and bunks for prisoners’ use, and miscellaneous articles which cannot properly be included under other heads of expenditure, twenty thousand dollars; For materials for manufacture of clothing, and to purchase articles of clothing that cannot be made at the prison, all for prisoners’ wear at prison and issue to prisoners at release from confinement at prison and at military posts; for donation of five dollars each to prisoners on release from confinement at prison and at military posts, eight thousand dollars; For medicines, medical and surgical appliances, dressings, and for all other articles required for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; 380 hospital furniture and supplies; heating appliances, and for expense of

Military prison—continued.

interment of deceased prisoners, one thousand five hundred dollars; For advertising for proposals for supplies, two hundred dollars; For expenses of pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their capture, five hundred dollars; For the transportation of prisoners, on their discharge from the prison, to their homes, (or elsewhere, as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment, five thousand dollars; For pay of civilian employees: One clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Civilian employees.

dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; extra-duty pay for prison guard, two thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; five foremen of mechanics and one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; one forage and wagon master, at sixty dollars per month; one teamster at forty dollars per month; two night watchmen and four teamsters, at thirty dollars per month each: and one fireman at sixty dollars per month, to take charge at night of the heating apparatus and electric-light; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars; For construction and repairs of officers’ quarters, prison buildings,

Quarters, repairs, etc.

the hospital, the chapel, stables, and all other buildings on prison grounds, including plumbing, four thousand dollars; In all, seventy-nine thousand eight hundred dollars. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Support.

For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer soldiers as follows:

At the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio: For current expenses,

Dayton, Ohio.

namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned

Current expenses.

officers of the home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks and orderlies; also payments for chaplains and religious instruction, printers, bookbinders, telegraph, and telephone operators, guard, policemen, watchmen, and fire company; for all property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs not done by the home; for necessary expenditures for articles of amusement, boats, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, librarians and musicians, and for repairs not done by the home; also for stationery, advertising, legal advice, and postage, and for such other expenditures as cannot properly be included under other heads of expenditure, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and one dollars and fifty-eight cents.

For subsistence, namely: Pay of commissary sergeants, commissary

Subsistence.

clerks, porters, laborers, and orderlies employed in the subsistence Department; bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, bread-cutters and butchers; the cost of all animals, fowls, and fish purchased for provisions; of all articles of food, their freight, preparation and serving; of tobacco; of all dining-room and kitchen furniture and utensils, bakers’ and butchers’ tools and appliances, and their repair, not done by the home, three hundred and thirty-two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars;

For clothing, namely: Expenditures, for clothing, underclothing,

Clothing.

boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed in the tailor shop, knitting shop and shoe shop, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made, seventy-six thousand eight hundred dollars;

For household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’

Household expenses

quarters; for bedsteads, bedding and all other articles required in the quarters of the members, and for their repair, if they are not repaired by the home; for coal and firewood; for engineers and firemen; bathhouse keepers, hall-cleaners, laundrymen, gas-makers, and privy watchmen, and for all machines, tools, materials, and appliances purchased for use under this head; and for their repair, unless the repairs 381 are made by the home; also for all labor and material for upholstery shops, broom and soap shops, eighty-seven thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-nine cents;

For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists,

Hospital expenses.

hospital stewards, ward masters, nurses, cooks, waiters, readers, hospital carriage-drivers, hearse-drivers, gravediggers, funeral escort, and for such labor as may be necessary; for surgical instruments and appliances, medical books, medicine, liquors, fruits, and other necessaries for the sick not on the regular ration; for bedsteads, bedding and materials and all other articles necessary for the wards; kitchen and dining room furniture, and appliances, carriage, hearse, stretchers, coffins, and materials; for tools of grave diggers, and for all repairs not done by the home, fifty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars and five cents;

For transportation, namely: For transportation of members of the

Transportation.

home, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For construction, namely: Pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths,

Construction.

carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, painters, gas-fitters, plumbers, tinsmiths, wire-workers, steamfitters; stone masons, quarrymen, whitewashers, and laborers, and for all machines, tools, appliances, and materials used under this head, seventy-three thousand one hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-three cents;

For one gasholder, sixteen thousand and forty dollars.

For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness-makers,

Farm expenses.

farm hand, gardeners, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, hog-feeders, and laborers, and for all machines, implements, tools, appliances, and materials required for such work; for grain, hay, and straw, dressing and seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and Other conveyances; for all animals and fowls purchased for stock or for work (including animals in the park); for all materials, tools, and labor for flower-garden, lawn and park: and for repairs not done by the home, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars;

In all, seven hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars and five cents.

At the Northwestern Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin :

Milwaukee, Wis.

Current expenses.

For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety cents;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head for

Clothing.

the Central Branch, thirty-five thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, fifty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-five cents; For transportation of members of the home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

For construction, including the same objects specified under this

Construction.

head for the Central Branch, twenty thousand four hundred dollars: For extension of hospital, twenty thousand dollars; For extension of water supply, one thousand five hundred dollars: For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five cents;

At the Eastern Branch at Togus, Maine: For current expenses,

Togus, Me.

Current expenses.

including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-one cents:

382 For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head for

Clothing.

the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand two hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head for

Household.

the Central Branch, forty-five thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

the Central Branch, twenty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents; For transportation of members of the home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

For construction, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and

Farm.

seventeen dollars and ten cents; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirteen thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-two cents; For the construction of a sewer from the Eastern Branch to the Kennebec

Sewer.

River, twenty-five thousand dollars; To all, three hundred and two thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-three cents.

At the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia: For current

Hampton. Va.

Current expenses.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and thirty cents.

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Brandi, forty-four thousand eight handled dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, forty-six thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-five cents; For transportation of members of the home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

For construction, including the same objects specified under this head

Construction.

for the Central Branch, twenty-six thousand dollars; For brick barrack, thirty-one thousand dollars; For wharf, six thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head

Barrack.

for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; In all, four hundred and twenty nine thousand five hundred and seventy four dollars and sixty-five cents.

At the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For current

Farm.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this

Leaven worth, Kans.

Current expenses.

head for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred and ten dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head for

Subsistence.

the Central Branch, thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, sixty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty-five cents; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighteen cents; For transportation of members of the Home, five thousand dollars;

Hospital.

For construction, including the same objects specified under this

Transportation.

Construction.

head for the Central Branch, thirty thousand dollars; 383 For addition to hospital, ten thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars and ten cents; In all, three hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents.

At the Pacific Branch at Santa Monica, California: For

Santa Monica, Cal.

current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head

Current expenses.

for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, seventy thousand dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, eighteen thousand and forty-two dollars and sixty cents: For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the home, three thousand two hundred dollars;

Transportation.

For construction, including the same objects specified under this head

Construction.

for the Central Branch, thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents; For one barrack, twenty-five thousand dollars;

Barrack.

For completing hospital, twenty-three thousand dollars;

Hospital.

For extension of water supply, twenty thousand dollars;

Water supply.

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the

Farm.

Central Branch, eleven thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and ten cents; In all, two hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars and two cents.

At the Marion Branch at Marion, Indiana: For current expenses,

Marion. Ind.

including the same objects specified under this head for the

Current expenses.

Central Branch, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty cents;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, sixty-four thousand two hundred and forty dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirteen cents; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

the Central Branch, fourteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents; For transportation, including the same objects specified under this

Transportation.

head for the Central Branch, one thousand dollars; For construction including the same objects specified under this head

Construction.

for the Central Branch, twenty thousand two hundred sixty-four dollars and fifty-five cents; For addition to hospital, twenty-five thousand dollars;

Hospital.

Commissary’s and quartermaster’s quarters, five thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, five thousand five hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-five cents; In all, one hundred and eighty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-eight cents. For outdoor relief and incidental expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars;

Outdoor relief.

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In all, two million six hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred

Proviso.

and forty-one dollars and twenty-seven cents: Provided, That

Estimates to show salaries, etc.

hereafter the statement of expenses of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall each year be submitted in the annual book of estimates and shall be made to show the amount of salary or compensation paid to each of the officers and employees of said Board, and there shall also be submitted therewith a statement showing the number of officers appointed at each of the

R. S., sec. 4829, p. 937.

Branch Homes under Section four thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, the amount of salary or compensation paid to each, and the amount of allowance to each, if any, for contingent or other expenses.

State or Territorial Homes: For continuing the aid to State

Aid to State or Territorial homes.

or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers in

Vol. 25, p. 450.

conformity with the act approved August twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Provided, That one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes

Deductions for pensions retained.

on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for.

Back pay and Bounty: For payment of amounts for arrears of

Back pay and bounty.

pay of two and three year volunteers that may

Arrears of pay.

be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and thirty-live thousand dollars.

For payment of amounts for bounty to volunteers and their widows

Bounty.

and legal heirs that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

For payment of amounts for bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth,

Additional bounty.

eighteen hundred and sixty-six, that may be certified to be due by

Vol. 14, p. 322.

the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For payment of amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of

Commutation of rations.

war in rebel States, and to soldiers on furlough, that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, thirty thousand dollars.

UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Under Department of Justice.

Court House,Washington, District of Columbia: For annual

courthouse, District of Columbia.

repairs, per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars.

Utah Penitentiary: For shops, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Utah penitentiary.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.

Defending Suits in Claims against the United States: For

Defending suits in claims.

defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including the payment of such expenses as in the discretion of the Attorney General shall be necessary for making proper defense for the United

French spoliation claims.

States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Punishing Violations of the Intercourse Acts and Frauds:

Indian service.

Punishing violations. intercourse acts.

For detecting 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.

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Prosecution of Crimes: For the detection and prosecution of

Prosecution of crimes.

crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment; for the investigations 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 examined by his agents at any time, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Expenses of Territorial Courts in Utah Territory: For defraying

Utah courts.

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, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Industrial Home, Utah Territory: For aid to the Industrial

Industrial Home, Utah.

Christian Home Association in Utah Territory, four thousand dollars.

Prosecution and Collection of Claims: For the prosecution

Prosecuting and collecting claims.

and collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars.

Traveling Expenses, Territory of Alaska: For the actual

Alaska.

Traveling expenses.

and necessary expenses of the judge, marshal and attorney, when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, five hundred dollars.

Rent and Incidental Expenses, Territory of Alaska: For

Rent, etc.

rent of offices for the marshal, district attorney, and commissioners; furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.

Defence in Indian Depredation Claims: For salaries and expenses

Defense, Indian depredation claims.

in defense of the Indian depredation claims, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

United States Courts.

United States courts.

Expenses of the United States Courts: For defraying the

Expenses.

expenses of the Supreme Court; of the circuit and district courts of the United States; of the supreme court of the District of Columbia; of the district court of Alaska; of the court in the Indian Territory; of the circuit courts of appeals; of the court of private land claims; of suits and preparations for or in defense of suits in which the United States is interested; of the prosecution of offenses committed against the United States, and in the enforcement of the laws of the United States; and of the enforcement of the provisions of title twenty-six of the Revised

R. S., Title XXVI, pp. 352–357.

Statutes, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; specifically the expenses stated under the following appropriations, namely:

For payment of the fees and expenses of the United States marshals

Marshals' fees.

and deputies, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Provided, That not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars of this appropriation may be advanced to marshals to be accounted for in the usual way, the residue to remain in the Treasury, to be used, if at all, only in the payment of the accounts of marshals in the manner provided in section

Accounts.

R. S., sec. 856, p. 151,

eight hundred and fifty-six, Revised Statutes.

For payment of United States district attorneys, the same being for

District attorneys.

Fees.

payment of the regular fees provided by law for official services, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the United States

Proviso.

district attorney shall be allowed one fee and one mileage actually

Mileage, etc.

386 traveled to and from the place of hearing for his attendance in person or by his assistant before a United States commissioner or other committing magistrate in each ease and no more.

For payment of district attorneys, the same being for payment of

Special compensation.

such special compensation as may be fixed by the Attorney-General for services not covered by salary or fees, five thousand dollars. For payment of regular assistants to United States district attorneys,

Regular assistants.

who are appointed by the Attorney-General, at a fixed annual compensation, one hundred thousand dollars. For payment of assistants to United States district attorneys employed

Special assistants.

by the Attorney-General to aid district attorneys in special cases, twenty thousand dollars. For fees of clerks, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Clerks' fees.

For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace

Commissioners' fees, etc.

acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars. And no part of any money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay any fees to the United States commissioners, marshals, or clerks for any warrant issued or arrest made, or other fees in prosecutions under

Sworn complaints required.

the internal revenue laws, unless the prosecution has been commenced upon a sworn complaint setting forth the facts constituting the offense and alleging them to be within the personal knowledge of the affiant or upon sworn complaint by a collector or deputy collector of internal revenue or revenue agent, setting forth the facts upon information and belief and approved either before or after such arrest by a circuit or district judge or the attorney of the United States in the district where the offense is alleged to have been committed or the indictment is found. For fees of jurors, six hundred thousand dollars.

Jurors' fees.

For fees of witnesses, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Witnesses’ fees.

For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing

Support of prisoners.

and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, three hundred thousand dollars. For rent of United States court rooms, fifty thousand dollars.

Rent.

For pay of bailiffs, not exceeding three in each court, except in the

Bailiffs, etc.

Southern District of New York; of expenses of district judges directed to hold court outside of their districts; of meals and lodgings for jurors in United States cases when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, one hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars. For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized

Miscellaneous expenses.

by the Attorney-General, including the employment of janitors and watchmen in rooms or buildings rented for the use of courts, and of interpreters, experts, and stenographers: of furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. UNDER LEGISLATIVE.

Legislative.

Statement of Appropriations: For preparation, under the direction

Statement of appropriations.

of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements showing appropriations made, new offices created, offices the salaries of which have been omitted, increased, or reduced, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills passed during the first session of the Fifty-second

Vol. 25, p. 587.

Congress, as required by the act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, one thousand two hundred dollars, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of said committees to do said work.

Senate: For materials for folding, six thousand dollars.

Senate.

Folding materials.

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Building for the Library of Congress: For continuing the

Library of Congress.

Continuing construction.

construction of the building for the library of Congress and for each and every purpose connected with the same, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be. entered into for the

Provisos.

Contracts.

ironwork of stairs, roof and dome, and marble finish for halls, corridors, and rotunda, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be

Gen. T. L. Casey to continue in charge.

made by law: Provided, That Brigadier-General Thomas Lincoln Casey, now in charge of the construction of said building, shall continue in said charge until its completion whether on the active or retired list of the Army.

Botanic Garden: For reconstructing with iron frame three plant

Botanic Garden.

houses; repairs to heating apparatus, painting large conservatory inside and out; and for general repairs to the various buildings connected with this garden, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars.

Conveying Votes of Electors: For payment of the messengers

Electoral vote.

Payment to 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, twelve thousand and seventy seven dollars.

PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

Public printing and binding, paper, etc.

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, the Executive Office, 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 three hundred and twenty thousand

Amount.

dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer to the amounts following, respectively, namely:

For printing and binding for congress, including the proceedings

Allotment of appropriation.

For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars; For the Treasury Department, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey; For the War Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office: 388 For the Navy Department, seventy thousand dollars, including not

Public printing and binding—continued.

exceeding twelve thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office; For the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission, three hundred and forty thousand dollars, including not exceeding ten thousand dollars for rebinding tract books for the General Land Office; For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and for the “Bulletins” and annual volumes of the “Proceedings” of the National Museum, twelve thousand dollars; For the United States Geological Survey as follows: For engraving the illustrations necessary for the report of the Director, eight thousand dollars; For engraving the illustrations necessary for the monographs and bulletins, fifteen thousand dollars; For printing and binding the monographs and bulletins, twenty-five thousand dollars; For the Department of Justice, nine thousand dollars; For the Post-Office Department, two hundred thousand dollars; For the Department of Agriculture, including ten thousand dollars for the Weather Bureau, seventy-five thousand dollars; For the Department of Labor, seven thousand dollars: For the Supreme Court of the United States, seven thousand dollars; For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars; For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars; For the Library of Congress, twelve thousand dollars; For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars;

And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated

Division of appropriation.

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.

To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the

Leaves of absence.

law granting thirty days annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

No printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer for the

No printing, etc., in excess of allotments.

several Executive and Judicial Departments of the Government in any fiscal year in excess of the amount of the allotment tor such Departments,

Requisitions.

and none shall be done without a special requisition, signed by

Special appropriations.

the chief of the Department and filed with the Public Printer; but this restriction shall not be so construed as to prevent the Public Printer from executing printing and binding authorized by special appropriations for any of said Departments.

Heads of executive departments shall direct whether reports made

Reports of bureau chiefs, etc.

to them by bureau chiefs and chiefs of divisions shall be printed or not.

No report, document, or publication of any kind distributed by, or

Documents not to contain “the compliments” of any officer.

from an Executive Department or Bureau of the Government shall contain any notice that same is sent with “the compliments” of an officer of the Government:

Sec. 2. And it is hereby declared that all appropriations herein made

World’s Columbian Exposition.

for, or pertaining to, the World's Columbian Exposition are made upon

Not to be opened Sundays.

the condition that the said Exposition shall not be opened to the public on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; and if the said

Rules, etc., to require closing.

appropriations be accepted by the corporation of the State of Illinois, known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, upon that condition, it shall be, and it is hereby, made the duty of the World’s Columbian

Vol. 26, p. 62.

Commission, created by act of Congress of April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to make such rules or modification of the rules of said corporation as shall require the closing of the Exposition on the said first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 381: to aid in carrying out the act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “Au act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exposition of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea. in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,” and appropriating money therefor. Chapter 381 27 Stat. 389 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 381.—

An act to aid in carrying out the act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “Au act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exposition of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea. in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,” and appropriating money therefor.

August 5, 1892

. 389 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World's Columbian Exposition.

Aid to.

That for the purpose of aiding in defraying the cost of completing in a suitable manner the work of preparation for inaugurating the World’s Columbian Exposition, authorized by the act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, anno

Vol. 26, p. 62.

Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, to be held at the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver half-dollars of the legal weight and fineness, not to exceed five million pieces, to be known as the Columbian half-dollar,

Five million half dollar silver pieces to be coined. to be known as Columbian half-dollar.

struck in commemoration of the World's Columbian Exposition, the devices and designs upon which shall be prescribed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and said silver coins shall be manufactured from uncurrent subsidiary silver

Made from uncurrent coins.

coins now in the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the coinage, legal-tender quality, and redemption of the present subsidiary silver coins shall be applicable to the coins issued under this act. and when so recoined there is hereby appropriated from the Treasury the said five millions of souvenir half-dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay the same to the World’s Columbian

To be paid to Exposition tor work done, etc.

Exposition, upon estimates and vouchers certified by the president of the World’s Columbian Exposition, or in his absence or inability to act, by the vice-president, and by the director-general of the World’s Columbian Commission, or in his absence or inability to act, by the president thereof, and the Secretary of the Treasury, for labor done, materials furnished, and services performed in prosecuting said work of preparing said Exposition for opening as provided by said act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety; and all such estimates and vouchers shall be made in duplicate, one to be filed with

Vouchers, etc.

the Secretary of the Treasury, the other to be retained by the World’s Columbian Exposition: Provided, however, That before the Secretary

Provisos.

Prior disbursements.

of the Treasury shall pay to the World’s Columbian Exposition any part of the said five million silver coins, satisfactory evidence shall be furnished him showing that the sum of at least ten million dollars has been collected and disbursed as required by said act: And provided, That the said World's Columbian Exposition shall furnish a satisfactory guaranty to the Secretary of the Treasury that any further sum

Further sums must be provided by Exposition.

actually necessary to complete the work of said Exposition to the opening thereof has been or will be provided by said World’s Columbian Exposition; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to delay or postpone the preparation of the souvenir coins hereinbefore provided for. And there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars,

Appropriation for loss on recoinage.

or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reimburse the Treasury for loss on the recoinage herein authorized.

Sec. 2. That the appropriation provided in Section one of this act

All expenses to be paid by Exposition.

shall be upon condition that the said World’s Columbian Exposition maintain and pay all the expenses, costs, and charges of the great departments organized for the purpose of conducting the work of the Exposition, said expenses, costs, and charges to be paid out of the funds of the said World’s Columbian Exposition.

Sec. 3. That fifty thousand bronze medals and the necessary dies

Medals to be prepared.

Post, p. 587.

therefor with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscriptions commemorative of said Exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, shall be prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury at a cost not to exceed sixty thousand dollars, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 390 under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare plates and make therefrom fifty thousand vellum impressions for

Diplomas.

diplomas at a cost not to exceed forty-three thousand dollars. Said medals and diplomas shall be delivered to the World’s Columbian Commission,

To be awarded to exhibitors.

to be awarded to exhibitors in accordance with the provisions of said act of Congress approved April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred

Appropriation.

and ninety, and there is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenditures authorized by this section; and authority may be granted by the Secretary of the Treasury to the holder of a medal, properly

Duplicates in gold. silver, or bronze may be made.

awarded to him. to have duplicates thereof made at any of the mints of the United States from gold, or silver, or bronze, at the expense of the person desiring the same.

Sec. 4. That it is hereby declared that all appropriations herein made

Appropriations on condition that Exposition shall not be opened Sundays.

for, or pertaining to, the World’s Columbian Exposition arc made upon the condition that the said Exposition shall not be opened to the public on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday: and if the said appropriations be accepted by the corporation of the State of Illinois, known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, upon that condition, it shall be, and it is hereby, made the duty of the World's Columbian Commission, created by the act of Congress of April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to make such

Rules to require closing.

rules or modification of the rules of said corporation as shall require the closing of the Exposition on the said first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

Sec. 5. That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to

Non liability of the United Stales.

supersede or in any manner alter or impair the force or validity of the

Vol. 26, p. 64.

provisions of section fifteen of the act of Congress approved anno Domini April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 382: for the relief of settlers upon certain lands in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota. Chapter 382 27 Stat. 390 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 382.—

An act for the relief of settlers upon certain lands in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota.

August 5, 1892

. Whereas under the rulings of the General Land Office the extension into

Preamble.

Dakota Territory, now States of North Dakota and South Dakota, of the limits of the grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of the several lines of railroad now owned by the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company was denied, and in consequence of said rulings lands within the limits of the said grants in the said States have been claimed, settled upon, occupied, and improved by numerous persons in good faith under color of title or of right to do so derived from the various laws of the United States relating to the public domain, and are now claimed by them, their heirs, or assigns, and many of said lands have actually been patented to such occupants or to their grantors; and Whereas under recent construction of said grants the said occupants, improvers, or purchasers, are liable to be evicted from their holdings: Now, therefore, for the purpose of relieving the said occupants, improvers, and purchasers of the said granted lands from the hardship of being now deprived of the same under the circumstances aforesaid. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railway Company.

List of land claimed by purchasers on grants to be furnished.

That the Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as conveniently may be done, cause to be prepared and delivered to the said railway company a list of the several tracts which have been purchased, claimed, occupied, and improved, as stated in section two of this act, and are now claimed by such purchasers or occupants, their heirs or assigns, according to the smallest Government subdivisions. Within a reasonable time after the receipt by the said

Release by company of its title.

railway company of the said list, it shall execute under its corporate seal and deliver to the Secretary of the Interior its deed of conveyance 391 releasing to the United States all its claims upon the lands described in said list, and shall also procure and cause to be released to the United States all liens and claims to said lands derived through or under said company, whereupon all right, title, and interest of the said railway company to each of such tracts shall revert to the United States, and such tracts shall be treated, under the laws thereof, in the same manner as if no rights thereto had ever vested in the said rail way company, and all qualified persons who have occupied and made improvements on said lands, as herein provided, or who have purchased

Settlers to perfect titles.

said lands in good faith, their heirs and assigns, shall be permitted to perfect their titles to said lands according to law as if said grants bad never been made.

Sec. 2. That the said railway company is hereby permitted to select,

Selections in lieu of lands released.

in lieu of any lands forming odd-numbered sections or parts thereof situated in the State of North Dakota or in the State of South Dakota, within the ten-mile limits of a grant of lands made to the Territory of Minnesota by act of Congress, entitled “An act making a grant of land to the Territory of

Vol. 11, p. 195.

Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said Territory, and granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of a certain railroad in said State,”approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, as amended by an act of Congress,

Vol. 13, p. 526.

entitled “An act extending the time for the completion of certain laud grant railroads in the States of Minnesota and Iowa, and for other purposes.” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty five-, and of a grant made by act of Congress entitled “An act authorizing

Vol. 16, p. 588.

the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company to change its line in consideration of a relinquishment of lands,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, opposite to and coterminous with such portion of said railroad as was constructed and completed within the time required by the said grant and the acts amendatory thereof for the construction and completion of the whole of said railroad, which, prior to January first, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one, any person had purchased or occupied or improved, in good faith, under color of title or right to do so, derived from any law of the United States relating to the public domain, but not including any

Lands excluded.

Vol. 16, p. 558.

lands within the limits of the grant, to aid in the construction of the Saint Vincent branch of said road, as located under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, upon which any person or persons had, in good faith, settled and made or acquired valuable improvements thereon prior to March, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, an equal quantity of non mineral public lands, so classified as non mineral at the time of actual Government survey which has been or shall be made, of the United States not reserved and to which no adverse right or claim shall have attached or have been initiated at the time of the making of such selection lying within any State into or through which the railway owned by said railway company runs, to the extent of the lands so relinquished and released: Provided, That

Provisos.

the lands to be released by said company, and in lieu of which said company shall be entitled to select other kinds of equal area, shall only

Lands released to include only lands subject to no prior ownership.

include lands to which, at the date of the definite location of the lines of railroad in aid of which said land grants were made, no paramount grant, sale, preemption, or homestead right had attached, this proviso not to be considered as in any way extending the limitation as to eighteen hundred and seventy-seven herein above provided: And provided further, That the tracts of land so by said company to be selected in any one body under the authority of this act shall not exceed six hundred

Selection of new tracts.

and forty acres, and such selections shall not exceed in the aggregate sixty-five thousand acres. But said company shall not be required to relinquish any greater amount of land than it is permitted by this act to select.

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Sec. 3. That upon the filing by the said railroad company, at the

Patents to issue for lands selected.

local land office of the land district in which any tract of land selected in pursuance of this act shall lie, a list describing the tract or tracts selected, and the payment of the fees prescribed by law in analogous cases, and the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause to be executed, in due form of law. and deliver to said company, a

Description of unsurveyed lands.

patent of the United States, conveying to it the lands so selected. In case the tract so selected shall at the time of selection be unsurveyed, the list filed by the company at the local land office shall describe such tract in such manner as to designate the same with a reasonable degree of certainty, and within the period of three months after the lands including such tract shall have been surveyed, and the plats thereof tiled in the local land office, a new selection list shall be filed by said company, describing such tract according to such survey; and in case such

Correction of description on survey.

tract as originally selected and described in the lists filed in the local land office shall not precisely conform with the lines of the official survey, the said company shall be permitted to describe such tract anew, so as to produce such conformity.

Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after

Acceptance to be in ninety days.

the time of its acceptance by the said railway company, which must be within ninety days from the approval of this act.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 383: to regulate the times for holding the terms of the United States Courts in the State of South Dakota. Chapter 383 27 Stat. 392 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public

CHAP. 383.—

An act to regulate the times for holding the terms of the United States Courts in the State of South Dakota.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

South Dakota judicial district.

Terms of court.

Vol. 20, p. 14.

That hereafter the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in and for the State of South Dakota shall be as follows: At Sioux Falls on the first Tuesday in April and the third Tuesday in October; at Pierre on the first Tuesday in March and October; At Deadwood on the first Tuesday in February and September.

Sec. 2. The provision of statute now existing for the holding of said

Process, etc.

courts on any day contrary to the provisions of this act is hereby repealed, and all suits, prosecutions, process, recognizances, bail bonds, and other things pending in or returnable to said court on the days now fixed by law are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have force in the said respective terms in this act provided in the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had said existing statute not been passed.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1: to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty fourth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 27 Stat. 393 1891-12-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 1.]

Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty fourth day of said month.

December 23, 1891

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries, Dec. 24, 1891.

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 Semite and House of Representatives including the capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty-fourth day of said month.

Approved, December 23, 1891.

No. 2: to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 2 27 Stat. 393 1892-01-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 2.]

Joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

January 26, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Smithsonian Institution.

Wi11iam Preston Johnston, John B. Henderson, and Henry Coppee appointed Regents.

That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be tilled by the appointment of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, and the appointment of John B. Henderson, a citizen of the District of Columbia, in place of Montgomery C. Meigs, deceased, and by the reappointment of Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania, whose term of office expired on December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Approved, January 26, 1892.

No. 3: investigating mining debris in California. Public Resolution 3 27 Stat. 394 1892-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 3.]

Joint Resolution investigating mining debris in California.

February 25, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mining debris, California.

Secretary of War to submit what amount should be expended to investigate.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to submit for the consideration of Congress what amounts can be profitably expended during the coming year to carry out the recommendations made by the Commission of Engineers, United States Army, appointed under the provisions of an act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An act to investigate mining debris in California,” for “restriction

Vol. 25, p. 498.

works, dams and wing-dams, to restrain the mining debris where now situated, and prevent its lodgment in the rivers of California, to the injury of navigation and commerce.”

Approved, February 25, 1892.

(393) No. 4: to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 4 27 Stat. 394 1892-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 4.]

Joint resolution to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

February 26, 1892

. 394FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4–7. 1892. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Theaters, District of Columbia.

Licenses to terminate unless proprietors comply with regulations.

Infra.

That all licenses issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to proprietors of theaters or other public places of amusement in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and now in force, be and the same are hereby terminated, unless the persons holding such licenses shall within ten days after due notice comply with such regulations as may be prescribed for the public safety by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are

Commissioners to make rules for protection of lives, etc.

hereby authorized and empowered to make and enforce all such reasonable and usual police regulations in addition to those already made under the act of January twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 24, p. 365.

eighty-seven, as they may deem necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort and quiet of all persons and the protection of all property within the District of Columbia.

Approved, February 26, 1892.

No. 5: authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain documents at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 5 27 Stat. 394 1892-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 5.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain documents at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

March 24, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Library of Congress.

Books, etc., to be exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition.

That that the Librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is, authorized to exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition such books, papers, documents, and other articles from the Library of Congress as may relate to Christopher Columbus and the discovery and early history of America.

Approved, March 24, 1892.

No. 6: construing article four of the agreement with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere. Public Resolution 6 27 Stat. 394 1892-04-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 6.]

Joint resolution construing article four of the agreement with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere.

April 6, 1892

. Whereas the provisions of the articles of agreement by and between

Preamble.

the United States and the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, residing in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere, ratified by Congress March 3, 1891, requires that large sums of money be paid to them in said tract of country which is construed to mean said Territory of Oklahoma; and Whereas many members of said band of Indians reside in Kansas who through age, poverty, and sickness suffer great hardships by being compelled to go to said Territory to receive their payments: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Citizen Band, Pottawatomie Indians.

Payments may be made to them in Kansas.

Vol. 26, p. 1018.

That article four of said agreement be, and the same is hereby, construed so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to direct the proper officers of the Department of the Interior to make the payments, as they fall due, to the members of said band residing in Kansas at some point in their original reservation in said State as will accommodate the greatest number of said Indians.

Approved, April 6, 1892.

No. 7: amending the “Joint Resolutions to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 7 27 Stat. 394 1892-04-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 7.]

Joint Resolution amending the “Joint Resolutions to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

April 6, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Theaters. District of Columbia.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to extend, for a reasonable FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7, 8. 1892.395 period to be determined by them, the time for compliance with the regulations prescribed by them for the public satiety, pursuant to the requirements

Time extended for complying with regulations.

Ante, p. 394.

of the first section of the Joint Resolution “to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-sixth eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in cases where they are satisfied that the persons notified are making due exertion to effect such compliance and that said Commissioners may continue in force pending such compliance, the licenses for any such theatre or other public place of amusement: Provided, That no more than ninety days extension of time in the

Proviso.

Limit.

aggregate shall be allowed for compliance with such regulations.

Approved, April 6, 1892.

No. 8: to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the Government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students. Public Resolution 8 27 Stat. 395 1892-04-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 8.]

Joint resolution to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the Government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students.

April 12, 1892

. Whereas, large collections illustrative of the various arts and sciences and facilitating literary and scientific research have been accumulated

Preamble

by the action of Congress through a series of years at the national capital; and Whereas it was the original purpose of the Government thereby to promote research and the diffusion of knowledge, and is now the settled policy and present practice of those charged with the care of these collections specially to encourage students who devote their time to the investigation and study of any branch of knowledge by allowing to them all proper use thereof; and Whereas it is represented that the enumeration of these facilities and the formal statement of this policy will encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the seat of Government, and promote the work of education by attracting students to avail themselves of the advantages aforesaid under the direction of competent instructors: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Scientific and literary collections of the Government, D. C.

That the facilities for research and illustration in the following and any other Governmental collections now existing or hereafter to be established in the city of Washington for the promotion of knowledge shall be accessible, under such rules and restrictions as the officers in charge of each collection may prescribe, subject to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to the scientific investigators and to students of any

Use of, by students, etc.

institution of higher education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia, to wit: One. Of the Library of Congress.

Collections.

Two. Of the National Museum. Three. Of the Patent Office. Four. Of the Bureau of Education. Five. Of the Bureau of Ethnology. Six. Of the Army Medical Museum. Seven. Of the Department of Agriculture. Eight. Of the Fish Commission. Nine. Of the Botanic Gardens. Ten. Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Eleven. Of the Geological Survey. Twelve. Of the Naval Observatory.

Approved, April 12, 1892.

No. 9: authorizing the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a signal station. Public Resolution 9 27 Stat. 396 1892-04-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 9.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a signal station.

April 14, 1892

. 396FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 9, 11, 12, 13, 15. 1892. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Tybee Island, Ga.

Use of martello tower as a signal station.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, by telegraph or telephone companies for a signal station, to report passing vessels, under such conditions as he may deem proper to protect the interest of the United States.

Approved, April 14, 1892.

No. 11: to fill vacancies which will occur in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 11 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 11.]

Joint Resolution to fill vacancies which will occur in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

May 10, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Volunteer Soldiers' Home.

Managers appointed.

That General William J. Sewell, General Martin T. McMahon, Captain John L. Mitchell and Captain A. W. Barrett, of Los Angeles, California, be and are hereby, appointed managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the terms of office commencing on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to fill vacancies which will occur by expiration of terms of office.

Approved, May 10, 1892.

No. 12: to suspend the issue of permits to erect dwelling houses in alleys in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 12 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 12.]

Joint Resolution to suspend the issue of permits to erect dwelling houses in alleys in the District of Columbia.

May 12, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alleys, District of Columbia.

Erection of dwellings in less than 40 feet wide prohibited.

Ante, p. 254.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby instructed not to issue any more permits for buildings intended for human habitation, in alleys less than forty feet in width, in the District of Columbia, during the Fifty-Second Congress, and that all such permits heretofore granted on alleys less than the width aforesaid, shall be revoked, where construction shall not already have been actually begun.

Approved, May 12, 1892.

No. 13: to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month. Public Resolution 13 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 13.]

Joint resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month.

May 27, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid May salaries, May 28, 1892.

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, including the Capitol Police, their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month.

Approved, May 27, 1892.

No. 15: relating to the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 15 27 Stat. 396 1892-06-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 15.]

Joint resolution relating to the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia.

June 14, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Memorial Association. District of Columbia.

Appointment of members authorized.

That in pursuance of a certificate of incorporation of the “Memorial Association of the District of Columbia,” signed by Melville W. Fuller, John M. Schofield, John W. Foster, B. H. Warder, S. P. Langley, A. B. Hagner, J. C. Bancroft FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 15–19. 1892.397 Davis, Walter S. Cox, S. H. Kauffman, A. R. Spofford, John Hay, J. W. Douglass, Myron M. Parker, Gardiner G. Hubbard W. D. Davidge, S. S. Franklin, Charles C. Glover and Tennis S. Hamlin, and recorded March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the President of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to appoint each six citizens of the District of Columbia to be members of said association, and to serve for the terms of one, two, and three years respectively, as they may determine by lot; and thereafter to appoint annually each two members to serve for three years.

Approved, June 14, 1892.

No. 16: to authorize the Washington Schuetzen Verein to erect a bust of Baron von Steuben in one of the reservations in Washington. Public Resolution 16 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 16.]

Joint resolution to authorize the Washington Schuetzen Verein to erect a bust of Baron von Steuben in one of the reservations in Washington.

June 22, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Baron von Steuben.

Erection of bust of, authorized.

That the Washington Schuetzen Verein is hereby authorized and empowered, at its own expense, to erect, on a suitable pedestal, a colossal bust of Baron von Steuben, a General in the Revolutionary Army, in one of the public parks or reservations of the city of Washington, to be selected by the Secretary of War, the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, and a person to be designated by the Schuetzen Verein.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

No. 17: authorizing the resubdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, in the city of Washington. Public Resolution 17 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 17.]

Joint resolution authorizing the resubdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, in the city of Washington.

June 24, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Square 673, Washington, D. C.

New subdivision authorized.

That the subdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, as the same now exists, be, and the same is hereby, abolished, and that the owners of the said square are hereby authorized and empowered to resubdivide the same, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Approved, June 24, 1892.

No. 18: authorizing and directing the President to proclaim a general holiday, commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 18 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 18.]

Joint resolution authorizing and directing the President to proclaim a general holiday, commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

June 29, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Discovery of America.

October 21, 1892, to be a public holiday.

That the President of the United States be authorized and directed to issue a proclamation recommending to the people the observance in all their localities of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by public demonstrations and by suitable exercises in their schools and other places of assembly.

Approved, June 29, 1892.

No. 19: to provide temporarily for the Expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 19 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 19.]

Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the Expenditures of the Government.

June 30, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations for the last fiscal year extended fifteen days unless previously made.

That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government, and of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of pensions, under existing laws, which shall 398FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 19–21. 1892. remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety two be, and they are hereby, continued and made available

Infra.

Post, p. 401.

for a period of fifteen days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriations provided therefor in bills now pending in Congress shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

Provisos.

Proportionate amounts.

not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: Provided, That no greater amount shall be expended for such operations than will be in the same proportion to the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as fifteen days’ time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: Provided, further, That the total expenditures for the

Total expenditures not to exceed final appropriations.

whole of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three under the several appropriations hereby continued, shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts finally appropriated therefor in the several bills now pending, except in cases where a change is made in the annual, monthly, or per diem compensation, or in the numbers of officers, clerks, or other persons authorized to be employed by the several appropriations hereby continued, in which cases the amounts authorized to be expended shall equal fifteen three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and three hundred and fifty-three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations contained in the several bills now pending when the same shall have been finally passed, unless the salary or compensation of any office shall be increased or diminished without changing the grade or the duties thereof, in which case such salary or compensation shall relate to the entire fiscal year and run from the beginning thereof.

Approved, June 30, 1892.

No. 20: to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 20 27 Stat. 398 1892-07-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 20.]

Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”

July 15, 1892

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations extended fifteen days.

That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the

Supra.

expenditures of the Government,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen

Post. p. 401.

hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the thirtieth day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, July 15, 1892.

No. 21: to authorize the President to invite certain Governments to send delegates to the Pan-American Medical Congress. Public Resolution 21 27 Stat. 398 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 21.]

Joint resolution to authorize the President to invite certain Governments to send delegates to the Pan-American Medical Congress.

July 18, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pan-American Medical Congress.

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to invite

Foreign Governments invited to send delegates.

the several governments of the Republics of Mexico, Central and South America, Haiti, and Santo Domingo, and the Kingdom of Hawaii to send official delegates to the meeting of the Pan-American Medical Congress to be held in the city of Washington September fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Approved, July 18, 1892.

No. 22: providing for an investigation relative to the “slums of cities.” Public Resolution 22 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 22.]

Joint resolution providing for an investigation relative to the “slums of cities.”

July 20, 1892

. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 22–25. 1892.399 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Slums of cities.

Commissioner of Labor to investigate.

That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make a full investigation relative to what is known as the shuns of cities, confining such investigation to cities containing two hundred thousand inhabitants and over, as shown by the Eleventh Census. The investigation shall relate to the occupations, earnings, sanitary surroundings, and other essential facts necessary to show the condition of residents of such localities, and to show so far as it may be done the condition of such residents compared with residents of cities of similar size in other countries. The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

Appropriation.

may be necessary to defray the expenses of said investigation, said sum being in addition to the regular appropriations for the Department of Labor, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

No. 23: extending the time in which certain street railroads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power to mechanical power, for one year. Public Resolution 23 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 23.]

Joint resolution extending the time in which certain street railroads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power to mechanical power, for one year.

July 22, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Metropolitan Railroad. District of Columbia.

Time extended for changing motive power.

Vol. 26, p. 310.

That the time within which the street railroad companies availing themselves of the privileges granted by the act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia, and approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, so far as it extends to the Metropolitan Railroad, is hereby extended for one year from the date of the passage of this act: Provided, That so fast as the cars now building are equipped with storage batteries they shall be placed on the road: And provided further,

Provisos.

Cars to be put on as ready.

Present equipments to be kept in good condition.

Penalty for failure.

That pending the change the present equipment of the road shall be put, kept and maintained in good condition; and any failure to comply with any of the foregoing requirements as to equipment shall render the said Metropolitan Railway Company liable to a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each day so in default, to be recovered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as other fines are recovered in the District of Columbia.

“Sec. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this act”

Approved, July 22, 1892.

No. 24: to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a certain document therein stated. Public Resolution 24 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 24.]

Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a certain document therein stated.

July 23, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Great seal to be affixed to a document.

That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to affix the great seal of the United States to the document entitled “The administration of the United States Government at the beginning of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America.”

Approved, July 23, 1892.

No. 25: requesting the loan of certain articles for the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 25 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 25.]

Joint resolution requesting the loan of certain articles for the Worlds Columbian Exposition.

July 23, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized to request of the Government of her majesty 400FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 25–27. 1892. the Queen Regent of Spain, of the municipal government of Genoa, of

Loan of relics of Columbus requested.

the Duke of Veragua, the descendants of Columbus, and of such other persons or corporations as may be thought proper, the loan of articles, papers, books, maps, documents, and other relics of Christopher Columbus and those who were associated with him or with the discovery and early settlement of America, for exhibition at the Worlds Columbian Exposition; that the Secretary of State shall make such provision as may be necessary for their reception, exhibition, safe custody, and return; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall have authority, if necessary, to detail one or more vessels for their transportation.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

No. 26: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and send to the World's Columbian Exposition models, drawings, and so forth, prepared or invented by women. Public Resolution 26 27 Stat. 400 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 26.]

Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and send to the World's Columbian Exposition models, drawings, and so forth, prepared or invented by women.

July 26, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

Models of women’s inventions to be exhibited.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to prepare and semi for exhibition in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, any articles, models, or drawings now in his custody, or deposited in the Patent Office, prepared or invented by women.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

No. 27: giving authority for the erection of overhead wires for the illumination of the city of Washington during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, during September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 27 27 Stat. 400 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 27.]

Joint resolution giving authority for the erection of overhead wires for the illumination of the city of Washington during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, during September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

July 26, 1892

. Whereas, It is proposed during the approaching reunion of the

Preamble.

Grand Army of the Republic to make provision for the suitable illumination of the streets, avenues and public grounds, which illumination cannot be effected unless additional overhead wires, for electrical purposes, are temporarily strung, and Whereas, The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are prohibited by existing law from authorizing any overhead wires for electrical purposes to be strung on or over any street or avenue of the said city: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Encampment. Grand Army of the Republic.

Temporary overhead electric wires permitted.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the Committee on Illumination of the Citizens’ Executive Committee for the Entertainment of the Twenty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to stretch suitable conductors, with sufficient supports, wherever necessary, for the purpose of effecting the said illumination:

Provided, That the said conductors shall not be used for the conveying

Provisos.

Removal after use.

of electrical currents after September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before November first, eighteen hundred and

Supervision.

ninety-two: Provided, further, That the stretching and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein authorized:

Provided, further, That no expense or damage on account of, or due

No expense to be incurred.

to the stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

No. 29: extending the time for the construction of a hotel on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Public Resolution 29 27 Stat. 401 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 29.]

Joint resolution extending the time for the construction of a hotel on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

July 28, 1892

. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 29–32. 1892.401 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort Monroe, Va.

Time for building hotel extended.

Vol. 26, p. 213.

That the time for the construction of a hotel upon the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as provided in the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

No. 30: to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 30 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 30.]

Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

August 1, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations extended to August 4, 1892.

Ante, p. 398.

Infra.

That the provisions of Joint Resolutions approved June thirtieth and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

No. 31: to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 31 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 31.]

Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

August 4, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Appropriations continued until August 10, 1892.

Ante, p. 398.

Supra.

That the provisions of Joint Resolutions approved June thirtieth, July fifteenth, and August first eighteen hundred and ninety-two, providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, August 4, 1892.

No. 32: extending an invitation to the King and Queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus to participate in the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 32 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 32.]

Joint resolution extending an invitation to the King and Queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus to participate in the World’s Columbian Exposition.

August 5, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World's Columbian Exposition.

Invitation extended to King and Queen of Spain, etc., to attend dedicating exercises.

That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and requested to extend to His Majesty Alfonso Thirteenth, to Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, and to Cristobal Colon de La Cerda, the Duce of Veragua; Second, The Marquis de Barboles, his brother; and third, Don Cristobal de Larreategul y Aguilar, his sou, their wives and children if any the living descendants of Christopher Columbus an invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of the World’s Columbian Exposition as the guests of the Government and people of the United States; and that under his direction the Secretary of State shall make suitable arrangements for their reception and entertainment.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

No. 33: authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits. Public Resolution 33 27 Stat. 402 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 33.]

Joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits.

August 5, 1892

. 402FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 33, 34. 1892. Whereas, under and in pursuance of the act approved April twenty-fifth,

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 64.

anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety, the President of the United States has invited the governments and citizens of foreign nations to participate in the international exhibition authorized by the act above recited; and Whereas the invitations so extended have been accepted by the several nations, and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly apportioned, and concessions and privileges granted by the Exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and Whereas, for the purpose of securing the production upon the Exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign countries, it has been necessary for the World’s Columbian Exposition to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World's Columbian Exposition.

Foreign exhibitors’ way bring mechanics, etc., under contract to install exhibits, etc.

Vol. 23, p. 332.

That the act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts, shall not be so construed nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, hinder, or in anywise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation or the holder who is a citizen of a foreign nation of any concession or privilege from the World’s Columbian Exposition, from bringing into the United States under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they, or any of them, may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by the World’s Columbian Exposition

Proviso.

Permission from Secretary of the Treasury.

in connection with such Exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue of this act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than one year after the close of said Exposition

Alien remaining over one year subject to penalties, etc.

shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien contract labor laws aforesaid.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

No. 34: to permit the railroads of the District to lay extra tracks, to accommodate the travelling public during the Grand Army Republic Encampment. Public Resolution 34 27 Stat. 402 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 34.]

Joint resolution to permit the railroads of the District to lay extra tracks, to accommodate the travelling public during the Grand Army Republic Encampment.

August 5, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Temporary railway tracks permitted on special occasions.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to any steam Railroad in the said District a permit to lay and use for a period not to exceed fifteen days in all, and not more than twice in any one calendar year, temporary tracks on streets adjacent to its passenger depot for the purpose of accommodating passengers and baggage coming to or leaving the city of Washington on special occasions when numbers of

Proviso.

Permission to cease April 1, 1893.

Proviso.

Permission to cease

April 1, 1893

.persons are expected to visit the said District of Columbia. Provided, That this authority shall cease on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three

Approved, August 5, 1892.

No. 35: providing for the payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for the month of August, 1892. Public Resolution 35 27 Stat. 403 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 35.]

Joint resolution providing for the payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for the month of August, 1892.

August 5, 1892

. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 35. 1892.403 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Congressional employees to be paid August, 1892, salaries in advance.

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 employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of August, 1892, in advance as soon as practicable after the adjournment of this session, provided that the session employees now on the rolls of the Senate and House of Representatives,

Session employees to be paid to August 31.

be paid their respective salaries up to and including the thirty first day of August, and a sum sufficient therefore is hereby appropriated out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Appropriation.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

52 2 1892 1893

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1892, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of March, 1893. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Charles F. Manderson, President pro tempore; of the Senate; Charles Frederick Crisp Speaker of the House of Representatives. Chap. 1: terminating the reduction in the numbers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy. 27 Stat. 405 1892-12-16 Chapter 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 1.—

An Act terminating the reduction in the numbers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy.

December 16, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Navy.

Reductions in Engineer Corps terminated.

Vol. 22, p. 286.

That the reduction in the numbers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy provided for in the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall be considered as having ceased on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Sec. 2. That any and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, December 16, 1892.

Chap. 6: making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust company purposes in the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 405 1892-12-22 Chapter 6 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 6.—

An Act making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust company purposes in the District of Columbia.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

That it shall be lawful for trust companies, banks, and bankers in the city of Washington to

Saturday to be half holiday for banks, etc.

close their doors for business at twelve o’clock noon on each and every Saturday in the year, and every Saturday in the year after twelve

Amended, see post, p. 755.

o’clock noon shall be a legal half holiday so far as regards the presenting for the payment or acceptance and the protesting and giving notice of

Presenting, protesting notes, etc.

the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes, and other negotiable paper, and for these purposes shall be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, without reference to whether any of said banks or trust companies do or do not close as aforesaid: and all such bills, checks, drafts, and notes presentable for acceptance or payment on Saturdays shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding: Provided, however, That all bills of exchange, drafts,

Provisos.

Payment of notes etc.

and promissory notes made after the passage of this act, except those payable at sight or on demand, which shall be otherwise payable on any (405) 406 half-holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to be, and shall be, payable on

Protests.

the next succeeding secular or business day: And provided further, That for the purpose of protesting or otherwise holding liable any party to any bill of exchange, bank check, draft, or promissory note which shall not have been paid before twelve o’clock at noon on any half-holiday Saturday, a demand of acceptance or payment thereof may be made, and notice of protest or dishonor thereof may be given on the next

Collections.

succeeding secular or business day: And provided further, That when any person shall receive for collection in said city of Washington any bill of exchange, bank check, or promissory note due and presentable for acceptance or payment on any half-holiday Saturday, such person shall not be deemed guilty of neglect or omission of duty, nor incur any liability in not presenting for payment or acceptance or collecting such lull of exchange, bank check, draft, or promissory note on that day. Nothing in this section shall affect any legislation applicable to

Legal holidays.

any Saturday whenever the same, under the provision of said section, shall be a legal holiday.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 7: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to reconvey to Lucius U. Maltby and Louise W. Maltby, his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Lucas, and the Sea Girt Laud Improvement Company a piece of laud selected as a site for the Squan Inlet light station. New Jersey, but found to be unsuitable for the purpose of said station. 27 Stat. 406 1892-12-22 Chapter 7 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 7.—

An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to reconvey to Lucius U. Maltby and Louise W. Maltby, his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Lucas, and the Sea Girt Laud Improvement Company a piece of laud selected as a site for the Squan Inlet light station. New Jersey, but found to be unsuitable for the purpose of said station.

December 22, 1892.

Whereas on December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, Lucius

Preamble

U. Maltby and Louise, his wife, of Philadelphia, in the State Penn sylvania, by their deed duly executed, conveyed to the United States for the consideration of one thousand five hundred dollars all their right, title, and interest in and to a certain lot of land situate at Sea Girt, in the township of Wall, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, selected as a site for the proposed light station at Squan Inlet, New Jersey, authorized by the act making appropriations for the

Vol. 25, p. 942.

sundry civil expenses for the Government approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and Whereas on February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, Margaret Elizabeth Lucas, of the same place, for a like consideration, by her deed duly executed, conveyed to the United States, for the purpose aforesaid, all her right, title, and interest in the same lot of land; and Whereas on December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, the Sea Girt Land Improvement Company, a corporation duly chartered in compliance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, for the consideration of one dollar, by their deed duly executed, conveyed to the United States for the purposes aforesaid all their right, title, and interest in the same lot of land; and Whereas the considerations named in said deeds have never been paid, the lot of land conveyed having been found unsuitable for the site of the proposed light station; and Whereas the three deeds above named have been duly recorded in the clerk’s office of Monmouth County, on May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, all in book four hundred and eighty-three of deeds, the first on pages one hundred and seventeen, and so forth, the second on pages one hundred and twenty-three, and so forth, and the third on pages one hundred and twenty, and so forth; and Whereas the grantors in these deeds have consented to convey to the United States a lot of land suitable for the site of the proposed light station: Therefore, 407 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Squan Inlet light station, N. J.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to reconvey for a nominal consideration to the several grantors above named the land described in

Reconveyance of lands.

their respective deeds, duly recorded as aforesaid, but for which the considerations named therein have not been paid.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 8: to make Punta Gorda a subport of entry. 27 Stat. 407 1892-12-22 Chapter 8 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 8.—

An Act to make Punta Gorda a subport of entry.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That Punta Gorda, De Soto

Punta Gorda, Fla.

Made subport of entry.

County, Florida, be and the same is hereby made a subport of entry.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 9: to provide for the sale of Navy-yard lands in the city of Brooklyn. 27 Stat. 407 1892-12-22 Chapter 9 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 9.—

An Act to provide for the sale of Navy-yard lands in the city of Brooklyn.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.

That the Secretary of the Navy shall, as speedily as convenient, cause surveys and a true map to be made of the following plat of ground belonging to the United States

Survey of lands to be made.

and included in the present limits of the navy-yard at Brooklyn, New York: All that plat of land included in the present limits of said navy yard, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point on the line of

Boundaries.

the United States navy-yard at the northwest intersection of Flusing and Clinton avenues extended; thence easterly along Flushing avenue five hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to the northwest intersection of Flushing and Washington avenues; thence northerly along Washington avenue one thousand five hundred and eighteen feet and five inches, more or less, to the intersection of Washington avenue with the boundary line between the United States navy-yard property and property conveyed by the United States to the city of Brooklyn by deed of exchange, dated December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; thence westerly along said boundary line nine hundred and thirty-five feet; thence southerly in a straight line to the northwest intersection of the navy-yard property and Clinton avenue extended, the point or place of beginning.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized

Conveyance to city of Brooklyn.

to sell and convey the property hereinbefore described, to the city of Brooklyn for market purposes and for slips, canals, and piers, and other public works in connection with such market purposes, and such sale shall be upon the express condition that the city of Brooklyn shall

Conditions.

open from the Wallabout channel one or more water channels for commerce through the land conveyed, and the channel or channels hereby required to be opened shall be opened from the water to or towards Flushing avenue along the west side of said land with only an open street intervening between said water channel and the navy-yard line; one of said channels shall be opened at least one-half the distance from the Wallabout channel to Flushing avenue, within two years after the conveyance of said land to the city of Brooklyn, and that the United States shall have free access from said navy yard across said street to said channel; and before said sale is consummated the consent of the city of Brooklyn shall be given to the closing by the United States of the Wallabout channel by a causeway which shall be located entirely west of the land to be conveyed under this act to the city of Brooklyn, and within one year from the passage of this act such consent shall also be obtained from the State of New York.

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Sec. 3. That the price at which the Secretary of the Navy is hereby

Determination of price.

authorized to sell said laud, whether under water or not, to the city of Brooklyn, for the purpose above mentioned, shall not be less than forty-one thousand dollars per acre; and the question of excess of value, if

Appraisement.

any, over and above the sum herein named shall be submitted to and determined by a board of three competent appraisers, such board to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, and the report of such appraisers shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy.

Sec. 4. That within ninety days from their appointment the said

Report of appraisers.

appraisers, or a majority of them, shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Navy and to the mayor of the city of Brooklyn the value agreed upon by them of the plat of land hereinbefore described, and

Completion of purchase.

that if within six months after the filing of such report the mayor of the city of Brooklyn shall notify the Secretary of the Navy that the city of Brooklyn will purchase said property for market purposes and for slips, canals, and piers, and other public works in connection with such market purposes, the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon receipt of the purchase money, execute and deliver to the city of Brooklyn a full and sufficient deed of conveyance of such property.

Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy, after deducting the expenses

Disposal of proceeds.

of surveys and appraisals and conveyance, shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the net amount received by him from the sale of the said land.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 10: to provide an American register for the barge Sea Bird, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. 27 Stat. 408 1892-12-22 Chapter 10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 10.—

An Act to provide an American register for the barge Sea Bird, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

“Sea Bird.”

Granted American register.

That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the wrecked barge Sea Bird, purchased and rebuilt by John Scully, a citizen of the United States, at the port of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to be registered as a vessel of the United States under the name of the barge Canary.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 11: to extend to Duluth, Minnesota, the privileges of the first section of 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. 27 Stat. 480 1892-12-22 Chapter 11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 11.—

An Act to extend to Duluth, Minnesota, the privileges of the first section of 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.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Duluth, Minn.

Immediate transportation privileges to.

That the provisions of the first section of an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other

Vol. 21, p. 173.

purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Duluth, Minnesota.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 12: to provide for the disposal of certain abandoned military reservations in the State of Wyoming. 27 Stat. 408 1892-12-22 Chapter 12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 12.—

An Act to provide for the disposal of certain abandoned military reservations in the State of Wyoming.

December 22, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort Fetterman, Wyo.

That all public lands now remaining undisposed of within the abandoned military reservations in the 409 State of Wyoming, known as Fort

Abandoned reservations opened to home stead entry.

Fetterman hay reservation, the Fort Fetterman old wood reserve, situated in township thirty-two north, ranges seventy-four and seventy-five west, established August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and the Fort Fetterman new wood reserve, situated in townships twenty eight and twenty-nine, range seventy-one west, are hereby made subject to disposal under the homestead law only: Provided, That actual occupants thereon upon the first

Provisos.

Preference to occupants.

day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, shall have the preference right to make one entry not exceeding one quarter section under existing land laws if qualified, which shall include their respective improvements: Provided further, That any of such lands as are occupied

Mineral lands.

for town-site purposes and any of the lands that may be shown to be valuable for coal or minerals shall be disposed of as now provided for lands subject to entry and sale under the town-site, coal, or mineral land laws, respectively.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 14: to amend and enlarge the act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An act to provide for the distribution of the awards made under the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, concluded on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.” 27 Stat. 409 1892-12-28 Chapter 14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 14.—

An Act to amend and enlarge the act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An act to provide for the distribution of the awards made under the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, concluded on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.”

December 28, 1892.

Whereas the Secretary of State, after investigating the charge of

Preamble.

fraud presented by the Mexican Government as to the case of La Abra Silver Mining Company, has heretofore reported that the “honor of the United States requires” that said case “should be further investigated by the United States, to ascertain whether this Government has been made the means of enforcing upon a friendly power claims of our citizens based upon or exaggerated by fraud,” but that “the executive Government is not furnished with means of instituting and pursuing methods of investigation which can coerce the production of evidence or compel the examination of parties and witnesses,” and that “the authority for such an investigation must proceed from Congress;” and Whereas the President of the United States has transmitted to Congress the recommendation of the Secretary of State that said case “be referred to the Court of Claims, or such other court as may be deemed proper, in order that the charge of fraud made in relation to said claim may be fully investigated:” Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

La Abra Silver Mining Company.

That in further execution of the purpose of said act the Attorney-General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to bring a suit or suits in the name of the United States in the Court of Claims against La Abra

Claim to award against Mexico to be tried in Court of Claims.

Vol. 20, p. 144.

Silver Mining Company, its successors and assigns, and all persons making any claim to the award or any part thereof in this act mentioned, to determine whether the award made by the United States and Mexican Mixed Commission in respect to the claim of the said La Abra Silver Mining Company was obtained, as to the whole sum included therein or as to any part thereof, by fraud effectuated by means

Determination whether award was obtained by fraud.

of false swearing or other false and fraudulent practices on the part of the said La Abra Silver Mining Company, or its agents, attorneys, or assigns; and, in case it be so determined, to bar and foreclose all claim in law or equity on the part of said La Abra Silver Mining Company, its legal representatives or assigns, to the money, or any such part thereof, received from the Republic of Mexico for or on account of such award; and any defendant to such suit who can not be found in the

Notification of absent defendants.

District of Columbia shall be notified and required to appear in such suit by publication as the court may direct, in accordance with law, as applicable to eases in equity.

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Sec. 2. That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of

Jurisdiction.

Claims to hear and determine such suit and to make all interlocutory and final decrees therein, as the evidence may warrant, according to the principles of equity and justice, and to enforce the same by injunction or any proper final process, and in all respects to proceed in said cause according to law and the rules of said court, so far as the same are

Evidence.

applicable. And the Secretary of State shall certify to the said court copies of all proofs admitted by the said Mixed Commission on the original trial of said claim, and the said court shall receive and consider the same in connection with such competent evidence as may be offered by either party to said suit.

Sec. 3. That an appeal from any final decision in such cause to the

Appeal to Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of the United States may be taken by either party within ninety days from the rendition of such final decree, under the rules of practice which govern appeals from said court; and the Supreme Court of the United States is hereby authorized to take jurisdiction thereof and decide the same.

Sec. 4. That in case it shall be finally adjudged in said cause that

Disposition of award on final judgment.

the award made by said Mixed Commission, so far as it relates to the claim of La Abra Silver Mining Company, was obtained through fraud effectuated by means of false swearing, or other false and fraudulent practices of said company or its assigns, or by their procurement, and that the said La Abra Silver Mining Company, its legal representatives or assigns, be barred and foreclosed of all claim to the money or any part thereof so paid by the Republic of Mexico for or on account of such award, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to return to said Government any money paid by the Government of Mexico on account of said award, remaining in the custody of the United States, that has not been heretofore distributed to said La Abra Mining Company or its successors and assigns, which such court shall decide that such persons are not entitled, in justice and equity, to receive out of said fund.

Sec. 5. That, during the pendency of said suit and until the same is

Payment to claimants during pendency of suit forbidden.

decided, it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of State to make any further payments out of said fund, on account of said award, to La Abra Silver Mining Company, or its legal representatives, attorneys, or

Payment if claim allowed.

assigns: and in case it shall be finally adjudged in said cause either in the Court of Claims or in the Supreme Court of the United States that the award made by said Mixed Commission, so far as it relates to the claim of La Abra Silver Mining Company, or any definable and severable part thereof, was not obtained through fraud as aforesaid, then the Secretary of State shall proceed to distribute so much of the said award as shall be found not so obtained through fraud, or the proceeds thereof remaining for distribution, if any. to the persons entitled thereto.

Approved, December 28, 1892.

Chap. 15: to amend and enlarge the act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An act to provide for the distribution of the awards made under the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, concluded on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.” 27 Stat. 410 1892-12-28 Chapter 15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 15.—

December 28, 1892.

Whereas the Secretary of State, after investigating the charge of

Preamble.

fraud presented by the Mexican Government as to the case of Benjamin Weil, has heretofore reported that the “honor of the United States requires” that said case “should be further investigated by the United States, to ascertain whether this Government has been made the means of enforcing upon a friendly power claims of our citizens based upon or exaggerated by fraud,” but that “the Executive Government is not furnished with the means of instituting and pursuing methods of investigation which can coerce the production of evidence 411 or compel the investigation of parties and witnesses,” and that “the authority for such an examination must proceed from Congress:” Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Benjamin Weil.

Claim to award against Mexico to be tried in Court of Claims.

Vol. 20, p. 146.

That in further execution of the purpose of said act of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the Attorney-General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to bring a suit or suits, in the name of the United States, in the Court of Claims, against Benjamin Weil, or his legal representatives or assigns, to determine whether the award made by the United States and Mexican Mixed Commission in respect to the claim of the said Benjamin Weil was obtained, as to the whole sum included

Determination whether award was obtained by fraud.

therein or as to any part thereof, by fraud effectuated by means of false swearing, or other false and fraudulent practices on the part of said Benjamin Weil, or his agents, attorneys, or assigns; and, in case it be so determined, to bar and foreclose all claim in law or equity on the part of said Weil, his legal representatives or assigns, to the money, or any such part thereof, received from the Republic of Mexico for or on account of such award; and any defendant to such suit not served with

Notification of absent defendants.

process and who can not be found in the District of Columbia shall be notified and required to appear in such suit by such publication as the court may direct, in accordance with law, as applicable to cases in equity.

Sec. 2. That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of

Jurisdiction.

Claims to hear and determine such suit, and to make all interlocutory and final decrees therein as the evidence may warrant, according to the principles of equity and justice, and to enforce the same by injunction or any proper final process, and in all respects to proceed in said cause according to law and the rules of said court, so far as the same are applicable. And the Secretary of State shall certify to the said court

Evidence.

copies of all proofs admitted by the said Mixed Commission on the original trial of said claim, and the said court shall receive and consider the same in connection with such competent evidence as may be offered by either party to said suit.

SEC. 3. That an appeal from any final decision in such cause to the

Appeal to Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of the United States may be taken by either party, within ninety days from the rendition of such final decree, under the rules of practice which govern appeals from said court; and the Supreme Court of the United States is hereby authorized to take jurisdiction thereof and decide the same.

Sec. 4. That in case it shall be finally adjudged in said cause either

Disposition of award on final judgment.

in the Court of Claims, or in the Supreme Court of the United States, that the award made by said Mixed Commission, so far as it relates to the claim of Benjamin Weil, was effectuated by means of fraud, false swearing, or other false and fraudulent practices of said Benjamin Weil, or his assigns, or by their procurement, and that the said Weil, his legal representatives or assigns, be barred and foreclosed of all claim to the money or any part thereof so paid by the Republic of Mexico for or on account of such award, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to return to said Government any money paid by the Government of Mexico on account of said award remaining in the custody of the United States that has not been heretofore distributed to said Benjamin Weil, his legal representatives or assigns, which such court shall decide that such persons are not entitled, in justice and equity, to receive out of said fund.

Sec. 5. That during the pendency of said suit and until the same is

Payments to claimants during pendency of suit forbidden

decided it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of State to make any further payments out of said fund, on account of said award, to Benjamin Weil, or his legal representatives, attorneys, or assigns; and in case it shall be finally adjudged in said cause either in the Court of Claims or in the Supreme Court of the United States that the award

Payments if claim allowed.

made by said Mixed Commission, so far as it relates to the claim of 412Benjamin Weil, or any definable and severable part thereof, was not obtained through fraud as aforesaid, then the Secretary of State shall proceed to distribute so much of the said award as shall be found not so obtained through fraud, or the proceeds thereof remaining for distribution, if any, to the persons entitled thereto.

Approved, December 28, 1892.

Chap. 16: to authorize the Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company to bridge across the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers. 27 Stat. 412 1892-12-28 Chapter 16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 16.—

An Act to authorize the Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company to bridge across the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers.

December 28, 1892.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company may bridge Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, Alabama.

That the Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, organized under the laws of the State of Alabama, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and use a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Tallapoosa River, near Hatchett Ferry, and also a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Coosa River, at some point between Cedar Bluff and Tripp Ferry, both of said proposed

Railway, wagon and foot bridges.

bridges being in the State of Alabama. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which either of said bridges 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.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structures and post routes.

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: and, upon just compensation being paid to said company, equal privileges in the use of said bridge or bridges shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way, free of cost, over said

Postal telegraph.

Use by other companies.

bridge or bridges for postal-telegraph purposes.

Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge or bridges shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches

Compensation.

thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation to the said Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge or bridges, 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 or bridges, 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.

Sec. 4. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said rivers 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 each of said bridges, when necessary to construct either of them, 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 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 or bridges is approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built;

Changes.

and should any change be made in the plan of either of said bridges during the progress of construction, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: and the expense of such change, and of any other changes at any time required by the Secretary of War 413 in either of said bridges, or the entire removal of either or both of said bridges after being completed, if the Secretary of War deems the same necessary, shall be paid by the persons or corporation owning or controlling said bridge or bridges; and any action ensuing from the construction

Litigation.

of said bridges, or either of them, shall be instituted and brought in the district court of the United States within whose, juris diction any portion of said bridge, or bridges may be located: Provided,

Provisos.

Aids to navigation.

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, such sheer booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable structures for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the passageways as shall be required by the Secretary of War: And provided also, That

Lights, etc.

the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void as to such bridge, herein

Commencement and completion.

provided for, on which actual construction is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof: but shall remain in full force and effect as to such bridge, herein provided for, on which actual construction is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter,

Amendment, etc.

amend, or repeal this act whenever the public interests so require.

Approved, December 28, 1892.

Chap. 17: to provide for the removal of the remains of the late Ensign D. F. Terrell, United States Navy, from Sitka. Alaska, to his home in the State of Mississippi. 27 Stat. 413 1893-01-05 Chapter 17 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 17.—

An Act to provide for the removal of the remains of the late Ensign D. F. Terrell, United States Navy, from Sitka. Alaska, to his home in the State of Mississippi.

January 5, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

D. F. Terrell, U.S. N.

Appropriation for removal of remains.

That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such arrangements as he may deem necessary and proper for the removal from Sitka, Alaska, to Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi, of the remains of the late Ensign D. F. Terrell, United States Navy, who died on board the United States steamer Pinta at Sitka, Alaska, on the fifteenth of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and such expense as may be necessarily incurred thereby shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon duly certified bills therefor.

Approved, January 5, 1893.

Chap. 18: granting increase of pension to soldiers of the Mexican war in certain cases. 27 Stat. 413 1893-01-05 Chapter 18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 18.—

An Act granting increase of pension to soldiers of the Mexican war in certain cases.

January 5, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mexican War pensions.

Increase in certain cases.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of every pensioner who is now on the rolls at eight dollars per month on account of services in the Mexican war and who is wholly disabled for manual labor, and is in such destitute circumstances that eight dollars

Vol. 24, p. 371.

per month are insufficient to provide him the necessaries of life, to twelve dollars per month.

Approved, January 5, 1893.

Chap. 20: to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 414 1893-01-06 Chapter 20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 414

CHAP. 20.—

An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia.

January 6, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. D. C., incorporated.

Incorporators.

That William Paret, John S. B. Hodges, William Keyser, of Maryland; Melville W. Fuller, Walter S. Cox, George William Douglas, Randolph H. McKim, Thomas Lincoln Casey, John G. Parke, John M. Wilson, Henry E. Pellew, John A. Kasson, Charles C. Glover, George Truesdell, Edward J. Stellwagen, Alexander T. Britton, Calderon Carlisle, Henry E. Davis, Theodore W. Noyes, of the District of Columbia; Levi P. Morton, William C. Whitney, of New York; George W. Childs, Brinton Coxe, of Pennsylvania; John S. Lindsay, of Massachusetts; Marshall Field, of Illinois; George F. Edmunds, of Vermont; George W. Curtis Lee, William Wirt Henry, of Virginia, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia, with

Powers.

power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have perpetual succession; to acquire, take by devise, bequest, or otherwise, hold, purchase, encumber, and convey such real and personal estate as shall be required for the purposes of its incorporation; to make and

Trustees.

use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; to choose a board of trustees consisting of not more than fifteen, of whom five shall constitute a quorum to do business, and which board shall be authorized

Officers, etc.

to fill any vacancies in their number; to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the corporation shall require, and to make bylaws for the accomplishment of its purposes, for the management of

Provisos.

Chairman.

its property, and for the regulation of its affairs: Provided, however, That bishop of the diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America of which the District of Columbia shall or may form the whole or a part shall be ex officio one of said trustees

Alienation of property.

and shall be chairman thereof: And further provided, That no part of the property of said corporation shall be aliened or encumbered without

Cathedral, etc., to be established.

the written concurrence of the said bishop of the diocese aforesaid. Said corporation is hereby empowered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a cathedral and institutions of learning for the

Degrees, etc.

promotion of religion and education and charity. The said corporation shall have power to grant and confer diplomas and the usual college and university degrees and honorary degrees, and also such other powers as may be necessary fully to carry out and execute the general purposes of the said corporation as herein appearing.

Sec. 2. This act may be amended or repealed at any time by the

Amendment, etc.

Congress in its pleasure.

Approved, January 6, 1893.

Chap. 21: authorizing the sale of land in the vicinity of Fort Mifflin on the river Delaware. 27 Stat. 414 1893-01-06 Chapter 21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 21.—

An Act authorizing the sale of land in the vicinity of Fort Mifflin on the river Delaware.

January 6, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort Mifflin. Pa.

Sale of land near, authorized.

That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy for the time being are authorized to sell, at such price as may be agreed upon by the Attorney-General and themselves, and convey to the International Navigation Company, a corporation created under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, subject to such conditions as they shall deem proper for the public interest, the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to so much of the land described in deed by John W. Ashmead and wife to the United States, dated the twenty-eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, being in the vicinity of Fort Mifflin on the river Delaware, lying outside the dike or river bank and eastward of the fort, as will, in the judgment of said Secretary of War, the Secretary 415 of the Navy and the Attorney-General, not be prejudicial to the interests of the United States: Provided, That the right, title, and interest

Proviso.

Dikes, etc.

to so much of this laud as may be needed as sites for dikes, shall be retained by the United States, together with the right to maintain and control said dikes.

Approved, January 6, 1893.

Chap. 22: for relief of the Citadel Academy, of Charleston, South Carolina. 27 Stat. 415 1893-01-06 Chapter 22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 22.—

An Act for relief of the Citadel Academy, of Charleston, South Carolina.

January 6, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Citadel Academy, Charleston, S. C.

Relieved from responsibility for burnt ordnance, etc.

That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to relieve the Citadel Academy of the State of South Carolina, at Charleston, South Carolina, from all money responsibility for so much of the ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said Citadel Academy under its bond dated May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as was destroyed by tire on March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, January 6, 1893.

Chap. 23: to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the sale of title of the United States in lot three in square south of square nine hundred and ninety,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 27 Stat. 415 1893-01-07 Chapter 23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 23.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the sale of title of the United States in lot three in square south of square nine hundred and ninety,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

January 7, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Square south of square 930, D. C.

Sale of.

Vol. 26. p. 842.

Proviso.

Title of U. S. released.

That the act authorizing sale of title of United States in lot three in square south of square nine hundred and ninety be amended by adding thereto the following: “Provided, That the conveyance authorized and directed by this act shall be a quitclaim and relinquishment only of any title that the United States may have in and to said lot, and that in no event shall the

Nonliability for costs, etc.

United States be liable for any costs, expenses, damages, or taxes in relation to said lot, and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to so quitclaim, release, and convey the title of the United States in said lot to the said Baker and Sanborn upon the payment into the Treasury by them of three thousand two

Price.

hundred dollars.”

Approved, January 7, 1893.

Chap. 24: to amend an act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Cane River, in Louisiana. 27 Stat. 415 1893-01-09 Chapter 24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 24.—

An Act to amend an act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Cane River, in Louisiana.

January 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Cane River, La.

Time for constructing extended.

Vol. 26, p. 59.

That the act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to authorize the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Cane River, in Louisiana,” be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridge may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this act.

Approved, January 9, 1893.

Chap. 25: to amend an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River, Louisiana, by the Rapides Bridge Company, limited. 27 Stat. 416 1893-01-09 Chapter 25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 416

CHAP. 25.—

An Act to amend an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River, Louisiana, by the Rapides Bridge Company, limited.

January 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Red River, Alexandria, La.

Time for constructing extended.

Vol. 26, p. 826.

That the act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act authorizing the Rapides Bridge Company, limited, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Red River at or near Alexandria, Louisiana,” be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridge may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this act.

Approved, January 9, 1893.

Chap. 28: authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River, in the State of Washington. 27 Stat. 416 1893-01-10 Chapter 28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 28.—

An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River, in the State of Washington.

January 10, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company may bridge Columbia River, Wash.

That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, but empowered by the laws of the State of Washington to construct. maintain, and operate a railway within that State, and to its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River, in the State of Washington, at such point on said river between the counties of Douglas and Kittitas as may accommodate the line of railway which said corporation

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

may build to said point. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and at the option of the said corporation may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and

Tolls.

for the transit of animals and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of War shall have the right from time to time to revise such rates.

Sec. 2. That the said bridge shall be so constructed that a free and

Unobstructed navigation.

unobstructed passage may be secured to all water craft, rafts, or logs navigating said river at the point aforesaid. The said bridge shall be located, built, and operated under and subject to such regulations for the securing of the navigation of said river and such requirements as to location and direction of piers and spans, clear heading in high water, and clear spans at low water, as the Secretary shall prescribe; and to

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, drawings of said bridge and piers, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above 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 current at ordinary high and low stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed and channel of the stream, and shall furnish such information as shall be required fora full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and, until the said location and plan of the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed are approved by the Secretary of War, the said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of such bridge during the progress of construction or after completion thereof, such change shall be

Proviso.

Lights etc.

subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the persons or corporation owning said bridge shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 3. The bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall

Lawful structure and post route.

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, troops, and munitions of war of 417 the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for their transmission over the railroads leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal

Postal telegraph.

telegraph purposes, and all telegraph or telephone companies shall have equal rights.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other companies.

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

Compensation.

in case the owner or owners of said bridge, and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, 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 allegations and proofs of the parties, and all telephone and telegraph

Telephone and telegraph lines.

companies shall have equal rights and privileges in constructing and operating their lines across said bridge.

Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Sec. 6. That such alterations or changes as may be required by the

Changes.

Secretary of War or Congress in the bridge constructed under the provisions of this act shall be made by the said railroad company at its own expense, and at any time after the completion of the bridge; and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved;

Amendment, etc.

and the right to require the entire removal of the bridge constructed under the provisions of this act, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.

Approved, January 10, 1893.

Chap. 29: to admit free of duty the wreckage of the ships Trenton and Vandalia, presented by the United States to the King of Samoa. 27 Stat. 417 1893-01-10 Chapter 29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 29.—

An Act to admit free of duty the wreckage of the ships Trenton and Vandalia, presented by the United States to the King of Samoa.

January 10, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wreckage of “Trenton” and “Vandalia” to be admitted free of duty.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to admit free of duty the wreckage from the ships Trenton and Vandalia, presented by the United States Government to the King of Samoa for the benefit of the Samoan people, and to refund the sum of seven thousand one hundred and twenty-eight

Refund of amount collected.

dollars, being the amount of duties paid to the collector of San Francisco, to the proper parties in interest.

Approved, January 10, 1893.

Chap. 32: granting to the Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company a right of way for reservoir and canals through the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon. 27 Stat. 417 1893-01-12 Chapter 32 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 32.—

An Act granting to the Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company a right of way for reservoir and canals through the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon.

January 12, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company.

Purchase of lands on Umatilla Indian Reservation for reservoir and dam authorized.

That the Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oregon, may purchase so much of sections one (1) and two (2) in township one (1) south of range thirty-three (33) east Willamette meridian, in the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon, as may be required by said company for the purpose of a reservoir, dam and grounds accompanying, out of lands alotted to or which may have been selected for allotment by any Indians, if said company shall be able to agree with the Indian owners or allottees thereof upon the terms of such sale and the Secretary of the Interior shall approve and ratify the same; but the said company shall 418 have no right to compel the sale by any Indian owner or allottee of any lands for the purposes of reservoir or dam, or accompanying grounds. And said company may also take of the lands in said sections one and two in said reservation which have not yet been allotted, so much additional land as shall be required for the purposes of a reservoir and dam and necessary grounds appurtenant thereto, upon making payment as

Right of way for irrigating canal.

hereafter provided in respect to the right of way. And upon and after acquiring by purchase as aforesaid, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the necessary grounds for reservoir and dam, the right of way is hereby granted to said Blue Mountain Irrigation and

Location.

Improvement Company for a main ditch or canal to commence at a point on McKay Creek north, six degrees west of corner to sections one, two, eleven and twelve, township one south, range thirty-three east, Willamette meridian, thence running across said Indian reservation to the city of Pendleton, and to the Umatilla River, with the right to divert the waters of McKay Creek and its tributaries and for such other purposes to construct and maintain reservoirs, darns, flumes, ditches, and such other structures and devices as may be necessary for storing, conveying, and distributing water at such points as said company may

Supplying water.

desire to use the same. But all the rights herein granted are upon the express condition that during their continuance, the grantees or their assigns shall furnish to occupants of said lauds on said reservation, so situated as to be capable of irrigation or supply from any ditch constructed by them hereunder, water sufficient for purposes of agricultural and domestic uses and irrigation under such rules and regulations and on such terms as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and shall not divert or diminish the volume of water in said streams or exhaust either of them, so far as to impair vested rights, or to hinder, or prevent the occupants of lands on said reservation from the full enjoyment of said streams either for power, irrigation, or domestic purposes.

Commissioners to determine agreement.

For the purpose of determining the fairness of any agreement of sale negotiated with any of said Indian owners or allottees, and the wisdom of their making such sale to said company, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint such commissioners, not exceeding three in number, as he shall think fit, to personally inquire into and report to him the facts in respect to said matter, and he shall approve and ratify or disapprove any such agreement as he shall think the best interests of

Expenses.

the Indians may require; and all expenses attending such inquiry shall be paid by the said Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company, security for the payment of which may be required in advance by the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 2. That the right of way to said company shall be fifty feet in

Right of way.

width on each side of the center line of said ditch or canal, together with the ground adjacent to the

Material, etc.

said right of way for distributing ditches not exceeding ten acres in the aggregate for every ten miles of said ditch or canal. The company shall also have the right to enter upon lands adjacent to said canal or reservoir to take therefrom material, stone, earth, or timber necessary for the construction of said dam, ditch, or canal. But no land belonging to any Indian owner in

Compensation to Indian allottees.

severalty, or which shall have been selected for allotment by any Indian, shall be taken by the said company, nor shall the company have a right to take therefrom any material, stone, earth, or timber except by agreement with the said Indian owner approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or by first making compensation for the same, and any injury thereby caused to other lauds of such Indian owner or allottee, to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, after appraisal in the manner provided in section one of this act.

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior may appoint three commissioners

Commissioners to fix compensation for right of way, etc.

to fix the amount of compensation to be paid the Indian owners or allottees for right of way for the said main ditch or canal of the said company, which shall include the value of the land taken therefor and all damages to other lands of such owner or allottee caused by such taking; and also to fix the amount of compensation to be paid 419 for any lands of the tribe, not allotted or selected for allotment by individuals which may be required by the said company for reservoir and dam and adjacent grounds or for right of way or for distributing ditches, which shall be fixed upon the same principle; and such compensation and damages shall be ascertained and adjusted and all surveys made pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and shall be in all cases subject to his approval. In

Vacancies in commission.

case of inability or refusal of any commissioner to act or continue in service, after appointment, the Secretary of the Interior shall by appointment supply such vacancy or vacancies so caused. The Secretary of the Interior shall fix the compensation of such commissioners, not

Compensation.

exceeding that allowed to the commissioners appointed under the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act providing for the allotment

Vol. 23, p. 341.

of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the same shall be paid by the said Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company and the Secretary of the Interior may require security for the payment thereof in advance of their appointment. The consent of the Indians upon said reservation

Consent of Indians.

to the granting of this right of way and the diversion of the water necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes of said company shall be obtained by the said company in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, before any right of way under this act shall accrue to this company. In all cases, all lands which have been selected by any individual Indians upon said reservation for allotment, shall be treated and regarded for the purposes of this act as belonging to such Indian allottee; but the Secretary of the Interior may hold any moneys agreed to be paid, or awarded to him, in compensation for

Payment to Indian allottees.

lands sold or taken, or injuries resulting, until the approval by him of the allotment and the issuance of patent therefor; but the same shall then be paid over to, or invested for, such Indian owner as the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may see fit. Payment for land in

Payment to tribe.

said reservation held by the Indians of said tribe in common, and of all damages awarded to them by reason of the construction of the dam and reservoir, ditch or canal, are to be made to the confederated tribe in common occupying the reservation under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 4. That said company shall not assign, transfer, or mortgage its

No assignment before completion.

rights of way for any purpose whatever until the said canal shall be completed except however that the company may mortgage said franchise for the purpose of raising money to construct said reservoir and canals: Provided, That the right herein granted shall be lost and forfeited

Proviso.

Construction.

by said company unless the canal is constructed across the reservation within three years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 5. That the right of immediate entry upon the lands of said

Surveys.

reservation for the purpose of making surveys of the line of the ditch or canal of said company is hereby granted, but no right of any kind in or to any part of the right of way or other grounds above mentioned shall vest in said company until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of said ditch or canal, including the points for dams, reservoirs and distributing ditches, with the amount of ground requisite for such purposes, shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation for said lands and for the services of said commissioners has been fixed and paid.

Sec. 6. That any failure in the performance of the conditions prescribed

Forfeiture.

in this act shall be taken and deemed to work a forfeiture of the rights herein granted, without any act of Congress or judgment of court declaring the same.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

reserved.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 38: to amend the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for the relief of the Columbian University, in the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 420 1893-01-14 Chapter 38 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 420

CHAP. 38.—

An Act to amend the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for the relief of the Columbian University, in the District of Columbia.

January 14, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Columbian University, D. C.

That the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act supplemental

Treasurer and Secretary.

Election of.

to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia,” be,

Vol. 6, p. 255. Vol. 17, p. 629.

and the same hereby is, so modified that hereafter the treasurer and secretary of said corporation, the Columbian University, need not be one person nor a member of the trustees of said corporation, but the trustees and overseers of said corporation, in convention assembled, shall annually elect by ballot two suitable persons from among the trustees or not, as they may deem proper, one to be treasurer and the other secretary of said corporation and of the board of trustees.

Sec. 2. That in ease of the death, resignation, or inability to act of

Vacancies.

either the treasurer or secretary the board of trustees shall have power to fill the vacancy until his successor is duly elected.

Approved, January 14, 1893.

Chap. 39: granting to the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company the right of way for two ditches across that part of the Yuma Indian Reservation lying in Arizona. 27 Stat. 420 1893-01-20 Chapter 39 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 39.—

An Act granting to the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company the right of way for two ditches across that part of the Yuma Indian Reservation lying in Arizona.

January 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company granted right of way through Yuma Indian Reservation Ariz.

That there is hereby granted unto the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, its successors and assigns, a right of way one hundred feet wide, the center line of which right of way shall commence on the

Location.

bank of the Colorado River, three hundred feet west of the east line of the Yuma Indian Reservation, in Arizona (formerly the Fort Yuma military reservation); thence running westerly along said bank to the center of the angle of the Hume of said company; thence following the center of the ditch of said company to the boundary line of the said

Branch.

reservation. Also, there is hereby granted unto said corporation, its successors and assigns, a right of way two hundred feet wide across said reservation in Arizona, the center line of which shall commence at low water of the Colorado River, one hundred and fifty feet westerly of the east line of the said reservation; thence running in a southerly direction to and crossing the west line of said reservation one hundred and fifty feet, more or less, north of the southwest corner of said

Proviso.

Width.

reservation: Provided, That for the distance of two hundred and fifty feet from the point of beginning on said river said right of way shall be three hundred feet in width. The plats of the ditches of said company

Secretary of the Interior to approve plats, etc.

through said reservation shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and such ditches shall not be so located or the rights of way herein granted so used as to in any manner interfere with any permanent building upon said reservation, except with the express assent of said Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 2. That the rights herein granted are upon the express condition

Condition.

that the grantee or grantees thereof shall, at all times during the continuance thereof, furnish the Indian occupants of the lands situated south of and under either of said ditches, and within said reservation as now bounded, water sufficient for all domestic and agricultural purposes, and purposes of irrigation, on such terms, and under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after

Amendment, etc.

its passage, but the right to amend or repeal it at any time is hereby reserved to Congress.

Approved, January 20, 1893.

Chap. 41: to amend the proviso to be found in connection with the free-delivery service, page five hundred and sixty-nine, twenty-fourth volume, Statutes at Large. 27 Stat. 421 1893-01-23 Chapter 41 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 421

CHAP. 41.—

An Act to amend the proviso to be found in connection with the free-delivery service, page five hundred and sixty-nine, twenty-fourth volume, Statutes at Large.

January 23, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mail boxes in buildings.

Vol. 24, p. 569.

That the proviso in chapter three hundred and eighty-eight, act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, is amended to read as follows:

“Provided, That no boxes for the collection of mail matter by carriers

Proviso.

Boxes for mail matter.

shall be placed inside of any building except a public building, or a building which is freely open to the public during business hours, or a railroad station, and that the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by official order that the chutes connected

Chutes may be declared part of boxes.

with mail boxes that are attached to any chute or device which may be approved by him are a part of said receiving boxes and under the exclusive care and custody of the Post-Office Department.”

Approved, January 23, 1893.

Chap. 42: to remit the penalties on the light-house steamer Pansy. 27 Stat. 421 1893-01-23 Chapter 42 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 42.—

An Act to remit the penalties on the light-house steamer Pansy.

January 23, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Baird, Houston &. Co.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to pay to Baird, Houston and Company, or their assignee, the sum of one thousand two hundred

Payment to, remission of time penalties on steamer “Pansy.”

and fifty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, that being the amount of time penalties imposed on the aforesaid firm under their contract for building the light-house steamer Pansy.

Approved, January 23, 1893.

Chap. 43: to authorize the Secretary of War to convey to school district, numbered twelve, of Kittery, Maine, a portion of Fort McClary military reservation, in exchange for other land. 27 Stat. 421 1893-01-23 Chapter 43 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 43.—

An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to convey to school district, numbered twelve, of Kittery, Maine, a portion of Fort McClary military reservation, in exchange for other land.

January 23, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort McClary, Me.

Portion of reservation conveyed to Kittery, for school purposes.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey, by proper deed, to school district numbered twelve, of Kittery, Maine, for school purposes, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described part of the military reservation of Fort McClary, Maine: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of the new road from

Description.

Portsmouth through the said military reservation two hundred and five feet from the intersection of the said new road with the westerly boundary line of said military reservation, and running thence in a northwesterly direction, at right angles to the said new road, one hundred and ninety-five feet, more or less, to the westerly boundary line of said military reservation; thence along said westerly boundary line in a northerly direction eighty-two and one-half feet, more or less, to high-water line of Barters Creek; thence along high-water line of Barters Creek, in a northeasterly direction, seventeen feet, more or less, to a point at right angles to the said new road at a point seventy-five feet from the place of beginning; thence in a southeasterly direction, at right angles to the said new road, two hundred and forty-seven feet, more or less, to a point on the westerly side of the said new road seventy-five feet from the place of beginning; thence along the westerly side of said new road, in the southwesterly direction, seventy-five feet to the place of beginning; in exchange

Lot to be conveyed in exchange.

for a certain lot of ground about sixty-four feet by sixty-two feet in size, situated on the north side of the line of the old road from Portsmouth, within the limits of the said Fort McClary military reservation, 422 which was conveyed to the said school district numbered twelve by Robert G. Safford by deed dated the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, which said deed was duly recorded on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-four, in the York County, Maine, registry of deeds.

Sec. 2. That the sum of nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may

Appropriation for moving school house, etc.

be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of fitting the new site hereby authorized to be conveyed for the accommodation of the school house of said school district numbered twelve, and of moving the school house from its present location to, and of putting up the same on, the said new site, and for the payment of the expenses attending the preparation, execution, and recording of the title papers necessary to comply with this act, to be expended under the direction

Proviso.

Deeds.

of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall not execute the deed hereby authorized to be executed, and that no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be expended for the purposes indicated until the said school district numbered twelve, of Kittery, by its proper officials, shall have executed a sufficient deed conveying to the United States the title to the lot hereinbefore mentioned.

Approved, January 23, 1893.

Chap. 44: to amend “An act to promote the construction of a safe deep-water harbor on the coast of Texas,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 27 Stat. 422 1893-01-23 Chapter 44 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 44.—

An Act to amend “An act to promote the construction of a safe deep-water harbor on the coast of Texas,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

January 23, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Padre Island harbor, Tex.

Vol. 26, p. 741.

Time extended for commencing.

That section two of said act be so amended as to extend the time of commencing said work two years from the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Approved, January 23, 1893.

Chap. 46: for the relief of M. P. Deady. 27 Stat. 422 1893-01-25 Chapter 46 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 46.—

An Act for the relief of M. P. Deady.

January 25, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

M. P. Deady.

That M. P. Deady, United

May retire as district judge.

States judge for the district of Oregon, may, at his option, resign as such district judge on or after the fourth of March next, and thereupon shall receive, the same salary during the period of his natural life as he is now receiving, in the same manner as if he had reached the age of seventy years at the time of his resignation, as provided by section

R. S., sec. 714, p. 135.

seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

Approved, January 25, 1893.

Chap. 47: to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Tennessee, and the Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee. 27 Stat. 422 1893-01-26 Chapter 47 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 47.—

An Act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Tennessee, and the Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee.

January 26, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fairmount Valley Railroad Company may bridge Hiwassee, Tennessee, and Clinch rivers. Tenn.

That the Fairmount Valley Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the States of Georgia and Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, to be used by it, its successors or assigns, for railway or other purposes, the following bridges over the rivers and at the localities named, that is to say:

Across the Hiwassee River at the most suitable and convenient point between the mouth of same and the town of Charleston, Tennessee.

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Across the Tennessee River at the most suitable and convenient point within fifteen miles of its junction with the Clinch River.

Across the Clinch River at the most suitable and convenient point within fifteen miles of its junction with the Emory River.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed

Unobstructed navigation.

without material interference with the navigation of said rivers or either of them, beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and the corporation, previous to commencing the construction of said bridges or either of them, shall submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridges or either of them,

Plans to be submitted to Secretary of War.

together with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of each bridge and for a distance of a mile above and below its site, together with all information touching said bridges and rivers, either or all of them, as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War; that as nearly as practicable the said bridges shall be at right angles to and piers parallel with the current of said rivers; and, if it be found hereafter that said bridges or either of them materially interfere with the navigation of said rivers or either of them, it shall be the duty of

Changes.

the Secretary of War to require the necessary changes to be made therein at the expense of the owners; and said corporation may in its discretion construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages,

Ways for wagons, etc.

and for foot passengers over and upon said bridges or either of them, charging and receiving reasonable toll therefor, as may be approved

Toll.

Provisos.

Span.

High bridges.

from time to time by the Secretary of War: Provided, That as to any bridge built under this act none of the spans shall be less than one hundred feet in length: And Provided further, That if without a draw there shall be at low water a clear width of water way between the piers of the channel span and at the highest water known a clear height between the lowest part of the superstructure and the water surface as follows: On the Hiwassee River and on the Clinch River

Width and height of spans.

above its junction with the Emory River, a width of one hundred and fifty feet and a height of thirty feet; on the Tennessee River a width of two hundred and fifty feet and a, height of thirty-five feet; and on the Clinch below the Emory a width of one hundred and fifty feet and a height of thirty-five feet; And provided also, That if with a draw,

Draw bridges.

then there shall be a clear height of at least five feet between the level of the highest water and the lowest part of the superstructure and a clear width of water way on each side of the pivot pier at low water of at least one hundred and fifty feet on the Tennessee River and one hundred and twenty feet on the Hiwassee and Clinch rivers: Provided also, That the widths stated in this section shall be measured at right angles to the direction of the channel: Provided also, That said draw

Opening draws.

shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the

Lights, etc.

Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

upon receiving such plans, map, and other information, and being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and at such locality will conform to the conditions of this act, to notify the said corporation that he approves the same, and the said corporation may then, and not until then, proceed to the erection of said bridge or bridges, according to the approved plan and location; and should any change be made in

Changes.

the plan of said bridge or bridges during the progress of the work the same shall likewise be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 4. That any bridge and accessory works when built and constructed

Lawful structures and post routes.

under this act shall be a lawful structure, and said bridge shall be known and recognized as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than is charged over the railroad leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of 424 other post routes in the United States, and the United States shall

Postal telegraph.

have a right of way for postal telegraph across said bridge.

Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge

Use by other companies.

constructed under this act shall have, and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of reasonable

Compensation.

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 sum's 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 allegations and proof of the parties.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of this act.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Approved, January 26, 1893.

Chap. 48: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans. 27 Stat. 424 1893-01-26 Chapter 48 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 48.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans.

January 26, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Southern Bridge and Railway Company may bridge Mississippi River at New Orleans, La.

That the Southern Bridge and Railway Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and empowered to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the Mississippi River, the approach to which, on its left bank, shall be within the upper limits of the city of New Orleans, if practicable, or within five miles above said city limits, in the State of Louisiana, at such location as may be approved by the Secretary of War. Said bridge shall be constructed for the use and connections of the railroads on either side of the river, and for other purposes.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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 the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.

Sec. 3. That the said bridge shall be made with three unbroken and

Construction.

continuous spans between the river banks, as defined by a medium

Main span

stage of water, and with but two piers in the river. The length of the main channel span shall be at least one thousand feet long, measured between the piers at the surface of the water at low water, and the height of the superstructure above high water shall be fixed and determined by the Secretary of War; and the bridge shall be at right

Proviso.

Minimum height.

angles to, and its piers parallel with, the current of the river: Provided, That the lower chord of the bridge shall be horizontal and the lowest point of the superstructure shall not. be less than eighty-five

Notice of headroom.

feet above, extreme high water: Provided, also, That said Southern Bridge and Railway Company shall have posted in a conspicuous place, on or near the bridge, the clear headroom under the channel span on each day, the figures expressing this height to be not less than two feet high, and to be readily visible from any point in the channel of the river for a stretch of three thousand feet above and one thousand feet below the bridge. The bridge shall be located

Unobstructed navigation.

above the city of New Orleans. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the navigation of said river, and if 425 any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized

Changes.

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

Litigation.

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 within whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to

Existing legislation not affected.

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.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by railroad companies.

Compensation.

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

Determination of disputes.

to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon reasonable notice to the parties in interest, and upon consideration of such allegations and proofs as may be submitted to him. But the last foregoing provision shall not be held to exclude the ordinary jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in such cases.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

Changes.

until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the. Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the process of construction, such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War, and shall not be made or commenced until the same is approved; and the said company or corporation shall cause to be displayed on said bridge from the hours of sunset to sunrise such lights or

Lights, etc.

Proviso.

Height and width.

other signals as may be prescribed by the Light House Board: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as giving authority to the Secretary of War to diminish the height of bridge or the width of spans as specified in section three of this act.

Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory

Aids to navigation.

Removal of bridge on failure to provide.

make and establish and maintain such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Secretary may cause the said bridge to be removed at the expense of the owners thereof, or may proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the owners of said 426 bridge, and in that case 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 within whose jurisdiction such bridge, or any part thereof, is located for the recovery of the amount so expended by the Government and all costs of such proceedings, and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 7. That if the construction of the bridge hereby authorized shall

Commencement and completion.

not be commenced within two years from the time this act takes effect, and be completed within five years after the same date, then this act shall be void, and all rights hereby conferred shall cease and determine.

Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.

Approved, January 26, 1893.

Chap. 50: to establish a lifesaving station at Gay Head, on the coast of Massachusetts. 27 Stat. 426 1893-01-27 Chapter 50 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 50.—

An Act to establish a lifesaving station at Gay Head, on the coast of Massachusetts.

January 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gay Head, Mass.

That the Secretary of the

lifesaving station established.

Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a lifesaving station at or near Gay Head, on the coast of Massachusetts, at such point as the General Superintendent of the lifesaving Service may recommend:

Proviso.

Cost.

Provided, That the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum often thousand dollars.

Approved, January 27, 1893.

Chap. 51: relating to post traderships. 27 Stat. 426 1893-01-28 Chapter 51 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 51.—

An Act relating to post traderships.

January 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Post traderships.

Vacancies not to be tilled.

That where a vacancy now exists or hereafter occurs in the position of post trader at any military post it shall not be tilled, and the authority to make such appointment

Proviso.

is hereby terminated: Provided, That in the event of the death of a post

Closing business of deceased trailers.

trader his personal representative shall be allowed by the Secretary of War a reasonable time in which to close the business.

Approved, January 28, 1893.

Chap. 52: to authorize the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of certain New York Indians against the United States. 27 Stat. 426 1893-01-28 Chapter 52 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 52.—

An Act to authorize the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of certain New York Indians against the United States.

January 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

New York Indians.

Claim to be tried in Court of Claims.

That jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of Claims to hear and enter up judgment as if it had original jurisdiction of said ease, the claim of the New York Indians, being those Indians who were parties to the treaty of Buffalo

Vol. 7, p. 550.

Creek, New York, on the fifteenth of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, against the United States, growing out of the alleged unexecuted stipulations of said treaty on the part of the United States.

Proceedings.

In the hearing and adjudication of said case said court may proceed upon the finding of facts already made, upon a reference of said claim to said court, filed on the eleventh day of January, eighteen hundred 427 and ninety-two, and transmitted to Congress by John Randolph, assistant clerk of said court, on the sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Or said court may, if in its opinion justice so requires, take other testimony as to facts. But in any judgement, it

Interest not allowed.

may rentier against the United States, in favor of said claimants,

Bar of limitation raised.

Attorney-General to appear for Government.

Appeal.

Advancement.

interest shall not be allowed. The statute of limitations shall not be pleaded as a bar to recovery in said case. The Attorney-General is hereby directed to appear in behalf of the United States in said case. And from any judgment rendered by the court, either party may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Said cause shall be advanced on the docket and tried without delay in any court which shall become invested with jurisdiction thereof by the provisions of this act.

Approved, January 28, 1893.

Chap. 53: to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, and to extend the time for the completion of the bridge therein provided for.” 27 Stat. 427 1893-01-28 Chapter 53 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 53.—

An Act to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, and to extend the time for the completion of the bridge therein provided for.”

January 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridgeover the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebr.

Vol. 26, p. 762.

That section eight of the act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, near Council Blurts, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska,” be amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if construction of said

Time for construction extended.

bridge shall not be commenced on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and be completed on or before the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Provided, That

Proviso.

Navigation not to be obstructed.

the navigation of the Missouri River shall not be obstructed by false works during the construction of the bridge.”

Approved, January 28, 1893.

Chap. 54: to amend an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.” 27 Stat. 427 1893-01-31 Chapter 54 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 54.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.”

January 31, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Forfeiture of railroad land grants.

That section three of an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,”

Vol 20, p. 496.

Extension of time for purchasers on line of Northern Pacific Rail road.

be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within which persons entitled to purchase lands forfeited by said act upon the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company between Wallula. Washington, and Portland. Oregon, shall be permitted to purchase the same in the quantities and upon the terms provided in said section to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Approved, January 31, 1893.

Chap. 56: for the relief of William Smith and others. 27 Stat. 427 1893-02-02 Chapter 56 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 56.—

An Act for the relief of William Smith and others.

February 2, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

Credits in accounts of certain officers.

William Smith.

That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit Lieutenant-Colonel William Smith, deputy paymaster-general, United States 428 Army, in the settlement of his public accounts, with the sum of three thousand and fifteen dollars and fifteen cents: and to credit Major

William F. Tucker.

William F. Tucker, paymaster. United States Army, in the settlement of his public accounts, with the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-one cents; and to credit Assistant Surgeon

John O. Skinner.

John O Skinner, United States Army, in the settlement of his public accounts, with the sum of one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fourteen cents; and to remove the charge of two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars and ninety-two cents standing against Major

John S. Billings.

John S Billings, surgeon. United States Army; and to remove the charge of one thousand and twenty nine dollars and sixty cents

George M. Wheeler.

standing against George M. Wheeler, Captain on the retired list of the Army; and to remove the charge of six hundred and thirty-four

P. Henry Ray.

dollars and forty-two cents standing against Lieutenant P. Henry Ray, Eighth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army; the said amounts having been paid out and received in accordance with the orders of the Secretary of War or the provisions of the regulations for the government of the Army of the United States prescribed by the President.

Approved, February 2, 1893.

Chap. 57: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Buffalo Creek, in Benton County, Missouri. 27 Stat. 428 1893-02-03 Chapter 57 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 57.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Buffalo Creek, in Benton County, Missouri.

February 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Springfield, Sedalia, Marshall and Northern Railroad Company may bridge Osage River, Mo.

That it shall be lawful for the Springfield, Sedalia, Marshall and Northern Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, or its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Osage River at a point between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Buffalo Creek, in the county of Benton and State of Missouri; that said bridge

Railway and wagon bridge.

may be constructed for railway, wagon, and postal service, with single or double track for railway traffic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of

Unobstructed navigation.

said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising

Litigation.

under the provisions of this act such litigation may be tried and determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located.

Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed shall be constructed as a drawbridge, having one draw span giving, when open, two clear waterways of not less than eighty feet in width each at low water and two or more fixed spans not less than one hundred and twenty-five feet each, and all spans shall have a clear headroom of not less than ten feet above high-water mark: Provided, That the said draw shall

Draw.

Proviso.

Opening draw.

opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over the draw; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw.

Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawful structure and shall be known as a post-road, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-road, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, and munitions of war of the Government of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over the same, than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies. The United States shall have also the right

Lawful structure and post route.

of way over

Postal telegraph.

said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes.

Sec. 5. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall

Use by railway companies.

be entitled to equal rights and privileges in using the same, including 429 the machinery and fixtures thereto belonging, and also the approaches thereto, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the

Terms.

Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest, in case the parties in interest shall not be able to agree upon such terms and conditions.

Sec. 6. That the said railway company before entering upon the construction

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

of said bridge shall submit to the Secretary of War plans and drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above and one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore line at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river and the channel, with such other and further information as the Secretary of War may require; which said drawings and other information aforesaid shall be examined by him, and if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railway company of such approval; and thereupon said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge. The Secretary of

Changes.

War may make such alteration in such plans as he may deem necessary to the better protection of navigation, and such alterations shall be adopted by said railway company. The said railway company may at any time make any alterations deemed advisable to be made in said bridge, but must first submit such proposed alterations to the Secretary of War, and his approval shall be first had before they shall be authorized or made.

Sec. 7. That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed

Aids to navigation.

shall be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts through it both by day and night. There shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and signals as may be prescribed by the

Lights, etc.

Light-House Board, and such changes may be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said railway, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river, or the said structure shall be altogether removed if, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, the public good may require such removal, and without expense or charge to the United States.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.

Sec. 9. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

especially reserved.

Approved, February 3, 1893.

Chap. 58: relating to proof of citizenship of applicants for Indian-war pensions under the act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 27 Stat. 429 1893-02-03 Chapter 58 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 58.—

An Act relating to proof of citizenship of applicants for Indian-war pensions under the act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

February 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian war pensions.

That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept as sufficient proof of the citizenship of an applicant for pension under said

Ante, p. 281.

act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the fact that such applicant at the date of the application was an actual and

Residence to be proof of citizenship.

bona fide resident of the United States.

Approved, February 3, 1893.

Chap. 61: to provide for lowering the height of a bridge proposed to be constructed across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, by the Cincinnati and Covington Rapid Transit Bridge Company. 27 Stat. 430 1893-02-04 Chapter 61 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 430

CHAP. 61.—

An Act to provide for lowering the height of a bridge proposed to be constructed across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, by the Cincinnati and Covington Rapid Transit Bridge Company.

February 4, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ohio River.

Height of bridge to be built by Cincinnati and Covington Rapid Transit Bridge Company.

That the Cincinnati and Covington Rapid Transit Bridge Company be, and is hereby, authorized and permitted to construct a general traffic highway bridge across the Ohio River between the cities of Covington. Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, at the place and according to the plans of said bridge approved by the Secretary of War, except that the height of said bridge above

Vol. 22. p. 415.

low water shall be one hundred and five feet and four inches instead of one hundred and fifteen feet as now required by law and as shown by the plans approved by said Secretary of War: Provided, That nothing

Provisos.

Existing laws not affected.

in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of the law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same: And provided further, That the rights and privileges herein

Commencement and completion.

granted shall be null and void if actual construction of this bridge be not begun within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this act.

Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 4, 1893.

Chap. 62: to provide for the enlargement of the military post at Fort Wayne, Michigan. 27 Stat. 430 1893-02-04 Chapter 62 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 62.—

An Act to provide for the enlargement of the military post at Fort Wayne, Michigan.

February 4, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort Wayne, Mich.

That to enable the Secretary of War to enlarge the military post at Fort Wayne, Michigan, he is

Acceptance of land to enlarge post.

hereby authorized to accept, free of cost to the United States, such tract of land adjoining the post of Fort Wayne as in his judgment shall be well adapted and in all respects suitable for military purposes:

Proviso.

Title.

Provided, That the title shall have been declared valid by the Attorney-General of the United States.

Sec. 2. That in acquiring land for the enlargement of the military

Procedure.

post of Fort Wayne, the Secretary of War is authorized to proceed as provided in acquiring land for the enlargement of the military post at

Vol. 26, p. 734.

Proviso.

To be without cost.

Plattsburg, New York, by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: Provided, That said land shall be acquired without cost to the United States.

Approved, February 4, 1893.

Chap. 63: establishing a fog signal at Tibbets Point, Lake Ontario, New York. 27 Stat. 430 1893-02-06 Chapter 63 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 63.—

An Act establishing a fog signal at Tibbets Point, Lake Ontario, New York.

February 6, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Tibbets Point, N. Y.

Fog signal to be established.

That there shall be established a fog signal at Tibbets Point Light, foot Lake Ontario, New York, at a cost not exceeding four thousand three hundred dollars.

Approved, February 6, 1893.

Chap. 64: relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in the port of Chicago. 27 Stat. 431 1893-02-06 Chapter 64 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 431

CHAP. 64.—

An Act relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in the port of Chicago.

February 6, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago. Ill.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to define and establish anchorage

Anchorage grounds, etc., to be established by Secretary of War.

grounds for vessels in the harbors of Chicago, and waters of Lake Michigan adjacent thereto, to adopt, suitable rules and regulations in relation to the same, and also to adopt suitable rules and regulations governing the use of marked inshore channels in Lake Michigan in front of the city of Chicago, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations.

Sec. 2. That in the event of the violation of any such rules or regulations

Penalty for violation of rules.

by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, such owner, master, or person in charge of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be, and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, February 6, 1893.

Chap. 65: to amend an act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled, “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alabama River.” 27 Stat. 431 1893-02-07 Chapter 65 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 65.—

An Act to amend an act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled, “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alabama River.”

February 7, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Rights of Alabama Great Northwestern Railway Company to bridge Alabama River extended to Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company.

Vol. 25, p. 378.

That the rights, powers, and privileges granted to the Alabama Great Northwestern Railway Company by the act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alabama River,” and approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, in all respects confirmed and extended to the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company, the successor of the said Alabama Great Northwestern Railway Company.

Sec. 2. That the time within which said railway company was authorized

Time for construction extended.

to complete the construction of said bridge, which construction has already been begun in accordance with the provisions of said act be, and the same is hereby, extended for three years from the date of the passage of this act.

Approved, February 7, 1893.

Chap. 66: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mobile River by the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company. 27 Stat. 431 1893-02-07 Chapter 66 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 66.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mobile River by the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company.

February 7, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company may bridge Mobile River at Mount Vernon Landing. Ala.

That the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Alabama, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Mobile River at a place suitable to commerce and not interfering with navigation, at a point near Mount Vernon Landing, in the State of Alabama, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. That said bridge

Unobstructed navigation.

shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to 432 the free navigation of said river, by reason of the construction of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said

Railroad bridge.

obstruction or bridge may be. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be provided with one or more draw

Draw openings.

openings, each having not less than one hundred feet clear channel way at low water, and in addition to said draw openings one or more fixed channel spans, each having not less than one hundred feet clear channel way; and every part of the superstructure of said bridge shall give a dear headroom of not less than ten feet above extreme known

Provisos.

Spans.

high-water mark: Provided, That all spans shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river traffic, and a draw opening shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore: Provided also,

Fixed spans.

That if the physical characteristics of the locality so require, and the interest of navigation be not injured thereby, the lengths of the fixed spans or the number of draw openings may be reduced: Provided also,

Draw spans.

That for any two adjacent draw openings of one hundred feet each, one draw opening of two hundred feet or more may be substituted if in the opinion of the Secretary of War the interest of navigation be not injured thereby.

Sec. 3. That, all draw spans authorized by this act shall be operated

Operating draw.

by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over said span or spans; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains; and also that in case the opening of a draw is delayed by reason of the passing of a train after the signal has been given from about ready to pass through, the draw shall be opened for the passage of such boat before another train is allowed to pass over the said span or spans; nor shall there be any unnecessary delay in the passage of trains over the bridge.

Sec. 4. That all piers shall be built as near as may be parallel with

Piers.

the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and that riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required water way shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-mentioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War, at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge.

Sec. 5. That the approaches to said bridge shall be so designed and

Approaches.

constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of flood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross section by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise, which will result in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridge shall not be allowed.

Sec. 6. That any corporation, company, or persons, owning, controlling,

Aids to navigation.

or operating the bridge built under the authority of this act, shall build and maintain at all times as accessory works to such bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under or through said bridge; and if at any time after the construction of the bridge and its accessory works, the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft passages in said bridge are found to be dangerous or difficult of access by river traffic, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, 433 company, or persons owning controlling or operating said bridge to construct under his direction, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons; and that said company or persons shall maintain, at their own expense, from

Lights, etc.

sunset to sunrise, throughout the season of navigation, such lights and other signals on said bridge as may be required by the Light-House Board for the security of navigation.

Sec. 7. That the bridge authorized to be constructed by this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc

shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe: and to secure that object said corporation shall submit for his examination a design and drawings of the bridge, piers, approaches and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving, for a space of at least three miles above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by others drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving, for a space of one-half of a mile above the line of the proposed bridge and one quarter of a mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines five feet apart determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at least one intermediate stage by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject: and the construction of the proposed bridge shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 8. That any bridge constructed under the authority of this act

Changes, etc.

shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during the construction of said bridge or after its completion, unless said changes or alterations conform to the provisions of this act and are authorized by the Secretary of War; that such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in said bridge so as to preserve free and convenient navigation shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge. That during original construction or in carrying out any authorized changes or repairs of said bridge a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridge at all times, and the water way of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater extent than is absolutely necessary: and such lights and buoys shall be kept on all coffer dams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation.

Sec. 9. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge

Use by railroad companies.

authorized by this act 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 the payment of a reasonable

Compensation.

compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of such 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 allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said Ridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.

Sec. 10. That the bridge constructed, maintained and operated under

Lawful structure and post route.

this act and according to its limitations shall be 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 434 the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said

Postal telegraph, etc.

bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone purposes over said bridge.

Sec. 11. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.

Sec. 12. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved; and the right to require the entire removal of the bridge constructed under the provisions of this act, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress or the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.

Approved, February 7, 1893.

Chap. 67: to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” and so forth. 27 Stat. 434 1893-02-07 Chapter 67 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 67.—

An Act to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” and so forth.

February 7, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa.

Vol. 25, p. 850; Vol. 26, p. 79.

That section seven of an act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,’” approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended so that it shall read as follows:

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if the construction of said

Time for construction extended.

bridge shall not be commenced within two years and be finished on or before March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Sec. 2.

That section one of said act of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended to read as follows:

“That it shall be lawful for the Pacific Short Line Bridge Company,

Addition of “assigns.”

Vol. 26, p. 79.

or its assigns, to construct and maintain,” and so forth.

And the addition of the words “and assigns” shall be made wherever in said section the words “the Pacific Short Line Bridge Company”

Proviso.

Alienation of franchise.

appear: Provided always, That the franchises granted to said company by the aforesaid acts shall not be alienable until all judgments existing against said company at the time this act goes into effect have been paid and satisfied.

Approved, February 7, 1893.

Chap. 69: to make Rockport, Texas, a subport of entry. 27 Stat. 434 1893-02-08 Chapter 69 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 69.—

An Act to make Rockport, Texas, a subport of entry.

February 8, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Rockport, Tex.

To be subport of entry. Corpus Christi district.

That Aransas (Rockport) in the customs collection district of Corpus Christi, Texas, be, and is hereby, constituted a subport of entry in said district.

Approved, February 8, 1893.

Chap. 74: to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 434 1893-02-09 Chapter 74 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 74.—

An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

February 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Court of appeals established.

That there shall be, and there is hereby, established in the District, of Columbia a court, to be known as the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, which shall consist 435 of one chief justice and two associate justices, who shall be appointed

Justices.

by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold office during good behavior.

Sec. 2. That the said justices shall each receive an annual salary of

Salaries.

six thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, except the chief justice, who shall receive six thousand five hundred dollars.

Sec. 3. That each of said justices, before he enters upon the duties

Oath.

of his office, shall take the oath prescribed by law to be taken by the judges of the courts of the United States.

Sec. 4. That there shall be a clerk of said court of appeals,

Clerk.

to be appointed by the court, who shall receive as compensation for his services, in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum

Salary.

of three thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, and who shall give bond, such as the court may determine to be satisfactory, for the faithful performance of his duties; and

Duties.

his duties shall be such as the court may from time to time prescribe. The court shall regulate from time to time the fees to be charged by

Fees.

the said clerk, which shall be accounted for at least once in each quarter and paid into the Treasury of the United States; and said clerk shall receive such allowance for clerical assistance and necessary expenditures

Clerical assistance.

in the conduct of his office as the court may determine by special or general order in the premises, but not to exceed the sum of

Maximum.

two thousand dollars in any one year, payable as aforesaid at the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 5. That said court of appeals may appoint a crier at a compensation

Crier and messenger.

not to exceed one hundred dollars a month, and a messenger at a compensation not to exceed sixty dollars a month, both payable at the Treasury of the United States, who shall perform such duties as may be assigned them by the court.

Sec. 6.

That the said court of appeals shall establish a term of the

Terms.

court during each and every month in each year excepting the months of July and August, and it shall make such rules and regulations as

Rules, etc.

may be necessary and proper for the transaction of the business to be brought before it, and for the time and method of the entry of appeals and for giving notice of appeals thereto from the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper in the premises.

If any member of the court shall be absent on account of illness or

Designation of supreme court justices to till temporary vacancies.

other cause during the session thereof, or shall be disqualified from hearing and determining any particular cause by having been of counsel therein, or by having as a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia previously passed upon the merits thereof, or if for any reason whatever it shall be impracticable to obtain a full court of three justices, the member or members of the court who shall be present shall designate the justice or justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to temporarily till the vacancy or vacancies so created, and the. justice or justices so designated shall sit in said court of appeals and perform the duties of a member thereof while such vacancy or vacancies shall exist: Provided, That no justice of the supreme

Proviso.

Justices not to review their own judgments, etc.

court of the District of Columbia shall, while on the bench of said court of appeals, sit in review of any judgement, decree, or order which he shall have himself entered or made.

Sec. 7. That any party aggrieved by any final order, judgment, or

Appeals from supreme court. D. C.

decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or of any justice thereof, may appeal therefrom to the court of appeals hereby created; and upon such appeal the court of appeals shall review such order, judgment, or decree, and affirm, reverse, or modify the same as shall be just: Provided, however, That all causes now pending before the

Proviso.

Transfer of causes from supreme court.

said supreme court in general term, together with the original papers and record entries duly certified, shall by appropriate orders duly entered of record be transfered and delivered to the court of appeals 436 hereby created, which said court of appeals is hereby vested with authority and jurisdiction to hear and determine the causes so transferred.

Appellate power of supreme court abolished.

Appeals from interlocutory orders.

The appelate power and jurisdiction of said general term is hereby abrogated and abolished, and no causes shall hereafter be heard in the said general term. Appeals shall also be allowed to said court of appeals from all interlocutory orders of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or by any justice thereof, whereby the possession of property is changed or affected, such as orders for the appointment of receivers, granting injunctions, dissolving writs of attachment, and the like; and also from any other interlocutory order, in the discretion of said court of appeals, whenever it is made to appear to said court upon petition that it will be in the interest of justice to allow such appeal.

Sec. 8. That any final judgment or decree of the said court of appeals

Appeal, etc., to Supreme Court of the

may

United States.

be reexamined and affirmed, reversed, or modified by the Supreme Court of the United States, upon writ of error or appeal, in all causes in which the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, in the same manner and under the same regulations as heretofore provided for in eases of writs of error on judgment or appeals from decrees rendered in the supreme court of the District of Columbia: and also in eases, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in dispute, wherein is involved the validity of any patent or copyright, or in which is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States.

Sec 9. That the determination of appeals from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, now vested in the general term of the supreme

To try appeals from Commissioner of Patents.

court of the District of Columbia, in pursuance of the provisions of

R. S. D. C., sec. 750. p. 93.

section seven hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, shall hereafter be and the same is hereby vested in the court of appeals created by this act; and in addition, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner of Patents in any interference, case may appeal therefrom to said court of appeals.

Sec 10. That the opinion of the said court of appeals in every case

Opinions to be in writing.

shall be rendered in writing, and shall be filed in such case as a part of the record thereof.

Sec 11. That the said court of appeals shall have power to issue all

Writs.

necessary and proper remedial prerogative writs in aid of its appellate jurisdiction.

Sec. 12. That the Attorney General is hereby empowered and directed

Court rooms.

to provide suitable rooms and accommodations in the city of Washington for the court of appeals hereby created and for the transaction of its business.

Sec. 13. That the marshal of the United States for the District of

Execution of orders and processes.

Columbia shall execute the orders and processes of the court of appeals hereby created in the same manner as he now executes those of the supreme court of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 14. That the justices of the supreme court of the District of

Salaries of justices, supreme court. D. C.

Columbia shall hereafter receive an annual salary of five thousand

R. S. D. C., sec. 751, p. 90.

dollars each payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 15. That hereafter one-half of the amounts paid on account of

One-half of salaries from District revenues.

salary to the justices of the court of appeals hereby created, and to the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 16. That this act shall take effect on the third day of April,

To take effect April 3, 1893

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, said day being the first day of the April term of the supreme court of the. District of Columbia in general term.

Sec. 17. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are

Repeal, etc.

hereby repealed.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

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CHAP. 75.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Warrior River by the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company.

February 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company may bridge Warrior River, Ala.

That the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of Alabama, its successors and assigns be and is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Warrior River at a place suitable to commerce and not interfering with navigation, at a point in Tuscaloosa County, in the State of Alabama, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or

Litigation.

alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, by reason of the construction of said bridge the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be. Said bridge

Railroad bridge.

shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be provided with one or more draw

Draws.

openings, each having not less than one hundred feet clear channel way at low water, and in addition to said draw openings one or more fixed channel spans, each having not less than one hundred feet clear channel way; and every part of the superstructure of said bridge shall give a clear headroom of not less than ten feet above extreme known high water mark: Provided, That all spans shall be so located as to

Provisos.

Spans.

afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river traffic, and a draw opening shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore: Provided also, That if the physical characteristics of the locality so require, and the interest of navigation be not injured thereby, the lengths of

Length of spans.

the fixed spans or the number of draw openings may be reduced: Provided also, That for any two adjacent draw openings of one hundred

Draw openings.

feet each one draw opening of two hundred feet or more may be substituted if in the opinion of the Secretary of War the interest of navigation be not injured thereby.

Sec. 3. That all draw spans authorized by this act shall be operated

Opening draw.

by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over said span or spans; but in no ease shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains; and also that in case the opening of a draw is delayed by reason of the passing of a train after the signal has been given from a boat ready to pass through, the draw shall be opened for the passage of such boat before another train is allowed to pass over the said span or spans; nor shall there be any unnecessary delay in the passage of trains over the bridge.

Sec. 4. That all piers shall be built as near as may be parallel with

Piers.

the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and that riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required water way shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above mentioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the. direction of the Secretary of War, at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge.

Sec 5. That the approaches to said bridge shall be so designed and

Approaches.

constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of flood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross section 438 by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result, in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridge shall not be allowed.

Sec. 6. That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling,

Aids to navigation.

or operating the bridge built under the authority of this act shall build and maintain at all times, as accessory works to such bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under or through said bridge; and if at any time after the construction of the bridge and its accessory works, the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft passages in said bridge are found to be dangerous or difficult of access by river traffic, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge to construct, under his direction, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons; and that said company or persons shall maintain, at their own expense,

Lights, etc.

from sunset to sunrise throughout the season of navigation, such lights and other signals on said bridge as may be required by the Light-House Board for the security of navigation.

Sec. 7. That the bridge authorized to be constructed by this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe: mid to secure that object said corporation shall submit for his examination a design and drawings of the bridge, piers, approaches, and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving, for a space of at least three miles above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of said river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by others drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving, for a space of one-half of a mile above the line of the proposed bridge and one-quarter of a mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines five feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at least one intermediate stage by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the construction of the proposed bridge shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 8. That any bridge constructed under the authority of this act

Changed, etc.

shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during the construction of said bridge or after its completion, unless said changes or alterations conform to the provisions of this act and are authorized by the Secretary of War; that such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in said bridge so as to preserve free and convenient navigation shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge. That during original construction or in carrying out any authorized change or repairs of said bridge a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridge at all times, and the water way of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater extent than is absolutely necessary, and such lights and buoys shall be kept on all coffer dams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation.

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Sec. 9. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge

Use by railroad companies.

authorized by this act shall have and been titled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable

Compensation.

compensation for such use; and in ease the owner or owners of such bridge and the several railroad companies, or anyone 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 allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.

Sec. 10. That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under

Lawful structure and post route.

this act and according to its 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 the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph

Postal telegraph,etc.

and telephone purposes over said bridge.

Sec. 11. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.

Sec. 12. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved; and the right to require the entire removal of the bridge constructed under the provisions of this act, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

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CHAP. 76.—

An Act for the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.

February 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Lawrence Railway Company may bridge Saint Lawrence River, N, Y. and Canada.

That any bridge and its appurtenances which shall be constructed across the Saint Lawrence River from the American frontier, in Saint Lawrence County, in the State of New York, to Canada, by the Saint Lawrence Railway Company, a corporation incorporated under and pursuant to the provisions of an act of the legislature of the State of New York, known as chapter five hundred and thirty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, and entitled “An act in relation to railroads, constituting chapter thirty-nine of the general laws,” and approved by the governor June ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be lawful structures

Lawful structure and post route.

and shall be so held and taken, and are hereby authorized to be constructed and maintained as provided by the aforesaid act, anything in any law or laws of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding; and such bridge shall be, and is hereby, declared to be an established post road for the United States mails; but this act shall not be construed to authorize the construction of any bridge which shall not permit free navigation of said river to substantially the same extent as

Free navigation.

would be enjoyed under the provisions of the aforesaid act, heretofore enacted and now in force: Provided, nevertheless, That the location of

Provisos.

Location.

any bridge, the construction of which is hereby authorized, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War of the United States: And provided further, that the consent of the proper authorities of the

Consent of Canada.

Dominion of Canada shall have been obtained before any bridge hereby authorized shall be commenced or built.

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Sec. 2. That the bridge herein named shall be so built that the

Spans.

lowest part thereof at the spans hereinafter referred to shall not be less that one hundred and fifty feet above high water and located under and subject to such regulations for security of navigation as the Secretary of War of the United States shall prescribe; with a span over the Canadian channel of five hundred feet in length unless the natural channel will admit of a shorter one; but in no case shall abutments or piers be erected to interfere with the navigation of said channel, and a span over the channel on the American side of not less than five hundred feet; and to secure that object the said company or corporation

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall submit to the Secretary of War of the United States, 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 of the United States the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the

Use by railroad companies.

approval of the Secretary of War of the United States. And all railroad companies desiring to use the said bridge shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same arid in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof and all the approaches

Terms.

thereto under and upon such terms as may be from time to time agreed upon between said railway companies and the owners of said bridge; and in case they shall not agree upon the same, then, and in that case, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War of the United States upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 3. That the. said Saint Lawrence Railway Company shall maintain,

Lights, etc.

at its own expense, such lights and other signals on said bridge as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 4. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to

Amendment, etc.

prevent or relieve ail material obstructions to the navigation of said river, by the construction of said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

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CHAP. 77.—

An Act to extend the provisions of an act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.

February 9, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Volunteers.

That the provisions of an act

Correction of muster of officers, etc.

Vols. 14, p. 368; 16, p. 385; 23, p. 34; 24, p. 377.

to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces, approved June third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as amended by an act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same are hereby, revived and

Time extended.

extended for a period of three years from the third day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety two.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

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CHAP. 81.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas.”

February 11, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Arkansas River at Little Rock. ark.

Vol. 26, p. 797.

That section seven of an act entitled “An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock. Arkansas,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be amended so as to read as follows:

This act shall be null and void, if construction on said bridge shall

Time for construction extended.

not be commenced on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and completed on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and all the benefits of this act shall enure and belong to the Little Rock Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Arkansas, its successors or assigns:

Proviso.

Unobstructed navigation.

Provided, The navigation of the Arkansas River shall not be obstructed by false work during the construction of said bridge.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

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CHAP. 82.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cahaba River, in Bibb County, Alabama, by the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway.

February 11, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company may bridge Cahaba River, Ala.

That the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Alabama, its successors and assigns be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Cahaba River at a place suitable to commerce and not interfering with navigation, at a point in Bibb County, in the State of Alabama, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. That said bridge shall not

Unobstructed navigation.

interfere with the tree navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, by reason of the construction of the said

Litigation.

bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be provided with one or more openings,

Spans.

each having not less than one hundred feet clear channel way at low water, and in addition to said openings one or more fixed channel spans, if required by the Secretary of War, each having not less than fifty feet clear channel way; and every part of the superstructure of said bridge shall give a clear headroom of not less than six feet above extreme known high-water mark: Provided, That all spans shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river

Provisos.

Location of spans.

traffic: Provided also, That if the physical characteristics of the locality so require, and the interest of navigation be not injured thereby, the

Length, etc.

lengths of the fixed spans or the number of openings may be reduced: Provided also, That for any two adjacent openings of one hundred feet

Draw openings.

each, one opening of two hundred feet or more may be substituted, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the interests of navigation be not injured thereby.

Sec. 3. That all draw spans, if any are found necessary and are required

Operating draw.

by the Secretary of War, by this act shall be operated by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over said span or spans; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains, and also that in case the 442 opening of a draw is delayed by reason of the passing of a train after the signal has been given from a boat ready to pass through, the draw shall be opened for the passage of such boat before another train is allowed to pass over the said span or spans; nor shall there be any unnecessary delay in the passage of trains over the bridge.

Sec. 4. That all piers shall be built as nearly as may be parallel with

Piers.

the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and that riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required water way shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-mentioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section, is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or person owning, controlling, or operating said bridge.

Sec. 5. That the approaches to said bridge shall be so designed and

Approaches.

constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of Hood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross section by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridge shall not be allowed.

Sec. 6. That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling,

Aids to navigation.

or operating the bridge, built under the authority of this act, shall build and maintain at all times as accessory work to such bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices, as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel tor a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under or through said bridge; and if at any time after the construction of the bridge and its accessory works the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft passages in said bridge are found to be dangerous or difficult of access by river traffic the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge to construct, under his directions, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty men tinned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons;

Lights, etc.

and that said company or persons shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise such lights and other signals on said bridge as may be required by the Light-House Board for the security of navigation.

Sec. 7. That the bridge authorized to be constructed by this act shall

Secretary of War to approve plans etc.

be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said corporation shall submit for his examination a design and drawing of the bridge, piers, approaches, and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving for a space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by another, drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving for a space of one-half mile above the line of the proposed bridge and one-quarter mile below an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines five feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at least one intermediate stage by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory 443 understanding of the subject; and the construction of the proposed bridge shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 8. That any bridge constructed under the authority of this act

Changes, etc.

shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during the construction of said bridge or after its completion unless said changes or alterations conform to the provisions of this act and are authorized by the Secretary of War. That such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in said bridge, so as to preserve free, and convenient navigation, shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge. That during original construction, or in carrying out any authorized changes or repairs of said bridge, a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridge at all times, and the water way of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater extent than is absolutely necessary, and such lights and buoys shall be kept on all cofferdams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation.

Sec. 9. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge

Use by railroad companies.

authorized by this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of

Compensation,

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 allegations and proof of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.

Sec. 10. That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under

Lawful structure and post route.

Postal telegraph, etc.

telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridge.

Sec. 11. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.

Sec. 12. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved; and the right to require the entire removal of the bridge constructed under the provisions of this act, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

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CHAP. 83.—

An Act in relation to testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission, and in cases or proceedings under or connected with an act entitled “An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and amendments thereto.

February 11, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Interstate Commerce Commission.

No person excused from testifying in Interstate Commerce actions.

That no person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements and documents before the Interstate Commerce Commission, or in obedience to the subpoena of the Commission, whether 444 such subpoena be signed or issued by one or more Commissioners, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon or growing

Vol. 34, p. 379.

out of any alleged violation of the act of Congress, entitled, “An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate, him or subject him to a penalty

No prosecution on account of testimony.

or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before said Commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or the subpoena of either of them, or in any such case or

Proviso.

Perjury.

proceeding: Provided, That no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

Any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to

Penalty for refusal to testify.

produce books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements and documents, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the Commission shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 103: to extend the provisions of section eight of the act entitled “An net to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes,” approved March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona. 27 Stat. 444 1893-02-13 Chapter 103 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 103.—

An Act to extend the provisions of section eight of the act entitled “An net to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes,” approved March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona.

February 13, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Timber cutting on public lands.

That section eight of the act entitled “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as

Vol. 26, pp, 1093. 1099.

amended by an act approved March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and fifty nine, page ten hundred and ninety-three, volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the

Provisions extended to New Mexico and Arizona.

same is hereby, amended as follows: After the word “Wyoming” in said amended act insert the words “New Mexico and Arizona.”

Approved, February 13, 1893.

Chap. 104: to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier’s Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 444 1893-02-13 Chapter 104 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 104.—

An Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier’s Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

February 13, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eckington Railway. D. C.

That the act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier’s Home Railway Company, approved April thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and p, is

May use overhead electric wires until 1895.

Vol. 26, p. 78.

hereby amended by substituting the word “five” for the word “three” in the last line of said act. And that the act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier’s Home Railroad Company, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended in the first proviso

Extension of branch track to Thirteenth street.

by striking out the word “twelfth” therein and inserting in place thereof the word “thirteenth,” so that the proviso will read, “Provided, that until C and D streets shall have been paved and provided with

Ante, p. 65.

sewers to Fifteenth street the company shall not be required to construct its road beyond Thirteenth street, and that said company shall have authority to make connection with D street from C. street through and along Thirteenth street northeast.” And in the fourth proviso by 445 striking out the word

Exclusion of steam instead of horse traction.

“horse” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “steam.” so that the proviso will read, Provided, That steam power shall not be used on said line for traction purposes, and that, if electric wires or cables are used to propel its cars over any of the routes hereby authorized within the limits of the city of Washington, the same shall be placed under ground.”

And in section three, by striking out the words “one year,” and inserting

Time for construction extended.

in lieu thereof the words “two years,” so that the section, as amended, will read “That, unless said extensions are commenced within three months, and the cars run thereon within two years from the passage

Ante. p. 66.

of this act, except, as otherwise expressly provided for, the authority hereby granted shall be void: Provided, That said railroad shall be constructed on such grade and in such manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia”

Approved, February 13, 1893.

Chap. 105: relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading, and to certain obligations, duties, and rights in connection with the carriage of property. 27 Stat. 445 1893-02-13 Chapter 105 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 105.—

An Act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading, and to certain obligations, duties, and rights in connection with the carriage of property.

February 13, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bills of lading.

That it shall not be lawful for the manager, agent, master, or owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any

Stipulations for non liability in certain eases prohibited.

clause, covenant, or agreement whereby it. he, or they shall be relieved from liability for loss or damage arising from negligence, fault, or failure in proper loading, stowage, custody, care, or proper delivery of any and all lawful merchandise or property committed to its or their charge. Any and all words or clauses of such import inserted in bills of lading or shipping receipts shall be null and void and of no effect.

Sec. 2. That it shall not be lawful for any vessel transporting merchandise

Covenants avoiding exercise of due diligence, etc., void.

or property from or between ports of the United States of America and foreign ports, her owner, master, agent, or manager, to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any covenant or agreement whereby the obligations of the owner or owners of said vessel to exercise due diligence properly equip, man. provision, and outfit said vessel, and to make said vessel seaworthy and capable of performing her intended voyage, or whereby the obligations of the master, officers, agents, or servants to carefully handle and stow her cargo and to care for and properly deliver same, shall in any wise be lessened, weakened, or avoided.

Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or

Limitation of vessel, owner’s liability.

property to or from any port in the United States of America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel nor shall the the vessel, her owner or owners, charterers, agent, or master be held liable for losses arising from dangers of the sea or other navigable waters, acts of God, or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality, or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative, or from saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such service.

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners, masters, or

Bills of lading to be issued.

agent of any vessel transporting merchandise or property from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports to issue to shippers of any lawful merchandise a bill of lading, or shipping document, stating, among other things, the marks necessary for identification, number of

Contents.

446 packages, or quantity, stating whether it be carrier’s or shipper’s weight, and apparent order or condition of such merchandise or property delivered to and received by the owner, master, or agent of the vessel for transportation, and such document shall be prima facie evidence of the receipt of the merchandise therein described.

Sec. 5. That for a violation of any of the provisions of this act the

Penalty for violations.

agent, owner, or master of the vessel guilty of such violation, and who refuses to issue on demand the bill of lading herein provided for, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars. The amount of

Fine to be alien.

the fine and costs for such violation shall be a lien upon the vessel, whose agent, owner, or master is guilty of such violation, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in any district court of the United States,

Disposition of penalty.

within whose jurisdiction the vessel may be found. One-half of such penalty shall go to the party injured by such violation and the remainder to the Government of the United States.

Sec. 6. That this act shall not be held to modify or repeal sections

Present liabilities not affected.

forty-two hundred and eighty-one, forty-two hundred and eighty-two,

R. S., Secs. 4281–1253, pp. 827.

and forty-two hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or any other statute defining the liability of vessels, their owners, or representatives.

Sec. 7. Sections one and four of this act shall not apply to the transportation

Live animals.

of live animals.

SEC. 8. That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of

In effect July 1, 1893

. July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Approved, February 13, 1893.

Chap. 106: authorizing Velasco and Surfside Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Galveston and Brazos Canal. 27 Stat. 446 1893-02-14 Chapter 106 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 106.—

An Act authorizing Velasco and Surfside Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Galveston and Brazos Canal.

February 14, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Velasco and Surfside. Railway Company may bridge Galveston and Brazos Canal, Texas.

That the Velasco and Surfside Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Texas, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over and across the Galveston and Brazos Canal, in Brazoria County, Texas. Said bridge shall be constructed

Railway bridge.

to provide for the passage of railway trains on and over a double or single track, as said Velasco and Surfside Railway Company may elect.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw or turn of

Draw.

sufficient capacity to afford free passage to such vessels and boats as

Provisos.

Opening draw.

navigate said channel: Provided, That said bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other water craft, except when trains are passing over the draw or turn; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw or turn after the passage of trains or at any other time; and the said Velasco and Surfside Railway Company shall maintain at its own expense, from

Lights, etc-

sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe. And no bridge shall be erected and maintained under the authority of this act which shall

Free navigation.

at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said canal; 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 such bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner of said bridge. And in case of any obstruction, or alleged obstruction. to the navigation of said canal caused, or alleged to be caused,

Litigation.

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 may

Existing laws not affected.

be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing 447 in reference to the protection of navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same. That all railroad companies

Use by other companies.

desiring the use of any bridge constructed under this act 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

Compensation.

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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of said canal as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall, at least two months previous to the commencement of the construction of said bridge, submit, to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving such information as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be

Changes.

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.

Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

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.

Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the

Commencement and completion.

bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this act.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 107: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Marys River, between the States of Florida and Georgia. 27 Stat. 447 1893-02-14 Chapter 107 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 107.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Marys River, between the States of Florida and Georgia.

February 14, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company and Florida Northern Railroad Company may bridge Saint Marys River, Georgia, and Florida.

That the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Florida, and the Florida Northern Railroad Company, of Georgia, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, or their successors or assigns, be, and hereby are, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge for railroad and other purposes over and across the Saint Marys River, between the States of Georgia and Florida, on the line of their railroad from Harts Road, in the State of Florida, to Savannah, in the State of Georgia, and at such precise point on said river as may be fixed or approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall lie constructed for the passage of railroad

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, for the transit of foot passengers, animals, wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from

Tolls.

time to time by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3. That said bridge, when built and constructed under this act

Lawful structure and post route.

and according to the terms and limitations thereof, 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 of mails, 448 troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid over the railroad leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes of the United States,

Postal telegraph.

and the United States shall have a right of way for postal telegraph over and across said bridge.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall

Use by railroad companies.

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,

Compensation.

upon the payment of reasonable compensation tor 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 as such compensation, or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters so at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That said bridge shall be constructed and built without interference

Secretary of War to approve plans. etc.

with the security and convenience of the 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 corporation shall, before commencing the construction of said bridge, submit to the Secretary of War a plan and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the river and shores for a distance of a mile above and a mile below the proposed location, together with ail information touching said bridge, its approaches, and the river which said officer may deem requisite; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War. upon being satisfied that a bridge upon such plan and locus will conform to the conditions of this act, to notify said corporations that he approves the same: whereupon, and not sooner, said corporations may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and

Changes.

location: and likewise any change in the plan of the bridge or accessory works during the progress of the work thereon shall be subject

Proviso.

Opening draw.

to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That if said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, and said corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights

Lights, etc.

or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.

Sec. 6. That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend,

Amendment, etc.

Proviso.

Existing laws not affected.

or repeal this act: Provided, 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.

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

said bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of this act.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 108: to authorize the Homestead and Pittsburg Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to Homestead. 27 Stat. 448 1893-02-14 Chapter 108 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 108.—

An Act to authorize the Homestead and Pittsburg Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to Homestead.

February 14, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Homestead and Pittsburg Bridge Company may bridge Monongaheta River at Pittsburg, Pa.

That it shall be lawful for the Homestead and Pittsburg Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Monongahela River from a point in the city of Pittsburg to a point in the borough of Homestead, in the county of Allegheny.

Sec. 2. That said bridge may be constructed to provide for the passage

Railway, wagon, etc., bridge.

of railway trains, street cars, wagon roads, and vehicles of all 449 kinds, for the transit of animals, foot passengers, and all kinds of commerce, travel, or communication, and said corporation may charge and receive reasonable tolls therefor, subject to the approval of the Secretary

Tolls.

of War.

Sec. 3. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful structure and post route.

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: Provided, That the United States may

Proviso.

construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor.

Postal telegraph.

Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject

Secretary of War to approve plane etc.

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 and drawings of the said 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 and the shore lines 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 may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until the plan and location of said bridge have been approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be commenced or built.

Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge

Use by railroad companies.

constructed under this act 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 in case the owner or owners of said

Compensation.

bridge, 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 Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proof of the parties.

Sec. 6. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be

Aids to navigation.

so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night, and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House

Lights, etc.

Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time

Changes.

to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

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 corporation or persons controlling the same, whenever public interest requires it, is also reserved.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 114: granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service. 27 Stat. 450 1893-02-15 Chapter 114 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 114.—

An Act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Quarantine.

That it shall be unlawful for any merchant ship or other vessel from any foreign port or place to

Entry of vessel a violating health rules unlawful.

enter any port of the United States except in accordance with the provisions of this act and with such rules and regulations of State and 450 municipal health authorities as may be made in pursuance of, or

Penalty.

consistent with, this act; and any such vessel which shall enter, or attempt to enter, a port of the United States in violation thereof shall forfeit to the United States a sum, to be awarded in the discretion of the court, not exceeding five thousand dollars, which shall be a lien upon

Proceedings

said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United States. In all such proceedings the United States District attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United States; and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

Sec. 2.

Consular bill of health required.

Contents.

Fees.

That any vessel at any foreign port clearing for any port or place in the United States shall be required to obtain from the consul, vice-consul, or other consular officer of the United States at the port of departure, or from the medical officer where such officer has been detailed by the President for that purpose, a bill of health, in duplicate, in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, sett ing forth the sanitary history and condition of said vessel, and that it has in all respects complied with the rules and regulations in such cases prescribed for securing the best sanitary condition of the said vessel, its cargo, passengers, and crew; and said consular or medical officer is required, before granting such duplicate bill of health, to be satisfied that the matters and things therein stated are true; and for his services in that behalf he shall be entitled to demand and receive such fees as shall by lawful regulation be allowed, to be accounted for as is required in other cases.

The President, in his discretion, is authorized to detail any medical

Detail of medical officer at consulate.

officer of the Government to serve in the office of the consul at any foreign port for the purpose of furnishing information and making the

Penalty for vessel violating.

inspection and giving the bills of health hereinbefore mentioned. Any vessel clearing and sailing from any such port without such bill of health, and entering any port of the United States, shall forfeit to the United States not more than five thousand dollars, the amount to be determined by the court, which shall be a lien on the same, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United States. In all such proceedings the United

Proceedings.

States district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United States; and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

Sec. 3. That the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital

Marine-Hospital Service to assist local health boards to enforce rules. etc.

Service shall, immediately after this act takes effect, examine the quarantine regulations of all State and municipal boards of health, and shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, cooperate with and aid State and municipal boards of health in the execution and enforcement of the rules and regulations of such boards and in the execution and enforcement of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, and into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another

Rules to operate uniformly.

State or Territory or the District of Columbia; and all rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury shall operate uniformly

Additional rules, etc., by Secretary of the Treasury where local regulations are inadequate.

and in no manner discriminate against any port or place; and at such ports and places within the United States as have no quarantine regulations under State or municipal authority, where such regulations are, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, necessary to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, or into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and at such ports and places within the United States where quarantine regulations exist under the authority of the State or municipality which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, are not 451 sufficient to prevent the introduction of such diseases into the United States, or into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, if in his judgment it is necessary and proper, make such additional rules and regulations as are necessary to prevent the introduction of such diseases into the United States from foreign countries, or into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and when said rules and regulations have been made they shall be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury and enforced by the sanitary authorities of the States and municipalities, where the

Enforcement.

State or municipal health authorities will undertake to execute and enforce them; but if the State or municipal authorities shall fail or refuse to enforce said rules and regulations the President shall execute and enforce the same and adopt such measures as in bis judgment shall be necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of such diseases, and may detail or appoint officers for that purpose. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make such rules

Rules for vessels from foreign ports.

and regulations as are necessary to be observed by vessels at the port of departure and on the voyage, where such vessels sail from any foreign port or place to any port or place in the United States, to secure the best sanitary condition of such vessel, her cargo, passengers, and crew; which shall be. published and communicated to and enforced by the consular officers of the United States. None of the penalties herein

Rules to be posted in consulate.

imposed shall attach to any vessel or owner or officer thereof until a copy of this act, with the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, has been posted up in the office of the consul or other consular officer of the United States for ten days, in the port from which said vessel sailed; and the certificate of such consul or consular officer over his official signature shall be competent evidence of such posting in any court of the United States.

Sec. 4.

Duties of Marine-Hospital Service.

Sanitary reports to be made by consuls.

That it shall be the duty of the supervising Surgeon-Generalof the Marine Hospital Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to perform all the duties in respect to quarantine and quarantine regulations which are provided for by this act, and to obtain information of the sanitary condition of foreign ports and places from which contagious and infectious diseases are or may be imported into the United States, and to this end the consular officer of the United States at such ports and places as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury shall make to the Secretary of the Treasury weekly reports of the sanitary condition of the ports and places at which they are respectively stationed, according to such forms as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall

Weekly domestic sanitary reports.

also obtain, through all sources accessible, including State and municipal sanitary authorities throughout the United States, weekly reports of the sanitary condition of ports and places within the United States, and shall prepare, publish, and transmit to collectors of customs and

Publication and distribution.

to State and municipal health officers and other sanitarians weekly abstracts of the consular sanitary reports and other pertinent information received by him, and shall also, as far as he may be able, by means of the voluntary cooperation of State and municipal authorities, of public, associations, and private persons, procure, information relating to the climatic and other conditions affecting the public health, and shall make an annual report of his operations to Congress,

Annual report.

with such recommendations as he may deem important to the public interest.

Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time

Rules to secure sanitary conditions of vessels, etc.

to time issue to the consular officers of the United States and to the medical officers serving at any foreign port, and otherwise make publicly known, the rules and regulations made by him, to be used and complied with by vessels in foreign ports, for securing the best sanitary conditions of such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crew, before their departure for any port in the United States, and in the course of 452 the voyage; and all such other rules and regulations as shall be observed

Inspection, etc., on arrival.

in the inspection of the same on the arrival thereof at any quarantine station at the port of destination, and for the disinfection and isolation of the same, and the treatment of cargo and persons on board, so as to prevent the introduction of cholera, yellow fever, or other

Vessels not to enter unless upon health officer’s certificate.

contagious or infectious diseases; and it shall not be lawful for any vessel to enter said port to discharge its cargo, or land its passengers, except upon a certificate of the health officer at such quarantine station certifying that said rules and regulations have in all respects been observed and complied with, as well on his part as on the part of the said vessel and its master, in respect, to the same and to its cargo, passengers, and

Delivery of papers to customs officer.

crew; and the master of every such vessel shall produce and deliver to the collector of customs at said port of entry, together with the other papers of the vessel, the said bills of health required to be obtained at the port of departure and the certificate herein required to be obtained from the health officer at the port of entry; and that the bills of health herein prescribed shall be considered as part of the ship’s papers, and when duly certified to by the proper consular or other officer of the United States, over his official signature and seal, shall be accepted as evidence of the statements therein contained in any court of the United States.

Sec. 6. That on the arrival of an infected vessel at any port not provided

Infected vessel to be sent to nearest quarantine station.

with proper facilities for treatment of the same, the Secretary of the Treasury may remand said vessel, at its own expense, to the nearest national or other quarantine station, where accommodations and appliances are provided for the necessary disinfection and treatment

Certificate after treatment.

of the vessel, passengers, and cargo; and after treatment of any infected vessel at a national quarantine station, and after certificate shall have been given by the United States quarantine officer at said station that the vessel, cargo, and passengers are each and all free from infectious disease, or danger of conveying the same, said vessel shall be admitted to entry to any port of the United States named within

Local quarantine.

the certificate. But at any ports where sufficient quarantine provision has been made by State or local authorities the Secretary of the Treasury may direct vessels bound for said ports to undergo quarantine at said State or local station

Sec. 7. That whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the

Suspension of Immigration during existence of contagious diseases.

President that by reason of the existence of cholera or other infectious or contagious diseases in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of the same into the United States, and that notwithstanding the quarantine defense this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce the same is demanded in the interest of the public health, the President shall have power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate and for such period of time as he may deem necessary.

Sec. 8. That whenever the proper authorities of a State shall surrender

Compensation for use of State buildings, etc.

to the United States the use of the buildings and disinfecting apparatus at a State quarantine station, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorized to receive them and to pay a reasonable compensation to the State for their use, if, in his opinion, they are necessary to the United States.

Sec. 9. That the act entitled “An act to prevent, the introduction of

National board health abolished.

infectious or contagious diseases into the United States, and to establish

Vol. 20. p. 481.

a national board of health.” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. And the

Disposition of property.

Secretary of the Treasury is directed to obtain possession of any property, furniture, books, paper, or records belonging to the United States which are not in the possession of an officer of the United States under the Treasury Department which were formerly in the use of the National Board of Health or any officer or employee thereof.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 115: providing for sundry lighthouses and other aids to navigation. 27 Stat. 453 1893-02-15 Chapter 115 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 453

CHAP. 115.—

An Act providing for sundry lighthouses and other aids to navigation.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

lighthouses, fog signals, etc., established.

That light houses, fog signals, and other aids to navigation be established and erected as hereinafter set forth, to wit: lake ontario.

Lake Ontario.

First. On Gallon Island, a fog signal at a cost not exceeding five thousand seven hundred dollars. Second. On the head of Carltons Island, a light-house, at a cost not exceeding eight thousand six hundred dollars. Third. On Bay State Shoal, at the cross over, floating lights, at a cost not exceeding eight hundred dollars. lake erie.

Lake Erie.

Fourth. At the entrance to Erie Harbor. Pennsylvania, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding four thousand three hundred dollars. Fifth. At Fairpoint Harbor, Ohio, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding four thousand three hundred dollars. Sixth. At Lorain Harbor, Ohio, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding four thousand three hundred dollars. Seventh. On southerly end of South Bass Island, to range with Green Island light and Marblehead light, alight, at a cost not exceeding eight thousand six hundred dollars. Eighth. For reestablishing light at Port Clinton, Ohio, at a cost not exceeding one thousand live hundred dollars. Ninth. For moving range lights, Maumee River, Ohio, so as to properly light the new channel, at a cost not exceeding eight thousand dollars. lake huron.

Lake Huron.

Tenth. On Poes Reef, Straits of Mackinaw, a lightship of suitable pattern, at a cost not exceeding twenty five thousand dollars. Eleventh. At Forty Mile Point, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. lake superior.

Lake Superior.

Twelfth. At or near Grand Marais, a light and bell, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Thirteenth. At or near Big Sable Point, a steam fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Fourteenth. At or near Big Point Bay, between Granite and Huron islands, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding twenty five thousand dollars. Fifteenth. At or near Mendota, Bete Grise Bay, reestablished light and bell, at a cost not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars. Sixteenth. At or near Eagle Harbor, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Seventeenth. At or near Sand Hills, twelve miles west of Eagle River, a light, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Eighteenth. Eagle River light to be discontinued. Nineteenth. At Portage Lake ship canal, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Twentieth. At or near Fourteen Mile Point, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Twenty-first. For moving main Chequamegon Light and establishing fog signal, at a cost not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars, and for harbor light and bell, Chequamegon, at a cost not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars. 454 Twenty-second. At Devil Island, to complete light station, at a cost not exceeding twenty two thousand dollars. Twenty-third. At Bayfield, a pier light and bell, at a cost not exceeding five thousand dollars. Twenty fourth. At Pats (or Hat) Point (near Grand Portage), a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. lake michigan.

Lake Michigan.

Twenty-fith. At Round Island, Straits of Mackinaw, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Twenty sixth. At Seal Choix Point, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty seventh. On South Fox Island, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty eighth. On north end North Manitou Island, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Twenty ninth. At Ludington, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars; and a dwelling for a keeper at this station, at a cost not exceeding four thousand five hundred dollars. Thirtieth. At St Joseph, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand dollars. Thirty-first. At Manitowoc, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Thirty-second. At Sturgeon Bay Canal, a light, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Thirty-third. At or near Porte des Mortes, range light and fog signals, at a cost not exceeding twenty one thousand dollars. Thirty-fourth. At St Martin Island, a light, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Thirty-fith. At Little Gull Island, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Thirty-sixth. At or near Squaw Point, Little Bay de Noquette, a light, at a cost not exceeding five thousand dollars. Thirty-seventh. At or near Peshtigo Shoal, Green Bay, a light-house with fog signal, at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Thirty-eighth. At Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a fog signal, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. atlantic region.

Atlantic region.

Thirty-ninth. On the Government breakwater at the entrance to the harbor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a beacon light, not to cost more than two thousand dollars. Fortieth. At the Southwest Ledge, entrance to New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, light station, a suitable steam fog signal, including the cost of the required fog signal house, to replace the fog-signal apparatus now in use there, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Forty-first. At Wilson Harbor. Niagara County, New York, a light-house not to cost more than two thousand five hundred dollars. Forty-second. At or near Big Oyster Bed Shoal, mouth of the Maurice River, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, a light-house and fog signal station, not to cost more than twenty five thousand dollars Forty third. At or near the mouth of Salem Creek, New Jersey, a suitable light not to cost more than eight hundred dollars. Forty-fourth. Additional lights along the ship channel of Mobile Bay, Alabama, not to cost more than sixty thousand dollars. Forty-fith. At Deer Point, at the entrance to Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Bay, Florida, a light, not to cost more than one thousand dollars. 455 pacific region.

Pacific region.

Forty-sixth. At the mouth of the Willamette River, Oregon, a light and fog signal, not to cost more than six thousand dollars. Forty seventh. At Grays Harbor, Washington, a first order light-house and fog signal, at a cost not to exceed sixty thousand dollars in addition to the appropriation of fifteen thousand five hundred dollars made in the act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for a harbor light at this point. Forty-eighth. On North Head, Cape Disappointment, in the State of Washington, a first-order light-house, not to cost more than fifty thousand dollars; and when the light herein provided for shall have been established, the light now at Cape Disappointment to be discontinued and a light of the fourth order to be substituted therefor. Forty-ninth. At New York Slough, entrance to San Joaquin River, in California, a light and fog signal, at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars. miscellaneous. Fiftieth. At the mouth of Mermenteau River, in Louisiana, a light-house,

Mermenteau River, La.

at a cost not exceeding seven thousand dollars. Fifty first. At twenty five different points on the Willamette River,

Willamette River, Oreg.

Beacons and buoys.

between the cities of Salem and Portland, Oregon, beacon lights and buoys, at a cost not exceeding five thousand dollars, and the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Fifty-second. At Two Bush Island, west entrance to Penobscot Bay,

Two Bush Island, Me.

Maine, a light and fog signal station, at a cost not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 116: to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota,” approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety. 27 Stat. 455 1893-02-15 Chapter 116 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 116.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota,” approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridge across Mississippi River at Smith St. Paul, Minn.

Vol. 26, pp. 69, 788.

Ante, p. 3.

That the act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota,” approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and amended by an act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and also by an act approved February fifteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, further amended by extending

Time for constructing extended.

the time within which the construction of said bridge shall be commenced to one year from the date of the approval of this act, and by extending the time within which said bridge shall be completed to three years from the same date.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 117: to amend section forty-three hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 27 Stat. 455 1893-02-15 Chapter 117 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 117.—

An Act to amend section forty-three hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Transportation of goods in foreign vessels.

R. S., sec. 4347, p. 839, amended.

That section forty-three hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by inserting after the word “power,” in line four the following words:

“and the transportation of merchandise in any such vessel or vessels

Shipments via foreign ports to domestic ports forbidden.

from one port, of the United States to another port of the United States via any foreign port shall be deemed a violation of the foregoing provision.”

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 118: to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Big Sandy River, upon such plans and location as may be approved by the Secretary of War. 27 Stat. 456 1893-02-15 Chapter 118 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 456

CHAP. 118.—

An Act to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Big Sandy River, upon such plans and location as may be approved by the Secretary of War.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company may renew bridge across Big Sandy River, W. Va.

That the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the States of Virginia and West Virginia, and now existing therein, be, and it is hereby, authorized to renew and operate its railroad bridge across the Big Sandy River near the site of its present bridge, upon such location and plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War:

Proviso.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

Provided, however, That the said bridge shall be so constructed as to cause the least obstruction to the navigation of the said river, and upon plans to be approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That the right to alter or repeal this act is hereby expressly

Amendment, etc.

reserved.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 119: for relief of certain settlers on public land in the Tucson land district in Arizona. 27 Stat. 456 1893-02-15 Chapter 119 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 119.—

An Act for relief of certain settlers on public land in the Tucson land district in Arizona.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands.

That all persons having filed for or entered lauds within the Tucson land district in Arizona who shall prove to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the Tucson land office and the Commissioner of the General Land Office that he has paid any money in fees, commissions, or tor the land more than once, or where he has paid double minimum price for land after it was proclaimed for purchase at single minimum by the General Land Office, that such excess so paid shall be repaid to the person who so paid the same, or to his heirs or personal representative.

Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of such register and receiver to

Examination of claims.

hear the proofs in such eases and make report thereof and their decision thereon to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, who. on receipt of same, and upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury the names of the beneficiaries, and the amount due each, and the Secretary of the

Appropriation.

Treasury is authorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 120: granting right of way to the Colorado River Irrigation Company through the Yuma Indian Reservation in California. 27 Stat. 456 1893-02-15 Chapter 120 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 120.—

An Act granting right of way to the Colorado River Irrigation Company through the Yuma Indian Reservation in California.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Colorado River Irrigation Company granted right of way through Yuma Indian Reservation. Cal.

That there is hereby granted unto the Colorado River Irrigation Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado, its successors and assigns, a right of way for an irrigating canal through the Yuma Indian Reservation in California to the extent of the ground occupied by the water of the canal and its audits and laterals, and fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof, beginning at a point near where the northeast boundary line of the said reservation joins the Colorado River and running thence south and west through the said reservation to and

Secretary of the Interior to approve plats, etc.

beyond the limits thereof. The plats of the ditches of said company through said reservation shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and such ditches shall be so located, or the rights of way herein granted so used, as to not in any way interfere with any Repayment to settlers of excess for lands entered at Tucson. Ariz. 457 permanent buildings upon said reservation, except with the express consent of the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 2. That the rights herein granted are upon the express condition

Conditions.

that the grantee or grantees thereof shall at all times during the continuance thereof furnish the Indian occupants of the land situated on the lower side of the canal with water sufficient for all domestic and agricultural purposes and purposes of irrigation on such terms and under such rides and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; but the right to amend or repeal it at anytime is hereby

Amendment, etc.

reserved to Congress.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 121: authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at West Elizabeth, in the State of Pennsylvania. 27 Stat. 457 1893-02-15 Chapter 121 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 121.—

An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at West Elizabeth, in the State of Pennsylvania.

February 15, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

West Elizabeth Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Fa.

That the West Elizabeth Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate a bridge over the Monongahela River, between a point at or near the foot of Plum street, in the borough of Elizabeth, to a point in the borough of West Elizabeth, on the opposite side of the said Monongahela River, all within the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. That said West Elizabeth Bridge Company shall not commence the construction of its bridge, bridge piers, abutments, causeway, and other works over or in said Monongahela River, until the location and plan of the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That any act of Congress or part of an act inconsistent herewith,

Inconsistent laws repealed.

so far as it affects the same, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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 drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the, banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at low and at high water, with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, 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 commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress

Changes.

of its construction such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 4. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed, shall

Aids to navigation.

be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of Vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night, and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House

Lights, etc.

Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may 458 direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river. Sec, 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment. etc.

expressly reserved.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 136: making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the Armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 458 1893-02-18 Chapter 136 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 136.—

An Act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the Armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

February 18, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fortifications appropriations.

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, to be available until expended, namely: Gun and Mortar Batteries: For construction of gun and mortar

Gun and mortar batteries.

platforms, fifty thousand dollars. Sites for Fortifications and Seacoast Defenses: For the procurement

Sites.

of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of work for fortifications and coast defenses, One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Preservation and Repair of Fortifications: For the protection,

Preservation, etc.

preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, forty-five thousand dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.

Plans.

Armament.

Sea coast guns, army gun factory.

Armament of Fortifications: For finishing and assembling eight-inch, ten-inch and twelve-inch seacoast guns at the army gun factory, One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under

Contract guns.

Vol. 26, pp. 319, 770.

the provisions of the fortifications acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seventeen thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars. For steel field guns of three and two-tenths inch caliber, fifteen thousand

Steel field guns.

dollars. For carriages for field-gun batteries, thirty thousand dollars.

Carriages.

Altering carriages.

For alteration of existing carriages for ten inch and fifteen-inch smoothbore guns to adapt them to present service conditions, fifty thousand dollars. To enable the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to procure and

Elevating carriage.

Design of A. H. Emery.

test one twelve-inch elevating carriage of A. H. Emery’s design, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of the several sums available for allotment by the Board of Ordnance and Fortification for experimental and other purposes under the several “Acts making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, tor the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other

Vol. 25, pp. 489, 887.

Vol. 20, pp. 318, 769.

Ante, p. 259.

purposes, which several acts were approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, February fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. and this act, all of which sums are hereby set aside to the extent necessary and made available and

Contract.

continued in force for this purpose; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to contract, without advertising, with 459 A. H. Emery for this carriage, and test it, the same to be built, erected, and tested, for a sum not exceeding one hundred and thirty thousand

Maximum cost.

dollars, which price shall cover the cost of the carriage erected, and including all the powder and projectiles necessary for its preliminary test by the contractor and the fifty additional rounds for proof, to be fired under the direction of said Board of Ordnance and Fortification, and in the presence of the said Board and the inventor, or his authorized agent, due regard being paid to suggestions offered by him with regard to the making of such test; said price also to cover all such repairs, if any, as may become necessary to have the whole carriage in good working order after the test of fifty rounds for proof. It shall be constructed on the general plans put before the Board by A. H. Emery, and described by him in his letters to the Board under dates of November sixteenth, and December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. For the purpose of facilitating the more ready, satisfactory, and quick

Construction.

construction of this carriage, and its foundations, the inventor is at liberty to make any and all changes in the design and specifications for and the construction of this carriage, at any time on or before the completion of the tests, which he thinks are desirable for the utility and use of this carriage or repetitions thereof, or which will facilitate the early completion and successful test of this carriage, which changes or alterations shall all be made at his expense; but no such changes shall be made which will render the carriage unable to fulfill all the requirements set forth by the Board as necessary to be observed and maintained for the construction and use of this carriage and its foundations in their letters to the inventor of dates August seventeenth and November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. fixing the engineering conditions, which must be fulfilled and observed in constructing the carriage and its foundations, unless such changes are sanctioned by the Board. Of the price of this contract one hundred and ten thousand dollars shall be for the carriage and foundations erected, including all changes and repairs, and twenty thousand dollars shall be paid the contractor for the preliminary testing of the carriage and the powder and projectiles to be furnished by him for the fifty rounds of proof tests. Of the one hundred and ten thousand dollars to be paid for the carriage

Payments.

and its foundations sixty per centum shall be paid in partial payments as the work progresses, in accordance with the proposals submitted by A. II. Emery to the Board in his letter of January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Before advancing any part of this sixty per centum, the contractor shall furnish bonds satisfactory to the Secretary of War for the return of this money if the carriage is not accepted. The balance of the one hundred and ten thousand dollars shall be paid as soon as the test is completed and the work found to be done according to contract. Of the twenty thousand dollars to be paid for the testing of the carriage, three-eights shall be paid the contractor when the preliminary tests are completed, and the other five-eighths shall be paid to him proportionally as the fifty rounds for proof are fired. Should any damage be done to the carriage during these tests by the

Damages to carriage.

bursting or overloading of the gun which is being fired thereon, or by other guns or projectiles being tested such damage shall be made good to the contractor by the Government. This carriage shall raise the gun from loading to firing position

Requirements.

fourteen feet, and shall be able to train the gun for firing at all angles of elevation from minus five degrees elevation to twenty degrees elevation, and to have an all-round fire of three hundred and sixty degrees. For sights for cannon, and for fuses, five thousand dollars.

Sights and fuses.

For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets, for the manufacture

Inspecting instruments.

of cannon, three thousand dollars. For powder for issue to service, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Powder.

460 For projectiles for issue to the service, thirty thousand dollars.

Powder and projectiles.

For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, thirty thousand dollars. For powder and projectiles for proof of twelve-inch breech-loading mortars, four thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars. For steel deck-piercing shell for twelve-inch breech-loading mortars,

Steel shells.

thirty thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of steel plates for the test of deck-piercing

Steel plates for tests.

shell, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For steel armor-piercing shot for breech-loading seacoast guns, forty

Steel shot.

thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercing

Armor plates for tests.

shot, sixteen thousand dollars. To provide for payments that may become due in the purchase or

Watervliet Arsenal.

Tools, etc.

manufacture of machine tools and fixtures to complete the equipment of the south wing of the army gun factory, Watervliet Arsenal, West

Mortars.

Steel for guns.

Carriages.

Troy, New York; steel breech-loading rifled seacoast mortars of twelve-inch caliber; oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast-defense guns of eight, ten, and twelve-inch caliber; carriages for breech-loading rifled mortars of twelve inch caliber, and carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, procured

Ante, p. 250.

under the provisions of the fortifications act approved July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, said payments being in excess of the money therein appropriated for these objects, seven hundred and

Proviso.

Limit.

fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the total amount expended for each of these said objects shall not exceed the amount specified therefor in the said act. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to procure,

Steel for coast defense guns.

by purchase or manufacture, the following, namely: Oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast defense guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture, and including all parts of each caliber, the cost of which shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars; Carriages for breech-loading rifled mortars of twelve-inch caliber,

Carriages, breech-loading mortars and guns.

one hundred thousand dollars; Carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, two hundred thousand dollars; In all nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than

Proviso.

Limit for fiscal year.

four hundred thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four: which sum of four hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise, appropriated. Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey: For current expenses

Sandy Hook proving ground.

Maintenance.

and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including general repairs and alterations, and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, twenty-two thousand dollars. For the necessary expenses of ordnance officers while temporarily

Expenses of officers.

employed at the proving ground and absent from their proper stations, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army Ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For one locomotive engine, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Locomotive.

Watertown Arsenal.

Gun-carriage plant.

Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For completing enlargement and improvement of the heavy gun-carriage plant at Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, ninety-six thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. 461 Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York: For paving the

Watervliet Arsenal.

Paving.

highway to the extent of the arsenal frontage at the Watervliet Arsenal, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; For electric-lighting plant, including a new turbine station for driving

Electric plant.

dynamos, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the following, to be expended under the direct supervision of

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

Vol. 25, p. 489.

the Hoard of Ordnance and Fortification, created by the fortifications appropriation act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and in the manner prescribed by said act, namely: Board of Ordnance and Fortification: To enable the Board

Purchases, tests, etc.

to make all needful and proper purchases, experiments, and tests to ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements, and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured, under authority of the Secretary of War, such guns, carriages, Armor plates, and other war materials and articles as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary in the proper discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the act approved September

Vol. 25, p. 489.

twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; to pay the salaries of the civilian members of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification,

Civilian members.

Expenses.

and for the necessary traveling expenses of said members when traveling on duty; for payment of the necessary expenses of the Board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon, when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns and carriages procured in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; Provided, That hereafter no person shall be a member of or serve on

Proviso.

No member to be interested in device, etc., before Board.

said Board who has been or is in any manner interested in any invention, device, or patent which, or anything similar to which, has been considered or may be considered by or come before said Board for test or adoption; or who is connected with or in the employ of any manufacturer who has or shall have contracts with the United States for any ordnance materials. That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this

Purchases to be of American manufacture.

Exception.

act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 137: to incorporate the Eclectic Medical Society of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 461 1893-02-18 Chapter 137 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 137.—

An Act to incorporate the Eclectic Medical Society of the District of Columbia.

February 18, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eclectic Medical Society, District of Columbia.

That T. A. Bland. August P. Lighthill. W. S. Bevier, Magnus L. Julian, M. Cora Bland, J. A. Rowland, and Marie Taylor, and their associates and successors, physicians, be, and they hereby are, made a corporation by the name of the Eclectic

Incorporated.

Medical Society of the District of Columbia, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions set forth in this act.

Sec. 2. That the said corporation may hold real and personal estate

Property.

to the amount of twenty thousand dollars.

Sec. 3. That the said Eclectic Medical Society is hereby empowered,

By-laws, etc.

from time to time, to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as they may find necessary, and do and perform such other things as may be 462 requisite for carrying this act into effect, and which may not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Sec. 4. That the said Eclectic Medical Society of the District of

Powers.

Columbia is hereby endowed with all the rights, privileges, and immunities that appertain to other medical societies of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 138: granting to the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company the right of way across the Whipple Barracks military reservation in Arizona. 27 Stat. 462 1893-02-18 Chapter 138 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 138.—

An Act granting to the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company the right of way across the Whipple Barracks military reservation in Arizona.

February 18, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company granted right of way, Whipple Barracks reservation. Ariz.

That the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, is hereby granted the right of way, one hundred feet in width, for its said railroad across and through the Whipple Barracks military reservation, located in the said Territory of Arizona, not to interfere with any buildings or improvements on said reservation, and the location of the line of said right of way to be

Proviso.

Repeal.

subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the right to repeal this act, if the interest of the United States should so demand, is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 139: to change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company. 27 Stat. 462 1893-02-18 Chapter 139 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 139.—

An Act to change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company.

February 18, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Capitol, North 0 street and South Washington Railway Company, D. C.

Name changed to Belt Railway Company.

That the name of the said Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company be, and the same is hereby, changed to “The Belt Railway Company:” Provided, That said change shall not affect pending suits against said company nor the enforcement of existing contracts with said company.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 140: to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River. 27 Stat. 462 1893-02-18 Chapter 140 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 140.—

An Act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.

February 18, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Union Railroad Company may bridge Monongahela River, Pa.

That the Union Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Monongahela River, between a point in Mifflin Township and a point opposite in Wilkins Township, in Allegheny County, State of Pennsylvania; and said bridge, when built in

Legal structure.

accordance with the requirements of this act, shall be. a legal structure, and may be used for railroad and highway purposes.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall

Height, etc.

not be in any case of less elevation than fifty-four feet from the level of the water at pool full in said river to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the main span be of less than three hundred and fifty feet in length in the clear, and the piers of the bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main spun shall be over the main channel of the river at ordinary water.

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Sec. 3. That to secure a compliance with the conditions of this act

Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War.

the company, previous to commencing the construction of the bridge, shall submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridge and the location of its piers, with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and for a distance of three-fourths of a mile above and below the site, exhibiting the depths and currents at all points of the same and the location of any other bridge or bridges, together with all other information touching said bridge and river as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War to determine whether the said bridge when built will conform to the provisions of this act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water.

Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed,

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

upon receiving said plan and map, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and at said locality will conform to the provisions of this act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water, to notify the said Company that he approves the same, and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location. But until the Secretary of War shall approve the plan and location of the said bridge, and notify the said company of the same in writing, the bridge shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be

Changes.

subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 5. That said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage

Railroad, wagon, and foot bridge.

of railroad 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 time by the

Tolls.

Secretary of War.

Sec. 6. That all railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge

Use by other companies.

constructed under this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable

Compensation.

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 the 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 allegations and proof of the parties.

Sec. 7. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall

Aids to navigation.

be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the,

Lights, etc.

Light-House Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of the said company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void unless the construction

Commencement and completion.

of said bridge shall be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 9. That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend,

Amendment, etc.

or repeal this act.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 143: to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 27 Stat. 464 1893-02-20 Chapter 143 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 464

CHAP. 143.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

February 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Masonic Mutual Relief Association, D. C.

That section three of the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, be, and hereby is, amended by inserting in section three,

Selection of secretary.

Vol. 15, p. 335.

after the words “one of their number as secretary,” the words, “and one of their number or a member of the association as secretary of the association, and the said secretary of the association,” so that the section shall read:

“Sec. 3.

Directors.

And be it further enacted, That the number of directors of said association shall be twenty-one. who shall be elected by the members thereof at their annual meeting on the second Tuesday in November in each year, from among themselves, and shall serve as hereinafter provided, that is to say: At the annual election held on the second

Term.

Tuesday in November, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, of the directors then elected the seven who shall receive the largest number of votes shall serve for three years; the seven receiving the next highest number shall serve two years; while the seven remaining who shall receive the next highest number shall serve for one year; and seven shall be elected annually thereafter to serve for three years; in all cases

Officers.

of a tie vote, the choice to be determined by lot. And said directors shall, at their first meeting succeeding the annual meeting of the association, elect one of their number to be president of the board of directors, who shall also be president of the association; and shall elect one of their number as vice-president, and one of their number or a member of the association as secretary of the association, and the said secretary of the association shall give bonds with security to said association in such sum as the board of directors may require for the faithful discharge of his duties; and one of their number as treasurer, who shall also give bonds with surety to said association in such sum as the said board of directors may require for the faithful discharge of his trust. At all meetings of the board of directors a majority of the

Quorum.

Vacancies.

board shall form a quorum. In case of any vacancy in the board of directors, by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining directors, from among the members of said association, who shall serve until the next annual meeting of the association, at which time a successor shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.”

Vol. 15, p. 335.

Also in section live, by striking out the words “eight hundred” before the word “dollars” at the end of the section, and by adding a proiso, so that the section shall read:

“Sec. 5.

Powers of directors.

And be it further enacted, That the said board of directors shall be capable of taking and holding the funds, property, and effects of said corporation, which funds, property, or effects shall never be divided among the members of the said society or corporation, but shall descend to their successors, duly elected in the manner heretofore specified, for the promotion of the principles of the said corporation

Payments.

and the benevolent purposes of the society which they represent, But this provision shall not prevent the said board of directors from carrying out the principles of the society or corporation, viz, the immediate payment of the widow, orphans, heir, assignee, or legatee of a deceased member, as many dollars as there are members in good standing on the

Proviso.

books of the corporation, not exceeding one thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to impair the

Existing obligations.

obligations of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association existing at the time of the approval of this act to pay to the persons mentioned in this section an amount not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars.”

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 144: to grant to the Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 465 1893-02-20 Chapter 144 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 465

CHAP. 144.—

An Act to grant to the Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

February 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company may construct rai1way, etc., line through Indian Territory.

That the Gainesville, Oklahoma arid Gulf Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, begining at a point to

Location.

be selected by said company on Red River, north of the west part of Cooke County, in the State of Texas, and running thence by the most practicable route, through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma in a northwesterly direction to a point on the southern boundary of the State of Kansas.

Sec. 2. That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through

Right of way.

said Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet in addition to the right of way, is

Addition for stations.

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 grounds where there are heavy cuts or tills 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 till: Provided,

Provisos.

Limit.

That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as

To be used solely for purposes granted.

shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.

Sec. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through any

Damages.

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 flamage 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 to be appointed by the President

Referees.

of the United States, who, before entering upon the duties 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 can not agree, then any two of them are authorized to make the award. Either party being dissatisfied with

Appeal.

the 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

Work may begin on depositing double award.

proceedings have been commenced in court the railway company shall pay double the amount of the award into court to abide the judgement thereof, and then have the right to enter upon the property sought to be condemned. and proceed with the construction of the railroad. Each

Payment to referees.

of said referees shall receive for his services 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

Fees and coats.

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.

Sec. 4. That said railroad company shall not charge the inhabitants

Freight charges

of 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 466

Passenger rates.

same kind, provided that passenger rates on said railway shall not exceed three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the right to

Regulations.

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 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 freight 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

Provisos.

Maximum rates.

one State into another or shall extend into more than one State: Provided, however, That the rates of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed those above expressed:

Mails.

And Provided further, 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.

Sec. 5.

Additional compensation to tribes.

That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the 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

Annual payment.

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 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: Provided, That Congress

Provisos.

Additional taxes.

shall have the right, so long as their lauds are occupied 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:

Appeal by general council.

Provided further, That if the general council 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 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 to be paid to the individual occupant of land, with the right to appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as herein provided: Provided further, That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

Taxation.

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 its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway

Payment to allot tees.

immediately after the passage of this act: Provided further, That if said right of way shall pass over or through any land allotted to an Indian in accordance with any law or treaty it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to provide for obtaining the consent of such allottee or allottees to said right of way and to fix the amount of compensation to be paid such allottees for light of way and for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of the road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company to any portion of said right of 467 way passing over or through any allotted lands until the compensation herein provided for shall be fixed and paid.

Sec. 6. That said railway company shall cause maps showing the

Maps to be filed,

route of its located line through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be tiled in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railways may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That

Proviso.

Work may commence on filing map.

when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter or such location shall be void as to any occupant thereof.

Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company

Employees may reside on right of way.

necessary to the construction, operation, and management of said road and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside while so engaged upon said 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.

Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the

Litigation.

northern 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, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf 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.

Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least one hundred

Construction.

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 necessary bridges over said railway wherever said 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.

Sec. 10. That said Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company

Condition of acceptance.

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 occupancy than hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.

Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying

Record of mortgages.

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.

Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or

Amendment, etc.

repeal this act.

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 145: to ratify and confirm agreement between the Puyallup Indiana and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for right of way through the Puyallup Indian Reservation. 27 Stat. 468 1893-02-20 Chapter 145 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 468

CHAP. 145.—

An Act to ratify and confirm agreement between the Puyallup Indiana and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for right of way through the Puyallup Indian Reservation.

February 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Puyallup Indians.

Agreement with Northern Pacific Railroad Company ratified.

That the agreement dated November twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, made between J. W. Sprague, superintendent of the Pacific division of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, on behalf of said Company, and R. II. Milroy, then agent in charge of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, on behalf of the Indians occupying the same, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, under the terms of which

Right of way.

said Indians granted said railroad company right of way through said reservation for its Cascade Branch, which said agreement was assented to and approved by said Indians, as evidenced by a certain memo randum in writing, bearing date November twenty-third, eighteen and seventy-six, signed by the chiefs and headmen of the Puyallup tribe of Indians, also on tile in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, which said last-mentioned agreement was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and by the Secretary of the Interior April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, be, and the same is hereby, ratified

Proviso.

Condition.

and approved. Provided, The said company, shall comply with all the terms and stipulations of said agreement, and maintain in proper condition all buildings, structures, and ways provided for therein.

Sec. 2.

Branch.

That there be, and is hereby, granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company a right of way not exceeding sixty feet in width through the Puyallup Indian Reservation, for a spur one thousand three hundred and seventy-eight feet in length from a point on the Cascade branch of said railroad company now constructed through said reservation to the western boundary thereof, according to the map thereof filed by said railroad company in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, upon the following terms and conditions, viz: First.

Fences.

That said railroad company shall erect and maintain on either side of said right of way a good lawful fence so as to protect stock in the fields on either side thereof. Second.

Water gate.

That said railroad company shall put in and keep in order a water gate at the point where the wagon road now being used and maintained across said reservation will cross said spur when constructed, in order to allow the water to escape, and also to keep the salt water from coming in during high tide. Third.

Gates, etc.

That said railroad company shall construct and maintain gates in its right of way, fences at the point where said wagon road crosses the right of way herein granted for said spur, and construct and maintain a wagon road crossing between said gates. Fourth.

Payments.

That said railroad company shall pay the Indians for the right of way so taken for said spur such sum, not less than one thousand five hundred dollars per acre, as may be determined by the secretary of the Interior to be right and proper; and that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, within thirty days after the approval of this act, to prescribe the time and manner for the payment thereof.

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 146: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain plans and specifications for public buildings to be erected under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and providing for local supervision of the construction of the same. 27 Stat. 468 1893-02-20 Chapter 146 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 146.—

An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain plans and specifications for public buildings to be erected under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and providing for local supervision of the construction of the same.

February 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public buildings.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to obtain 469 plans, drawings, and specifications for the erection of public buildings

Plans may be obtained by competition.

for the United States, authorized by Congress to be erected under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and the local supervision of the construction thereof by competition among architects under such conditions as he may prescribe and to make payment for the services of the architect whose plan may be selected out of the appropriations for the respective buildings: Provided, That not less than five

Provisos.

architects shall be invited by the said Secretary to compete for the

Minimum number of competitors.

furnishing of such plans and specifications and the supervision of such construction: And provided further, That the general supervision of the

Supervision.

work shall continue in the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, the Supervising Architect to be the representative of the Government in all matters connected with the erection and completion of such buildings, the receipt of proposals, the award of contracts therefor, and the disbursement of moneys thereunder, and perform all the duties that now pertain to his office, except the preparation of drawings and specifications for such buildings and the local supervision of the construction thereof, the said drawings and specifications however, to be subject at all times to modification and change relating to plan or arrangement of building and selection of material therefor as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 147: to restore to the public domain a portion of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 469 1893-02-20 Chapter 147 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 147.—

An Act to restore to the public domain a portion of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes.

February 20, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That so much of the White

White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, restored to public domain.

Mountain Apache Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona, established by Executive orders dated November ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two; August fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three; July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; and March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; as lies within the following boundary lines, namely: Beginning

Boundaries.

at the summit of Chromo Butte, a prominent peak of the Apache Mountains about three and one-half miles southwest of the town of McMillen; thence running north forty-five degrees east a distance of twelve miles; thence due north to the middle of Salt River, a distance of five miles, more or less; thence down the middle of Salt River to the intersection thereof with the present western boundary line of said reservation; thence southerly with the said western boundary line as the same has been ascertained and located by John C. Smith, deputy surveyor, to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, restored to the public domain and declared to be public lands of the United States.

Sec. 2. That the lands hereby restored shall be subject to entry and

Entries.

occupation under the laws providing for the disposal of the public domain in force at the date of the passage of this act: Provided, That

Provisos.

Prices for homestead locations.

each person seeking to obtain title to portions of said land, not mineral, under the homestead laws, shall, in addition to the legal fees and charges of the register and receiver, pay for the land so entered not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre in cash: Provided further,

Date of entry.

That any location, entry, or entries, mineral or nonmineral, heretofore made on said lands or any part thereof by any qualified person or persons shall bear date and be allowed with the same effect and no other, as though said lands had been public lands at the date of the institution of such proceedings; but no such entry shall be deemed completed except upon the payment to the proper officers of the regular 470 purchase price of said lauds, irrespective of any payments which may have been heretofore made.

Sec. 3.

Confirmation of previous entries.

That upon making payment as prescribed in the preceding section all entries and mill-site applications heretofore allowed upon any of said lands shall be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, and patents shall issue therefor.

Sec. 4.

Disposition of receipts.

That all moneys accruing from the sale of the lands hereby restored, except the fees allowed by law to the register and receiver, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and applied solely as follows: First.

Reimbursement.

To reimburse the United States for all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in running said boundary lines and surveying said lands. Second.

Trust fund.

The remainder to be held in trust for the sole use and benefit of the tribes of Indians now located upon said reservation, and to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Interior, in such manner and for such purposes as may to him seem to be for the best interests of said Indian tribes.

Sec. 5.

Ownership of Indians not recognized.

That nothing herein contained shall be construed as recog nizing title or ownership of said Indians to any part of said White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, whether that hereby restored to the public domain or that still reserved by the Government for their use and occupancy.

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 148: to ratify and confirm an agreement made bet ween the Seneca Nation of Indians and William B. Barker. 27 Stat. 470 1893-02-20 Chapter 148 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 148.—

An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement made bet ween the Seneca Nation of Indians and William B. Barker.

February 20, 1893.

Preamble.

Whereas, the Seneca Nation of Indians in council, January third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, duly entered into an agreement with William B. Barker, whereby said nation leased to said Barker the Oil Springs, the Cattaraugus and the Allegany reservations, situate in western New York, tor the purpose of boring and testing said territory for gas and oil, on condition that if oil was found in paying quantities said nation should receive one-eighth part thereof, and if gas should be found in paying quantities said nation should receive forty dollars per annum for each gas well drilled and used, and in addition that each Seneca Indian family residing on either of said reservations should, if gas is found, have sufficient fuel for domestic use from any gas wells drilled on said territory free of charge, all of which is provided in said agreement, which was duly recorded in the Seneca Nation deed book, volume live, page three hundred and forty-one, January fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at three o’clock post meridian of that day: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Seneca Indians.

Agreement with W. B. Barker ratified.

That the agreement above recited be, and the same hereby is, in all things ratified, accepted, and confirmed.

Approved, February 20, 1893.

Chap. 149: to amend an act establishing a court of private land claims and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 27 Stat. 471 1893-02-21 Chapter 149 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 149.—

An Act to amend an act establishing a court of private land claims and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

February 21, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Court of private land claims.

Vol. 26, p. 854.

That the act entitled “An act to establish a court of private land claims and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories,” 471 approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows, to wit:

Section sixteen of chapter five hundred and thirty-nine of the public

Adverse possession.

Requirements modified.

acts of the second session of the Fifty-first Congress is hereby amended by striking out the words “residing thereon as his home,” where they occur in the forty-first line of page eight hundred and sixty-one, volume

Vol. 26, p. 861.

twenty-six, United States Statutes.

That section seventeen of said act be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 26, p. 862.

amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 17.

That in the case of townships heretofore surveyed in the

Surveyed townships.

Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and the States of Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming, all persons who, or whose ancestors, grantors, or their lawful successors in title or possession, became citizens of the United States by reason of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, or the terms of the Gadsden purchase, and who have been in the actual continuous adverse possession of tracts, not to exceed one hundred

Entries by persons having 20 years adverse possession.

Vol. 9, p. 922.

and sixty acres each, for twenty years next preceding such survey, shall be entitled, upon making proof of such facts to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district, and of the Com missioner of the General Land Office, upon such investigation as is provided for in section sixteen of this act, to enter without payment of purchase money, fees, or commissions such subdivisions, not exceeding

Limit.

one hundred and sixty acres, as shall include their said possessions.

“After a claim of the character described shall Have been filed as directed

Survey of irregular tracts.

in section eighteen of this act, and it shall appear that a tract claimed as aforesaid is of such shape that the claimant can not readily secure his interests by an entry by legal subdivisions of the public surveys, the Commissioner of the General Land Office may cause such claim to be surveyed at the expense of the United States, but the deputy surveyor performing the work shall not be paid for his services more than five dollars per day in addition to his necessary expenses.

“Before commencing such a survey the deputy surveyor shall post,

Proceedings to establish lines.

in at least three prominent places in the township in which such claim is situated, a notice in both the English and Spanish languages, calling on all persons entitled to lands in said township under this section, to submit to him within a reasonable time proofs of their rights in the lands, by affidavit or otherwise. He shall then proceed to establish the lines of such possessions in the township as seem to him to be valid, properly connecting the lines thereof with the lines of public surveys, and he shall return the aforesaid proofs to the surveyor-general

Approval of surveys.

with the field notes of such claims and possessions. The surveyor-general shall then, upon his approval of said proofs and field notes of surveys, cause the said claim or claims to be platted, and numbered as a lot or lots of the section or sections in which such claim or claims are situated, and shall transmit a duplicate of the amended plat to the General Land Office and a triplicate thereof to the proper district land office, after which the land claimed as aforesaid may be entered as a lot or lots by the number or numbers designated upon the amended township plat:

Provided, however, That no person shall be entitled to enter more

Proviso.

Limit.

than one hundred and sixty acres in one or more tracts in his own right under the provisions of this section.”

Section eighteen of said act is hereby amended by striking out the

Time extended for filing claims.

Vol. 26, p. 862.

words “the passage of this act,” in the third and fourth lines of said section, and inserting in place thereof the words “the first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.”

Approved, February 21, 1893.

Chap. 150: to extend to the North Pacific Ocean the provisions of the statutes for the protection of the fur-seals and other fur-bearing animals. 27 Stat. 472 1893-02-21 Chapter 150 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 472

CHAP. 150.—

An Act to extend to the North Pacific Ocean the provisions of the statutes for the protection of the fur-seals and other fur-bearing animals.

February 21, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fur seals.

That whenever the Government of the United States shall conclude an effective international

Extension of protection to North Pacific Ocean.

arrangement for the protection of fur seals in the North Pacific Ocean, by agreement with any power, or as a result of the decision of the tribunal of arbitration under the convention concluded between the United States and Great Britain February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and so long as such arrangement shall

Post, p. 941.

R. S. 1956, p. 343.

continue, the provisions of section nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, and all other provisions of the statutes of the United States, so far as the same may be applicable, relative to the protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals within the limits of Alaska or in the waters thereof, shall be extended to and over all that portion of the Pacific Ocean included in such international arrangement. Whenever an effective international

Proclamation by President when international arrangement effected.

arrangement is concluded as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the President to declare that fact by proclamation, and to designate the portion of the Pacific Ocean to which it is applicable, and that this act has become operative; and likewise when such arrangement ceases, to declare that fact and that this act has become inoperative, and his proclamation with respect thereto shall be conclusive. During the

Prosecution of violations.

extension as aforesaid of said laws for the protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals all violations thereof in said designated portion of the Pacific Ocean shall be held to be the same as if committed within the limits of Alaska or in the waters thereof, but they may be prosecuted either in the district court of Alaska or in any district court of the United States in California, Oregon, or Washington.

Approved, February 21, 1893.

Chap. 151: to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs. Iowa.” 27 Stat. 472 1893-02-21 Chapter 151 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 151.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs. Iowa.”

February 21, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Immediate transportation privileges extended to.

Vol. 21, p. 174.

Ante, p. 12.

That the privileges of section seven of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and are hereby, extended to the said port of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Approved, February 21, 1893.

Chap. 153: granting certain rights and privileges to the commissioners of water works in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. 27 Stat. 472 1893-02-23 Chapter 153 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 153.—

An Act granting certain rights and privileges to the commissioners of water works in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania.

February 23, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Erie, Pa.

That the commissioners of water works in the city of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, be, and they

May lay waterpipes across Government land

are hereby, granted the right to lay, extend, and mantain their intake pipe from their present pumping station at the foot of Chestnut street, at Erie, Pennsylvania, across the Bay of Presque Isle to the peninsula, thence across the land belonging to the United States on the peninsula to the shore of Lake Erie, thence into the lake as far as may be

Lands.

advisable to secure pure water, together with the use of such land on the peninsula as may be needed for the proper laying, protection, and maintaining the pipe and the erection of all buildings necessary for the construction, care, and supervision of the work, and for maintaining the same.

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Also the use of such land belonging to the United States as may be

Use for roads granted.

required for a road, or roads, to and from the main land to place of crossing; all according to such plans and specifications as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and such plans shall be executed under his direction and supervision.

Sec. 2. The right to alter, amend or repeal this act is hereby reserved.

Amendment, etc.

Approved, February 23, 1893.

Chap. 154: to provide for the publication of the Eleventh Census. 27 Stat. 473 1893-02-23 Chapter 154 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 154.—

An Act to provide for the publication of the Eleventh Census.

February 23, 1893

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eleventh Census.

That the Reports of the Eleventh Census of the United States be printed and bound at the Government Printing Office, to consist of the following: A digest of the leading statistics.

Reports to be issued.

not to exceed two hundred octavo pages; a compendium; a report on population; a report on manufactures; a report on agriculture; a report on wealth, debt and taxation: a report on farms, homes, and mortgages; a report on mineral resources; a report on transportation; a report on insurance; a report on vital statistics; a report on statistics of special classes; a report on fish and fisheries; a report on educational and church statistics; a report on pauperism and crime; a report on social statistics: a report on Alaska, a report on Indians, and a statistical atlas, together with such special reports and monographs as may be found necessary.

That any or all of the above-named reports may, for convenience of

Separate publications.

publication, be divided into parts and each part published separately, in the discretion of the Superintendent of Census, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the edition of such

Proviso.

Limit.

separate parts shall not exceed in number the whole number hereby authorized for the publication of each thereof as a whole.

That in addition to the usual number there shall be printed and

Distribution of copies.

bound fifty thousand copies each of the Digest and the Compendium, fifteen thousand for the use of the Senate, thirty thousand for the use

Digest and compendium.

of the House of Representatives, two thousand five hundred for the use of the Department of the Interior, and two thousand five hundred for the use of the Census Office; thirty thousand copies each of the report on population and the report on agriculture, nine thousand for the

Population and agriculture.

use of the Senate, eighteen thousand for the House of Representatives, two thousand for the use of the Department of the Interior, and one thousand for the use of the Census Office; ten thousand copies each of

Other reports.

all other reports above mentioned and of the Statistical Atlas, excepting special reports and monographs, three thousand for the use of the Senate, six thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, six hundred and sixty-six for the use of the Department of the Inferior, and three hundred and thirty-four for the use of the Census Office: and three thousand each of special reports and monographs, six hundred

Special reports.

for the use of the Senate, one thousand two hundred for the use of the House of Representatives, six hundred for the Department of the Interior, and six hundred for the use of the Census Office.

And the additional copies herein authorized to be

Additional copies.

printed shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior in the same manner and under the same regulations and restrictions as provided in the act entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the Tenth Census,”

Vol. 22, p. 344.

approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two: Provided,

Proviso.

Former arrangement repealed.

Vol. 26, p. 888.

That so much of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as enumerates the volumes of the Eleventh Census and the number of copies of the same to be printed is hereby repealed.

Approved, February 23, 1893.

Chap. 156: to amend “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 27 Stat. 474 1893-02-24 Chapter 156 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 474

CHAP. 156.—

An Act to amend “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

February 24, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Conneaut Harbor, Ohio.

That “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July

Change in improvement.

Ante, p. 93.

thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended in so far as the same provides for the improvement of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, by striking out “for relocation of channel and construction of new piers” (scheme B, Engineer’s report), and inserting “to widen and deepen the existing old channel” (scheme A, Engineer’s report).

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 157: relative to voluntary assignments by debtors for the benefit of creditors, in the District of Columbia, anil to amend section seven hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 474 1893-02-24 Chapter 157 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 157.—

An Act relative to voluntary assignments by debtors for the benefit of creditors, in the District of Columbia, anil to amend section seven hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia.

February 24, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Assignments by debtors. D. C.

That in all cases of voluntary assignments hereafter made in the District of Columbia for the benefit

Inventory of property and list of creditors to be filed.

of creditor or creditors, the debtor or debtors shall annex to such assignment an inventory, under oath or affirmation, of his, her, their, or its estate, real and personal, according to the best of his, her, their, or its knowledge, and also a list of his, her, their, or its creditors, their respective residences and places of business, if known, and the amount of their respective demands; but such inventory shall not be conclusive

Title to vest in assignee.

as to the amount of the debtors estate, but such assignment shall vest in the assignee or assignees the title to any other property except legal

Legal exemptions.

exemptions, where legal exemptions are reserved by the deed of assignment, belonging to the debtor or debtors at the time of making the assignment and comprehended within the general terms of the same.

Assignee to be a resident.

The assignee in every such assignment shall be a resident of the District. and every such assignment shall be duly acknowledged and recorded in the land records of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 2.

Record.

Preferences void.

That every provision in any assignment hereafter made in the District of Columbia providing for the payment of one debt or liability in preference to another shall be void, and all debts and liabilities within the provisions of the assignment shall be paid pro rata from the assets thereof.

Sec. 3.

Equity proceedings to attack assignments.

That any creditor of an assignor may proceed in equity to attack the assignment as made to hinder, delay, or defraud the creditors of the assignor, without first reducing his, her, their, or its debt or claim against the assignor to judgment at law. and may in such equity proceeding prove that he, she, they, or it is or are a creditor or creditors and as such entitled to relief.

Sec. 4.

Writs of attachment.

That section seven hundred and eighty two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, be,

May issue in cases of fraudulent assignments.

R. S. D. C., sec. 782, p. 93.

and the same is hereby, amended as follows: After the words “Third, that he has removed, or is about to remove, some of his property from the District, so as to defeat just demands against him.” the following words are hereby inserted, to wit: “or has assigned, disposed of, or secreted, or is about to assign, dispose of, or secrete property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors.”

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 158: to narrow California avenue, within Bellair Heights, district of Columbia. 27 Stat. 475 1893-02-24 Chapter 158 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 475

CHAP. 158.—

An Act to narrow California avenue, within Bellair Heights, district of Columbia.

February 24, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That that part of California

California avenue, D. C.

Narrowing authorized.

avenue which lies within Gardiner G. Hubbard’s subdivision, known as Bellair Heights, in the District of Columbia, be, and the same hereby is, narrowed, by equal reduction from each side of said avenue, from one hundred and twenty and fifteen one-hundredths feet in width to ninety and fifteen one-hundredths feet in width; and that all right and

Release of land to owners of abutting lots.

title that may now be in the United States or in the District of Columbia in and to the strip of land of fifteen feet in width so cut off by said reduction from each side of said avenue within said subdivision be, and the same hereby is, surrendered and released unto and vested in the present owners of the abutting lots, to each the part directly in front of his or her lot.

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 159: authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at the foot of Main street, in the borough of Bellevernon, in the State of Pennsylvania. 27 Stat. 475 1893-02-24 Chapter 159 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 159.—

An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at the foot of Main street, in the borough of Bellevernon, in the State of Pennsylvania.

February 24, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Bellevernon Bridge

Bellevernon Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River,

Company, a corporation duly authorized under the laws of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Monongahela River, between a point at or near the foot of Main street, in the borough of Bellevernon, Fayette County, to a point in Washington County on the opposite side of said river, all within the State of Pennsylvania.

Sec. 2. That the said Bellevernon Bridge Company, its successors

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

and assigns, shall not begin the construction of its bridge, piers, abutments, causeways, and other works over, in. or on said river until the location and plan of the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3. That any act of Congress or part of an act inconsistent herewith,

Repeal of inconsistent laws.

so far as it affects the same, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Map. etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War.

shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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 drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at low and at high water, with the. soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, 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

Approval.

Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 5. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be

Aids to navigation.

so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night; 476

Lights, etc.

and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of the said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.

Sec. 6.

Commencement and completion.

That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Sec. 7.

Amendments, etc.

That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this aet is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 160: to incorporate the American University. 27 Stat. 476 1893-02-24 Chapter 160 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 160.—

An Act to incorporate the American University.

February 24, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

American University, D.C., incorporated.

Incorporators.

That John H. Vincent. John E. Andrus, James M. Buckley, Mark Hoyt, Jesse L. Hurlbut, James M. King. Charles C. McCabe, Charles H. Payne, John E. Searles, junior, John S. Huyler, of New York; Charles W. Buoy, J. A. M. Chapman, G. P. Hukill, Robert E. Pattison, Charles Scott, Mrs. Matthew Simpson, of Pennsylvania; Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina; David II. Carroll, Jacob Tome, Alpheus W. Wilson, of Maryland; Charles H. Fowler, of Minnesota; William M. Springer, J. B. Hobbs, of Illinois; John P. Newman, of Nebraska: Job H. Jackson, of Delaware; Redfield Proctor, of Vermont; W. W. Smith, of Virginia; D. B. Wesson, M. Burnham, of Massachusetts: Thomas Bowman, of Missouri; and John F. Hurst, Louis E. McComas, Benjamin Charlton, Andrew B. Duvall, Matthew G. Emery, Charles C. Glover, S. S. Henkle, Benjamin F. Leighton, John E. Beall, Aldis B. Browne, Mrs. John A. Logan, H. B. Moulton, Hiram Price. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Somers, Brainard H. Warner, and S. W. Woodward, of the District of Columbia, their associates and successors, two thirds of whom shall at all times be members of the

Powers.

Methodist Episcopal Church, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name The American University, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have perpetual succession; to acquire, take by devise, bequest, or otherwise, hold, purchase, encumber. and convey such real and personal estate as shall be required for the purpose of its incorporation; to make and use a common seal,

Trustees.

and the same to alter at pleasure; to choose a board of trustees consisting of not more than fifty, of whom fifteen shall constitute a quorum to do business, and which board shall be authorized to fill any vacancies in their number, to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the corporation shall require, and to make bylaws for the accomplishment of its purposes, for the management of its property, and for the

To establish a university.

regulation of its affairs. Said corporation is hereby empowered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a university

Diplomas and degrees.

for the promotion of education. The said corporation shall have power to grant and confer diplomas and the usual college and university degrees, and honorary degrees, and also such other powers as may be necessary fully to carry out and execute the general purposes of the said corporation as herein appearing.

Sec. 2.

Amendment, etc.

That this act may be amended or repealed at any time by the Congress in its pleasure.

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 164: to amend the act of May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 477 1893-02-25 Chapter 164 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 164.—

An Act to amend the act of May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

February 25, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arrears of taxes, D.C.

477That all persons whose property was involved in suits of law or equity or where minors were owners at the time the arrearages of taxes were received at six per centum,

Reduction of penalties in certain cases.

and penalties off, may, within six months from the date of passage of this bill, have the privilege of paying said arrearages of taxes up to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, with remission of penal ties, and interest to be computed at the rate of six per centum per annum.

Sec. 2. That all drawback certificates outstanding, issued by the

Drawback certificates receivable for arrears of taxes due up to June 30, 1892.

Vol. 26, p. 124.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia under the act of June second, eighteen hundred aud ninety, shall be receivable for all arrears of general taxes due aud unpaid to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, February 25, 1893.

Chap. 165: for the benefit of the State of Kentucky, Logan and Simpson counties and of Louisville, Kentucky, and of Sumner and Davidson counties, Tennessee. 27 Stat. 477 1893-02-25 Chapter 165 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 165.—

An Act for the benefit of the State of Kentucky, Logan and Simpson counties and of Louisville, Kentucky, and of Sumner and Davidson counties, Tennessee.

February 25, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Commissioner of

Kentucky, Logan and Simpson counties, Louisville, Ky., Sumner anti Davidson counties, Tenn.

Refund of internal revenue taxes authorized.

Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to audit and adjust the claims of the sinking fund commissioners of the State of Kentucky, of Logan and Simpson counties in said State, of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and of Sumner and Davidson counties, Tennessee, for internal revenue taxes collected on railroad dividends on stock and on interest on railroad bonds owned by said counties, and city, respectively, in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and of said State for internal revenue taxes collected and interest on railroad bonds of the railroad from Louisville to Lexington and on dividends on stock of said railroads owned by said State, and due and payable to said boards of sinking fund commissioners, respectively, and to said State, counties, and city, to the extent that such taxes were deducted from any dividends or interest due and payable to such boards, respectively, and which have not been heretofore refunded, and for this purpose, any statute of limitations to the contrary notwithstanding, sections nine hundred and eighty-nine, thirty-two hundred and twenty, thirty-two

R. S., secs. 989, 3220, 3226–3228, pp. 185, 618, 619, 620.

hundred and twenty-six, thirty-two hundred and twenty-seven, and thirty-two hundred and twenty-eight of the United States Revised Statutes are hereby made applicable and available with the force and effect as if protest and demand for payment had been made within the time prescribed by said sections; anil the amounts, when ascertained,Payment. as aforesaid, and not heretofore refunded, shall be paid out of the permanent annual appropriation provided for similar claims allowed within the present fiscal year.

Approved, February 25, 1893.

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CHAP. 167.—

An Act for the further continuance of the publication of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States.

February 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the publication of the

Supplement to Revised Statutes.

Publication of, continued.

Editing.

Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States shall be further continued under the editorial charge of the editor of the existing Supplement and his assistants.

478

Sec. 2

Pamphlet edition each session of Congress.

Contents.

That at the end of each session of Congress a pamphlet edition of the permanent and general legislation of the session, with notes, references, and an index, substantially on the plan of the existing Supplement, shall be stereotyped and printed at the Government Printing Office; the plates and all rights thereto to be the property of the United States.

Sec. 3.

Number, distribution, and sale of copies.

That the number of copies of said pamphlet and the distribution and sale thereof shall be the same as provided for the printing,

Vol. 26, p.50.

distribution, and sale of said Supplement by the act of April ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter seventy-three (First Supplement to Revised Statutes, second edition, page seven hundred and twelve).

Sec. 4.

Compensation.

That there shall be paid to said editor for himself and his assistants, including the cost of all clerical labor and other expenses, the sum of one thousand dollars for preparing the pamphlet for each session of Congress.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

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CHAP. 168.—

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

February 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army appropriations.

for pay of officers of the line.

Pay.

Line officers.

For pay of officers of the line, two million seven hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Longevity.

For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, eight hundred and twenty-two thousand six hundred and seventy dollars. for pay of enlisted men.

Enlisted men.

Pay.

For pay proper of enlisted men of all grades, four million one hundred thousand dollars. And on and after the first day of July,

Sergeants.

Pay established.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the pay per month of first sergeants shall be twenty-five dollars per month, sergeants eighteen dollars per month, and in both classes the increase of pay for length of service as now provided by law.

Hospital corps.

Service pay.

For pay of Hospital Corps, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For service pay of enlisted men by reason of length of service, in addition to their monthly pay, and payable therewith four hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.

General service clerks and messengers.

For general service clerks and messengers, to the number and at the rate now fixed by law, one hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred dollars. for pay of the general staff.

General staff.

Adjutant-General’s Department.

Adjutant-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Adjutant-General’s Department, as now authorized and provided by law, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars;

Longevity.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, sixteen thousand dollars; in all sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

Inspector-General’s Department.

Inspector-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Inspector-General’s Department, as now authorized and provided by law, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars; 479 For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. The Corps of Engineers: For pay of the officers in the Corps of

Corps of Engineers.

Engineers, as now authorized and provided by law, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand live bundled dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, seventy-seven thousand dollars; in all. three hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. Ordnance Department: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department,

Staff officers.

Ordnance Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, fourty-four thousand and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Quartermaster’s Department: For pay of officers in the Quartermaster’s

Quartermaster’s Department.

Department as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, fifty-one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-three thousand five hundred dollars. Subsistence Department: For pay of officers in the Subsistence Department,

Subsistence Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred thousand nine hundred dollars. Medical Department: For pay of officers in the Medical Department,

Medical Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, four hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity

with their current monthly pay, one hundred and eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; in all, five hundred and thirty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Pay Department: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, as now

Pay Department.

authorized and provided by law, eighty-six thousand live hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, twenty-seven thousand dollars; in all one hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

Limitation of number of majors.

That hereafter no appointments shall be made to the grade of major in the Pay Department of the Army until the number of majors in that Department is reduced below twenty-five, and thereafter the number of officers of that grade in the Pay Department shall be fixed at twenty-five: And provided further, That hereafter the Secretary of War is also

Payment of enlisted men where no paymaster is on duty.

Judge-Advocate-General’s Department.

the Judge-Advocate-General’s Department, as now authorized and provided by law, twenty-seven thousand dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, seven thousand dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand dollars. Signal Corps: For pay for the officers of the Signal Corps, as now

Signal Corps.

authorized and provided by law, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, six thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and eighty dollars: 480

Record and Pension Office.

Record and Pension Office: For pay of officer of the Record an Pension Office, as now authorized and provided by law, three thousand five hundred dollars;

Longevity.

For additional pay to such officer for length of service, to be paid with his current monthly pay, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. retired officers.

Retired list.

Officers.

For pay of officers on the retired list, and for officers who may be placed thereon during the current year, one million one hundred thousand dollars;

Longevity.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars; in all, one million four hundred and thirty thousand dollars. retired enlisted men.

Enlisted men

Pay.

For pay of enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars. miscellaneous.

Hospital matrons.

For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thousand dollars;

Veterinary surgeons.

For pay of not exceeding fourteen veterinary surgeons, thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars: in all, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.

Paymasters’ clerks, messengers, etc.

For pay of not exceeding thirty-five paymasters’ clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; not exceeding thirty paymasters’ messengers, and traveling expenses of paymasters’ clerks and expert accountant of the Inspector-General’s Department, eighty-four thousand

Provisos.

Reduction in number.

Maximum traveling allowance.

two hundred dollars: Provided, That hereafter the number of paymasters’ clerks shall be reduced one for every paymaster reduced under the operations of this act: Provided further, That hereafter the maximum sum to be allowed paymasters’ clerks and the expert accountant of the Inspector-General’s Department, when traveling on duty, shall be four cents per mile, and in addition thereto, when transportation can not be furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department, the cost of the same actually paid by them, exclusive of parlor car or sleeping car fare and transfers.

Courts-martial, etc.

For compensation of reporters and witnesses attending upon courts-martial and courts of inquiry, seven thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.

Public buildings, Washington, D. C.

For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds in Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.

Expert accountant.

For expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Commutation of quarters.

For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty without troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, two hundred

Proviso.

Officers absent on field duty.

thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter officers temporarily absent on duty in the field shall not lose their right to quarters or commutation thereof at their permanent station while so temporarily absent.

Military information from abroad.

For pay of a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of military information from abroad, one thousand five hundred dollars; and hereafter the officers detailed to obtain the same shall be entitled to mileage and transportation, and also commutation of quarters while on this duty, as provided when on other duty.

Allowances, etc., enlisted men.

For allowance for travel, retained pay, clothing not drawn, and for interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 481 For additional pay to officer commanding the military prison at Fort

Military prison.

Leavenworth, Kansas, five hundred dollars. For mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops, when

Mileage to officers.

authorized by law, not to exceed one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; to be allotted by the Secretary of War to the War Department

Allotment, etc.

Limitation.

and to the several military departments, and not more than three-fifths of said amount shall be expended during the first half of the fiscal year and not more than one-half of the remainder during each of the remaining quarters: Provided, That in disbursing this amount the

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

maximum sum to be allowed and paid to an officer shall be four cents per mile, distance to be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes, and in addition thereto the cost of the transportation actually paid by the officer over said route or routes, exclusive of parlor-car or sleeping-car fare and transfers: And provided further, That when any officer

On subsidized roads.

so traveling shall travel in whole or in part on any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacific railroads, he shall be allowed for himself only four cents per mile as a subsistence fund for every mile necessarily traveled over any such railroads: And provided further, That the transportation furnished by the Quartermaster’s

Transportation by Quartermaster’s Department.

Department to officers traveling without troops shall be limited to transportation in kind not including sleeping or parlor car accommodations, over free roads, over bond-aided Pacific railroads, and by conveyance belonging to said Department. For traveling expenses and commutation of quarters for civilian

Civilian physicians.

physicians employed by the Surgeon-General, one thousand dollars. Making in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thirteen

Amount.

million two hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents. All the money hereinbefore appropriated shall be disbursed and

To constitute one fund.

accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. subsistence department.

Subsistence Department.

For the purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops,

Supplies.

civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, military convicts at posts, prisoners of war (including Indians held by the army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), estimated for the fiscal year on the basis of ten million seventeen thousand four hundred and twenty-five rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized extra issue of candles and salt, and vinegar for public animals; for issue to Indians visiting military posts and to Indians employed with the Army without pay, as guides and scouts; for payments for cooked rations for recruiting parties or recruits; for hot coffee, baked beans, and canned beef for troops traveling when it is impracticable to cook their rations; for scales, measures, weights, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, printing, advertising, commercial newspapers, use of telephones, office furniture for temporary buildings, cellars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermaster’s Department); for bake ovens at posts and in the field and repairs thereof; for extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in

Extra-duty pay.

the Subsistence Department for periods not less than ten days at rates fixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Subsistence Department, and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, card, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; for the payment of the regulation allowances

Commutation of rations.

for commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance sergeants on duty at ungarrisoned posts, to enlisted men stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to 482 carry rations or any kind, to enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in the department, division, and army rifle competitions

Amount.

while traveling to and from places of contest; in all, one million seven hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; and not more than one hundred and ten thousand

Civilian employees.

dollars thereof shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department. quartermaster’s department.

Quartermaster’s Department.

Regular supplies.

Regular supplies: For the regular supplies of the (Quartermaster’s Department, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus and repair and maintenance of the same, for heating offices, hospitals, and barracks and quarters; of ranges and stoves and appliances for cooking and serving food, of fuel and lights for enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; for the equipments of bakehouses to carry on post bakeries; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipments for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men of the Army; 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, members of the Hospital Corps, 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

Amount.

Provisos.

Printing.

division and department orders and reports, two million five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on printing unless the same shall be done by contract, after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice for competition:

Purchases.

Provided further, That after advertisement all the supplies for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation considered. incidental expenses.

Incidental expenses.

For postage; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts; for 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 can not be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action or who die when on duty in the field or at military posts or 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, or guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department; 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, members of the Hospital Corps, and scouts as may be mounted, and for the trains, to wit, hire of of veterinary surgeons, purchase of medicine for horses and mules, 483 pickets ropes, blacksmith’s tools and materials, horseshoes and blacksmith’s tools for the cavalry service, and for the shoeing of horses and mules, and such additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movements and operation of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, six

Amount.

Proviso.

Extra-duty pay.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That two hundred thousand dollars of the appropriation for incidental expenses, or so much thereof 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 in the Quartermaster’s Department, but no such payment shall be

Limitation.

made at any greater rate per day than is fixed by law for the class of persons employed at the work done therein. For the purchase of horses for the cavalry and artillery, and for Indian

Purchase of horses.

scouts, and for such infantry and members of the Hospital Corps as may be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Provided, That the number of horses purchased

Proviso.

Limit.

under this appropriation, added to the number on hand, shall not at any time exceed the number of enlisted men and Indian scouts in the mounted service; and that no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract, after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster’s Department, and an inspection by such Department, all under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. Army transportation: For transportation of the Army, including

Transportation.

baggage of the troops, when moving either by land or water; of supplies to the militia furnished by the War Department; of the necessary agents and employees; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and other quartermaster’s stores from army depots or places of purchase or delivery to the several posts and army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipments and 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 foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals 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 and other employees; extra duty pay of enlisted men driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as train masters and in opening roads and building wharves; transportation of funds of the Army, the expenses of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the, Atlantic and Pacific oceans; for procuring water and introducing same to buildings at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance and for the disposal of sewage and drainage, and for constructing roads and wharves; for the payment

Payment to land-grant railroads.

of army transportation lawfully due such land grant grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted 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

Maximum.

of the full amount of service be paid; in all, two million six hundred thousand dollars: Provided, that such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation

Provisos.

Basis.

performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: Provided further, that in expending

Only 50 per cent to be paid.

the money appropriated by this act, a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other 484 Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States tor transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property, as the Secretary of war shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such Government transportation as shall at the time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service.

Barracks and quarters.

Barracks and quarters; For barracks and quarters for troops, storehouses for the safekeeping of military stores, for offices, and for the hire of buildings and grounds for summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at frontier stations, for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established

Provisos.

Limit.

posts, seven hundred thousand dollars; Provided, That hereafter no expenditures exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made upon any building or military post, or grounds about the same, without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates by the Quartermaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster’s Department shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by

Civilian employees.

contract, after due legal advertisement: And provided further, That no more than one million two 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

Maximum salaries.

camp and garrison equipage; 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; and no part of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel and for quarters to officers or enlisted men.

Hospitals.

Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs of of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, except quarters for the officers, fifty thousand dollars.

Quarters for hospital stewards.

For construction of quarters for hospital stewards at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, seven thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Designation of posts.

That hereafter the posts at which such quarters shall be constructed shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and such quarters shall be built by contract, after legal advertisement, whenever the same is practicable.

Shooting ranges, etc.

For shelter, shooting galleries, ranges, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, eight thousand dollars.

Clothing, camp and garrison equipage.

Clothing, camp and garrison equipage: For cloth, woolens, material, and for the manufacture of clothing tor the Army: for issure and for sale at cost price, according to the Army Regulations; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage and for expenses of packing and handling, and similar

Proviso.

Military prison.

necessaries, one million two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter out of the money hereby appropriated for clothing and equipage of the Army there shall not be expended at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth a sum in excess of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. 485 For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other

Contingent expenses.

estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, fifteen thousand dollars. medical department

Medical Department.

Medical and Hospital Department; For the purchase of medical

Supplies, etc.

and hospital supplies, including disinfectants for general post sanitation, expenses of medical purveying depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army and Signal Corps on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, for the proper care and treatment of cases in the Army suffering from contagious and epidemic diseases, and the supply of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arknansas, advertising, and other

Hot Springs, Ark.

miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: and not over forty thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment

Civilian employees.

Proviso.

R. S., see. 3709. p. 733.

Purchase of medicines, etc.

of civilian employees of the Medical Department: Provided, That hereafter so much of section thirty-seven hundred and nine, Revised Statutes, as requires advertisment before purchase shall not apply to the purchase of medicines and medical supplies. For the purchase of needful material to be used in the art of teaching

Hospital corps cooking school.

cookery to the enlisted men in the two compnies of the Hospital Corps, five hundred dollars. Medical Museum and Library: For Army Medical Museum, preservation

Medical Museum.

of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgeon-General’s

Library.

Office, seven thousand dollars. In all, twelve thousand dollars. engineer department.

Engineer Department.

Engineer depot at Willets Point, New York: Incidental expenses of

Incidental expenses.

the depot, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware; extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine-drivers, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; repairs of and for materials to repair public buildings, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, four thousand dollars. For purchase of materials for the instruction of engineer troops at

Material.

Willets Point in their special duties as sappers and miners, for laud and submarine mines, and pontoneers, torpedo drill, and signaling, thirty-five hundred dollars. For purchase and repair of instruments to be issued to officers of the

Instruments.

Corps of Engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as acting engineer officers for use on public works and surveys, three thousand dollars. Library of the Engineer School of Application: Purchase and binding

Books.

of professional works of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects, five hundred dollars; In all, eleven thousand dollars. ordnance department.

Ordnance Department.

Ordnance service: For current expenses of the ordnance service

Current expenses.

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 486 ordnance service, and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance supplies, including payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, eighty thousand dollars.

Ammunition for small arms, etc.

For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small arms and ammunition for reloading cartriges, and tools for the same, including the cost of targets and material for target practice, and marksmen’s medals, and insignia for all the arms of the service, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

Repair of ordnance, etc.

For repairing and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, five thousand dollars.

Ordnance stores.

For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

Equipments.

For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipments for cavalry and artillery, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

Preserving new ordnance stores.

For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving ordnance stores on hand at the arsenals, five thousand dollars.

Morning and evening gun.

For firing the morning and evening gun at military posts, prescribed by General Orders Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand six hundred dollars.

Targets.

For targets for artillery practice and implements for mechanical maneuvers, six thousand dollars.

Manufacture, etc., of arms.

Provisos.

Magazine rifles.

No expenditure for, until test of American inventions.

Board of officers to test.

For manfacture of arms at the national armories, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expend for the manufacture of magazine rifles of foreign invention until such magazine rifles of American invention as may be presented for tests to the War Department within the next thirty days shall have been tested by a board of officers to be selected by the Secretary of War, which board shall report to the board of Ordnance and Fortification,

Manufacture on approval.

on or before July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. If the decision of said board of officers shall be in favor of any American invention and shall also receive the approval of the board of Ordnance and Fortification and the Secretary of War, then this appropriation,

Manufacture of arm selected.

or such part thereof as the Secretary may direct, shall be expended in the manufacture of such American arm: Provided further, That if no such American invention shall be recommended by said board or receive the approval of the Secretary of War this appropriation shall be applicable to the manufacture of the magazine arm recommended for trial by the board recently in session and approved by the Secretary of

Civilian clerks.

War: Provided further, That not more than sixty 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. recruiting service.

Recruiting service.

Expenses.

For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous to depot, including sending of recruiting parties to small towns, and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars for the payment of a clerk to the officer disbursing the appropriation; Also, including the actual and necessary cost of transportation of accepted applicants from their homes to places of enlistment, when authorized by the Secretary of War; in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. And hereafter, in time of peace, no recruit shall be enlisted in

Qualifications of recruits.

the Army for the first time who is over thirty years of age, and no private shall be reenlisted who has served ten years or more, or who is over thirty-five years of age, except such as have already served as enlisted men for twenty years or upwards. 487 signal service.

Signal service.

For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: purchase,

Expenses.

equipment, 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 (excluding exchange service) and maintenance of the same; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, including salaries of civilian employees,

Military telegraph lines.

supplies and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise twenty-two thousand dollars. For construction, maintenance, and repair of a military telegraph

Telegraph, Fort Ringgold to Fort Mc.

line from Fort Ringgold, Texas, to Fort McIntosh, Texas, seventeen thousand dollars. contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses of the office of the Commanding General, in

Commanding General’s office.

his discretion, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military

Headquarters of military departments.

departments, including the staff corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet and desk furniture, binding, maps, books of reference and police utensils, three thousand dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War. Approved, February 27, 1893.

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CHAP. 169.—

An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

February 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Kansas City, Pittsburg

Kansas City, Pitts-burg and Gulf Railroad Company may construct railroad line, etc., through the Indian Territory.

and Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, operating, using, and maintaining a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the south line of

Location.

Cherokee County, near the town of Galena, in the State of Kansas, and running thence in a southerly direction through the Indian Territory or through the State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, by the most feasible and practicable route, to a point on the Red River, near the town of Clarksville, in the State of Texas, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem its interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for.

Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take for all uses of a

Right of way.

railroad, telegraph, and telephone line, and for no other purposes, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Indian Territory,

Width.

and to take and use a strip of land two hundred and fifty feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet in addition to right of way, for stations for every ten miles of the road, with the right to use additional

Stations, etc.

grounds 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: Provided, That no more

Provisos.

Limit.

Land not to be sold, etc.

than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: And provided further, That no parts of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purpose only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, 488 telegraph, and telephone line, and when any portion thereof shall

Reversion.

cease to be used, such portion shall revert to said nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.

Sec. 3.

Damages.

That before said railway shall be constructed through any 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 railroad. In case of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the

Referees.

appraisement of three disinterested referees, to be appointed, one (who shall act as chairman) by the President of the United States, one by the chief of the nation to which said occupant belongs, and one by said railroad company, who, before entering upon the duties of their appointments, shall take and subscribe, before a district judge, clerk of a district

Oath, etc.

court, or United States Commissioner, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointments, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award to and filed with the Secretary of the Interior within sixty days from the completion thereof; and a majority of said referees shall be competent to act in the case

Substitution on failure to appear.

of the absence of a member, after due notice. And upon the failure of either party to make such appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the President, the vacancy shall be filled by the district judge of the court for the western district of Arkansas, upon the application of the other party. The chairman of said board shall

Hearings.

appoint the time and place for all hearings within the nation to which said occupants belong. Each of said referees shall receive for his

Compensation.

services the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are engaged in the trial of any ease submitted to them under this act, with mileage at live cents per mile. Witnesses shall receive the usual fees allowed

Costs.

by the courts of said nation. Costs, including compensation of the referees, shall be made a part of the award and be paid by said Railroad company. In case the referees can not 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 ninety

Appeal.

days after making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the United States Court held at Fort Smith, Arkansas, which court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the subject-matter of said petition according to the laws of the State of Arkansas, provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes. If, upon the hearing of said appeal, the judgment of the court shall be tor a larger sum than the award of the referees,

Costs on appeal.

the cost of said appeal shall be adjudged against the railroad company. If the judgment of the court shall be for the same sum as the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the appellant. If the judgment of the court shall be for a smaller sum than the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the party claiming damages. When proceedings have commenced in court the railway company shall pay double the amount of the award into court

Work may begin on depositing double award.

to abide the judgment thereof, and then have the right to enter upon the property sought to be condemned and proceed with the construction of the railroad.

Sec. 4.

Freight charges.

That said railroad Company shall not charge the inhabitants of said Territory a greater rate of freight than the rates authorized by the laws of the State of Arkansas for services or transportation of the same kind: Provided, That passenger rates on said railroad shall not

Provisos.

Passenger rates, etc.

Regulation.

exceed three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate the charges for freight and passengers on said railroad and messages on said telegraph and telephone lines until a State Government shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation

Interstate transportation.

of persons and freight within its respective limits by said railroad; but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times 489 the cost of such transportation by said railroad or said company whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State: Provided, however, That the

Maximum.

rates of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed the rates above expressed: And provided further, That said

Mails.

railroad 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.

Sec. 5. That said railroad company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said line may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for in this act, for property taken and damages done to individual occupants by the, construction of the Railroad for each mile of railroad that it may construct in said Territory, said payment to be made in installments of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars as each working section of twenty-five miles of road is graded: Provided, That if the general council of either of the nations

Provisos.

Appeal by general councils.

or tribes through whose, land said railroad may be located shall, within four months after the filing of the 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 to be paid to the individual occupants of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same conditions, terms, and requirements as therein provided: Provided further, That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

said railroad 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 foregoing provisions. Said company shall also pay, so long as said Territory is owned or occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each

Annual rental.

mile of railroad 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 with the laws and treaties

Apportionment.

now in force among the different nations and tribes according to the number of miles of railroad that may be constructed by said railroad company through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have the

Taxation.

right, as long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nation or tribe, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railroad shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of said railroad as may be within its limits. Said railroad Company shall have the right

Survey, etc.

to survey and locate its railroad immediately after the passage of this act.

Sec. 6. That said Company shall cause maps showing the route of

Maps to be tiled.

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 railroad may be located, and after filing said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a map

Proviso.

Grading to begin on tiling maps.

showing any portion of said railroad company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within one year thereafter, or said location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in sections of twenty-five miles, before construction of any such section shall be begun.

Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company,

Employees may reside on right of way.

necessary to the construction and management of said road, shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon said right of way, but subject 490 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.

Sec. 8.

Litigation.

That the United States circuit and district Court for the western district of Arkansas, and such other Courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in

Jurisdiction.

controversy. concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railroad shall be constructed. Said Courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, in all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railroad 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.

Sec. 9.

Commencement and completion.

That said railroad Company shall build at least fifty miles of its railroad in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act and complete main line of the same within one year thereafter, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not

Crossings, etc.

built. That said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all fence, road, and highway crossings, and necessary bridges over said railroad whenever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railroad’s right of way or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.

Sec. 10.

Condition of acceptance.

That the said Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company shall accept this right of way upon the express 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 lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations any further grant of land

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railroad company under this act.

Sec. 11.

Record of mortgages.

That all mortgages executed by said railroad Company conveying any portion of its railroad, with the 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.

Sec. 12.

Amendment, etc.

That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this act, and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned

Assignment, etc.

or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgage or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

Chap. 170: to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 490 1893-02-27 Chapter 170 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 170.—

An Act to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

February 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Brightwood Railway Company may construct, etc., a branch trolley line.

That the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to construct, equip, and operate, with the overhead trolley system of electric motive power, a branch line of road and to run its cars thereon through and along the following-named roads or streets in the District of Columbia:

Route.

Beginning at the intersection of the Rock Creek Church road and Richmond street, in the subdivision of Petworth, and running thence 491 westerly along said Richmond street to Brightwood avenue; thence Southerly along the present tracks of the said Brightwood Railway on said Brightwood avenue, to the intersection of Marshall street with said Brightwood avenue; thence westerly along and over said Marshall street to Kenyon avenue; thence along said Kenyon avenue westerly to Fourteenth street.

Sec. 2. That work on said branch road shall be begun within six

Commencement and completion.

months and completed—with cars running thereon—within one year from the date of the approval of this act. And said branch road shall

Equipment, time schedule, etc.

be supplied with new cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as the public convenience may require, and said branch road shall be maintained in first-class condition. And said Brightwood Railway

Fare.

Company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on its line to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches.

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of constructing and equipping its said

Bonds.

branch line, as provided for in this act, the said Brightwood Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds to aid in paying for such construction and equipment of its said branch line, and to secure the said bonds by mortgage or deed of trust of its right of way and all of its property of whatsoever kind, whether real, personal, or mixed, on said branch line: Provided, That the moneys raised on

Provisos.

Use of proceeds.

Limit of bond issue.

said bonds shall be used and expended only for the construction and equipment of said branch line: And provided further, That the amount of said bonds shall not exceed the actual cost of the right of way, construction, and equipment, motive power, and such land and buildings as may be necessary to the practical and complete operation of said branch line.

Sec. 4. That, should any part of the branch line of said Brightwood

Use of coinciding tracks.

Railroad herein provided for coincide with portions of any other duly incorporated street railway in the District of Columbia, but one set of tracts shall be used when, on account of the width of the street or for other sufficient reason, it shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the District, and the relative conditions of use and of chartered

Terms.

rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutually agreed upon between the companies, or, in case of disagreement, by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, on petition tiled therein by either party and on such notice to the other party as the court may order.

Sec. 5. That in the event that the company should not be able to

Land for roadway and buildings.

come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said branch line may be located to pass or upon which any necessary buildings may be required to be located, proceedings for the

Condemnation proceedings.

condemnation for the use of said company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its road

Limit of width, etc.

way, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes.

Sec. 6. That this act shall be considered as an amendment to the act

Charter amended.

Vol. 25, p. 560.

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approved October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, granting a charter to the Brightwood Railway Company, and shall be construed as being subject to all the powers, privileges, limitations, and conditions of said original act, except as specifically provided otherwise herein.

Sec. 7. This act may be altered, amended or repealed by Congress at

Amendment, etc.

any time, at its discretion.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

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CHAP. 171.—

An Act to grant to the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific, Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

February 27, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company may build railway, etc., line through Indian Territory.

That the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, equip ping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and

Location.

telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be selected by said company at or near Chicasha Station, on said railway, in the Chickasaw Nation. Indian Territory, and running thence by the most practicable route southeasterly in the direction of Dallas, Texas, to the south line of the Indian Territory, and also through the Indian Territory and any Indian reservations upon a line beginning at or near

Route.

said Chicasha Station and running thence by the most practicable route in a westerly or southwesterly direction to the west or south line of Oklahoma Territory.

Sec. 2.

Right of way.

That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through said Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Chicago, Rock Island and

Width.

Pacific Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to the right of

Stations.

Limitations.

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 grounds where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way, for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, or

Proviso.

Restricted use.

as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: Provided, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone

Reversion.

line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.

Sec. 3.

Damages.

That before said railway shall be constructed through any 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

Referees.

of three disinterested referees, to be appointed by the President, who, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall take and subscribe before competent authority an oath that they will faithfully

Oath. etc.

and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award. In case the referees can not 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 ninety days after the making of the award and

Appeal.

notice of the same, to appeal, by original petition, to the courts, where the case shall be tried de novo. When proceedings have been

Work may begin on depositing double award.

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 enter upon the property sought to be condemned,

Compensation, etc.

and proceed with the construction of the railroad. Each of said referees shall receive for his services the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are engaged in the trial of any case submitted to them

Fees.

Costa.

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.

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Sec. 4. That said railroad company shall not charge the inhabitants

Freight charges.

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 the same kind: Provided, That passenger rates on said railway shall not

Provisos.

Passenger rates.

Regulation.

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 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 freight within their respective

Interstate transportation.

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: Provided, however, That the rates of such transportation of passengers, local or

Maximum rates.

interstate, shall not exceed those above expressed: And provided further, That said railway company shall carry the mail at such prices

Mails.

as Congress may by law provide, and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster-General may fix the rate of compensation.

Sec. 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

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 tor 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

Annual rental.

company shall also pay, as long as said Territory is owned and occupied by the Indians as nations or tribes, 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 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: Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so long as their lands are

Provisos.

Additional taxes.

occupied 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: Provided further, That if the general council of either of

Appeal by general councils.

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 be paid

Ante, p. 492.

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 to be paid to the individual occupant of land, with the right to appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as herein provided: Provided further, That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

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 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 shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately

Taxation.

Survey, etc.

after the passage of this act.

Sec. 6. That said railway company shall cause maps showing the

Maps to be filed.

route of its located line through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be tiled in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands 494 said railways may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of

Proviso.

Grading to begin on filing maps.

way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter or such location shall be void as to any occupant thereof.

Sec. 7.

Employees to reside on right of way.

That the officers, servants, and employees of said company necessary to the construction, operation, and management of said road and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside while so engaged upon said 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.

Sec. 8.

Litigation.

That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, 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 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.

Sec. 9.

Construction.

That said railway company shall build at least one hundred miles of its railway in said Territory within three years after the

Forfeiture.

passage of this act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railroad company shall construct and maintain

Crossings, etc.

continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway whenever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way or may be by proper authorities laid out across the same.

Sec. 10.

Condition of acceptance.

That said railway company 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 occupancy than hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the condition mentioned in this section

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said Railway company under this act.

Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company

Record of mortgages.

conveying 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.

Sec. 12.

Amendment, etc.

That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or repeal this act.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

Chap. 174: authorizing the construction of a free bridge across the Arkansas River, connecting Little Rock and Argenta. 27 Stat. 494 1893-02-28 Chapter 174 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 174.—

An Act authorizing the construction of a free bridge across the Arkansas River, connecting Little Rock and Argenta.

February 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pulaski County may bridge Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark.

That it shall be lawful for the county of Pulaski, State of Arkansas, to build a tree wagon, foot, and street-railway bridge across the Arkansas River at the city of Little 495 Rock, in Arkansas; and in case of any litigation arising from any

Litigation.

obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States having jurisdiction over that portion of the State of Arkansas where said bridge shall be located.

Sec. 2. That if any bridge, built under the provisions of this act shall

Drawbridge.

be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river, at an accessible, and navigable point, and with the spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the pivot or central pier of the draw; and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than

Spans, etc.

two hundred and fifty feet, and said span shall not be less than twenty feet above high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge: And provided also, That said draw

Proviso.

Opening of draw.

shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under said bridge; and whatever kind of bridge be constructed the bridge, piers shall be parallel with the current of the river. If said

Piers.

bridge shall have no draw, the span over the navigable channel shall

Span over navigable channel.

be of such height above high water and such length between the piers as shall have been approved by the Secretary of War before construction of the same is commenced.

Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to

Lawful structure and post route.

its limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized as a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States.

Sec. 4. That the United States shall have the right of way for telegraph

Postal telegraph.

Use by telegraph, etc., companies.

purposes on said bridge; and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal rights and privileges as to constructing their lines over said bridge.

Sec. 5. That the said county of Pulaski shall submit to the Secretary

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

of War, for his approval, a plan, with the necessary drawings of said bridge, conforming to the above requirements; and until the Secretary of War approve the plan and location of said bridge, and notify the county court of the said county in writing, the bridge shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 6. That such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board

Lights, etc.

may prescribe shall be maintained upon said bridge, between sunset and sunrise, by and at the expense of the owner or owners thereof.

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this act.

Sec. 8. That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend,

Amendment, etc.

or repeal this act, or any part thereof, if, in its judgment, the public interests so require, and any change in the construction of such bridge

Changes.

hereby authorized, made necessary by the action of Congress, or the entire removal of the bridge, if required, shall be at the expense of the owners of said bridge or of the parties controlling or using the same.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 175: granting to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company the use of certain lands at Chickasha Station, and for a “Y” in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. 27 Stat. 495 1893-02-28 Chapter 175 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 175.—

An Act granting to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company the use of certain lands at Chickasha Station, and for a “Y” in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.

February 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway may use lands at Chickasha Station, Ind. Ter., with right of way for a “Y.”

That the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of use laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa, is hereby granted 496 the right to use for railroad purposes two additional strips of land, each one hundred feet in width, lying on each side of the ground

Station.

selected for station purposes, under act of Congress, at Chickasha Station. in the Chickasaw Nation. Indian Territory; and said railway

Right of way for a “Y”

Length.

company is also granted a right of way one thousand live hundred feet in length for a “Y” in sections twenty-one and twenty-two. township seven north, range seven west of Indian meridian, said right of way to

Width.

be of a width of three hundred feet for a distance of four hundred feet, and for the remaining one thousand one hundred feet the width shall

Compensation.

be one hundred feet. The amount of compensation to be paid to the Chickasaw Nation or tribe of Indians for such appropriation of land and right of way shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided for the determination of the compensation to be paid to individual occupants of lands, as provided in section three of an act entitled “An act to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company, and for other purposes,”

Vol. 24. p. 446.

Proviso.

Conditions, etc.

approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: Provided, That said strips of lands and the lands included in the said “Y” shall be subject to all the conditions, restrictions, and limitations contained in the said act of Congress last mentioned.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 176: to amend an act entitled “An act to grant to the Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company the right to trestle across the shoal water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island,” approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety. 27 Stat. 496 1893-02-28 Chapter 176 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 176.—

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to grant to the Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company the right to trestle across the shoal water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island,” approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

February 28, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company’s trestle between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.

Vol. 26, p. 480, amended.

Construction and completion extended.

That section four of the act entitled “An act to grant to the Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company the right to trestle across the shoal water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island,” approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 4. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within three years and completed within five years from the date of the approval of this act,”

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 182: making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 27 Stat. 496 1893-03-01 Chapter 182 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 182.—

An Act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

March 1, 1893

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Diplomatic and consular service appropriations.

That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety four, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

SCHEDULE A.

Schedule A.

salaries of ministers.

Salaries.

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Mexico, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China, Japan, Spain, Austria, Italy, and Brazil, at twelve thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars; 497 Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic, Colombia, Peru, Turkey, and Chile, at ten thousand dollars each, fifty thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Belgium, Hawaiian Islands, Netherlands, Venezuela, and Paraguay and Uruguay, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty seven thou sand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars; and said rank shall take effect on the approval of this act: Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway, and to Denmark, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia and Ecuador, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Minister resident and consul general in Korea, seven thousand five

Ministers resident and consuls-general.

hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland, five thousand dollars. Ministers resident and consuls-general in Siam, Persia, Portugal, and Haiti, at five thousand dollars each (and the minister resident and consul-general in Haiti shall also accredited as chargé d’affaires to Santo Domingo), twenty thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general in Liberia, four thousand dollars; Agent and consul general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;

Agent, etc., Cairo.

Chargés d’affaires.

Chargés d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, twenty thousand dollars; Total, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Whenever the President shall be advised that any foreign government

Changes in rank authorized.

is represented, or is about to be represented, in United States by an ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, special envoy, or chargé d’affaires, he is authorized, in his discretion, to direct that the representative of United States to such government shall bear the same designation. This provision shall in

Duties, powers, and salary not affected.

nowise affect the duties, powers, or salary of such representative. salaries of diplomatic and consular officers while receiving instructions and making transits. To pay the salaries of ministers, consuls, and other officers of the

Ministers, consuls, etc., while receiving instructions, etc.

United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions, and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June

R. S., sec. 1740. pp. 309, 310.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby appropriated. salaries, secretaries of legations. Secretaries of the legations in London, Paris, Berlin, Saint Petersburg,

Secretaries of legations.

China, and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Secretary of legation in Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Secretary of legation in Korea, one thousand five hundred dollars. Secretary of legation and consul general at Bogota, two thousand dollars. 498 Secretary of legation in Guatemala and Honduras and consul general to Guatemala, two thousand dollars; Secretaries of the legations in Turkey, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars; Secretaries of legations in Argentine Republic, Venezuela, Chile, and Peru at one thousand live hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars;

Second secretaries.

Second secretaries of the legations at London, Paris, and Berlin, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; 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; Total, forty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. salaries, interpreters to legations.

Interpreters

Interpreters to the legations in China, and Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Interpreter to the legation in Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Korea, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam five hundred dollars; Total, eleven thousand dollars.

No additional pay to interpreter.

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. clerk-hire at legations.

Clerk-hire, Spain.

Clerk-hire at the legation in Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars. contingent expenses, foreign missions.

Contingent expenses, foreign missions.

To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, 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, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk-hire, compensation of cavasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards and

Dispatch agents.

Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangier, and the compensation of dispatch agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for

Printing.

traveling and miscellaneous expenses of legations, and for printing in the Department of State ninety thousand dollars. loss by exchange, diplomatic service.

Loss by exchange.

Loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from legations, two thousand five hundred dollars. steam launch for legation at constantinople.

Steam launch, Constantinople.

Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one thousand eight hundred dollars. 499 buildings and grounds for legation in china. Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or

Rent.

China.

such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand one hundred dollars. rent of legation building in tokyo, japan. Rent of legation building in Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March

Japan.

fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand dollars. annual expenses of cape spartel light, coast of morocco. Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangier

Cape Spartel and Tangier light.

Light, on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars. bringing home criminals. Actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries

Bringing home persons charged with crime.

persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars. fees and costs in extradition cases. To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements of

Extradition expenses.

the fourth section of “An act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,” approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

Vol. 22, p. 216.

to be disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars. rescuing shipwrecked american seamen. Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the

Life saving testimonials.

services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. expenses under the neutrality act. To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the

Expenses, neutrality act.

neutrality act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

R. S., sec. 291. p. 49.

may be necessary. emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service. To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in

Unforeseen emergencies

the diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised

R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.

Statutes, sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. allowance to widows or heirs of diplomatic officers who die abroad. Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and

Payment to heirs of diplomatic or consular officers dying abroad.

R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311.

forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to 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. 500 transporting remains of diplomatic officers, consuls, and consular clerks to their homes for interment.

Remains of ministers, consuls, etc.

Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and consular officers of the United States including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, ten thousand dollars. international bureau of weights and measures.

International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, in conformity with the terms of the convention of

Vol. 20, p. 714.

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. international union of american republics.

Bureau of the American Republics.

Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, for the prompt collection and distribution of commercial information, as recommended by the International American Conference, thirty thousand dollars. And of the sums heretofore, or which may be hereafter, contributed by the other American Republics for this purpose, there shall be covered into the Treasury the amount necessary to reimburse the United States for the sum advanced beyond its contributive share for the maintenance of the Bureau of the American Republics. united states and chilean claims commission.

United States and Chilean claims commission.

Post, p. 966.

To carry into effect the convention between the United States and Chile for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Santiago on the seventh day of August,

Amount.

Immediately available

Expenditure.

eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, this appropriation to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the President, in such manner as he shall deem reasonable and proper, for the compensation of the commissioner, secretary, and agent, on the part of the United States, and for the contingent expenses of the commission, including the moiety of the compensation of the third commissioner and the

Proviso.

Commissioner.

Secretary.

taking of testimony on behalf of the United States: Prodded, That the compensation of the commissioner on the part of the United States shall not exceed the rate of five thousand dollars a year, that of the secretary on the part of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars a

Agent.

Ratable deduction on awards.

year, and that of the agent of the United States, four thousand dollars a year; and that the ratable deduction on the amount of the sums awarded by the Commissioners, not exceeding the rate of five per centum on the sums so awarded, which, in accordance with the provisions of the tenth article of said convention, is to be retained in reimbursement of the expenses of the commission, shall be covered into the Treasury. SCHEDULE B.

Schedule B.

salaries, consular service.

Salaries.

Consuls-general.

Consul-general at Havana, six thousand dollars; Consuls-general at London, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro, at five thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars. Consuls-general at Shanghai and Calcutta, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; 501 Consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; Consuls-general at Berlin, Montreal, Kanagawa, Panama. Mexico (city), and Honolulu, at four thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Halifax, and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Apia, Constantinople, Dresden, Ecuador, Frankfort, Ottawa, Rome, Saint Petersburg, and Saint Gall, at three thou sand dollars each, twenty-seven thousand dollars. Consul general at Nuevo Laredo, two thousand five hundred dollars; Consuls-general at Tangier and Maracaibo, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars; Consul-general at Santo Domingo, one thousand five hundred dollars; Total, one hundred and one thousand five hundred dollars. Class I.

Class I.

For salaries of consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents, three

Consuls etc.

hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars, as follows, namely:

Consul at Liverpool, five thousand dollars. Consul at Hongkong, five thousand dollars. For salary and expenses of a commercial agent at Boma, in the Lower

Commercial agent, Boma.

Kongo Basin, with authority to visit and report upon the commercial resources of the Upper and Lower Kongo basins, their products, their minerals, their vegetable wealth, the openings for American trade, and to collect such information on the subject of that country, as shall be thought of interest to the United States, five thousand dollars. Class II.

Class II, $3,500 a year.

At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. China: Consuls at Amoy, Canton, and Tientsin. France: Consul at Havre. Peru: Consul at Callao. Class III.

Class III, $3,000 a year.

At three thousand dollars per annum. Austria: Consul at Prague. Belgium: Consul at Antwerp. Chile: Consul at Valparaiso. Colombia: Consul at Colon (Aspinwall). China: Consuls at Chinkiang, Fuchau, and Hankow. France: Consul at Bordeaux. Germany: Consul at Barmen. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belfast, Bradford, Demerara. Glasgow, Kingston (Jamaica), Manchester, and Singapore. Japan: Consuls at Nagasaki, and Osaka and Hiogo. Mexico: Consul at Vera Cruz. 502 Spanish Dominions: Consul at Matanzas (Cuba). Switzerland: Consul at Basle. Uruguay: Consul at Montevideo. Class IV.

Class IV, $2,500 a year

At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Argentine Republic: Consul at Buenos Ayres. Austria: Consul at Reichenberg. Belgium: Consul at Brussels. China: Consul at Ninpo. Danish Dominions: Consul at Saint Thomas. France: Consul at Lyons and Marseilles. Germany: Consuls at Annaberg, Aixla-Chapelle, Bremen, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Mayence. Greece: Consul at Athens. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Birmingham, Dundee, Leith, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton, Tunstall, Victoria (British Columbia, and Huddersfield. Mexico: Consul at Paso del Norte. Spanish Dominions: Consuls at Cieufuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Turkish Dominions: Consul at Smyrna. Class V.

Class V, $2,000 a year

At two thousand dollars per annum. Austria-Hungary: Consul at trieste. Brazil: Consul at Pernambuco. Colombia: Consul at Barranquilla. Costa Rica: Consul at San Jose. France: Consul at Rheims and Saint Etienne. Germany: Consuls at Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf. Leipsic, Brunswick. Sonneberg and Magdeburg. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belize (British Honduras), Cardif, Chatham, Cork, Dublin, Dunfermline, Hamilton, (Ontario), Leeds, Nassau, (New Providence), Port Louis (Mauritius), Port Stanley and Saint Thomas (Canada), Saint John (New Brunswick) Sherbrooke (Cauada), Sydney (New South Wales), and Toronto, (Canada). Honduras: Consul at Tegucigalpa. Italy: Consul at Palermo. 503 Madagascar: Consul at Tamatave. Mexico: Consuls at Acapulco, Piedras Negras, and Tampico. Netherlands: Consul at Rotterdam. Nicaragua: Consuls at Managua and San Juan del Norte. Russia: Consul at Odessa. Salvador: Consul at San Salvador. Spain and Spanish Dominions: Consuls at Baracoa, Manila, (Philippine Islands), San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Sagua la Grande (Cuba). Switzerland: Consuls at Horgen and Zurich. Turkish Dominions: Consuls at Beirut and Jerusalem. Class VI.

Class VI, $1,500 a year.

At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Brazil: Consuls at Bahia, Para, and Santos. Belgium: Consul at Liege. Denmark: Consul at Copenhagen. France and French Dominions: Consuls at Cognac, Guadelupe. Martinique and Nice. Germany: Consuls at Breslau, Kehl, Mannheim and Munich. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Amherstburg (Canada), Antigua (West Indies), Auckland (New Zealand), Barbadoes, Bermuda, Bristol, Brockville (Ontario), Cape Town, Coaticook (Canada), Ceylon (India), Charlottetown (Prince Ed ward Island), Clifton (Canada), Fort Erie (Canada), Goderich (Canada) Gibraltar, Guelph (Canada), Kingston (Canada) London (Canada), Malta, Morrisburg (Canada), Newcastle-on Tyne, Pictou (Canada), Port Hope (Canada), Port Sarnia (Canada), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Prescott (Canada), Quebec, Saint Helena, Saint Johns (Quebec), Saint Stephens (Canada), Stratford (Ontario), Three Rivers (Canada), Wallaceburg (Canada) Windsor (Ontario), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Woodstock (New Brunswick), and Yarmouth (Nova Scotia). Italy: Consuls at Castela-Mare, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Leghorn. Messina, Milan, and Naples. Mexico: Consuls at Matamoras, Merida, and Nogales. Netherlands: Consul at Amsterdam. Paraguay: Consul at Asuncion. Portuguese Dominions: Consuls at Fayal (Azores), and Funchal (Madeira). Spain: Consuls at Barcelona, Cadiz, Cardenas Denia and Malaga. Switzerland: Consul at Geneva. 504 Sweden and Norway: Consuls at Gottenberg and Stockholm. Turkey: Consul at Sivas. Venezuela: Consuls at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello. SCHEDULE C.

Schedule C.

Class VII.

Class VII, $1,000 a year.

At one thousand dollars per annum. Belgium: Consul at Ghent. Chile: Consul at Talcahuano. France and French Dominions: Consul at Nantes. Germany: Consul at Stettin. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Gaspe Basin (Canad), Sierra Leone (West Africa), Turks Island, and Windsor (Nova Scotia). Haiti: Consul at Cape Haitien. Honduras: Consul at Ruatan and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla) Italy: Consul at Venice. Netherlands: Consul at Batavia. Portuguese Dominions: Consuls at Mozambique (Africa), and Santiago (Cape Verde Islands) Society Islands: Consul at Tahiti. Sweden and Norway: Consul at Christiana. salaries, consular clerks.

Consular clerks.

Eight consular clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, nine thousand six hundred dollars; five consular clerks, at one thousand dollars per annum each, five thousand dollars; total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. salaries, consular officers not citizens.

Consular officers not citizens to be paid from amount for the office.

The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States shall be paid out of the amount specifically appropriated for salary at the consular office to which the alien officer is attached or appointed. allowance for clerks at consulates.

Clerks at consulates.

Allowance for clerks at consulates, as follows: Liverpool, two thousand dollars; Havana, two thousand dollars; London, one thousand six hundred dollars; Shanghai, one thousand six hundred dollars; Paris, one thousand six hundred dollars; Rio de Janeiro, one thousand six hundred dollars; 505 Antwerp, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Clerks at consulates—Continued.

Berlin, Bremen, Chemnitz, Crefeld, Frankfort, Hamburg, Havre, Hongkong Kanagawa, Lyons, Manchester. Mexico, (city), Montreal Barmen, and Vienna, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars; Southampton, two thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum seven hundred and fifty dollars shall be immediately available. Halifax, six hundred and forty dollars: Belfast, one thousand dollars; Birmingham, Bradford, and Marseilles, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; Bordeaux, Brussels, Calcutta. Colon, Dresden, Dundee, Glasgow, Leipsic, Melbourne, Nuevo Laredo, Nuremberg, Panama, Port au Prince, Sheffield. Singapore, Sonneberg. Toronto, and Tunstall, at eight hundred dollars each, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; Kingston, (Jamaica), eight hundred dollars; Maracaibo, eight hundred dollars; Ecuador, eight hundred dollars; Massina, Ottawa, Palermo, Saint Gaul. Smyrna, and Tangier, at eight hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; Leith and Victoria, at six hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; Beirut, four hundred and eighty dollars; Piedras Negras, six hundred and forty dollars; Paso del Norte, six hundred and forty dollars; Aix la Chapelle, six hundred and forty dollars; Prague, four hundred and eighty dollars; Horgen, six hundred dollars; Berne, Demerara, Florence. Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, Naples, Stuttgart, and Zurich, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Allowance for clerks at consulates, to be expended under the direction

Consulates not specified.

of the Secretary of State at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk hire, no greater portion of this sum than five hundred dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one fiscal year; Provided,

Proviso.

Limit.

That the total sum expended in one year shall not exceed the amount appropriated, twenty-five thousand dollars. Total, ninety-three thousand two hundred dollars. salaries, interpreters to consulates in china, korea, and japan. Interpreters to be employed at consulates in China, Korea, and Japan,

Interpreters.

to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifteen thousand dollars. expenses of interpreters, guards. and so forth, in turkish dominions,

Interpreters, guards, etc.

and so forth. Interpreters and guards at the consulates in the Turkish Dominions and at Zanzibar, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars. salaries, marshals for consular courts. Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, Japan, and Turkey,

Marshals, consular courts.

nine thousand three hundred dollars. boat and crew for consul at osaka and hiogo. Boat for official use of the United States consul at Osaka and

Boat hire, Osaka and Hiogo.

Hiogo, and pay of boat’s crew, five hundred dollars. 506 boat and crew fob consul at hongkong.

Hongkong.

Boat for official use of United States consul at Hongkong, and for pay of boat’s crew, five hundred dollars. expenses of prisons for american convicts.

Consular prisoners.

Bangkok.

Expenses of a prison and prison-keeper, at the consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars.

Shanghai, China.

Actual expense of renting of 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; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

Kanagawa, Japan.

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; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

Keeping, etc., prisoners.

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, Japan, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provided, 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. This is not to be understood as covering cost of medical attendance and medicines when required by such

Self-supporting prisoners.

prisoners: And provided further, That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and 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.

Rent, etc., prison in Turkey.

Rent of prison for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of keepers of the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. relief and protection of american seamen.

Relief of American seamen.

Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, or so much thereof as may be necessary, fifty thousand dollars. foreign hospitals at panama.

Foreign hospitals, Panama.

Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at Panama, five 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 hospitals. publication of consular and other commercial reports.

Publication, etc., consular reports.

Preparation, printing, publication, and distribution, by the Department of State, of the consular and other commercial reports, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, twenty thousand dollars. loss by exchange, consular service.

Loss by exchange, consular service.

Actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from the several consulates and consulates-general. four thousand dollars. contingent expenses, united states consulates.

Contingent expenses, consulates.

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, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks compensation of Chinese writers, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates, consular agencies, and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, March 1, 1893.

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CHAP. 183.—

An Act to create the California Debris Commission and regulate hydraulic mining in the State of California.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

California Debris, Commission, created.

That a commission is hereby created, to be known as the California Debris Commission, consisting of three members. The President of the United States shall, by and

Appointment.

with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the commission from officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. Vacancies occurring therein shall be tilled in like manner. It shall have

Authority and power.

the authority, and exercise the powers hereinafter set forth, under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers and direction of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That said commission shall organize within thirty days after

Organization.

its appointment by the selection of such officers as may be required in the performance of its duties, the same to be selected from the members thereof. The members of said commission shall receive no greater

Compensation.

compensation than is now allowed by law to each, respectively, as an officer of said Corps of Engineers. It shall also adopt rules and regulations,

Rules, etc., of procedure.

not inconsistant with law, to govern its deliberations and prescribe the method of procedure under the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3. That the jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the

Jurisdiction.

same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems in the State of California. Hydraulic mining,

Injurious hydraulic mining prohibited.

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as defined in section eight hereof, directly or indirectly injuring the navigability of said river systems, carried on in said territory other than as permitted under the provisions of this act is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful.

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of said commission to mature and

Duty of commission.

Plans.

adopt such plan or plans, from examinations and surveys already made and from such additional examinations and surveys as it may deem necessary, as will improve the navigability of all the rivers comprising

Improving navigability of rivers, etc.

said systems, deepen their channels, and protect their banks. Such plan or plans shall be matured with a view of making the same effective as against the encroachment, of and damage from debris resulting from mining operations, natural erosion, or other causes, with a view of restoring, as near as practicable and the necessities of commerce and navigation demand, the navigability of said rivers to the condition existing in eighteen hundred and sixty, and permitting mining by the

Certain hydraulic mining permitted.

hydraulic process, as the term is understood in said state, to be carried on, provided the same can be accomplished, without injury to the navigability of said rivers or the lauds adjacent thereto.

Sec. 5. That it shall further examine, survey, and determine the

Surveys of storage sites for debris reservoirs, etc.

utility and practicability, for the purposes hereinafter indicated, of storage sites in the tributaries of said rivers and in the respective branches of said tributaries, or in the plains, basins, sloughs, and tide and swamp lands adjacent to or along the course of said rivers, for the storage of debris or water or as settling reservoirs, with the object of using the same by either or all of these methods to aid in the improvement and protection of said navigable rivers by preventing deposits therein of debris resulting from mining operations, natural erosion, or other causes, or for affording relief thereto in Hood time and providing sufficient water to maintain scouring force therein in the summer season; and in connection therewith to investigate such hydraulic and

Examination of hydraulic and other mines, etc.

other mines as are now or may have been worked by methods intended to restrain the debris and material moved in operating such mines by impounding dams, settling reservoirs, or otherwise, and in general to make such study of and researches in the hydraulic mining industry as science, experience, and engineering skill may suggest as practicable and useful in devising a method or methods whereby such mining may be carried on as aforesaid.

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Sec. 6.

Noting condition of navigable channels.

That the said commission shall from time to time note the conditions of the navigable channels of said river systems, by cross-section surveys or otherwise, in order to ascertain the effect therein of such hydraulic mining operations as may be permitted by its orders and such as is caused by erosion, natural or otherwise.

Sec. 7.

Annual report.

That said commission shall submit to the Chief of Engineers, for the information of the Secretary of War. on or before the fifteenth day of November of each year, a report of its labors and transactions,

Contents.

with plans for the construction, completion, and preservation of the public works outlined in this act, together with estimates of the cost thereof, stating what amounts can be profitably expended thereon each year. The Secretary of War shall thereupon submit same to Congress on or before the meeting thereof.

Sec. 8.

“Hydraulic mining” and “mining by the hydraulic process” defined.

That for the purposes of this act “hydraulic mining” and “mining by the hydraulic process,” are hereby declared to have the meaning and application given to said terms in said State

Sec. 9.

Hydraulic miners must file petition with commission.

That the individual proprietor or proprietors, or in ease of a corporation its manager or agent appointed for that purpose, owning mining ground in the territory in the State of California mentioned in

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section three hereof, which it is desired to work by the hydraulic process, must file with said commission a verified petition, setting forth such facts as will comply with law and the rules prescribed by said commission.

Sec. 10.

Surrender to United States of right to regulate the working, etc.

That said petition shall be accompanied by an instrument duly executed and acknowledged, as required by the law of the said State, whereby the owner or owners of such mine or mines surrender to the United States the right and privilege to regulate by law, as Provided in this act, or any law that may hereafter be enacted, or by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by virtue thereof, the manner and method in which the debris resulting from the working of said mine or mines shall be restrained, and what amount shall be produced

Use of other processes, etc., not affected.

therefrom; it being understood that the surrender aforesaid shall not be construed as in any way affecting the right of such owner or owners to operate said mine or mines by any other process or method now in use in said State: Provided, That they shall not interfere with the

Proviso.

Navigability of rivers.

Joint petition by mining claim owners requiring a common dumping ground, etc.

navigability of the aforesaid rivers.

Sec 11. That the owners of several mining claims situated so as to require a common dumping ground or dam or other restraining works for the debris issuing therefrom in one or more sites may file a joint petition setting forth such facts in addition to the requirements of section nine hereof; and where the owner of a hydraulic mine or owners of several such mines have and use common dumping sites for impounding debris or as settling reservoirs, which sites are located below the mine of an applicant not entitled to use same, such fact shall also be stated in said petition. Thereupon the same proceedings shall be had as provided for herein.

Sec. 12.

Notice of petition, etc., to be published.

A notice specifying briefly the contents of said petition and fixing a time previous to which all proofs are to be submitted shall be published by said commission in some newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the communities interested in the matter set forth therein. If published in a daily paper such publication shall continue for at least ten days; if in a weekly paper in at least three issues of the

Examination pending publication.

same. Pending publication thereof said commission, or a committee thereof, shall examine the mine and premises described in such petition.

Affidavits, plans etc., may be filed.

On or before the time so fixed all parties interested, either as petitioners or contestants, whether miners or agriculturists, may file affidavits,

Hearings.

plans, and maps in support of their respective claims. Further hearings, upon notice to all parties of record, may be granted by the commission when necessary.

Sec. 13.

Favorable decisions within thirty days.

That in case a majority of the members of said commission, within thirty days after the time so fixed, concur in a decision in favor of the petitioner or petitioners, the said commission shall thereupon 509 make an order directing the methods and specifying in detail the manner

Order directing methods of mining, conditions, etc.

in which operations shall proceed in such mine or mines; what restraining or impounding works, if facilities therefor can be found, shall be built, and maintained; how and of what material; where to be located: and in general set forth such further requirements and safeguards as will protect the public interests and prevent injury to the said navigable rivers, and the lands adjacent thereto, with such further conditions and limitations as will observe all the provisions of this act in relation to the working thereof and the payment of taxes on the gross

Taxes on gross proceeds.

Proviso.

Expenses.

proceeds of the same: Provided, That all expense incurred in complying with said order shall be borne by the owner or owners of such mine or mines.

Sec. 14. That such petitioner or petitioners must within a reasonable

Plans, etc., to be submitted to commission.

time present plans and specifications of all works required to be built in pursuance of said order for examination, correction, and approval by said commission; and thereupon work may immediately commence thereon under the supervision of said commission or representative

Commencement of works.

Supervision and inspection.

thereof attached thereto from said Corps of Engineers, who shall inspect same from time to time. Upon completion thereof, it found in every

Completion of works.

respect to meet the requirements of the said order and said approved plans and specifications, permission shall thereupon be granted to the

Permission to commence mining.

owner or owners of such mine or mines to commence mining operations, subject to the conditions of said order and the provisions of this act.

Sec. 15. That no permission granted to amine owner or owners under

Conditions, etc., as to commencing operations.

this act shall take effect, so far as regards the working of a mine, until all impounding dams or other restraining works, if any are prescribed by the order granting such permission, have been completed and until the impounding dams or other restraining works or settling reservoirs provided by said commission have reached such a stage as, in the opinion of said commission, it is safe to use the same: Provided, however,

Proviso.

Navigation, etc., sufficiently protected.

That if said commission shall be of the opinion that the restraining and other works already constructed at the mine or mines shall be sufficient to protect the navigable rivers of said systems and the work of said commission, then the owner or owners of such mine or mines may be permitted to commence operations.

Sec. 16. That in case the joint petition referred to in section eleven

Allotment of expenses for constructing common dumps, etc.

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hereof is granted, the commission shall fix the respective amounts to be paid by each owner of such mines toward providing and building necessary impounding dams or other restraining works. In the event of a petition being tiled after the entry of such order, or incase the impounding dam or dams or other restraining works have already been constructed and accepted by said commission, the commission shall fix such amount

Subsequent petitioners to pay for dumping privilege.

as maybe reasonable for the privilege of dumping therein, which amount shall be divided between the original owners of such impounding darns or other restraining works in proportion to the amount respectively paid

Apportionment of such payment to original owners.

Maintenance, etc.

Location.

by each party owning same. The expense of maintaining and protecting such joint dam or works shall be divided among mine-owners using the same in such proportion as the commission shall determine. In all cases where it is practicable, restraining and impounding works are to be provided, constructed, and maintained by mine owners near or below the mine or mines before reaching the main tributaries of said navigable waters.

Sec. 17. That at no time shall any more debris be permitted to be

Limit of debris washed away.

washed away from any hydraulic mine or mines situated on the tributaries of said rivers and the respective branches of each, worked under the provisions of this act, than can be impounded within the restraining works erected.

Sec. 18. That the said commission may at any time, when the condition

Modifications, etc., of orders.

of the navigable rivers or when the capacities of all impounding and settling facilities erected by mine-owners or such as may be Provided by Government authority require same, modify the order granting the privilege to mine by the hydraulic mining process so as to reduce 510 amount thereof to meet the capacities of the facilities then in use, or if actually required in order to protect the navigable rivers from damage, may revoke same until the further notice of the commission.

Sec. 19.

Forfeiture for violating conditions.

That an intentional violation on the part of a mine owner or owners, company, or corporation, or the agents or employees of either, of the conditions of the order granted pursuant to

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section thirteen, or such modifications thereof as may have been made by said commission, shall work a forfeiture of the privileges thereby

Work to cease upon service of notice.

conferred, and upon notice being served by the order of said commission upon such owner or owners, company, or corporation, or agent in charge, work shall immediately cease. Said commission shall

Enforcement of orders, etc.

take necessary steps to enforce its orders incase of the failure, neglect, or refusal of such owner or owners, company, or corporation, or agents thereof, to comply therewith, or in the event of any person or persons, company, or corporation working by said process in said territory contrary to law.

Sec. 20.

Visiting mines.

That said commission, or a committee therefrom, or officer of said corps assigned to duty under its orders, shall, whenever deemed necessary, visit said territory and all mines operating under the

Report.

provisions of this act. A report of such examination shall be placed on file.

Sec. 21.

Use of public lands and material.

That the said commission is hereby granted the right to use any of the public lands of the United States, or any rock, stone, timber, trees, brush, or material thereon or therein, for any of the purposes of tills act: and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and requested, after notice has been tiled with the Commissioner of the General Land Office by said commission, setting forth what public

Withdrawal of lands from sale and entry.

lands are required by it under the authority of this section, that such laud or lands shall be withdrawn from sale and entry under the laws of the United States.

Sec. 22.

Willful injury to works a misdemeanor.

That any person or persons who wilfully or maliciously injure, damage, or destroy, or attempt to injure, damage, or destroy, any dam or other work erected under the provisions of this act for restraining, impounding, or settling purposes, or for use in connection

Penalty.

therewith, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars or be imprisoned not to exceed five years, or by both such fine and

Violation of this act a misdemeanor.

imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. And any person or persons, company or corporation, their agents or employees, who shall mine by the hydraulic process directly or indirectly injuring the navigable waters of the United States, in violation of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished

Penalty.

by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That this section shall take effect on

Proviso.

Operative date.

the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Sec. 23.

Tax on gross proceeds of hydraulic mines.

That upon the construction by the said commission of dams or other works for the detention of debris from hydraulic mines and the issuing of the order provided for by this act to any individual, company, or corporation to work any mine or mines by hydraulic process, the individual, company or corporation operating thereunder working any mine or mines by hydraulic process, the debris from which Hows into or is in whole or in part restrained by such dams or other work erected by said commission, shall pay a tax of three per centum on the

Ascertainment and payment of tax.

Regulations, etc.

gross proceeds of his, their, or its mine so worked; which tax of three per centum shall be ascertained and paid in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive the same. All sums of money paid into the Treasury under this section shall be set

A “Debris Fund” created.

Expenditures from same by the commission.

apart and credited to a fund to be known as the “Debris Fund,” and shall be expended by said commission under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers and direction of the Secretary of War, in addition 511 to the appropriations made by law in the construction and maintenance of such restraining works and settling reservoirs as may be proper and necessary: Provided, That said commission is hereby authorized to receive

Provisos.

Money advances from mine-owners

and pay into the Treasury from the owner or owners of mines worked by the hydraulic process, to whom permission may have been granted so to work under the provisions hereof, such money advances as may be offered to aid in the construction of such impounding dams or other restraining works, or settling reservoirs, or sites therefor, as may be deemed necessary by said commission to protect the navigable channels of said river systems, on condition that all moneys so advanced

Refund of same when tax is paid.

shall be refunded as the said tax is paid into the said debris fund: And provided further, That in no event shall the Government of

Limitation.

the United States be held liable to refund same except as directed by this section.

Sec. 24. That for the purpose of securing harmony of action and

Commission may consult with State commission of engineers.

economy in expenditures in the work to be done by the United States and the State of California, respectively, the former in its plans for the improvement and protection of the navigable streams and to prevent the depositing of mining debris or other materials within the same, and the latter in its plans authorized by law for the reclamation, drainage, and protection of its lands, or relating to the working of hydraulic mines, the said commission is empowered to consult thereon with a commission of engineers of said State, if authorized by said State for said purpose, the result of such conference to be reported to the

Report on conference.

Approval.

Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and if by him approved shall be followed by said commission.

Sec. 25. That said commission, in order that such material as is now

Appropriations from debris fund to be expended in restraining works, etc., above bead of navigation, etc.

or may hereafter be lodged in the tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems resulting from mining operations, natural erosion, or other causes, shall be prevented from injuring the said navigable rivers or such of the tributaries of either as may be navigable and the land adjacent thereto, is hereby directed and empowered, when appropriations are made therefor by law, or sufficient money is deposited for that purpose in said debris fund, to build at such points above the head of navigation in said riversand on the main tributaries thereof, or branches of such tributaries, or at any place adjacent to the same, which in the judgment of said commission, will effect said object (the same to be of such material as will insure safety and permanency), such restraining or impounding dams and settling reservoirs, with such canals, locks, or other works adapted and required to complete same. The recommendations contained in Executive Document Numbered

Recommendation a adopted and made the basis of operations.

Two hundred and sixty seven, Fifty-first Congress, second session, and Executive Document Numbered Ninety-eight, Forty-seventh Congress, First session, as far as they refer to impounding dams, or other restraining works, are hereby adopted, and the same are directed to be made the basis of operations. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby

Appropriations.

appropriated, from moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available to defray the expenses of said commission.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

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CHAP. 184.—

An Act authorizing the Saint Louis and Madison Transfer Company to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the consent of Congress

Saint Louis and Madison Transfer Company may bridge Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Mo.

is hereby given to the Saint Louis and Madison Bridge Transfer company, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Illinois, or its successors or assigns, to build a bridge, as hereinafter described, and maintain the same across the Mississippi River immediately adjoining and south of the Merchants’ Bridge, at Saint Louis, Missouri, Said 512 bridge hereby authorized shall be constructed to provide for the

Street car, wagon, and passenger bridge.

passage of street cars, wagons, and vehicles, and for the transit of animals and foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be prescribed by said company and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2.

Lawful structure and post route.

That any bridge built under this act shall be a lawful structure, over which and its approaches may be transmitted the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States free of charge;

Postal telegraph.

and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the privileges of other post roads in the United States, and equal privileges in the

Use by telegraph, etc., companies.

Proviso.

Use by other street railway companies.

use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies: Provided, That all street railway companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of street-railway cars over the same and over the approaches to the same upon the payment of a reasonable

Terms.

compensation for such use, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several street-railway companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the 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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 3.

Construction.

Spans.

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That said bridge shall be made of unbroken and continuous spans of the same length as those of the Saint Louis Merchant’s Bridge, built under the act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, with the same clear height above the water, and

Piers.

resting upon piers placed in the same lines as those of the said Merchants’ Bridge as now built.

Sec. 4.

Unobstructed navigation.

That riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will materially lessen the waterway shall not be employed in the channel ways of the high spans, and piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if, after construction, any piers or protection walls are found to produce the above-mentioned effects the nuisance shall be abated or corrected by the owners of said bridge.

Sec. 5.

Aids to navigation.

That in case the approaches to the channel span in said bridge, be found dangerous or difficult of access by any important class of river traffic, the Secretary of War shall order the construction of such sheer booms, guide piers, or other similar devices as will obviate the difficulty, which sheer boom, guide pier, or other devise shall be paid for by the person owning or operating said bridge.

Sec. 6.

Lights, etc.

That the persons owing, controlling, or operating the bridge authorized by this act shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, throughout the year and during heavy fogs, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and shall, during the season of navigation, have posted in a conspicuous place on or near the bridge the clear bead room under the channel span on that day, the figure expressing this height to be not less than two feet high, and to be readily visible from any point in the channel of the river for a stretch of three thousand feet above the bridge and one thousand feet below the bridge.

Sec. 7.

Free navigation.

That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under 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 such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct

Structural changes.

such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of such 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 persons owning or controlling said

Litigation.

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 ease may be brought in the 513 circuit courts of the United States of Illinois or Missouri in whose jurisdiction any portion of said bridge may be located.

Sec. 8. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 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 of the bridge, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at low, medium, and high-water 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 changes be made in the plan of said

Changes.

bridge during the progress of construction such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 9. That in case the construction of the bridge authorized in this

Commencement and completion.

act be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of its approval then this act shall be null and void

Sec. 10. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

Proviso.

Limit of location.

expressly reserved. And it is further provided that no bridges shall be constructed across the Mississippi River within two miles above or two miles below the bridge herein provided for, unless authorized by Congress, and the plans therefor approved by the Secretary of War.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

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CHAP. 185.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That it shall be lawful for the

Calumet and Blue Island Railway company may bridge Calumet River, in Cook County, III.

Calumet and Blue Island Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, or its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Calumet River, in Cook County, in the State of Illinois, at a point on and opposite that part of lot one, in block sixty-three, lying

Location.

south of block sixty-two and east of an imaginary line drawn south from the southwest corner of block sixty-two to the river Calumet, of the subdivision of sections five and six, township thirty-seven north, range fifteen east, of the third principal meridian: that said bridge may be constructed for railway and postal service, with single or double

Railway bridge.

track for railway traffic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation

Free navigation.

of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising under the provisions of this act such litigation

Litigation.

may be tried and determined by the circut court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located.

Sec. 3. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and

Lawful structure and post route

Charges for passengers, height, etc.

the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the 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; and the United States shall 514

Postal telegraph.

have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for

Use by telegraph, etc., companies.

postal-telegraph purposes, and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal rights and privileges in constructing and maintaining their lines across said bridge.

Sec. 4.

Construction.

Draw.

That said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge of such character of construction and having such width of draw-openings and such elevation above high water as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and the draw-openings of said bridge shall be so protected and arranged that water crafts can be worked through them at any and all times; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge

Provisos.

Opening draw.

itself at right angles to the current of the river: Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own

Lights, etc.

expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. If any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War,

Unobstructed navigation.

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

Litigation.

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 cause may be brought in the circuit court of the United States for the State of Illinois in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located:

Existing laws not affected.

Provided further, 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 exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.

Sec. 5.

Use by other rail road companies.

That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over approaches thereto,

Terms.

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 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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 6.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 company shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of location giving, for the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the directions and strength of currents at all stages, and soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and 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 when said plan is approved said company may proceed to the erection of said

Alterations.

bridge. The Secretary of War may make such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary to the better protection of navigation, and such alterations shall be adopted by the said railway company. The said railway company may at any time make any alterations deemed advisable to be made in said bridge, but must first submit such proposed alterations to the Secretary of War, and his approval shall be first had before they shall be authorized or made; the cost of such 515 change shall be paid by the company owning or controlling said bridge.

Sec. 7. That the right to alter or amend or appeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Sec. 8. That this act shall be mill and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

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CHAP. 186.—

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the following sums be,

Military Academy appropriations.

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 ninety-four:

For pay of one superintendent of the United States Military Academy

Pay of superintendent, professors, etc.

(colonel), in addition to pay as lieutenant-colonel of engineers, five hundred dollars. For pay of eight professors, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two thousand dollars; and there shall be appointed at the Military Academy from the Army, in addition to the professors authorized by the existing laws, an associate professor of mathematics, who shall receive the pay and

Associate professor of mathematics.

Pay and allowances.

Longevity pay.

allowances of a captain mounted, and when his service as associate professor of mathematics at the Academy exceeds ten years, he shall receive the pay and allowances of major; and hereafter there shall be allowed and paid to the said associate professor of mathematics ten per centum of his current yearly pay for each and every term of five years’ service in the Army and at the Academy: Provided, That such

Proviso.

Limit, etc.

addition shall in no case exceed forty per centum of said yearly pay; and said associate professor of mathematics is hereby placed upon the same footing as regards restrictions upon pay and retirement from active service as officers of the Army. For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as captain, one thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, five hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, five hundred dollars. For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, two thousand dollars. For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four hundred dollars. For pay of one treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars. For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of cadets, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars;

Cadets.

and hereafter no cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year. For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. 516

Band.

For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

Longevity pay.

For additional pay of professors and officers (on increased rank) for length of service, nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Field musicians.

For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, two hundred and four dollars; Fourteen privates, two thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars; Additional pay for length of service, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars: Retained pay on discharge, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars: Clothing on discharge, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and eight cents; in all, three thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and eight cents.

Current expenses.

Repairs, etc.

For current expenses as follows: Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards, joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, 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, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, sixteen thousand dollars.

Fuel and light.

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, twenty thousand dollars. For gas pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars.

Postage, etc.

Stationery.

For postage and telegrams, two hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriting supplies, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, eight hundred dollars.

Transportation, etc.

For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Printing.

Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including repairs to motor and other machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars.

Clerks.

For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars. For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars. For clerk to treasurer, one thousand live hundred dollars. For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand dollars. For one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand dollars.

Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics.

For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, namely: For tan bark or other proper cover for riding hall, to be immediately available and to be purchased in open market on written order of the Superintendent, six hundred dollars: For repairing camp stools and camp furniture, one hundred dollars; For furniture for offices and reception room for visitors, one hundred dollars; For stationery for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics, one hundred and fifty dollars; For plumes for cadet officers of the first class, seventy-five dollars; For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves and fencing jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; 517 For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, walks, and dock at swimming place, two hundred and twenty dollars; For books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, seventy-five dollars; For silk sashes for cadet privates of the first class acting as officers of the. day or officers of the guard, and for cadet first sergeants and color-bearer, two hundred and twenty dollars—: For soap used in scrubbing cadet barracks, fifty dollars—: In all, one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For department of civil and military engineering: For models,

Department of civil and military engineering.

maps, purchase and repair of instruments, textbooks, books of reference and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, one thousand five hundred dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as draftsman, two hundred and fifty-six dollars; In all, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions

Department of natural and experimental philosophy.

to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy, one thousand dollars; for books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars, for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; for repairs to the observatory building and clocks four hundred and fifty dollars; for fitting up as far as will permit the new lecture room and section rooms provided for the department of philosophy in the new academic building, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs

Department of mathematics.

and materials for preservation of models and instruments, twenty-five dollars; for textbooks, books of reference, binding, and stationery for instructors, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; three Gunter’s chains, twenty-five dollars; three sets of marking pins, ten dollars, two Vernier compasses, six-inch needles, and tripods, one hundred dollars; two surveying transits, with stadia micrometers, four hundred dollars; three T-squares and two ten-inch triangles, seven dollars and fifty cents; one Jacob staff, five dollars; one Y-level with tripod, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; three New York leveling rods, sixty dollars; five plumb-bobs, fifteen dollars; three stadia rods, forty dollars; five pocket magnifying glasses, six dollars; for contingencies, twenty-five dollars; in all, nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents. For department of history, geography, and ethics: For text-books,

Department of history, geography, and ethics.

books of reference, maps and globes, and stationery for use of instructors. and repairs, one bundled and fifty dollars. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals,

Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.

Proviso.

Laboratory.

and optical apparatus, six hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That any of the above-named sums not expended for the purposes named, may be used in fittings of the laboratory of new academic buildings. For pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section rooms and in lecture rooms, one thousand dollars; For models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; For contingencies, one hundred dollars; In all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 518

Department of drawing

For department of drawing: For periodicals and books on art and technology, one hundred dollars; For one. copy Century Dictionary in six volumes at fifteen dollars per volume, ninety dollars; For models in fiat and relief for second and third classes, one hundred dollars; For repairs to desks, models, stretchers, and material, seventy-five dollars; For drawing material for use of instructors, sponges, wash-brushes, tacks, alcohol, turpentine, paint, tumblers, saucers, and contingencies, two hundred and fifty dollars; For frames for retained drawings of cadets, with glass and mats, fifty dollars; For fifteen new drawing boards, at two dollars and fifty cents, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents; For binding periodicals, thirty dollars; For forty new steel triangles, at two dollars and fifty cents, one hundred dollars; For two surveying transits with tripods complete for contouring and topographical work, at two hundred dollars, four hundred dollars; For three steel chains, at eight dollars, twenty four dollars; For three sets brass arrows, at two dollars, six dollars; For four hand levels, at eight dollars, thirty-two dollars; For six prismatic compasses, at fifteen dollars, ninety dollars; For one hundred and sixty-five chairs for lecture room, at two dollars and seventy-five cents, four hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; For one dividing stereopticon for electric light for lecture room, two hundred dollars; For eight stands for models and drawing materials for second class, drawing academy, at eight dollars, sixty-four dollars; For fifteen stands for models and drawing materials for third class, drawing academy, at ten dollars, one hundred and fifty dollars; For eighteen rolling shades, twenty feet long by four feet wide, for skylights of drawing academy, at five dollars, ninety dollars; For shelving and wall cases for maps, models, drawings, and material for drawing academies, one hundred dollars; For shelving for plaster and solid models in model room, seventy-five dollars; For shelving and fixtures in photograph room, enlarging and developing rooms, one hundred dollars; For shelving and bench in storeroom and workshop, fifty dollars; For fifty new stools for drawing academies, at one dollar and seventy-five cents, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; For pine bookshelves in office, forty dollars; For preparation of wall in rear of lecture room for blackboard, seventy-five dollars; For drop screens for stereopticon and color lectures, fifty dollars; For hooks, sponge racks, and miscellaneous conveniences, fifty dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man, employed in the department of drawing, at fifty cents per day in lieu of all extra pay now paid him, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; In all, three thousand one hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.

Department of modern languages.

For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks, and books of reference for the use of instructors, for repairs of books, apparatus, and office furniture, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars;

Department of law.

For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books for use of instructors, and for repairing and rebinding same, and furniture for office, two hundred and fifty dollars; 519 For blackboards, double scholar desks, instructor’s desks and chairs, and book shelving for use in section rooms in new academic building, three hundred dollars; In all, five hundred and fifty dollars. For department of practical military engineering: For purchase and

Department of practical military engineering.

repair of instruments, transportation, purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely: For instruments for use in instructing cadets, in making reconnaissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnaissances, surveying instruments, instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties; tools and materials for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of wooden ponton and one canvas ponton bridge train, sapping and mining tools and material; rope, cordage, material 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 of 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. For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase and repairs

Department of ordnance and gunnery.

of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of necessary materials; for the purchase of samples of arms and accouterments other than those supplied to the military service; for books of reference, textbooks. stationery, and lithographic printing materials, four hundred and fifty dollars. For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as draftsman and lithographic printer, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents. For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents. For purchase of one Maxim or Nordenfelt threepounder quick-fire

Maxim or Norden, felt gun.

gun, mounted on nonrecoil field carriage, complete, with spare parts and appendages, and ammunition therefor, including customs dues five thousand dollars. For manufacture or purchase of models of the new steel guns and

Models of new steel guns, etc.

carriages for field, siege, and seacoast, with breech mechanism, complete and thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of one Pratt and Whitney lathe, with chuck, pulleys,

Pratt and Whitney lathe.

belting, and attachments, complete, to replace old, worn out machines, six hundred and fifty dollars; For purchase of one Pratt and Whitney pillar shaper, with pulleys,

Pratt and Whitney pillar shaper.

belting, and attachments, complete, to replace old, worn out machines, five hundred and dollars. In all, eight thousand three hundred and eighty-seven dollars. For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military

Treasurer’s office.

Academy, namely, blank books, paper, envelopes, steel pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies, blotting pads, rubber bands, and other items of stationery necessary, fifty dollars. For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the offices

Extra pay to enlisted men.

of the adjutant United States Military Academy and commandant of cadets, at fifty cents and thirty five cents per day, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and twenty five cents. For extra pay of four enlisted men as printers, at headquarters United States Military-Academy, at fifty each per day, six hundred and twenty-six dollars. For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as watchman, at thirty five cents per day, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents. For extra pay of one enlisted man as trumpeter at the cadet-bar-racks at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. 520 For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the Philosophical department, observatory, as mechanic, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents. For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the chemical Department, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents. For extra pay of two enlisted men (cavalrymen) when performing special skilled mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars. For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as saddler, at fifty cents

Proviso.

Limit.

per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents: Provided, that the extra pay provided for by the eight preceding paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army regulations.

Board of Visitors.

For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous expenses.

For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospitals, offices, stables, and and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharves, five thousand dollars. For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars; For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), six hundred dollars; For brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and clothes, two hundred dollars; For chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, and card for recitation rooms, three hundred dollars;

Compensation.

For compensation of chapel organist two hundred dollars; For compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars;

Mechanics.

For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the Academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, cadet Hospital, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; For pay of eight firemen, four thousand eight hundred dollars; For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars; For pay of one landscape gardener, in charge of cemetery and general care of public grounds for such period as his services may be necessary, five hundred dollars; In all, seventeen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. For pay of one superintendent of gas works, fifteen hundred dollars:

Proviso.

Sales of gas.

Library.

Provided, That all proceeds of sales of gas be paid into the post fund. For pay of one civilian plumber, nine hundred dollars. For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, Stationery, binding books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superintendent, two thousand dollars. For repairing books, for furniture and contingent repairs of library rooms two hundred dollars

Furniture, etc.

For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars For contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, one thousand dollars. For renewing furniture in section rooms, and repairing the same, five hundred dollars. For repairs, upholstering, and carpeting the Academy chapel, one hundred and fifty dollars. For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board; for instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand

Proviso.

Technical supplies.

dollars: Provided, That all technical and scientific supplies for the de- 521partments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best. For purchase of instruments for band, eight hundred and sixty-seven

Musical supplies.

dollars and fifty cents For purchase of music for band to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, two hundred dollars. Purchase of springs, pads, strings, and other necessary articles, for band instruments, one hundred dollars.

public works.

Public works.

For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, including

Repairing roads,etc.

roads and bridges on reservation, five hundred dollars. For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars. For water works: Renewal of material in filter beds; improving ventilation

Waterworks.

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 of Round Pond, and for tool house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred dollars. For broken stone and gravel for roads, two thousand dollars. For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,

Cemetery.

including the purchase of trees, plants, tools, and materials, to be immediately available, one thousand five hundred dollars. For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of worn-out cooking

Subsistence Department.

utensils in the cadet subsistence department, three hundred and twenty-six dollars, to be expended without advertising. For repairs of chairs, tables, and other furniture in cadet subsistence department, to be expended without advertising, fifty dollars. For painting, kalsomining, whitewashing, and repairing interior walls of cadet mess building, kitchen, dish pantry, bakery, dormitories, and storerooms, and for incidental repairs about the same, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and fifty dollars. For general repairs to the cadet laundry, painting, renewing machinery, and incidental repairs to machinery, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars. For plastering the unfinished parts of the double building occupied

Repairs and improvements.

by the cadet quartermaster’s department, for painting, and for general incidental repairs and improvements to the said building, five hundred dollars. For machines, mattresses, and apparatus tor the equipment of the

New gymnasium.

new gymnasium, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. For repairs to cadet barracks, kalsomining ceilings in cadet rooms,

Cadet barracks.

one thousand two bundled dollars. For new roof on porch, four hundred and eighty dollars. For painting walls and woodwork, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For retubing and repairing four eighty-horse power horizontal tubular

Steam heating, etc.

boilers used for heating with steam the academic building, cadet barracks, commandant’s office, mess hall, hospital, and cadet sinks, one thousand five hundred dollars. For heating and supplying river water for swimming tank in the new gymnasium, including building for apparatus, six thousand dollars. For enlargement of the steam heating plant of the Academy, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For one steam heating apparatus complete, for quarters No. twentyseven, four hundred and fifty dollars. 522 For hot-water heating apparatus complete, for quarters no. forty-one, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Plumbing and sewerage.

For completing the modernization and improvement of the plumbing and sewerage of the post, three thousand dollars. For repairs to cadet hospital as follows;

Hospital repairs, etc.

For repainting inside walls and ceilings of hospital throughout; for repainting inside woodwork of hospital; for repairing and relacquering mantelpieces; for repairing plastering where needed; for repainting banisters of inside front stairway; for restaining rims of bath tubs; for one gallon of ready-mixed cherry color, for two sash tools; for two varnish brushes; for whitewashing sides of elevator shaft; for repairs to elevator; for painting and japanning iron water pipes in cellar; for nineteen sash locks for windows in cellar; for repairs to door of storeroom and cellar; for new bath tub and ventilating trap of wash bath, first floor; for new wooden covering for outside steps, for use in winter; for placing faucets for drawing water in bath rooms on the second and third floors; for keys of three small drug closets; for reoiling and relacquering hardwood floors of hospital throughout; for material for rejapauning ironwork about fire places of hospital throughout; for material for rebronzing radiators throughout hospital; and for glass for reglazing windows throughout hospital, eight hundred and seventy dollars and ninety-nine cents. For material necessary to keep the polished floor of the soldier’s hospital in condition, year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four: For floor waxing and polishing brushes, number two, iron weighted, with carpet covered edges and sides weight of brush fifty pounds, twenty dollars; For rubbing felt pieces, two, number four American, eighteen by eighteen, one and one-half inches thick, five dollars; For butcher’s Boston polish for floors, five liquid gallons, ten dollars;

Soldiers’ hospital.

For improvements and additions required for soldiers’ hospital: For seeding two acres of ground in lawn grass, two dollars and fifty cents. For constructing three hundred yards of walk and filling the same with half-inch stone, one hundred and ninety-six dollars. For two gas lamps and lampposts and connections with hospital main, one at main gate and one at main entrance, seventy dollars; For whitewash and brushes scaffolding, and cost of labor for cleaning the interior of riding hall, and necessary paint for covering cavalry stables throughout, four hundred and fifty dollars. For repairing road from south gate to the southern boundary line of the reservation and for laying a stone or cement walk along the same, two thousand dollars. For new sewer from Log town, one thousand three hundred dollars. For asphalt road and walk in front of and around the new gymnasium, two thousand dollars.

Cavalry barracks.

For painting the inside of the new cavalry barracks, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For repairs to ordnance laboratory: For new floor in barrack room, seventy-five dollars. For new spouting on all buildings, one hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs of north building:

Repairs of North building.

For walls, plastering, flooring, and so forth, two hundred and fifty dollars. For tin roof for instrument shed, fifty dollars. For increase of water supply in laboratory yard, one hundred and fifty dollars. For new wash basins in barrack room for use of enlisted men, fifty dollars. For repair of instrument house: For relining acid troughs for batteries, twenty-five dollars; 523 For repair of water faucets, fifteen dollars.

Repairs.

For repair of firing house: For reshingling roof, fifty dollars. For constructing a porch around the east end of the West Point army mess building, and for repairs and improvements of the mess building, one thousand five hundred dollars. For addition to house of master mechanic, eight hundred dollars. For one blacksmith shop near the cavalry stable and riding hall, four hundred dollars. For repairs to quarters of married enlisted men, three thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements to barracks of Company E. Battalion of Engineers, and steam plant for heating same, three thousand dollars. For one set of officers’ quarters, seven thousand dollars: Provided,

Officers’ quarters.

Proviso.

Construction.

That the quarters be so constructed as to accommodate two married officers and their families. For quarters in one building for unmarried officers, including plumbing, heating, and lighting apparatus complete, fifteen thousand dollars. For one set of hospital steward’s quarters at soldier’s hospital, West

Hosptal steward’s quarters.

Point, New York, in accordance with modifications made by Assistant Surgeon Kilbourne in plan of Plates P and Q, Appendix to Circular numbered ten, War Department, Surgeon-General’s Office, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, during fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, material to be of brick instead of wood, as in plan, and to have a cemented cellar under kitchen; bath room to have a bath tub, water-closet, and requisite plumbing; house drains to be connected with hospital sewer; set washtubs in kitchen with necessary plumbing; kitchen sink, with requisite plumbing; gas fixtures and connection with hospital main; range and boiler in kitchen, and necessary plumbing to supply bath room, kitchen sink, and washtubs; coal grate in parlor and in front chamber; dining room walls to be pierced for stovepipe leading from stove in lobby; space between chimney and wall in front chamber to be inclosed and finished as a closet opening into this and the eleven by fourteen foot chamber; detached coal and wood shed in rear of quarters; two thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty cents. For one one-story brick building, fifteen by twenty feet, for housing the engine and dynamo used in electric lighting of the riding hall, three hundred dollars. For one new reservoir, sixteen thousand dollars.

New reservoir.

Gun platforms.

For one platform tor new eight-inch rille and one platform for twelve-inch breech-loading mortar, as follows: For platform for the eight-inch rifle, five hundred and fifty dollars. For platform for twelve-inch breech-loading mortar, six hundred dollars,

Immediately available.

to be immediately available. For replacing three granite centerpintle platforms for eight-inch converted rifles in the seacoast battery with frontpintle granite platforms, at six hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 187: making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 523 1893-03-01 Chapter 187 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 187.—

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 ninety-four, and for other purposes.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the following sums be,

Pensions appropriations.

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 ninety four, and for other purposes, namely:

For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows,

Invalid, etc., pensions.

minor children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, survivors and 524 widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, and the survivors and widows of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, one

Provisos.

Navy pensions.

hundred and sixty-five million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation 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 purpose:

Accounts.

And provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately.

Examining surgeons fees.

For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one million 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

Provisos.

Examinations.

applicant on such day: Provided, 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

No fee unless service rendered.

until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant.

Nonresident aliens.

That from and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, no pension shall be paid to a nonresident, who is not a citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service.

Agents’ salaries.

For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars.

Clerk hire.

Proviso.

Apportionment.

For clerk hire, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

Fuel.

Lights.

Stationery.

For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For lights, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Rents.

For rents, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 188: to grant to the Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 524 1893-03-01 Chapter 188 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 188.—

An Act to grant to the Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway Company may construct railway, etc., through Indian Territory.

That the Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, be and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining, a railway, telegraph,

Location.

and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be selected by said railway company on Red River, north of the east part of Cooke County, in the State of Texas, or the west part of Gray-son County, in said State, and running thence in a northeast direction, by the most practicable route, through the Indian Territory, to a point on the western boundary of the State of Arkansas.

Sec. 2.

Right of way.

That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through said Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in

Addition for Stations.

width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to the right of way, is granted for such stations as may be established, but such grant

Landa not to be leased or sold.

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 525 additional grounds 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 till: Provided, That no more

Provisos.

Limit.

than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except

Not to be used for other purposes.

in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone line and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used

Reversion

such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.

Sec. 3. That, before Haiti railway shall be constructed through any

Damages.

lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, custom, 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 ease of failure to make anmable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement

Appraisement.

Referees.

of three disinterested referees to be appointed by the President, who, before entering upon the ditties 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 ease the referees

Disagreement.

Award.

Appeal.

can not 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 ninety days after the making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the courts, where the ease 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

Work may begin on depositing double award.

Compensation of referees.

right to enter upon the property sought to be condemned, and, proceed with the construction of the railroad. Each of said referees shall receive for his services 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

Witness fees.

Costs.

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.

Sec. 4. That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants

Freight charges.

of 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 kind, provided that passenger rates on said railway shall not exceed

Provisos.

Passenger rates.

Regulation.

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 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 freight 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: Provided, however,

Maximum.

That the rates of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed those above expressed: And provided further,

Mails.

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.

Sec 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

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 526 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

Annual payments.

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

Apportionment.

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 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:

Provisos.

Additional taxes.

Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so long as their lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for

Appeal by general councils.

their benefit: Provided further, That if the general council of either of the nations or tribes through whose lauds said railway may be located shall, within four months after the filing of maps of definite location

Infra.

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

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in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of land, with the right to appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as herein

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

Provided: Provided further, 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

Taxation.

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 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

Survey, etc.

Railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act: Provided further, That if said

Right of way over slotted lands.

right of way shall pass over or through any land allotted to an Indian in accordance with any law or treaty it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to provide for obtaining the consent of such allottee or allottees to said right of way and to fix the amount of compensation to be paid such allottees for right of way and for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of the road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company to any portion of said right of way passing over or through any allotted lands until the compensation herein provided for shall be fixed and paid.

Sec. 6.

Maps to be tiled.

That said company shall cause maps showing the 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 railways may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by

Proviso.

Grading to begin on filing map.

said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That, when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter or such location shall be void as to any occupant thereof.

Sec. 7.

Employees to reside on right of way.

That the officers, servants, and employees of said company necessary to the construction, operation and management of said road and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside while so engaged on said right of way, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws and such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws.

Sec. 8.

Litigation.

That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, the western district of Arkansas, the district 527 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 Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis 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 the citizenship of the parties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least one hundred

Construction.

Crossings, etc.

whenever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way or may be by proper authority laid out across the same.

Sec. 10. That the said Gainesville, McCallister and Saint Louis Railway

Condition of acceptance.

Company shall accepect 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 towards 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 occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

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.

Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying

Record of mortgages.

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.

Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or repeal

Amendment, etc.

this act.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 189: to grant to the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad Company a right of way across the Fort Montgomery military reservation. 27 Stat. 527 1893-03-01 Chapter 189 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 189.—

An Act to grant to the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad Company a right of way across the Fort Montgomery military reservation.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That a right of way one hundred

Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad Company granted right of way across Fort Montgomery military reservation, N.Y.

feet in width and about four thousand feet in length, across the Fort Montgomery military reservation in the State of New York, is hereby granted to the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of New York, subject however, to the provisions of an act entitled “An act authorizing

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the Secretary of War to lease public property in certain cases,” approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and on condition that the said railroad company shall provide and maintain

Condition.

good and sufficient fences along each side of the right of way thus granted: Provided, That the right to repeal this act, if the interest of

Proviso.

Repeal.

the United States should so demand, is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 190: to authorize the Montgomery Bridge Company’ to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama. 27 Stat. 528 1893-03-01 Chapter 190 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 528

CHAP. 190.—

An Act to authorize the Montgomery Bridge Company’ to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Montgomery Bridge Company may bridge Alabama Hirer near Montgomery. Ala.

That the Montgomery Bridge Company, a corporation created and existing under an act of the general assembly of the State of Alabama, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the bridge hereinafter mentioned, be, and is hereby,

Wagon bridge, etc.

authorized to construct and maintain a wagon bridge for the passage of vehicles, foot passengers, and animals across the Alabama River, at such point as may be selected by such company between the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers and the city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, said bridge to be so constructed as not to obstruct the navigation of said river and to be provided with a suitable draw: Provided,

Draw

Proviso.

Lawful structure and post-route.

That any bridge constructed under this act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, and

Postal telegraph.

the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge.

Sec. 2.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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 proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one-half mile above and one-half 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, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, 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 no work upon the bridge shall be commenced; 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.

Sec. 3.

Amendment, etc.

That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of said river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to

Changes.

require the said bridge company to alter and change the said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment; and if, upon reasonable notice to said bridge company to make such change or improvements, the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to make the same at the expense of said company, and all the rights

Forfeiture.

Free navigation.

conferred by this act shall be forfeited; and Congress shall have power to do any and all things necessary to secure the free navigation of the river.

Sec. 4.

Tolls.

That said company shall be permitted to charge and take such rates of toll for crossing said bridge as may be reasonable, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 5.

Opening draw.

That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for

Lights, etc.

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.

Sec. 6.

Use, by telegraph, etc., companies.

That all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the bridge herein

Commencement and completion.

authorized shall not be commenced within one year from the passage of this act, and be completed within three years from same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 191: to amend an act approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act to provide for the improvement of the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia.” 27 Stat. 529 1893-03-01 Chapter 191 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 529

CHAP. 191.—

An Act to amend an act approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act to provide for the improvement of the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia.”

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Brunswick, Ga.

Payments to C. P. Goodyear upon securing deep-water channel over outer bar.

That the Secretary of War be authorized to pay to C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, upon the procurement by said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, of a practicable channel over the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia, at least one hundred feet in width, and of a minimum depth of twenty-two feet at ordinary mean high tide, on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

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Extension of time, etc.

the sum of ten thousand dollars; upon the procurement, as aforesaid. on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-three feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid, on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar at a mini mum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-four feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-five feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon procurement, on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a minimum depth in said channel over said outer bar of twenty-six feet at ordinary mean high tide, and of a width not less than one hundred and twenty five feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; and should the depth of twenty five feet, at ordinary mean high tide in said channel over said outer bar, be procured on or before the time aforesaid, and maintained for two years for the width named thereafter, twenty-five thousand dollars in addition, to be paid in manner aforesaid; and should the depth of twenty six feet, at ordinary mean high tide for the width named, be procured on or before the date named, and maintained for two years thereafter, twenty-five thousand dollars in addition, to be paid in manner aforesaid. The said C. P.

Work to be done by exploiting dynamite.

Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, shall perform said work on said outer bar by the explosion of dynamite on the bottom of said channel or sunk beneath the bottom of said channel, in his or their discretion, and not otherwise; and the channel to be deepened as aforesaid shall be north of the present buoyed-out channel, so that said workshall not interfere with the commerce of the port of Brunswick during the progress of such work. The Secretary of War shall detail an officer of engineers

Engineer officer to report on maintenance, etc.

to examine and report upon said work from time to time, at such times as the said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, announce that they have complied with the conditions as to any of the depths and widths named, or as to the maintenance, of depths of twenty-five and twenty-six feet, and payments to be made as aforesaid upon the certificate of such engineer that such depth and width, or such maintenance, has been accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this act. And said engineer officer shall specially report as to the means used to acquire

Special report on means used.

and maintain said depths and widths. And the money necessary to carry out the provisions of this act is hereby reappropriated out of

Reappropriation.

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 192: extending the time for the construction of the Big Horn Southern Railroad through the Crow Indian Reservation. 27 Stat. 530 1893-03-01 Chapter 192 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 192.—

An Act extending the time for the construction of the Big Horn Southern Railroad through the Crow Indian Reservation.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the time limited in

Big Horn Southern Railroad through Grow Indian Reservation, Mont.

section four of the act of Congress entitled “An act granting to the 530

Extension of time for construction, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 660.

Big Horn Southern Railroad Company a right of way through a part of the Crow Indian Reservation, in Montana Territory,” approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, within which said railroad company was required to construct its road through said reservation, be, and the same is hereby, extended for two years from December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, so that said railroad company shall have until December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to construct its railway. And all the prohibitions

Transfer and assignment prohibited.

and restrictions against transfer and assignment of said right of way which are contained in the act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, of which this act is amendatory, shall continue in

Proviso.

Exception.

force: Prodded, That in order to facilitate the construction of said road, the said railroad company may transfer the said right of way, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to another railroad company of the State of Montana.

Sec. 2.

Right of way changed, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 660.

That the said right of way through the Crow Indian Reservation, described in said act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby amended, and is granted upon and along the

Location.

following route: Beginning at some point on the Yellowstone River, in Yellowstone County, Montana; thence, by the most practicable route,

Across Fort Custer military reservation, etc.

across said reservation to the valley of the Big Horn River, thence up said valley and across the Fort Caster military reservation anti up the valley of the Little Big Horn River and a tributary thereof, to and across the southern boundary of the said Crow Indian reservation, with

Branch line.

a branch from said line above described, beginning in the Fort Custer military reservation, or at some point in the valley of the Little Big Horn River, and running thence in a southwesterly or westerly direction across said Crow Indian reservation to the boundary line of said

Consent, etc., of Secretary of War.

reservation, said grant of a right of way through the military reservation to be subject to the consent and approval of the Secretary of War.

Sec. 3.

Requirements to be conformed to.

That the said railroad company shall, in all particulars not inconsistent with this act, conform to the requirements of said act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the benefits and provisions of said act shall apply to the right of way herein granted.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 193: for the relief of Seaton Norman. 27 Stat. 530 1893-03-01 Chapter 193 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 193.—

An Act for the relief of Seaton Norman.

March 1, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Seaton Norman.

President may nominate, assistant surgeon in Marine Hospital Service.

That the laws regulating appointments in the Marine Hospital Service be, and they are hereby, suspended only for the purposes of this act: and the President is hereby authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint Seaton Norman an. assistant surgeon in the Marine Hospital Service, that being the rank held by him on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety, when he resigned his position under a misapprehension of his rights in the premises.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 195: to remove a cloud from the title to certain real estate in the city of Crawfordsville, Indiana. 27 Stat. 530 1893-03-02 Chapter 195 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 195.—

An Act to remove a cloud from the title to certain real estate in the city of Crawfordsville, Indiana.

March 2, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Crawfordsville, Ind.

Title of United States to certain real estate released.

Description.

That the United States hereby releases and quitclaims all its right, title, and interest, if any it has, to the following-described real estate in the city of Crawfordsville, in Montgomery County, State of Indiana, to wit: Part of the northwest quarter of section five, township eighteen north, range four west, beginning at a point on Water street, in the city of Crawfordsville, 531 Indiana, sixty feet south of the southeast corner of lot numbered eight, in block numbered twenty-one, in Israel T, Canby’s addition to the town (now city) of Crawfordsville, Indiana, thence south three hundred and eighty five feet, thence west one hundred and seventy-seven feet, thence north three hundred and eighty-five feet, thence east one hundred and seventy-seven feet to place of beginning.

Approved, March 2, 1893.

Chap. 196: to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon Railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 531 1893-03-02 Chapter 196 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 196.—

An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon Railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That from and after the first

Driving-wheel brakes required on locomotives in interstate commerce.

day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power driving-wheel brake and appliances for operating the train-brake system, or to run any train in such traffic after

Train-brake system.

said date that has not a sufficient number of cars in it so equipped with power or train brakes that the engineer on the locomotive drawing such train can control its speed without requiring brakemen to use the common hand brake for that purpose.

Sec. 2. That on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred

Automatic couplers required on all cars.

and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.

Sec. 3. That when any person, firm, company, or corporation engaged

Complying companies, etc., may refuse insufficiently equipped cars from connecting lines, etc.

in interstate commerce by railroad shall have equipped a sufficient number of its cars so as to comply with the provisions of section one of this act, it may lawfully refuse to receive from connecting lines of road or shippers any cars not equipped sufficiently, in accordance with the first section of this act, with such power or train brakes as will work and readily interchange with the brakes in use on its own cars, as required by this act.

Sec. 4. That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred

Grab irons, etc.

and ninety-five, until otherwise ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to use any car in interstate commerce that is not provided with secure grab irons or handholds in the ends and sides of each car for greater security to men in coupling and uncoupling cars.

Sec. 5. That within ninety days from the passage of this act the

American Railway Association to determine standard height of drawbars for freight cars.

American Railway Association is authorized hereby to designate to the Interstate Commerce Commission the standard height of drawbars for freight cars, measured perpendicular from the level of the tops of the rails to the centers of the drawbars, for each of the several gauges of railroads in use in the United States, and shall fix a maximum variation

Maximum variation.

from such standard height to be allowed between the drawbars of empty and loaded cars. Upon their determination being certified to

Certificate.

the Interstate Commerce Commission, said Commission shall at once give notice of the standard fixed upon to all common carriers, owners,

Notice of standard.

Interstate Commerce Commission to fix standard on failure of Association.

or lessees engaged in interstate commerce in the United States by such means as the Commission may deem proper. But should said association fail to determine a standard as above provided, it shall be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to do so, before July first, eighteen hundred and

Operative date.

Noncomplying cars excluded from traffic.

ninety-four, and immediately to give notice thereof as aforesaid. And after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, no cars, either loaded or unloaded, shall be used in interstate traffic which do not comply with the standard above provided for.

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Sec. 6.

Penalty for violation.

That any such common carrier using any locomotive engine, running any train, or hauling or permitting to be hauled or used on its line any car in violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to

District Attorney to bring suit in United States courts.

be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified information being lodged with him of such violation having

Interstate commerce Commission to lodge information.

occured. And it shall also be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to lodge with the proper district attorneys information of any

Proviso.

Exception.

such violations as may come to its knowledge: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall apply to trains composed of four-wheel ears or to locomotives used in hauling such trains.

Sec. 7.

Extension of time for compliance.

That the Interstate Commerce Commission may from time to time upon full hearing and for good cause extend the period within which any common carrier shall comply with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 8.

Employees injured by noncomplying cars, etc., do not assume the risk.

That any employee of any such common carrier who may be injured by any locomotive, ear. or train in use contrary to the provision of this act shall not be deemed thereby to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing in the employment of such carrier after the unlawful use of such locomotive, car, or train had been brought to his knowledge.

Approved, March 2, 1893.

Chap. 197: to provide a permanent, system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities. 27 Stat. 532 1893-03-02 Chapter 197 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 197.—

An Act to provide a permanent, system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities.

March 2, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Permanent system of highways in, outside of cities.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to prepare a plan for the extension of a permanent system of highways over all that portion of said District not included within the limits of the. cities

Conforming to street plan of Washington.

of Washington and Georgetown. Said system shall be made as nearly in conformity with the street plan of the city of Washington as the Commissioners may deem advisable and practicable. The highways

Width.

provided in such plans shall not in any case be less than ninety feet nor more than one hundred and sixty feet wide, except in eases of existing highways, which may be established of any width not less than their existing width and not more than one hundred and sixty feet in width.

Sec. 2.

Preparation of plans in sections.

That the said plans shall be prepared from time to time in sections, each of which shall cover such an area as the Commissioners may deem advisable to include therein, and it shall be the duty of the. Commissioners in preparing such plan by sections, as far as may be practicable, to select first such areas as are covered by existing suburban subdivisions not in conformity with the general plan of the city of

Adoption of existing suburban subdivisions.-

Washington. The Commissioners in making such plans shall adopt and conform to any then existing subdivisions which shall have been made in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved

Vol. 25. p. 451.

August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District of Columbia.” or which shall, in the opinion of the Commissioners, conform

Provisos.

Short asphalted streets not to be affected, etc.

to the general plan of the city of Washington: Provided, however, That no place or street extending no farther than from one principal street to another, which has been opened under the direction of the Commissioners, or in conformity with any subdivision approved by them prior to August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and recorded, and which is now paved with asphalt or other sheet pavement, shall be altered, affected, or interfered with by any plan adopted or anything done under or by virtue of this act. Whenever the plan of 533 any such section shall have been adopted by the Commissioners they shall cause a map of the same to be made showing the boundaries and

Map.

dimensions of and number of square feet in the streets, avenues, and roads established by them therein; the boundaries and dimensions of and number of square feet in each, if any, of the then existing highways in the area covered by such map, and the boundaries and dimensions of and number of square feet in each lot of any then existing subdivision owned by private persons; and containing such explanations as shall be necessary to a complete understanding of such map. In making such maps the Commissioners are further authorized to lay out at the intersections of the principal avenues and streets thereof circles or

Circles, etc., at street intersections.

other reservations corresponding in number and dimensions with those now existing at such intersections in the city of Washington. A copy of such map, duly certified by the Commissioners, shall be

Certified copies of maps, etc., to go to a commission.

delivered to a commission hereby created, composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief of engineers, for the time being, who shall make such alterations, if any,

Alterations, etc.

therein, as they shall deem advisable, keeping in view the intention and provisions of this act, and the necessity of harmonizing as far as possible the public convenience with economy of expenditure; and if such commission shall see fit, they may cause to be made a new map in place of the one submitted to them. When such commission, or a majority

Determination and approval, etc.

thereof, shall have come to a final determination in the matter, they shall approve in writing the map which they shall adopt, and shall deliver it to said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the same shall at once be filed and recorded in the office of the surveyor of

Filing and recording.

the District of Columbia, and after any such map shall have been so recorded no further subdivision of any land included therein shall be

No further subdivision. to be recorded unless approved, etc.

admitted to record in the office, of the surveyor of said District, or in the office of the recorder of deeds thereof, unless the same be first approved by the Commissioners and be in conformity to such map. Nor shall it be lawful when any such map shall have been so recorded for

Abandoned highways not to be improved, etc.

the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or any other officer or person representing the United States or the District of Columbia, to thereafter improve, repair, or assume any responsibility in regard to any abandoned highway within the area covered by such map,

Projected highways subject to approval, etc., of District commissioners.

or to accept, improve, repair, or assume any responsibility in regard to any highway that any owner of land in such area shall thereafter attempt to lay out or establish, unless such landowner shall first have submitted to the Commissioners a plat of such proposed highway and the Commissioners shall have found the same to be in conformity to such map, and shall have approved such plat and caused it to be recorded in the office of said surveyor. In order to enable the said commissioners

Civilian assistants to Engineer commissioner etc., appointed in charge of work.

to proceed speedily and efficiently to carry out the purposes of this act, they are hereby authorized to appoint two civilians assistants to the Engineer Commissioner, who, with such Engineer commissioner shall, under the direction of the Commissioners, have immediate charge of the work to be done under this act: Provided, however, That the appointment, term of office, and compensation of such civilian

Appointments, etc.

assistants shall be subject to the approval of the commission herein-before provided for, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief of the Engineers, or of a majority of them.

Sec. 3. That when any such map shall have been recorded as aforesaid

Deeds and wills.

in the office of the surveyer of the District it shall be lawful for the owner of any land included within such map to adopt the subdivision thereby made by a reference thereto and to this section in any deed or will which he shall thereafter make, and when any deed or will containing any such reference shall have been made and recorded in the proper office it shall have the same effect as though the grantor or grantors in such deed or the maker of such will had made such subdivision and recorded the same in compliance with law.

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Sec. 4.

Surveys for plans, etc.

That tor the purpose of making surveys for such plans and maps the Commissioners and their agents and employees necessarily engaged in making such surveys are authorized to enter upon any lands through or on which any projected highway or reservation may run or lie.

Sec. 5.

Naming of streets, etc.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to name all streets, avenues, alleys, and reservations laid out or adopted under the provisions of this act.

Sec. 6.

Condemnation proceedings.

That within thirty days after any such map shall have been recorded as aforesaid, which shall alter any highway or highways in any then existing subdivision in the area included in such map, or which shall dispense with any highway or highways, or any part thereof, in any such subdivision, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall make application to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, bolding a special term as a district court of the United States, by written petition, praying the condemnation of a permanent right of way for the public over all the land lying within the limits of such subdivision not already owned by the United States or the District of Columbia, or dedicated to public use as a highway, which shall be included within the highways or reservations laid out by the-Commissioners and indicated on such map. Upon the tiling of such petition the said court in special term shall proceed to condemn a permanent right of way for the public over said land in the manner hereinafter provided.

Sec. 7.

Highways not in existing subdivisions, etc.

That as to any highway or highways or part of any highway or highways laid down upon any such map which shall not lie within the limits of any existing subdivision the Commissioners at any time thereafter, when in their judgment the public convenience shall require

Petition, etc.

the opening of the same or of any part thereof, may make application as aforesaid to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as aforesaid, for the condemnation and opening of the same: and said court in special term as aforesaid shall thereupon proceed in the manner hereinafter provided to condemn a permanent right of way for the public over all the. land not already owned by the United States or the District of Columbia, or dedicated to public use as a highway, included within the highway or highways or part of a highway or

Provisos.

Hearings, etc.

highways described in such application: Provided, That in such case the court, after public notice shall have been given as hereinafter directed, shall first hear evidence as to whether the public convenience does in fact require the immediate opening of the highway or highways or part of any highway or highways described in such application, and shall

Determination, etc.

determine that question on the evidence submitted to it; and if the court shall as to any part of the land sought to be condemned decide such question in the negative it shall proceed no further as to such

Further proceedings

part at that time. And if the court, after such notice and hearing, shall determine that the public convenience does not in fact require the immediate opening of any highway or highways or any part thereof described in such application; no further proceedings shall be had under such application.

Sec. 8.

Public notice of application.

That when any application shall have been tiled in said court in special term under the preceding sections of this act said court in special term shall cause public notice of not less than thirty days to be given of such application, in such manner as shall be prescribed by a general rule by said court in general term, which notice shall want all persons having any interest in the proceedings to attend the court at a day to be named in said notice, and to continue in attendance until the

Hearing, etc.

court shall have made a final order in the premises. Said court in special term, after such notice shall have been given, shall take no further step until the time thereby limited shall have expired, and shall afford all parties in interest a reasonable opportunity to be heard

Service of notice.

during the proceedings. In addition to such public notice said court in special term, whenever it shall be practicable to do so, shall cause a 535 similar notice to be served by the marshal of the District of Columbia, or his deputies, upon each of the owners of the land sought to be condemned; and shall also cause notice to be given to the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Sec. 9. That when the object of any such application to said court

Condemnation.

shall be in whole or in part to rectify or change an existing subdivision the court, immediately after the expiration of the time limited in such notice, shall proceed without delay to make the required condemnation, so far as it shall relate to any land within such subdivision, and as to any land not lying within the limits of an existing subdivision which is sought to be rectified or changed the court shall proceed in like manner only after it shall have determined as hereinbefore provided that the public convenience requires the condemnation, and then only to the extent which the public convenience shall require.

Sec. 10. That when any right of way is to be condemned under this

Jury.

act said court in special term shall cause a jury of seven judicious, disinterested men, not related to any person interested in the proceedings,

Composition.

and not in the service or employment of the District of Columbia or of the United States, to be summoned by the marshal, and shall administer to the jury an oath or affirmation that they will, without favor or

Oath.

partiality to anyone, to the best of their judgment, determine such questions as may be submitted to them by the court during the proceedings. The court, before accepting the jury, shall hear any objections

Objections to jurors.

that may be made to any member thereof, and shall have full power to decide on all such objections and to excuse any juror and to cause any vacancies in the jury to be tilled. When the jury shall have

Hearing.

been organized the court and the jury shall hear and receive such evidence as may be offered or submitted on behalf of the District of Columbia or on behalf of the United States or by any person having any interest in the proceedings, and the proceedings shall be conducted

Procedure.

as nearly as may be as civil cases triable by jury are now conducted in said District, but the order of proof shall be in the discretion of the

Order of proof, etc.

court. Upon the motion of any party in interest the court may direct the jury to view the premises under consideration, under such regulations as the court may prescribe. When the hearing is concluded the jury, or a majority thereof, shall render a written verdict in such form

Written verdict.

as may be prescribed or submitted to the jury by the court, which verdict shall Designed by the jurors, or by a majority of them, and filed in the court. The court shall have power to set aside such verdict

May be set aside.

Powers of the court as to trials, juries, verdicts, etc.

when satisfied that the same is unjust or unreasonable. One jury may be sworn and one trial had as to all or any of the parcels of land involved in the proceeding, at the discretion of the court, and where the jury shall have rendered a verdict as to more than one parcel of land the court may set aside the verdict as to one or more parcels and confirm it as to the others. When the verdict of the jury, in whole or in part, shall have been so set aside a new jury shall be summoned and the proceedings continued until the court shall have continued a verdict as

Continuation.

to all the land involved in the proceeding.

Sec. 11. That where the use of a part only of any parcel or tract of

Damage where part only of tract condemned.

land shall be condemned in such a proceeding the jury in assessing the damages therefor shall take into consideration the benefit the purpose for which it is taken may be to the owner or owners of such tract or parcel by enhancing the value of the remainder of the same, and shall give their verdict accordingly, and the court may require in such case that the damages and the benefits shall be found and stated separately.

Sec. 12. That no trial under this act shall fail by reason of the death

Death, etc., of juror.

Hearing to proceed.

Proviso.

Validity of verdict.

or disability of any juror occurring during the proceedings, but the hearing shall proceed with the remaining jurors: Provided, That no verdict shall be valid unless concurred in by a majority of a complete jury.

Sec. 13. That no evidence shall be offered or received by the jury as

Evidence.

to the persons who will be entitled to receive the compensation that 536 may be awarded as to any parcel of land. If any question shall arise as to whether any person claiming a right to be heard is in fact interested in the proceedings, the court shall hear and determine the question in a summary way, and in eases of doubt shall permit the party to

Contents of verdict.

be heard. The verdict of the jury shall state as to each parcel of land involved in the proceeding only the amount of compensation, less the benefits, if any, which it shall award in respect thereof, and shall not contain any finding as to the ownership of the land or the persons entitled to the compensation.

Sec. 14.

Compensation of jurors.

That each of said jurors shall receive a compensation of five dollars per day for his services during the time he shall be actually engaged in such services.

Sec. 15.

Damages to be equally assessed on benefited lands and District revenues.

That the amount awarded by said court as damages for each highway or reservation, or part thereof, condemned and established under this act, shall be one half assessed against the land benefited thereby and the other half shall be charged up to the revenues of the District of Columbia; that one-half of the amount awarded by said court as damage for each highway or reservation or part thereof, condemned and established under this act, shall be charged upon the lands benefited by the laying out and opening of such highway or reservation or part thereof and the remainder of said amount shall be charged to

Damages and benefits to be found by same jury, etc.

the revenues of the District of Columbia. The same jury which shall assess the damages caused by the opening of any highways or reservation or part thereof, or by the abandonment of an existing highway or part thereof, shall ascertain and determine what property is thereby benefited, and shall assess against each parcel which it shall find to be so benefited its proper proportional part of the whole of said one-half of

Proviso.

Proceedings in assessing benefits to conform to those assessing damages, etc.

the, damages: Provided, That in making such assessment for benefits the jury shall, as to any tract a part of which shall have been taken for such highway or reservation, or part thereof, make due allowance for the amount, if any, which shall have been deducted from the value of the part taken on account of the benefit to the remainder of the tract. The proceedings of the court and the jury in making assessments for benefits under this section shall conform as nearly as is practicable to the foregoing provisions of this act relating to the assessment of damages, and the verdict of the jury making an assessment under this section as to any parcel of land shall not be conclusive until the same

Continuation of verdict by the court.

Assessment a lien upon land.

shall have been confirmed by the court. When confirmed by the court the assessment so made shall be a lien upon the land assessed, and shall be collected as special improvement taxes in the District of

Collection.

Payable in installments.

Interest.

Columbia have been collected since February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and shall be payable in five equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date of the confirmation of the assessment by the court. That no

Improvement of streets, etc., outside of city Lines, chargeable to District revenues only.

expense for the improvement of any street, circle, reservation or avenue laid out under the provisions of this act, outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown, shall be chargeable to the Treasury of the United States, but such expense shall be paid solely out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 16.

Distribution of damages.

That when said court shall have assessed the damages to be paid as to any parcel of laud the use of which shall have been condemned, or which shall have been injured by the abandonment of a

Where no controversy as to distribution, etc.

previously existing highway, and there shall be no controversy as to the persons who are entitled to receive the same or as to the distribution of the same among them, said court shall decree such payment to be made, and upon presentation of a duly certified copy of such decree to the Treasurer of the United States he shall report the same to Congress for consideration and action and shall make such payment to the person or persons appearing by such decree to be entitled thereto as

Where there is controversy, etc.

Congress may provide; but where any such controversy shall exist or where there shall be any doubt as to the proper disposition of the compensation awarded, the court shall order that the damages assessed by 537 it involved in such controversy or doubt shall be paid into the registry

Payment into court.

of the court, and upon the presentation of a duly certified copy of such order to the Treasurer of the United States he shall, when the necessary money is appropriated, pay the amount therein mentioned to the clerk of said court; and the claims of the respective parties thereto shall

Hearing of contending claims, etc.

thereupon be heard and decided by the court as in interpleader suits in equity, under such general rules as may be prescribed by said court in general term.

Sec. 17. That said court, in special term as aforesaid, may certify to

Questions of 1aw certified to court in general term.

said court in general term for decision there in the first instance any question of law that shall arise during any proceeding in said court in special term under this act. Any party aggrieved by the final order or decree of said court in special term fixing the amount of damages or the assessment for benefits as to any parcel of land may take an appeal

Appeals.

therefrom to said court in general term, and shall be entitled to a bill of exceptions as in civil cases, triable by jury in said court, and said court in general term may affirm, reverse, or modify the order or decree appealed from: Provided, That said court in general term shall consider

Proviso.

Limitation.

only questions of law arising on such appeal. From a final decree of said court in special term under this act distributing the damages among contending claimants any party aggrieved may in like manner take an appeal to the court in general term, which in such cases shall consider both questions of law and of fact. Any appeal under this act shall be taken within twenty days after the making of the final order or decree appealed from, and not afterwards, and shall be subject to existing laws and rules of court regulating appeals to said court in general term. Cases arising under this act shall have precedence over all other business in said court in special term, and shall have precedence in said court in general term over all other eases except criminal cases, and the decision of said court in general term upon any question

Final decision.

arising under this act shall be final.

Sec. 18. That whenever any final decree shall have been made by

Possession to be enforced by process.

said court under the provisions of this act for the payment of the damages to the parties or into the registry of the court and when the money has been appropriated and paid the Commissioners shall be entitled to take immediate possession of the parcel of land in regard to which said order of payment shall have been made, and the court shall enforce such right of possession by proper order and by process addressed to the marshal of the United States for the District of Columbia. In case

In certain cases proceedings voided and land reverts.

the court shall enter judgment of condemnation in any case, and appropriation is not made by Congress for the payment of such award within the period of six months, Congress being in session for that time after such award or for the period of six months after the meeting of the next session of Congress, the proceedings shall be void, and the land shall revert to the owners.

Sec. 19. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall

Report and estimates by District Commissioners.

include in their annual report a full statement of their action under this act, and shall submit annual estimates of the expenditures necessary to be made under its provisions, as other estimates are submitted.

Approved, March 2, 1893.

Chap. 199: making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 537 1893-03-03 Chapter 199 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 199.—

An Act making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the half of the following

District of Columbia appropriations.

Half from District revenues.

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, 538 being for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely:

GENERAL EXPENSES.

General expenses.

for salaries and contingent expenses.

Salaries, etc.

Executive office.

Commissioners, Secretary, etc.

For Executive Office. For two Commissioners, at five thousand dollars each; one Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); one Secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and type writer, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars: one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, who shall also perform the duties of inspector of elevators and fire escapes, without additional compensation, one thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one janitor, seven hundred dollars; one laborer, at one dollar per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars each; one steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one chief inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; four assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; and one harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-six thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars.

Assessor’s office.

For Assessors’ Office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one special assessment clerk, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one, thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each: one clerk, in charge of records, 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, nine hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

Collector’s office.

For Collectors Office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and messenger one thousand dollars; and one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred dollars.

Auditor’s office.

For Auditors Office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, 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; and one disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

Attorney’s office.

For Attorneys Office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one special assistant attorney, one thousand two hundred dollars; one law clerk, one thousand 539 two hundred dollars; one messenger, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six hundred dollars. For Sinking-Fund Office, Under Control of the Treasurer

Sinking-fund office.

of the United States: For one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars; For Coroner’s Office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred

Coroner’s office.

dollars. For Market Masters: For two market masters, at one thousand

Market masters.

Engineer’s office.

Record division.

thousand nine 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 clerk, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; Surface Division: One computing engineer, two thousand four hundred

Surface division.

dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of streets and sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors of streets and sewers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; superintendent of county roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; Subsurface Division: One inspector of asphalt and cements, two

Subsurface division.

thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of gas and meters, one thousand dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one superintendent of lamps one thousand dollars; two inspectors of lamps, at nine hundred dollars each; one inspector of streets and sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand six hundred and thirty dollars. Board of Examiners, Steam Engineers: For compensation for

Board of examiners, steam engineers.

board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars. Sewer Division: For one superintendent of sewers, two thousand

Sewer division.

four hundred dollars; one general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draftsman one thousand two hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two inspectors of property, at nine hundred and thirty-six dollars each; two sewer tappers, at one. thousand dollars each; one permit clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; and one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and two dollars. That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily required

Temporary over seers. etc.

Report.

540 such overseers, inspectors, and other employees, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.

Inquiry, and specific estimates, etc., as to all officers, etc., to be made.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, prior to the first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, enquire fully as to the employment of each and every officer, inspector, clerk, foreman, or other persons, except day laborers, who are or may be employed in the execution of appropriations for street, road, or sewer work, the construction and repair of buildings, bridges, or any other work, and who are paid from such appropriations, the necessity for such employment, whether the compensation paid is excessive in any case or cases; and in their estimates of appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five it shall be their duty to submit specific estimates, in no case exceeding the compensation actually paid for the same or similar services during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for all such officers, overseers, inspectors, clerks, or other employees, except day-laborers, whose annual employment they deem necessary and whom they believe to be indispensable to an efficient and economical execution of the said appropriations for which they may submit estimates for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, specifying the number of persons to be so employed, the office in which they would be employed, and the rate of compensation to each.

Superintendent of charities.

Superintendent of Charities: For superintendent of charities, three thousand dollars. contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent of the government of the District of Columbia, namely: For printing, checks, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, repairs of market houses, painting; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and the inspector of asphalt and cement; damages, care of horses, not otherwise provided for; horseshoeing, fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the sinking-fund office, office of the superintendent of charities, harbor master, health department, and police court, twenty-four thousand dollars; and the Commissioners shall

Proviso.

Use of horses, etc.

so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: Provided, That horses and vehicles appropriated for in this act shall be used only for official purposes.

Stables.

For contingent expenses of stables of the Engineer Department, including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and repair of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, sponges, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, medicines, and other necessary articles and expenses, six thousand dollars; and no expenditure on account of the Engineer Department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund.

Rent.

For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars. For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars.

Collecting personal taxes.

For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes by distraint and sale, or otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Judicial expenses.

For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the supreme court of the District of Columbia, six hundred dollars.

Coroner’s expenses.

For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, juror’s fees, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice for morgue, and holding inquests, nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Advertising.

For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, two thousand nine hundred dollars. Inquiry, and specific estimates, etc., as to all officers, etc., to be made. 541 For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July first, eighteen hundred

Notice of arrears of taxes.

and ninety-two, as required to be given by act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, to be reimbursed

Vol. 26, p. 24.

by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised. To enable the assessor to continue account of arrears of taxes on real

Arrears of taxes account.

property due the District of Columbia, including the payment of necessary clerical force, two thousand dollars. Plats of Subdivisions outside of Washington and Georgetown

Surveys and plats of outside subdivisions.

: To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine if plats of subdivisions of land within the

Vol. 25, p. 451.

District offered for record have been made in conformity to the “Act to regulate subdivision of land within the District of Columbia,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, three thousand dollars. permit work.

Permit work.

For the improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks and the construction

Alleys, sidewalks, and sewers.

of sewers and sidewalks, of such form and materials as the Commissioners may determine, under the permit system, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars; and this appropriation shall be available

Parking on New York avenue.

for removing and repaving parking on New York avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, under the provisions of the compulsory permit system. That the provision in the District appropriation act of March third,

New sidewalks or curbing.

Vol. 26, p. 1066.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing assessment against abutting property for new sidewalks or curbing required to be laid on streets being improved, is amended so as to read as follows: That when new sidewalks or curbing are hereafter required to be

Abutting property to pay one-half.

laid on streets being improved, one half the total cost shall be assessed against abutting property, in like manner and under the law governing in the case of compulsory permit work: Provided, That abutting property

Proviso.

Exception.

shall not be liable to such assessment when sidewalk and curbing have been laid by the District authorities in front of the same under the permit system within two years prior to such assessment, and all such charges and assessments shall be refunded or abated. improvements and repairs.

Improvements and repairs.

Streets and avenues.

For work on sundry streets and avenues named in Appendix “Dd,” Book of Estimates, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Commissioners upon streets and avenues specified in the schedules named in said appendix and in the aggregate for each schedule as stated herein, namely: Georgetown Schedule: Seventeen thousand dollars.

Allotment.

Northwest Section Schedule: Seventy-six thousand dollars: Southwest Section Schedule: Twenty-six thousand dollars. Southeast Section Schedule: Thirty-eight thousand dollars. Northeast Section Schedule: Forty-three thousand dollars. Provided, That the streets and avenues shall be contracted for in the

Proviso.

Order of precedence.

order in which they appear in said schedules and be completed in such order as nearly as practicable. That under appropriations contained in this act no contract shall be

Limit for concrete pavements.

made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavement at a higher price than two dollars per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with same depth of base: Provided, That these

Proviso.

Increase for certain streets.

conditions as to price and depth of base shall not apply to those streets on which, in the judgment of the Commissioners, by reason of heavy traffic, poor foundation, or other causes, a pavement of more than ordinary strength is required, in which ease the limit of price may be increased to two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard. 542

Grading.

Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For the purchase of horses, cars, carts, tools, or the hire of the same, to be used by prisoners and inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, four thousand dollars.

Repairs, pavements.

Repairs to Pavements: For repairs to concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior material, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEWERS.

Sewers.

Cleaning, etc.

For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, forty-five thousand dollars.

Replacing.

For relief sewers and for replacing obstructed sewers, seventy-five thousand five hundred dollars.

Main and pipes.

Proviso.

Limit of new main, increased.

Vol. 26, p. 155.

For main and pipe sewers, one hundred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-five dollars: Provided, That the limit of the cost of the main intercepting sewer, authorized in the 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 ninety-three, and for other purposes, approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby fixed at not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, instead of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars as prescribed in the said act.

Suburban.

For suburban sewers, eighty-two thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars.

Ganging.

Rights of way.

For gauging sewers and rainfall, two thousand five hundred dollars. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance, and repairs of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Automatic siphons.

For automatic siphons for flushing sewers ten thousand dollars, to be

Immediately available.

immediately available. STREETS.

Streets.

Repairs, streets, etc.

Repairs of Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, including the repair of cuts made by the sewer department, forty thousand dollars.

Repairs, roads, etc.

Repairs, County Roads: For current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars.

Constructing county roads.

Construction of County Roads: For construction of county roads and suburban streets, as follows: For grading and regulating Champlain avenue, from Florida avenue to Columbia road (changing grade), and grading Sixteenth street northwest, extended, Prospect street, Crescent street, and Ontario avenue, Meridian Hill, fifteen thousand dollars. For paving Brightwood avenue, from Irving street northward, ten thousand dollars. For grading Massachusetts avenue, extended, ten thousand dollars. For grading and regulating Jefferson street (Anacostia), four thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand dollars.

Sweeping, etc.

Sprinkling, Sweeping, and Cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

Parking commission.

For the Parking Commission: For contingent expenses, including laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items eighteen thousand dollars.

Lighting.

Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lam-posts, lanterns, moving lamp posts, painting lampposts and lanterns, and replacing lampposts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars: 543 Provided, That no more than twenty-one dollars and fifty cents per

Provisos.

Maximum cost.

annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand

Regulators.

hours per annum: Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour. That for securing a better fulfillment of the intent of an act entitled

Additional gas laboratories.

“An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, two additional laboratories shall be provided

Vol. 18, p.277.

and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall

Approval of commissioners.

be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners, at a total cost not to exceed one thousand dollars, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Washington Gas Light Company. One of the said laboratories shall be located in

Location in Washington.

the northwestern portion of the city of Washington and the other in the southeastern portion of said city, and the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratories shall be paid for by the said Washington Gas Light Company. And for securing the better fulfillment of the intent of the said act, a laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the Georgetown

Georgetown.

Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners at a total cost not to exceed one thousand dollars, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company: Provided,

Provisos.

Georgetown Gas Company to pay cost, penalties, etc.

That the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratory shall be paid by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company, and the said Georgetown Gas Light Company shall be liable for such penalties for departures from the standards of illuminating power and purity of the gas manufactured and distributed by the said Company as are prescribed in the first section of the said act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four:

Vol. 18. p. 277.

Gas-fitting regulations.

Provided further, That the provisions and penalties of the act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of pluming in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved April

Ante, p. 21.

Penalty for noncompliance.

twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are hereby extended to include the practice of the business of gas-fitting in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the Washington Gas Light Company

Inspector of gas-fit-ting.

At cost of both gas companies.

and the Georgetown Gas Light Company shall, at the beginning of each fiscal year, in proportion to their respective receipts from sales of gas for the fiscal year immediately preceding, provide in advance, by depositing with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, a sum sufficient to pay the salary of an inspector of gas-fitting, to be appointed

Appointment.

Salary.

Additional expenses.

by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at one thousand dollars per annum, and also the necessary additional expenses of maintaining the service of inspecting and testing illuminating gas and gas meters, herein provided for, as estimated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and not to exceed fixe hundred dollars per annum for each of the said additional laboratories: Provided further,

Daily inspections.

That the daily inspections prescribed in section five of the act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen

Vol. 18, p. 278.

hundred and seventy-four, shall hereafter be made at any time after twelve o’clock noon and before twelve o’clock midnight, in the discretion of the inspector of gas and meters: Provided further, That the provisions

Test, etc., of meters.

of sections seven and eight of the act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 18, pp. 278, 279.

544 seventy four, shall hereafter apply to all gas meters from which the heads shall have been removed by any gas company in the District of Columbia for the purpose of examining and repairing the same, and no gas meter from which the head shall have been removed shall be again placed in service by any gas company in the District of Columbia with out having been duly inspected, approved, and sealed as provided for

Inspection fee.

Extension of gas mains.

in the said act and for such inspection of repaired meters a fee of twenty cents each shall be paid: Provided further, That each gas company in the District of Columbia shall, at its sole and entire expense, make reasonable extensions of its gas mains whenever the said extensions shall be necessary for maintaining street lamps for the public

Regulations.

safety and comfort, and the said Commissioners shall regulate the location and depth of the said gas mains in the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and spaces of the District of Columbia. Any failure to comply with this provision shall be reported to Congress by the commissioners.

Electric lighting.

For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection, on one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions,

Provisos.

Maximum cost.

fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light burning every night from sunset to sunris, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candle power, and no part of this appropriation shall

Overbend wires.

be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and

Report on contracts, etc.

Georgetown: Provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall investigate, ascertain, and report to the first session of the Fifty-third Congress what deduction may be made for gas an electric lighting, both for annual, five-year, and for ten-year contracts, and that they be authorized to invite proposals for supplying said light at reduced rates; and in this they are not limited to any one system or company.

Harbor and river front.

Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protection of the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws and regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, two thousand six hundred dollars.

Scales.

For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales, two hundred dollars.

Pumps.

For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement and repair of public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned or condemned public wells, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

Bridges.

Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand

Control.

dollars. And the control of bridges, except the Aqueduct bridge across Rock Creek, in the District of Columbia, is hereby conferred on the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and they are hereby

Regulations for safety, etc.

required to make such proper regulations as they may deem necessary for the safety of the public using said bridges, and for the lighting and the police control of the same. Washington Aqueduct.

Aqueduct.

Engineering, etc.

Proviso.

Diversion of water prohibited.

For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That no portion of the water conveyed or to be conveyed through or by means of the Washington Aqueduct, or any appurtenance thereof, shall be diverted to the supply or use of any building, premises, or establishment located outside of the existing limits of the District of Columbia. 545 Towards improving the deceiving reservoir by the works required for

Receiving reservoir.

Improving, protecting, etc.

cutting off the drainage into it of polluted waters and sewage from the surrounding country, for the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and for the excavation necessary at the head of the reservoir sixty thousand dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

Cost.

That the whole cost of the work shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be done by contract or otherwise as the Secretary of War may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding the limitation prescribe by the acts of Congress approved July

Payment to Thomas Ready for condemned land.

fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Thomas Ready the sum of four hundred and

Vol. 22, pp. 168.

Vol. 23, p. 332.

seventy dollars and ninety cents out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of fifty-one thousand three hundred and seventy dollars to pay for land to extend aqueduct, made 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,

Vol. 22, p. 168.

which sum shall be in full for the appraised value of land owned by the said Thomas Ready and taken by the United States for the requirements and purposes of that act: Provided, That no payment hereunder shall

No payment without absolute title.

be made until the Attorney-General shall have decided that an absolute title to the premises shall vest in the United States. Public Schools.

Public schools.

For Officers: For superintendent first six divisions, three thousand

Superintendents, clerks, etc.

three hundred dollars; superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent of seventh and eighth divisions, eight hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent first six divisions, three hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and fifty dollars. For Teachers: For nine hundred and forty-two teachers, to be

Teachers.

assigned as follows: For one, at two thousand five hundred dollars; For eleven, at two thousand dollars each; For one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; For ten, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For fifteen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; For forty-nine, at one thousand dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For nine, at nine hundred dollars each; For eight, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For fifteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty, at eight hundred and twenty five dollars each; For twenty-four, at eight hundred dollars each; For sixty-nine, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For twenty-seven, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; For ninety-seven, at seven handled dollars each; For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For ninety five, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For six, at six hundred dollars each; For one, at five hundred and seventy five dollars; For one hundred and twelve, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For two, at five hundred and twenty five dollars each: For one hundred and eight, at five hundred dollars each; For twenty-two, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; 546 For forty-one, at four hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty-one, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For sixty-four, at four hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred and forty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Provided, That in assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination

Proviso.

No discrimination.

shall be made between male and female teachers employed in the same grade of school, and performing a like class of duties.

Night schools.

For teachers of night schools, who may also be teachers in the day Schools, six thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of night schools, five hundred dollars.

Janitors.

For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For care of the high school building of the first six divisions, two thousand dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Eastern high school building of the first six divisions, and of the high-school building of the seventh and eight divisions, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; of the Stevens and Franklin buildings, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; of the Peabody, Force, Sea-ton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, Grant, Curtis, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln and Mott buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Abbott, John F. Cook, Randall, and Berrett buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; of the Amidon, Addison, Cranch, Morse, Brent, Bannaker, Blair, Wormley, Anthony Bowen, Maury, Weightman, Bradley, Blake, Carberry, Giddings, Towers, Magruder, Phelps, Twining, Smallwood, Adams, Jones, Arthur, Corcoran, Briggs, Lenox, Bell, McCormick, Madison, Jackson, Monroe, Garrison, Ambush, Phillips, Slater, Logan, Tyler, Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, Wilson, and Taylor buildings, forty-two in all, at five hundred dollars each; of the Fillmore building for nine months, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of the Hillsdale, Anacostia, Thompson, and Lovejoy buildings, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; of the Mount Pleasant, Potomac, Greenleaf, Hamilton Road, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld, Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brookland buildings, at one hundred and sixty-five dollars each; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, including cooking and manual training schools, wherever located, at a rate not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, four thousand one hundred and sevetysix dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty-one dollars.

Rent.

Repairs.

For rent of school buildings, and repair shop, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars.

Tools, etc.

For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, to be used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars.

Fuel.

Furniture.

For fuel, thirty thousand dollars. For furniture for new school buildings, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing, insurance, and other necessary items, thirty thousand dollars.

Free school books, etc.

For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight grades, who at the time are not supplied with the same, to be distributed by the superintendent of public schools under regulations to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said textbooks and supplies, forty-eight thousand dollars.

Buildings not to be used for other than school purposes.

That hereafter the public school buildings of the District of Columbia shall be used for no purposes whatever other than those directly connected with the public school system of the District.

Buildings.

For one eight-room building and site in the third school division, northeast, thirty-nine thousand dollars. For one eight-room building in eighth scool division, to relieve Garnett School, twenty-eight thousand dollars. 547 For purchase of lot east of Slater school building, two thousand square feet, two thousand seven hundred dollars. For additional amount for purchase of ground in rear of Brightwood School, one hundred and fifty dollars. For repair of Wallach school building, to be immediately available one thousand one hundred dollars; Provided, that the total cost of the site and of the several and respective

Proviso.

Limit of cost.

Approval of plans.

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 capital and the Commissioners of the District, and said buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith. For Metropolitan Police.

Police.

For one major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred

Salaries.

dollars; one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two lieutenants, inspectors, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one chief clerk, who shall also be property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons of the police and tire departments, at five hundred and forty dollars each; for additional compensation for twelve privates ditailed tor special service in the detection and prevention of crime, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; nine lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty-one sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and thirty privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy-five privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; twenty station keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; 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; forty-three lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one van driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two assistant ambulance drivers, at three hundred dollars each; fourteen drivers of patrol wagons at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five hundred thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters and station at

Miscellaneous.

Anacostia, one thousand two hundred dollars; For fuel, two thousand two hundred dollars; For repairs of stations, two thousand dollars; For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery

Contingent expenses.

books, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulance, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. In all, twenty three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For covers for patrol wagons, one hundred and fifty dollars. For one light wagon, harness, and horse, three hundred and sixty five dollars. 548 For the Fire Department.

Fire Department.

Salaries.

For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one tire marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twelve foremen, at one thousand dollars each; nine engineers, at one thousand dollars each; nine firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; thirteen hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; eighty-two privates, at eight hundred dollars each; six watchmen, at six hundred dollars each: one veterinary surgeon for all departments of the District government, four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous: For repairs to engine houses, three thousand dollars; For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, four thousand dollars; For fuel, two thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of horses, four thousand dollars; For forage, six thousand dollars; For furniture for new Number Nine engine company, nine hundred dollars; For one hose carriage for Number Nine engine company, nine hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas. and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; In all, thirty two thousand three hundred dollars. Telegraph and Telephone Service.

Telegraph and telephone service.

Salaries.

For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; three telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars, each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; one expert repairman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two repairmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers, at four hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.

Supplies.

For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies, telephone rental, wire extension of the telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, crossarms, gas, fuel, ice record books, stationery, printing, office rent, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, ten thousand dollars. Health Department.

Health department.

Salaries.

For one health officer, three thousand dollars; eight sanitary, food, and garbage inspectors, who shall also be charged with enforcement of garbage regulations, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for one chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger and janitor, five hundred and forty dollars; one pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per month each, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; and one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all twenty five thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. 549 Miscellaneous: For rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty

Miscellaneous.

dollars. For collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, twenty-four

Garbage.

Proving.

Additional sum for using steel tanks, etc.

thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, allow an additional sum, not exceeding fifty cents per ton, for the removal of said garbage in steel tanks or carts, and its immediate destruction within the limits of the District, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such purposes, and the appropriation for the current fiscal year of two thousand five hundred

Current appropriation may be used

dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the same way for the same purposes: Provided further, That said commissioners

Daily collection during certain months, 1893.

may, in their discretion, in case the safety and health of the District in their judgment require it, allow for the daily collection of garbage during the months of May, June, July, August, and September of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, an additional sum,

Additional appropriation.

not exceeding one thousand dollars per month, during the time when such daily collection is made to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such purpose. For the enforcement of the provisions of an act entitled “An act to

Scarlet fever and diphtheria.

prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia,” approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 26, p. 692.

four thousand dollars. courts.

Courts.

For the Police Court: For two judges, at three thousand dollars

Police court.

each; compensation of two justices of the peace acting as judges of the police court during the absence of said judges, not exceeding three hundred dollars each; one clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two deputy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three bailiffs, at three dollars per day each, two thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars; one deputy marshal, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars. Miscellaneous: For United States marshall’s fees, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

four hundred dollars; For witness fees, four thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs of police-court building, eight hundred dollars; For rent of property adjoining police-court building for police court and other purposes, six hundred dollars; For compensation for jury, eight thousand dollars;

Jurors.

In all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the execution of

Lunacy writs.

writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand dollars. Interest and Sinking Fund.

Interest and sinking fund.

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. Emergency Fund.

Emergency fund.

To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by Hood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently 550

Immediately available.

Proviso.

Purchases.

provided for, five thousand dollars, and twenty-one thousand dollars additional to be immediately available; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars: Provided, 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. For Reformatories and Prisons.

Reformatories and prisons.

Support of convicts.

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, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Transporting prisoners, etc.

Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, four thousand dollars.

Washington Asylum.

For Washington Asylum: For one intendant, one 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, nine hundred dollars: five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; one second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, three hundred dollars; one hostler and ambulance driver, two hundred and forty dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, at three hundred dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, at one hundred and eighty dollars; four cooks, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; one trained nurse, four hundred and twenty dollars; and five nurses, at sixty dollars each; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions, fuel forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, hardware, medicines, repairs to tools, cars, tracks, steam heating and cooking apparatus, painting, and other necessary items and services, forty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For the renewal of plumbing in the almshouse and repairs, three thousand dollars.

Reform school.

For Reform School; For superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, three thousand five hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; three matrons of families, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; three foremen of workshops, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; engineer, three hundred and ninety-six dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; baker, cook, shoemaker, and tailor, at three hundred dollars each; laundress, one hundred and eighty dollars; two dining room servants, seamstress, and chambermaid, at one hundred and forty-four dollars each; florist, three hundred and sixty dollars; watchmen, not exceeding five in number, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; secretary and treasurer of board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty two dollars.

Support of inmates.

For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats dry goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, repairs to buildings, and other necessary items, including compensation, not exceeding nine hundred dollars for additional labor or services, and for transportation and other necessary 551 expenses incident to securing suitable homes for discharged boys, not exceeding five hundred dollars all under the control of the commissioners, twenty-six thousand dollars. For one additional brick family building, including heating apparatus,

Additional building

twenty thousand dollars. For furnishing same, one thousand two hundred dollars. For one brick water-closet, one thousand dollars. For Support of the Insane.

Support of insane.

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

R. S., secs. 4844, 4850 pp. 939, 940.

and fifty of the Revised Statutes, ninety-six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars. For Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

Deaf and dumb.

For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons

Support in Columbia Institution.

admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four

R. S., sec. 4864. p. 942.

of the Revised Statutes, ten thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and all disbursements for this object shall be accounted for through the Department of the Interior. For Charities.

Charities

For relief of the poor, fourteen thousand dollars.

Relief of the poor.

Municipal lodging house, etc.

For a municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, four thousand dollars. For temporary home for soldiers and sailors, Grand Army of the

Temporary home, soldiers and sailors.

Republic, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the Women’s Christian Association, maintenance, four thousand

Women’s Christian Association.

dollars. For Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, maintenance, nine

Emergency Hospital.

thousand dollars. For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance,

Columbia Hospital.

Proviso.

Trustees.

twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter as Vacancies occur among the trustees, other than members of Congress, they shall be filled by the District Commissioners. For the Children’s Hospital, maintenance, ten thousand dollars.

Children’s Hospital.

For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington,

Homeopathic Hospital.

District of Columbia, for maintenance, seven thousand dollars. For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows:

Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.

Expenses, etc.

For subsistence, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For salaries and compensation of the surgeon-in-chief, not to exceed three thousand dollars; two assistant surgeons, clerk, engineer, and matron, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers, fifteen 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, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars. And hereafter the expenditures for the Freedmen’s Hospital and

Supervision and control of expenditures.

Asylum shall be under the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Reform School for Girls: For superintendent, one thousand

Girls reform school.

Salaries.

two hundred dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one day watchman, who shall 552 also be driver, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one night watchman, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; and one laborer, three hundred dollars; in all four thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars.

Expenses.

For groceries, provisions, fuel, soap, oil. lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicine, medical attendance, hack hire, freight, furniture, beds, bedding, sewing machines, fixtures, books, horses, wagon, harness, cows, stables, wagon and cow sheds, fences and repairs, and other necessary items, fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars.

Church Orphanage.

For the Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance. one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.

German Orphan Asylum.

For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.

Association for Destitute Colored Women.

For the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, maintenance, including its care of colored foundlings, seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum.

For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

Saint Joseph’s Asylum.

For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.

Women’s Union

For the Women’s Union Christian Association, maintenance, one

Christian Association.

hundred and fifty dollars.

Association for Works of Mercy.

For the Association for works of Mercy, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.

House of the Good Shepherd.

For House of Good Shepherd, maintenance, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars.

Industrial Home School.

For the Industrial Home school, maintenance, seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Saint Rose’s Industrial School.

For Saint Rose’s Industrial School, maintenance, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars.

Board of Children’s Guardians.

For the Board of Children’s Guardians, created under the act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. namely:

Ante, p. 268.

For administrative expenses, including salaries of agents, expenses in

Expenses, etc.

placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for care of feeble-minded children, for the care of children under three years of age, white and colored, for the board and care of all children over three years of age, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, nineteen thousand two hundred

Provisos.

Feeble-minded children .

dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That the authority for placing feeble-minded children of the District of Columbia, heretofore given to the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby transferred to the Board of Children’s Guardians:

Additional benefits under Board of children’s Guardians.

And provided further, That the institutions for children, including industrial and reformatory, namely, the Church Orphanage of Saint John’s Parish, the German Orphan Asylum, the National Association tor the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, including its care of colored foundlings, the Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, the Saint Joseph’s Asylum, the Women’s Union Christian Association, the Association for Works of Mercy, the House of the Good Shepherd, and Industrial Home School, and Saint Rose’s Industrial School, heretofore receiving aid by specific appropriation, are hereby remitted, except as herein specifically appropriated for, to the appropriation herein made

Ante, p. 268.

and to the said act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, “to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Columbia, and to create a Board of Children’s Guardians” for all rights and benefits which they may have under the provisions of the said act.

Foundling Hospital.

For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, for final aid toward maintenance, six thousand dollars.

Appropriations for real estate, for charitable institutions, a lien on property.

And all sums of money herein appropriated, or which may hereafter be appropriated and expended in aid of the purchase of real estate for charitable or reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia, or 553 for buildings or for permanent improvements to buildings thereon, shall (subject to any trust deed, mortgage, or other security or incumbrance existing on such property at the time of its purchase, or created at the time of its purchase) be a lien upon such property, and in case of the dissolution of any such corporation owning such property, or in case of the disposal of such property, by such corporation, entitle the United States to reimbursement in proportion to any other contributions or

Reimbursement on dissolution or sale.

funds used for such purposes; and the acceptance by any such corporation of any sum of money appropriated for the foregoing purposes shall be deemed an acceptance of and agreement to this provision.

Acceptance of condition.

Contagious Diseases Hospital: For the erection, by the commissioners

Contagious Diseases Hospital.

of the District of Columbia, on land belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia, to be selected by said Commissioners, of a hospital for the treatment of persons suffering from contagious and infectious diseases, five thousand dollars; and in case a suitable

Site.

site can not be secured upon United States or District lands, an additional sum, for the purchase of a site for said hospital, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars. That hereafter in all cases where Members of Congress or Senators

Service of Members or Senators as trustees.

are appointed to represent Congress on any board of trustees or board of directors of any corporation or institution to which Congress makes any appropriation, the term of said Members or Senators, as such trustee or director, shall continue until the expiration of two months after the first meeting of the Congress chosen next after their appointment. Militia of the District of Columbia.

District militia.

For the following to be expended under the authority of the commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, fourteen thousand

Rent; etc.

dollars. In the disbursement of this appropriation part thereof may be applied to leasing premises for armory purposes at a reasonable annual

Leases.

rental to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding three years. For current expenses, namely: For lockers, gun racks, and furniture

Current expenses.

for armories, eight hundred dollars. For printing and stationery, three hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriation

Limit.

for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated and authority herein specifically given. Water Department.

Water Department.

The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations

From water revenues.

of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely:

For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For one chief clerk, one thousand

Revenue and inspection branch.

eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars. For Distribution

Distribution branch.

Branch: For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand 554 dollars each; one timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; one assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; one tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; one assistant tapper, six hundred dollars; six steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; extra steam engineer’s services for such times as may be actually necessary on account of sickness, leaves of absence, and Sundays, not to exceed five hundred and forty dollars; one blacksmith, seven hundred and fifty dollars; two plumbers at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant machinists, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each; one property keeper, six hundred dollars; six firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two flushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; one caulker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; and three laborers, at five hundred dollars each; and for not to exceed at any time two inspectors on the manufacture of cast iron pipe, at a maximum rate of four dollars and fifty cents per day for such periods as their services may be actually necessary, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand live hundred dollars.

Fuel, repairs, etc.

For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe distribution to high and low service, material for for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants ninety thousand dollars.

Interest and sinking fund.

For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars. For interest on account of increasing the water supply, as provided

Vol. 22, p. 170.

in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars and twenty-six cents.

Sinking fund.

Vol. 22, p. 170.

For sinkingfund on account of increase of water supply, under act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, forty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents.

Interest forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains.

For second year’s interest on one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains, eight thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents.

Repayment forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains.

For second installment in repayment of one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents.

Extending high-service system.

For continuing the extension of the high-service system of water Distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, standpipes, mains, and appurtenances. so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are

Right of way.

hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the land, including necessary portions of public streets, alleys, and roads, required for the said extension, and the right of way. where necessary, for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the requisite water mains and their appurtenances for said extension.

Sec. 2.

Limit of requisitions upon Treasury.

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 ninety-four than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates of said District.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 200: to provide for the survey and transfer of that part of the Fort Randall military reservation in the State of Nebraska to said State for school and other purposes. 27 Stat. 555 1893-03-03 Chapter 200 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 555

CHAP. 200.—

An Act to provide for the survey and transfer of that part of the Fort Randall military reservation in the State of Nebraska to said State for school and other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fort Randall Military Reservation, Nebr.

That the odd numbered sections in the portion of the Fort Randall military reservation situated in the State of Nebraska, after the same shall have been surveyed as herein provided, may be selected by the State of Nebraska at any time

Odd sections granted to Nebraska as school indemnity lands.

within one year after the tiling of the official plats of survey in the district land office as a part of the lands granted to said State as school indemnity for school lands lost in place under the provisions of “An act to provide for the admission of the State of Nebraska into

Vol. 14, p. 391.

the Union,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven: Provided, That no existing lawful rights under any of the

Provisos.

Existing rights.

land laws of the United States providing for the disposition of the public lands shall be prejudiced by this act: And provided further, That said lands shall be accepted by said State of Nebraska in full

Acceptance.

satisfaction of lawful claims now existing, or that may hereafter arise, for school-land indemnity for a corresponding number of acres, upon assignment of the bases of the claims by description and selection in accordance with the regulations of the Interior Department within the period of limitation aforesaid; such selections to be equally distributed, so far as practicable, among the several townships

Sec. 2. That even numbered sections, and all of the odd numbered

Remaining sections, open to homestead settlement.

sections in said reservation not selected under the provisions of section one of this act. shall be open to settlement under the homestead law only: Provided, That before said lands shall be opened to settlement

Proviso.

Commission of appraisement.

under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a commission of three disinterested citizens of the United States, who shall appraise said lands and fix the value of each quarter section, and persons who may take such lands under the homestead laws, shall pay

Payment for lands.

for such lands in three equal installments, at times to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and they shall also comply with all provisions of the homestead laws of the United States.

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized

Public surveys extended.

and directed to cause the lands embraced in that part of the said military reservation of Fort Randall in the State of Nebraska to be regularly surveyed by an extension of the public surveys over the surveyed portions of the same.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 201: to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield. Alabama. 27 Stat. 555 1893-03-03 Chapter 201 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 201.—

An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield. Alabama.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Company may bridge Tennessee River at Sheffield, Ala.

that it shall be lawful for the Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Company, of Alabama, a corporation duly and legally incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield, in Colbert County, Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway

Railway, etc., bridge.

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

Tolls.

toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and subject

Lawful structure and post route.

to its 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 transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation 556 over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; audit shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and the United States shall have the right of way across said

Postal telegraph.

Telegraph, etc., companies.

bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes, and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal rights and privileges in constructing and maintaining their lines across said bridge.

Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge of

Construction.

Drawbridge.

such character of construction, and having such width of draw-openings and such elevation above high water as the Secretary of War may

Draw-openings.

prescribe; and the draw-openings of said bridge shall be so protected and arranged that water crafts can be worked through them at any

Piers.

Provisos.

Opening draw.

and all times; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river: Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at

Lights, etc.

its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under authority of this act which at any

Unobstructed navigation.

time substantially or materially obstructs 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

Litigation.

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 cause may be brought in the circuit court of the United States or the State of Alabama in whose jurisdiction any portion of said

Existing laws not affected.

obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, 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 exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.

Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other railroad companies.

shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative, to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over approaches

Terms.

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 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 allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

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 shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of 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 directions and strength of currents at all stages, and soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bridge or bridges and shall furnish such other information as may be required fora full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the

Changes.

Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built, and if any change is required by the Secretary of War in the plan of said bridge while the same is in progress of construction, or after its completion, or if the entire removal of said bridge is required by him at any time, the cost of such change or removal shall be paid by the company owning or controlling said bridge.

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Sec. 6. That the right to alter or amend or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.

Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 202: to amend rule seven, section forty-two hundred and thirty-three, Revised Statutes, relating to rules for preventing collisions on the water. 27 Stat. 557 1893-03-03 Chapter 202 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 202.—

An Act to amend rule seven, section forty-two hundred and thirty-three, Revised Statutes, relating to rules for preventing collisions on the water.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Navigation.

Rules for preventing collisions.

R. S. sec. 4233, p. 816, amended.

That rule seven, section forty-two hundred and thirty three, Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding in the last paragraph of that rule, after the word “ferryboats,” and preceding the word “shall,” a comma and the words “barges and canal boats when in tow of steam vessels,” so as to read:

“The lights for ferryboats, barges and canal boats when in tow of

Lights for barges and canal boats.

steam vessels, shall be regulated by such rules as the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels shall prescribe.”

Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 203.—

An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, and to make appropriations for carrying the same into effect.

March 3, 1893.

Whereas, David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did, on

Preamble.

the ninth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, conclude an agreement with Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, formerly a part of the Indian Territory, which said agreement is as follows:

“Articles of agreement made and entered into on the Kickapoo

Agreement with Kickapoo Indians, Oklahoma Territory.

Reservation, in the Indian Territory, on the 21st. day of June, A. D. 1891. by and between David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Kickapoo tribe of Indians, in the Indian Territory, and completed at the city of Washington, D. C., on this 9th day of September, A. D. 1891.

Article I.

“The said Kickapoo tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory hereby

Lands ceded absolutely.

cede, convey, transfer, and relinquish, forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatever, all their claim, title, and interest of every kind and character in and to the lands embraced in the following described tract of country in the Indian Territory, to wit:

“Commencing at the southwest corner of the Sac and Fox Reservation;

Description.

thence north along the western boundary of said reservation to the Deep Fork of the Canadian River; thence up said Deep Fork to the point where it intersects the Indian Meridian; thence south along said Indian Meridian to the North Fork of the Canadian River; thence down said river to the place of beginning.

“Article II

Article II.

In consideration of the cession recited in the foregoing article, the

Allotments in severally.

United States agrees that in said tract of country there shall be allotted to each and every member, native and adopted, of said Kickapoo tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory. 80 acres of land to conform in boundary to the legal surveys of said land. Each and every member 558 of said tribe of Indians over the age of eighteen years shall have the

Selections of land by Indians.

right to select for himself or herself 80 acres of land to be held and owned in severalty; and that the father, or, if he be dead, the mother shall have the right to select a like amount of land, under the same restrictions, for each of his or her children under the age of eighteen years; and that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or someone appointed by him for the purpose, shall select a like amount of laud, under the same restrictions, for each orphan child belonging to said tribe under the age of eighteen years.

“It is hereby further expressly agreed that no person shall have the

Occupied land, etc.

right to make his or her selection of land in any part of said tract of country that is now used or occupied, or that has, or may hereafter be, set apart for military, agency school, school farm, religious, town site, or other public uses, or in sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36) in each Congressional township; provided, in cases where any member of said tribe of Indians has heretofore made improvements upon, and now occupies and uses, a part

Existing improvements on school sections, etc.

of said sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36). such persons may make his or her selection, according to the legal subdivisions, so as to include his or her improvements. It is further agreed that wherever, in said tract of country, any one of said Indians has made improvements and now uses and occupies the land embracing such improvements, such Indian shall have the undisputed right to make his or her selection, to conform to legal subdivisions, however, so as to include such improvements.

Article III.

“All allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninety days from

Limit of time for selections by Indians.

the ratification of this agreement by the Congress of the United States, provided the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may extend the time for making such selections; and should any Indian entitled to allotment hereunder fair or refuse to make his or her selection of land in such time, then the allotting agent in charge of said work of making

Allotment by agent or failure to select.

such allotments, shall, within the next thirty (30) days after said time, make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and effect as if the selections had been made by the Indians themselves.

Article IV.

“When said allotments of land shall have been selected and taken

Titles to be held in trust.

as aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be held in trust for the benefit of the allottees, respectively, for a period of twenty-five (25) years, in the manner and to the

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extent provided for in the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various Reservations. and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.” Approved February 8, 1887.

“And at the expiration of the said twenty-five (25) years the title

Conveyance in fee.

thereto shall be conveyed in fee simple to the allottees or their heirs free from all incumbrances, provided the President may at the end of said period extend the time the land shall be so held, in accordance with the provisions of the above-recited act.

Article V.

“In addition to the allotments above provided for, and the other

Per capita payment to tribe for landscaped.

benefits to be received under the preceding articles, and as the only further consideration to be paid for the cession and relinquishment of title above recited, the United States agrees to pay the said Kickapoo Indians, to be distributed among them per capita, under the direction 559 of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the improvement of their said allotments, and for other purposes for their benefit, the sum of sixty-four thousand and six hundred and fifty ($64,650) dollars; provided,

Proviso.

Limit.

Number of allotments.

that the number of allotments of land provided for shall not exceed three hundred (300). But if the number of allotments shall exceed three hundred (300), then there shall be deducted from the said sum of sixty-four thousand and six hundred and fifty ($64,650) dollars, the sum of fifty ($50) dollars for each allotment in excess of the three hundred (300); provided, however, that should the Kickapoos elect to leave any

Indians may leave money in Treasury at interest.

or all of said money in the Treasury of the United States, it shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum after the ratification by Congress of this contract.

Article VI.

“It is hereby further agreed that wherever, in this reservation, any

Land used for religions. etc., work reserved from entry.

religious society or other organization is now occupying any portion of said reservation for religious or educational work among the Indians the land so occupied may be allotted and confirmed to such society or organization, not however to exceed one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land to any one society or organization, so long as the same shall be so occupied and—used, and such land shall not be subject to homestead entry.

Article VII.

“This agreement shall have effect whenever it shall be ratified by

Effect.

the Congress of the United States.

“In witness whereof the said commissioners on the part of the

Signatures of commissioners.

United States have hereunto set their hands and the undersigned, members of the said tribe of Kickapoo Indians in the Indian Territory, have set their hands the day and year first above written.

“David H. Jerome, “Alfred M. Wilson, Warren G. Sayre, Commissioners on the part of the United States. Kickapoo Village, August 16, 1891.

“At a special council called to elect delegates to send to Washington

Authorization of Indian delegates.

to make deal with the Government about our homes, we give Oc qua Noc a Sey and Kee Soc can mee waw, and John T. Hill full power and

Power of attorney.

authority to deal with the Government or Commission, and they have full power to settle with them or the Government of the United States of America.

“Hereunto we set our hands and seal.

Wape Mee Shay Waw, his x

Signatures of delegates, etc.

mark; Washe He Hoon, his x mark; Waw Patte Co Se Way, his x mark; Wall Mattee Qua P Yoka, his x mark; Pa Mee Thout, his x mark; No Kee Thow, his x mark; Ta Ke Kak Thoe, his x mark: Mee Re Aj Quaw, his x mark; The Ourouh Naugh, his x mark; The O Cann, his x mark; Wap Augh Noc A Sey, his x mark; Pay Ah Nough, his x mark; Chaugh Co Thow, his x mark; Fish A. Tame Augh, his x mark; No Ten Wa Attee, his x mark; May Soop Pattee Sant, his x mark; So Tea Naugh, his x mark; Panney Paw He Wah, his x mark; Tush Come Mee, his x mark; Pass Car U Taugh, his x mark; Ketch Tee Waw, his x mark; O Ke Maw Waw, his x mark; See No Som Mee, his x mark; Wap Pee Chee Ka Way, his x mark; West Sact To Sauth, his x mark; Mat Tanney, his x mark; Auch Chest Caw, his x mark; Chest Kee Augh, his x mark; May Say Qua Sheald, his x mark; Mau Kaugh The. Sey, his x mark; Pee Quaa, his x mark; West Scoa Thay, his x mark; Kam KeneyNay,his x mark; 560 Mass McCormick, his x mark; So Pack A Waw, his x mark; Kee Wi Quar Kuck, his x mark; Young Ah Qua They, his x mark; Paugh Thee Sist Laught. his x mark, Atch Ah Thee, his x mark; Pa Me Thought, his x mark, Wah Theim Augh, his x mark; Mantel) E Nonine Augh, his x mark; Pene A Pan Thought, his x mark; Mack Aureyer, his x mark; Augh Pant thousepyeare, his x mark; Pat The Sathe, his x mark; Em Ne Statte, his x mark; E Cone Putt, his x mark; Nect Co Tan Quaw Paw. his x mark; Oka Matha Thou, his x mark; Waw Pee Pam, his x mark;

Witness: Joseph Whipple (his x mark). John T. Hill.

John Whipple, special interpreter for Kickapoos, appointed by all

Certifications, etc.

of those that have signed this agreement is a member of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians.

I John T. Hill, hereby certify that I read and explained the foregoing power of attorney to Joseph Whipple, who understands well the English language, and he was made to fully understand the same; that I was requested by the Kickapoo tribe of Indians to prepare the power of attorney, and did so, and when I explained it to said Whipple he pretended to interpret it to said Indians, in full council assembled.

“Witness my hand at Washington D. C. this ninth day of September, 1891.

John T. Hill.

I Joseph Whipple, hereby certify that I am a member of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory; that I speak and well understand the English language and the Kickapoo language, and that at a council of all the Kickapoos on the 16th. day of August, 1891, on this reservation I was chosen as interpreter; that John T. Hill prepared and explained to me the foregoing power of attorney, and when so explained 1 interpreted it to said Indians and they were made to fully understand the same as it was l read and explained to me, and then they signed it; and I further certify that the Secretary of the Interior further advised and informed me what the paper contains, and he stated it as said Hill stated it to me and as I interpreted it to said Indians.

“Witness my hand at Washington, I). C., this ninth day of September, 1891.

Joseph Whipple (his x mark). Attest: Wm. F. Ryan.

We, the undersigned, commissioners on the part of the United States,

Agreement to submit certain disputed points to decision of Secretary of Interior, etc.

and Ock-qua-noc-a-sey, Kish-o-com me. and John T. Hill, authorized by the Kickapoo tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory, hereby agree with each other as follows:

“The United States commissioners aforesaid and the Kickapoos have agreed on terms of sale of their reservation, except the commissioners insist on the Indians taking lands in allotment, while the Indians insist in taking an equal amount of land as a diminished reservation, the title to be held in common.

“The tribe has executed a power of attorney authorizing the above-named persons to make the contract with the Commissioners, but have directed them to do so at Washington. The Kickapoos so authorized insist on going to Washington to see the Secretary of the Interior, and submit to him their claim to have a diminished reservation held in common as aforesaid, and hereby agree with the United States Commission to abide his decision in the premises, and take their lands in common or in allotment as he shall direct, and further agree that at 561 Washington, they will sign a contract as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. This is agreed to on condition that the United States shall pay their expenses and subsist them to Washington and return.

“Done at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, this 29th day of August A.D. 1891.

David H Jerome

Signatures.

, Warren G. Sayre, Alfred M. Wilson, U. S. Commissioners. Ock qua No Casey (his x mark) Kish o Cam Mee (his x mark) John T. Hill. Attest: Chas. S King.

“We, the undersigned, head men of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians

Certification.

in the Indian Territory, have had interpreted and fully explained to us the foregoing agreement, and we hereby, as representatives of said tribe, agree to the same and further certify that the power of attorney referred to was executed by the persons whose names are signed thereto and that they each understood its contents and meaning.

“Witness our hands at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, this 29th, day of August, A. D. 1891.

Wash E hone, his mark. Wa Pa Ko the Wah, his mark. Non Na qua Pe Wah, his mark. Qua Ken Na hah, his mark. Kish ah Tun huh, his mark. Joseph Whipple, his mark. In presence of— “Chas. S King. “Department of the Interior. Washington D. C.

“The Kickapoo tribe of Indians having agreed upon terms of sale of

Announcement of terms of agreement by the Secretary of the Interior.

their reservation with the commissioners for the United States, except the commissioners insist on the Indians taking lands in allotment, while the Indians insist on taking an equal amount of land as a diminished reservation, the title to be held in common, and having fur ther agreed to abide by the decision of the Secretary of the Interior in the premises, and that said lands shall be taken in common or in allotment as he shall direct, and that a contract shall be signed as he may determine:

“(All of which more fully appears by an agreement dated August

Ante, p. 557.

Ante, p. 559.

29th. 1891, and a power of attorney dated August 16th. 1891, hereunto annexed.)

And said question having been submitted to the Secretary by the commissioners in person and by said Indians, appearing by their delegates, Ock-qua -noc-a-sey, Kish-o-com-me, and John T Hill, and having been duly considered,

“Now, I. John W. Noble, Secretary of the Interior, and as said

Decision.

Lands to be taken in allotment.

Secretary, do hereby decide that the Kickapoo Indians take their lands in allotment and not to be held in common, and I so direct.

“Let the contract, so far as the question submitted is involved, be signed in accordance with this decision.

“Done this ninth day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

“John W. Noble

Signatures.

. “Secretary of the Interior,

“Wape Mee Shay Waw, Washe He Iloon, Waw Patte Co Se Way, Wah Matte Qua P Yoka, Pa Mee Thout, No Kee Thow, Ta Kak Thee, Mee Re Aj Quaw, The Ourouh Naugh, 562 The O Cann, Wab Augh Noc A Sey, Pay Ah Nough, Chaugh Co Thow, Fish A Tame Augh, No Ten Wa Atte, May Scop Patte Saut, So Tea Naugh, Panney Paw He Wah, Tush Come Mee, Pass Car U Taugh, Ketch Tee Waw, O Ke Maw Waw, See No Soin Mee, Wap Pee Chee Ka Way, West Sact to Santh, Mat Tanney, Auch Chest Caw, Chest Kee Augh, May Say Qua Sheald, Mau Kaugh The Sey, Pee Quaa, West Scoa Thay, Kam Keney Nay, Mass McCarmick, So Puck A Waw, Kee Wi Quar Kuck, Young Ah Qua They, Paugh Thee Sist Lugt, Atch Ah Thee, Pa Me Thought, Wah Theim Augh, Mautch E Nonine Augh, Pene A Pan Thought, Mack Aureyer, Augh Paut Thousepyeare, Pat The Sathe, Em Ne Statte, E Cone Putt, Nect Co Tau Quaw Paw, Oka Matha Thou, Waw Pee Pam.

“By Oc-qua-noc-a-sey (his x mark), “Kee-so com-mee (his x mark), John T. Hill, “Attorneys in fact. “(See power of attorney hereto attached.) “Attest: “Wm F Ryan.

Ante, p. 557.

“Sac and Fox Indian Agency “Indian Territory.

“I, Samuel L. Patrick, United States Indian agent at Sac and Fox

Certification.

Indian Agency, in the Indian Territory, hereby certify that the Kickapoo tribe of Indians is attached to said agency; that there are no complete rolls of the persons constituting said tribe of Indians, they have persistently refused to have or permit an enrollment to be made, but from all the information I can obtain 1 certify that the male adult population of said tribe is about fifty (50), but I am certain that it cannot exceed sixty (60).

“Given under my hand, on the Kickapoo Reservation this 20th day of June, A. D. 1891.

“Samuel L. Patrick, United States Indian Agent.

“I, Joseph Whipple, hereby certify that I am a member of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians, in the Indian Territory and was chosen by Oc-qua-noca-sey and Kee-sho-com-mee and the head men of said tribe as their interpreter; that I speak and understand well both the English and Kickapoo languages, but do not read or write; that I heard the foregoing contract read and explained by Warren G. Sayre, one of the commissioners on the part of the United States, and that I well understand it as it was explained by him. I further certify that I, at the time said Sayre so explained it, interpreted the same to said Indians, and they were made to fully understand the same.

Witness my hand at Washington D. C. this 9th day of September 1891.

“Joseph (his mark) Whipple. “Attest; “WM. F. Ryan. Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified,

Confirmation of cession.

and confirmed,

“That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the

Appropriation.

foregoing agreement there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated the

Expenditure.

sum of sixty-four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. And after first 563 paying to John T. Hill the sum of five thousand one hundred and seventy-two

John T. Hill.

dollars for services rendered said Kickapoo Indians and in discharge of a written contract made with said Indians and recommended by the Secretary of the Interior, the remainder to be expended for the use of said Indians as stipulated in said contract; Provided that should said Indians elect to leave any portion of said remaining balance in the Treasury, the amount so left shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum.” Provided, that none of the money

Interest.

Proviso.

Restriction as to Indian depredation claims.

or interest thereon, which is by the terms of said agreement to be paid to said Indians, shall be applied to the payment of any judgment that has been or may hereafter be rendered under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Vol. 26, p. 851.

entitled “An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations.”

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of making the allotments and payments

Expenses of allotments, etc

provided for in said agreement, including the preparation of a complete roll of said Indians, the pay and expenses of a special agent, if the President thinks it necessary to appoint one for the purpose, and the necessary surveys or resurveys, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Sec. 3. That whenever any of the lands, acquired by this agreement

Ceded lands open to settlement.

shall, by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, be open to settlement or entry, they shall be disposed of (except sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township thereof) to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and town-site laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which shall not apply): Provided, however,

R. S., sec 2301, p. 421.

Provisos.

Additional payment.

That each settler on said lands shall, before making a final proof and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents an acre, one-half of which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors,

Soldiers’ and sailors homestead, etc.

R. S., secs. 2304, 2305. p. 422.

as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid. Until said lauds are opened to settlement by proclamation

No settlement until proclamation made.

of the President of the United States, no person shall be permitted to enter upon or occupy any of said lands; and any person violating this provision shall never be permitted to make entry of any

Violation.

of said lands or acquire any title thereto: Provided, That any person having attempted to, but for any cause failed to acquire a title in fee under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the

Further qualification for homestead entry.

commuted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make homestead entry upon said lands.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 204.—

An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Regulations of sale of intoxicating liquors.

That no person shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale or traffic in, barter, or exchange for goods, in the District of Columbia, any intoxicating liquor, except as hereinafter provided: but this shall not apply to sales made by a person under a provision of law requiring him to sell personal property, nor to sales by the maker, brewer, or distiller thereof not to be drunk on the premises. Wherever the term “intoxicating liquors” is used in this act, it

Meaning of “intoxicating liquors.”

shall be deemed to include whisky, brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter, beer, and all other fermented and distilled liquors.

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Sec. 2. That there shall be, and there is hereby, constituted an excise

Excise board created.

Composition.

Duties.

board for the District of Columbia, which shall consist of the three Commissioners of the District, and the duty of which shall be to take up and consider all applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors and to take action on such applications, and the action of said board shall be final and conclusive, and only on the granting by said board of

Issue of license to sell.

Rules, etc.

a license to an applicant to sell intoxicating liquor shall the assessor issue a license to such applicant; and said board shall make such rules and regulations for carrying into effect this act as they may deem

Annual report.

requisite and proper. And said board shall make an annual report to Congress, setting forth the number of applications for license both favorably and unfavorably acted on, the number of persons convicted for violation of this statute and the amount of fines collected and uncollected.

Sec 3.

That the said board shall appoint a clerk and shall keep a

Clerk.

Record of application, etc.

full record of all applications for license, of all recommendation for and remonstrances against the granting of licenses, and of their action thereon.

The clerk of the board shall be ex-official the inspector of license issued

Duties, etc., of clerk.

under this act, and it shall be his duty to make the inspection required by this act under the orders of the board and make full report of such inspection to the board at such times as it may order. The salary to be paid such clerk and inspector shall be fixed by the board, and the same, with the expenses necessarily incident to the business of the board, shall be paid out of the fund arising from the license fees paid under this act.

Sec 4. That every person applying for a license to sell intoxicating

Petitions for license to sell in District.

liquors in said District shall file with the said board a petition for such license, and such petition shall be considered and acted on by the board in the order in which such petition is filed and numbered. Said

Contents of petition.

Name, etc., of applicant.

petition shall contain: First. The name and residence of the applicant and how long he has resided there Second. The particular place for which a license is desired, designating

Place of business.

the same by street and number, if practicable, and if not, by such other apt description as definitely locates it. Third. The name of the owner of the premises upon which the business

Owner of premises.

licenses is to be carried on. Fourth. A statement that the applicant is a citizen of the United

Statement of citizenship, etc.

States, and not less than twenty-one years of age and that such applicant has never since the passage of this act been adjudged guilty of violating the laws governing sale of intoxicating liquors, or laws for the prevention of gambling in the District of Columbia. Fifth. This petition must be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner

Oath.

made before a notary public of the District of Columbia, or any person duly

False statement; constitute perjury.

authorized by law to administer oaths, if any false statement is made in any part of said petition, the petitioner or petitioners shall be deemed

Penalties.

guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof his license shall be revoked and he shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for that crime. Sixth. That he is not the owner of or licensee named in any such

Not an existing licensee.

license then in force. Seventh. That he intends to canyon such business for himself and

Not an agent, etc.

not as an agent of any other person, and that, if so licensed, he will carry on such for himself, and not as the agent of any other person. Eighth. That he intends to superintend in person the management

Will personality manage business, etc.

of the business licensed and that, if so licensed, he will so superintend in person the management of the business so licensed.

Sec. 5. That in the cities of Washington and Georgetown it shall

In cities, written consent of adj real-estate owners’ residents to be with petition.

be the duty of every applicant for a barroom license to present to the excise board with his application the written permission of a majority of the persons owning real estate, and a majority of the residents 565 keeping house on the side of the square where it is desired to locate such business and on the confronting side of the square fronting opposite the same; and if the location of such barroom is on a corner and

Corner barrooms.

has an entrance thereon, such consent will be required from such owners and residents on both streets, and in that portion of the District of

In District outside of Washington and Georgetown.

Columbia lying outside of the said cities of Washington and Georgetown such applicant shall present such permission from a majority of the persons owning real estate and of residents keeping house within the space of two hundred and fifty feet of the street or road on each side of the place where it is desired to locate such business, and within a similar space on the side of the street or road fronting opposite such place. The fact of such ownership of real estate shall be certified by

Assessor to certify ownership.

the assessor of the District of Columbia, and the fact of the required residence and the genuineness of the signatures of the residents aforesaid

Police to certify residence. etc.

shall be certified by the lieutenant or acting lieutenant of the police precinct which embraces such proposed location. Every

What constitutes a barroom.

place where intoxicating liquors are sold to be drunk on the premises shall, for the purpose of this act be regarded and considered a barroom, and the possession of intoxicating liquors and the selling or disposing of the same to be drunk on the premises shall constitute and make the place a barroom: Provided, That any

Proviso.

Hotels and taverns.

established hotel or tavern having twenty chambers for lodging guests shall always have the right to obtain for itself a license for a barroom on complying with the provisions of this act, and the petition in such case must be made by the owner or lessee of such hotel or tavern: And provided further,

Consent of residents, etc., not necessary to renewal.

That after such applicant shall have obtained and filed with his petition the consent aforesaid and obtained from the board the license required by this act, it shall not be necessary for such licensee, after the expiration of the period for which such license is

Unless a majority of same protest, etc.

issued, to obtain again such consent for a renewal of the license unless the majority of the real estate owners and resident housekeepers aforesaid shall petition the board stating in such petition that said barroom is not necessary and is objectionable, and the fact that such parties so petitioning and objecting are real-estate owners and resident housekeepers as aforesaid and the genuineness of their signatures shall be certified in the same manner as is above provided in reference to their written consent: Provided further, That upon a conviction of such licensee of keeping a disorderly or disreputable place it shall be the duty

License revoked on conviction of keeping disorderly house.

of said excise board to revoke such licensee’s license, but until such conviction such licensee’s license shall not be revoked or taken away from him.

Sec. 6. That under the license issued in accordance with this act, no

No intoxicating liquors to minors, etc.

intoxicating liquors shall be sold, given, or in any way disposed of to any minor or intoxicated person, or to an habitual drunkard, nor to any person who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated if such person’s wife, mother, or daughter shall in writing request that the saloon keeper shall not sell to such person above age of sixteen years, or between

Prohibited hours for sale, etc.

twelve o’clock midnight and four o’clock in the morning, during which last-named hours and on Sundays every barroom and other place where

Sunday closing.

intoxicating liquors are sold shall be kept closed and no intoxicating liquor sold: Provided, That the keeper of any hotel or tavern having a

Provisos.

Guest sat hotels, etc., excepted.

license under this act may sell intoxicating liquors to bona fide registered guests in his hotel or tavern at the meals or in the rooms of such guests: And provided further, the said excise board may in its discretion issue a license to any duly incorporated club on the petition of the officers of the club, and that the said excise board may in its discretion

Incorporated dubs.

grant a permit to such club to sell intoxicating liquors to members and guests between such hours as the board aforesaid may designate in said permit: Provided further however, That any licensed dealer may, with

Sales at entertainments.

the permission of the excise board, at any bona fide entertainment of any society, club, or corporation, sell intoxicating liquors between such hours as the board aforesaid may designate in said permit.

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Sec 7. That no license under this act shall be issued for a greater

Limit of license.

period than one year, and no license can be transferred by the licensee

Transfer.

Written consent required.

to any other person except with the written consent of the excise board upon application thereto in writing, and then only on the proposed transferee’s obtaining the consent of a majority of the real estate

Ante, p. 565.

Fee.

owners and resident housekeepers as provided in section live of this act, and the fee to be paid by the party making such transfer shall be two dollars, which shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the

Payment to precode transfer.

District, for the use of the District, which fee shall be paid before such transfer is made.

Sec. 8. That the liquor licenses authorized and provided for by this

Classification licenses.

act shall be of two classes—wholesale liquor licenses and barroom licenses. Every applicant for a liquor license shall deposit the amount

Fee to be deposited upon application.

of the license fee with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia at the time of tiling his application with the excise board. If, upon

Subsequent procedure.

consideration of the application for license by the board as provided for in this act, the board should decide to grant the license prayed for, they shall notify the assessor and the applicant of such decision in writing, and the applicant shall thereupon receive his or her license.

Fees.

The fee for a wholesale license shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and for a barroom license four hundred dollars per annum.

Barroom license.

A barroom license shall be required for every hotel, tavern, barroom, or other place in which intoxicating liquors are sold by retail. A

Wholesale liquor licenses.

wholesale liquor license shall only authorize the licensee to sell distilled, malt, or fermented liquors, wines, and cordials in quantities not less than one pint, not to be drunk upon the premises where sold: and no such license shall be granted until it is satisfactorily shown that the place where it is intended to carry on such business is properly arranged

Further definition of a barroom.

for selling such liquors as merchandise. Every place where distilled, malt, or fermented wines, liquors, or cordials are sold in quantities as

R. S., sec. 3244, p. 623.

prescribed for retail dealers by section thirty two hundred and forty-four, Revised Statutes of the United States, to be drunk upon the premises, shall be regarded as a barroom; and the possession of malt, distilled, fermented, or any intoxicating liquors with the means and appliances for carrying on the business of dispensing the same to be drunk where sold, shall be prima facie evidence of a barroom within the meaning of this act, and the license therefor shall be known as a barroom license.

Sec. 9. That every person receiving a license to sell under this act

Licenses to be framed and conspicuously displayed.

shall frame it under glass and place it in a conspicuous place in his or her chief place of sale of such liquor, so that any one entering such place of sale may easily read such license.

Sec. 10. That all applicants for license and persons holding licenses

Premises must be open to inspection.

shall allow the duly authorized agent or officer of the excise board full opportunity and every facility to examine, at any time during business hours, the premises where intoxicating liquor is sold and for which a license is asked or has been granted.

Sec. 11. That druggists and apothecaries shall not be required to

Sales of liquors by druggists.

obtain license under the provisions of this act, but they shall not sell intoxicating liquors, nor compound nor mix any composition thereof, except upon the written prescription of a reputable physician, nor more than once on any one prescription of the physician; and every

Entry book must be kept.

druggist or apothecary shall keep a book for the special purpose, and enter therein the date of every sale of intoxicating liquor made by him. the person to whom sold, the kind, quantity, and price thereof, and

Open to official inspection. etc.

purpose for which it was sold, and such book shall be at all times open to the said board, or of any person designated and authorized by them to make such inspection, and shall be produced before such board when

Penalties of non-compliance.

required; and any failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall render such druggist or apothecary so failing liable to the same penalties as if he had sold intoxicating liquors without a license.

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Sec. 12. That anyone engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors as

Penalties for unlicensed sale, etc.

specified in this act in the District of Columbia, who is required by it to have a license as herein specified, without first having obtained a license to do so as herein provided, or any person who shall engage in such sale in any portion of the District where the sale thereof is prohibited upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than eight hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the District jail or workhouse for not less than two months nor more than six months; and upon every subsequent conviction of a like offense shall in addition to the penalty above named, to wit, a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than eight hundred dollars, be imprisoned in the workhouse of the District of Columbia not less than three months nor more than one year.

Sec. 13. That any person, having obtained a license under this act,

Penalties for violations by licensees.

who shall violate any of its provisions, shall upon conviction of such violation be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and upon every subsequent conviction of such violation during the year for which such license is issued shall be fined a like amount, and in addition to such fine shall pay a sum equal to twenty-five per cent of the amount of the fine imposed for the offense immediately preceding, and have his license revoked, and in case of nonpayment of the fines and penalties above named shall be imprisoned in the jail of the District or workhouse for a period of time not exceeding six months, or till the same are paid. That after second conviction no license shall

No license after sec and conviction.

Proviso.

Minors must not enter liquor place without consent, etc.

thereafter be granted to said party: Provided, that no minor under sixteen years of age shall be allowed to enter any place where liquors are sold other than a hotel, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor.

Sec. 14. That any person assisting in or aiding and abetting the violation

Penalty for aiding violations.

of any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the district jail or workhouse for not more than one month, for each and every such offense.

Sec. 15. That prosecutions for violations of the provisions of this act

Jurisdiction and procedure.

shall be on information filed in the police court by the attorney of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants duly authorized to act for him, and said attorney or his assistant shall file such information upon the presentation to him or his assistants of sworn information of two reputable citizens of the District that the law has been violated.

Sec. 16. That license for any of the purposes specified shall not be

No license within certain distance of schoolhouses, etc.

granted to any person to conduct such business within four hundred feet of a public schoolhouse, private school or house of religious worship, except in such places of business as may have been located previous

Exceptions.

to the erection or occupation of such schoolhouse, private school or house of religious worship owned or occupied by the District of Columbia, measured between the nearest entrance to each by the shortest course of travel between such place of business and the schoolhouse private school or house of religious worship,

Sec. 17. That all applicants who have had a license during the preceding

Renewals of existing licenses.

year shall apply for a renewal of such license on or before November first of each license year, and shall be permitted to continue business until license shall be granted or refused by the excise board: but in all cases of refusal to grant license such proportion of the license

Refusals to grant, license.

fee as may have become due shall be deducted and retained from the sum deposited therefor as the time from the first day of November to the date of such refusal bears to the entire license year, and no other person shall be permitted to conduct said business until a license is issued therefor.

Sec. 18. That nothing in this act shall in any way repeal, conflict, or

Existing internal revenue laws not affected.

interfere with the public general laws of the United States imposing 568 taxes on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of revenue and known as the “Internal-Revenue laws.”

Sec. 19. That no licensee under a barroom license shall employ, or

Employment of females, minors under 16 years, and convicts prohibited.

permit to be. employed, or allow any female or minor under sixteen years of age, or person convicted of crime, to sell, give, furnish, or distribute any intoxicating drinks or any admixture thereof, ale, wine, or beer to

Pool, etc., prohibited.

Provisos.

Games permitted.

Sales to minors prohibited.

any person or persons, nor permit the playing of pool, or billiards, or other games in the room where such liquors are sold: Provided, That the excise board may, in its discretion, permit the playing of such games, except cards, in duly licensed places: Provided further, That no licensee in any place shall knowingly sell or permit to be sold in his establishment any intoxicating liquor of any kind to any person under

Penalty.

the age of twenty-one years, under the penalty upon due conviction thereof, of forfeiting such license and no person so forfeiting his license shall again be granted a license, for the term of two years.

Sec. 20. That in the interpretation of this act words of the singular

Interpretation of number and gender of certain words.

number shall be deemed to include their plurals, and that words of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine, as the case may be.

Sec. 21. That this act shall be in lieu of and as a substitute for all

Repeal of existing laws and regulations except “one-mile limit.”

existing laws and regulations in the District of Columbia in relation to the sale of distilled and fermented liquors in the said District, and that all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this act, except such laws as are applicable to the sale of liquor within one mile of the Soldiers’ Home, be, and they are hereby, repealed.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 205: to provide for the adjustment of certain sales of lands in the late reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. 27 Stat. 568 1893-03-03 Chapter 205 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 205.—

An Act to provide for the adjustment of certain sales of lands in the late reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Confederated Otoe and Missouria Indian lands, Neb. and Kans.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revise and adjust

Adjustment of sales.

on principles of equity the sales of lands in the late reservation of

Vol. 21, p. 380.

the confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, provided by the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to be appraised and sold in the manner specified in said act. and which were sold at public sales at the land office at Beatrice, Nebraska, in May and December,

Consent of Indians.

eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and in his discretion, the consent of the Indians having first been obtained, in such manner and under

Regulations.

such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe and approve, to allow to the purchasers of said lands at said public sales,

Rebates on purchases.

Proviso.

Maximum.

their heirs and legal representatives, rebates of the amounts, respectively, paid, or agreed to be paid, by said purchasers: Provided, That such rebates shall in no case exceed the price for which said tracts of laud were severally sold in excess of the appraised value thereof, as shown by the appraisement made by the commissioners appointed and designated under said act.

Sec. 2. As soon as practicable after such adjustments, such rebates, if

Records of rebates.

any shall be allowed, shall be severally indorsed on the certificates and receipts of purchase, and on the records of the General Land Office,

Notice of amounts due.

and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause notice to be given to said purchasers, severally, of the amounts of the deferred payments found to be due and unpaid on their respective purchases under such

Resale on default of payments due.

adjustments. And in default of the payment in cash of the amounts thus found to be severally due within one year from the date of the issuance of such notice, with interest thereon from the date of such adjustments, the entries of any of said purchasers so in default shall be canceled and the lands shall be resold at no less than the appraised price, and 569 in no case less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre, as provided in said act; and where lands have been fully paid for and rebate of the purchase money has been allowed by the Secretary of the Interior, he

Payment of rebates, etc.

shall pay said money, within three months, to said purchaser, his heirs or legal representatives, out of any money in the Treasury derived from the fund received from the sale of said lands; the same to be paid on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 206: to facilitate the enforcement of the immigration and contract-labor laws of the United States. 27 Stat. 569 1893-03-03 Chapter 206 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 206.—

An Act to facilitate the enforcement of the immigration and contract-labor laws of the United States.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alien contract-labor immigration.

That, in addition to conforming to all present requirements of law. upon the arrival of any alien immigrants by water at any port within the United States, it shall be the duty of the master or commanding officer of the steamer or sailing

Masters of vessels to furnish answers to listed questions as to immigrants.

vessel having said immigrants on board to deliver to the proper inspector of immigration at the port lists or manifests made at the time and place of embarkation of such alien immigrants on board such steamer or vessel, which shall, in answer to questions at the top of said lists, state as to each immigrant the full name, age, and sex, whether married or single; the calling or occupation; whether able to read or write; the nationality; the last residence; the seaport for landing in the United States: the final destination, if any, beyond the seaport of landing; whether having a ticket through to such final destination; whether the immigrant has paid his own passage or whether it has been paid by other persons or by any corporation, society, municipality, or government; whether in possession of money, and if so, whether upwards of thirty dollars and how much if thirty dollars or less; whether going to join a relative, and if so, what relative and his name and address; whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where; whether ever in prison or almshouse or supported by charity; whether a polygamist; whether under contract, express or implied, to perform labor in the United States; and what is the immigrant’s condition of health mentally and physically, and whether deformed or crippled, and if so, from what cause.

Sec. 2.

That the immigrants shall be listed in convenient groups and

Groups of thirty in each list.

no one list or manifest shall contain more than thirty names.

To each immigrant or head of a family shall be given a ticket on

Identification tickets.

which shall be written his name, a number or letter designating the list, and his number on the list, for convenience of identification on arrival. Each list or manifest shall be verified by the signature and the

Verified lists.

Master’s oath before consulas to inspection, etc. before departure.

oath or affirmation of the master or commanding officer or of the officer first or second below him in command, taken before the United States consul or consular agent at the port of departure, before the sailing of said vessel, to the effect that he has made a personal examination of each and all of the passengers named therein, and that he has caused the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith to make a physical examination of each of said passengers, and that from his personal inspection and the report of said surgeon he believes that no one of said passengers is an idiot or insane person, or a pauper or likely to become a public charge, or suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or a person who has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a polygamist, or under a contract or agreement, express or implied, to perform labor in the United States, and that also, according to the best of his knowledge and belief, the information in said list or manifest concerning each of said passengers named therein is correct and true.

Sec. 3. That the surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith shall also

Verification by ship’s surgeon.

sign each of said lists or manifests before the departure of said vessel, 570 and make oath or affirmation in like manner before said consul or consular agent, stating his professional experience and qualifications as a physician and surgeon, and that be has made a personal examination of each of the passengers named therein and that said list or manifest, according to the best of his knowledge and belief, is full, correct, and true in all particulars relative to the mental and physical condition of

Or other surgeon.

said passengers. If no surgeon sails with any vessel bringing alien immigrants, the mental and physical examinations and the verifications of the lists or manifests may be made by some competent surgeon employed by the owners of the vessel.

Sec. 4. That in the case of the failure of said master or commanding

Penalty for failure to comply.

officer of said vessel to deliver to the said inspector of immigration lists or manifests, verified as aforesaid, containing the information above required as to all alien immigrants on board, there shall be paid to the collector of customs at the port of arrival the sum of ten dollars for each immigrant qualified to enter the United States concerning whom the above information is not contained in any list as aforesaid, or said immigrant shall not be permitted so to enter the United States, but shall be returned like other excluded persons.

Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of every inspector of arriving alien

Detention of arrivals for special inquiry.

Vol. 26, p. 1084.

immigrants to detain for a special inquiry, under section one of the immigration act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, every person who may not appear to him to be clearly and beyond doubt

Conduct, etc., of special inquiries.

entitled to admission, and all special inquiries shall be conducted by not less than four officials acting as inspectors, to be designated in writing

Designation of inspectors therefor.

by the Secretary of the Treasury or the superintendent of immigration, for conducting special inquiries; and no immigrant shall be

Favorable decisions.

admitted upon special inquiry except after a favorable decisions made by at least three of said inspectors; and any decision to admit shall be subject to appeal by any dissenting inspector to the superintendent of immigration, whose action shall

Appeal from.

Review by Secretary of the Treasury.

Vol. 26, p. 1085.

be subject to review by the Secretary of the Treasury, as provided in section eight of said immigration act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Sec. 6. That section five of the act of March third, eighteen hundred

Ministers, professor and recognized professionals excepted.

Vol. 26, p. 1085. amended.

and ninety-one, “in amendment of the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor.” is hereby amended by striking out the words “second proviso” where they first occur in said section and inserting the words “first proviso” in their place; and section eight of said act is hereby

Medical examinations on arrival.

so amended that the medical examinations of arriving immigrants to be made by surgeons of the Marine Hospital Service may be made by any regular medical officers of such Marine-Hospital Service detailed therefor by the Secretary of the Treasury; and civil surgeons shall only be employed temporarily from time to time for specific emergencies.

Sec. 7. That no bond or guaranty, written or oral, that an alien immigrant

Only authorized special public-charge bond receivable.

shall not become a public charge shall be received from any person, company, corporation, charitable or benevolent society or association. unless authority to receive the same shall in each special case be given by the Superintendent of Immigration, with the written approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 8. That all steamship or transportation companies, and other

Notification of intending emigrants of immigration laws.

Certificate to be filed.

owners of vessels, regularly engaged in transporting alien immigrants to the United States, shall twice a year file a certificate with the Secretary of the Treasury that they have furnished to be kept conspicuously exposed to view in the office of each of their agents in foreign countries authorized to sell emigrant tickets, a copy of the law of

Vol. 26, p. 1084.

Printed in language of country, etc.

March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and of all subsequent laws of this country relative to immigration, printed in large letters, in the language of the country where the copy of the law is to be

Attention called thereto.

exposed to view, and that they have instructed their agents to call the attention thereto of persons contemplating emigration before selling tickets to them; and in case of the failure for sixty days of any such 571 company or any such owners to file such a certificate, or in case they file a false certificate, they shall pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred

Penalty for not filing certificate, etc.

dollars, to be recovered in the proper United States court, and said fine shall also be a lien upon any vessel of said company or owners found within the United States.

Sec. 9. That after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and

Privileges at Ellis Island immigrant station to be sold.

ninety-three, all exclusive privileges of exchanging money, transporting passengers or baggage, or keeping eating houses, and all other like privileges in connection with the Ellis Island immigrant station, shall be disposed of after public competition, subject to such conditions and

Conditions, etc.

limitations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

Sec. 10. That this act shall not apply to Chinese persons; and shall

Chinese excepted.

Effect.

take effect as to vessels departing from foreign ports for ports within the United States after sixty days from the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 207: for the examination and allowance of certain awards made by a board of claims to certain citizens of Jefferson County, Kentucky. 27 Stat. 571 1893-03-03 Chapter 207 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 207.—

An Act for the examination and allowance of certain awards made by a board of claims to certain citizens of Jefferson County, Kentucky.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Awards by a board of claims to certain citizens of Jefferson county, Ky.

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 a board of claims organized under Special Orders numbered One hundred and ten, Headquarters Fourteenth Army Corps, dated Louisville, Kentucky, July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five namely:

To R. II. Crump, three hundred dollars. To Mathew Meddis, one hundred and fifty dollars. To J. B. Parks, four hundred and thirty dollars. To P. S. Longest, four hundred dollars. To John Duggan, three hundred dollars. To Mary Leissing, eight hundred and ten dollars. To Paul Disher, sixty dollars. To Fred Barringer, six hundred and thirty-four dollars. To L. and Martin Stich, four hundred and thirty-nine dollars. To Thomas Stevens, seventy-seven dollars. To Isaac Everett, six hundred dollars. To Christian Zann, five hundred dollars. To Theodore Meinert, one hundred and ninety-two dollars. To Henry F. Cooper, one hundred dollars. To John G. Barrett, six hundred and eight dollars. To Mrs. Emory Low. one hundred dollars. To William E. Glover, five hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents. To Andrew Zehnder, five hundred and fifty dollars. To Domini Zehnder, two hundred and eighty dollars. To Isaac L. Hyatt, assignee tor the award made to W. B. Belknap, one thousand dollars. To Jose Zaun, one hundred and fifty dollars. Provided, That before any of the said amounts are paid the claim

Proviso.

Secretary of War to ascertain, etc., sums justly due, etc.

of the parties herein named shall be referred to the Secretary of War to find and determine whether or not the United States received the benefit of the articles and supplies for which compensation was allowed by said board, whether the prices fixed were fair and just, and whether the several claimants were loyal to the United States during the late civil war, and he is authorized to ascertain and determine what sum, if 572 any, is justly due to each of said parties on account of the claims examined

Report of findings.

and allowed by the said board, and herein included, and to report his findings to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said

Payment.

awards to be audited, and shall pay the several sums found to be due in the manner mentioned in the foregoing section to the person or persons to whom the same may be due as hereinbefore provided.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 208: making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 572 1893-03-03 Chapter 208 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 208.—

An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sundry civil expenses appropriations.

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 ninety-four, namely:

UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

Public Buildings.

Public buildings.

For post-office at Allegheny, Pennsylvania: For continuation of

Allegheny. Pa.

Limit of cost.

building, fifteen thousand dollars. And the limit of cost of said building and site therefor is hereby fixed at four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Boston, Massachusetts: For laundry machinery,

Boston, Mass.

Marine Hospital.

one thousand five hundred dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Omaha, Nebraska: For continuation

Omaha, Nebr.

of building under present limit, seventy-five thousand dollars. For United States mint building at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For

Philadelphia, Pa.

Mint.

commencement of building under present limit, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Port Townsend, Washington: For new pavilion

Port Town send, Wash.

Marine Hospital.

Savannah, Ga.

hospital and approaches, thirty thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Savannah, Georgia: That the act

Vol. 26, p. 726, modified.

of Congress approved January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing sale of old site, is hereby so modified as to

Sale of old site.

authorize the sale of all the old site first acquired. For marine hospital at San Francisco, California:

San Francisco. Cal.

Marine hospital.

For extension of wards, ten thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at San Francisco, California: That

Post-office, etc.

Limit of cost.

the limit of cost of the public building at San Francisco, California, for post-office, courthouse and other offices exclusive of site, is hereby fixed at two million five hundred thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Sioux Falls, South Dakota: For completion

Sioux Falls, S. Dak

under present limit, thirty-five thousand dollars. For the marine hospital at Detroit, Michigan, the amount already appropriated

Detroit. Mich.

Marine Hospital.

shall be used to construct and complete officers’ quarters on the grounds of the reservation, to enlarge the available wards’ space when such officers’ quarters shall have been built, and to construct an isolating ward. For post-office and court house at Troy, New York: For completion

Troy, X. Y.

of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars. For post-office at Clarksville, Tennessee: For completion of building

Clarksville. Tenn.

under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars. That the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred

Buffalo. N. Y.

Vol. 26. p. 949.

and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and forty-two, page nine hundred and forty-nine, volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Large, amendatory

Vol. 25. p. 81.

of act of Congress approved April fifth, eighteen hundred 573 and eighty-eight, chapter sixty-four, page eighty-one, volume twenty-five, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to prescribe that the limit of cost of the site and building,

Limit of coat increased.

including heating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices and uses in the city of Buffalo and State of New York shall not exceed the sum of two million dollars, and so as to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to be governed by the provisions of this act in the erection of said building. For customhouse at New York, New York:

New York. N. Y.

Building commission abolished.

Vol. 26, p. 851.

That section three of an act entitled “An act for the erection of a new customhouse in the city of New York, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby repealed. That the further sum often thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

Jackson, Mich.

may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of a public building at Jackson. Michigan. For post-office at Washington, District of Columbia:

Washington, D. C.

For continuation of building under present limit, two hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase of site for and construction of the public building

Houlton. Me.

at Houlton, Maine, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, and the limit of the cost of the

Limit of cost increased.

said building is hereby increased to sixty-six thousand dollars. For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: For

Washington.D.C.

Repairs to Treasury buildings.

repairs to Treasury, Butler, and Winder buildings, eight thousand dollars. For Marine Hospital at Wilmington. North Carolina: For sewer connections

Wilmington. N. C.

Marine hospital.

and water tanks, two thousand dollars. For repairs of Custom House, Chicago, Illinois: For repairing of

Chicago. Ill.

Repairs.

Custom House, Chicago, Illinois, twenty thousand dollars. For customhouse and Sub-treasury at Chicago, Illinois: For extension

Extension.

on Dearborn Street to afford additional floor space for the post-office, one hundred thousand dollars. For completing the public building at Saint Albans, Vermont, twenty-five

Saint Albans. Vt.

thousand dollars. For public building at Portland. Oregon: That the limit of cost of

Portland, Oreg.

Limit of cost.

the public building at Portland, Oregon, for customhouse and other Government offices and site therefor is hereby fixed at seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the construction of an additional story to the public building at

Sheboygan, Wis.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, five thousand dollars. For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs

Repairs and preservation.

and preservation of custom houses, court houses, post offices, marine hospitals, quarantine stations, and other public buildings under control of Treasury Department, two hundred thousand dollars; of which amount the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be used for the marine hospitals and quarantine stations: Provided, That of the sum hereby

Proviso.

Superintendents.

appropriated, not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the employment of super intendents and others at a rate of compensation not exceeding for

Limit of pay.

any one person, six dollars per day. Heating apparatus for Public Buildings: For heating, hoisting,

Heating, etc., Apparatus, etc.

and ventilating apparatus, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings, including marine hospitals, and quarantine stations under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars

Limit for casual repairs.

may be expended for personal services of mechanics employed from time to time for casual repairs only. 574 Vaults, Safes, and Locks for Public Buildings: For vaults,

Vaults, safes, locks, etc.

safes, and locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, forty thousand dollars. Plans for Public Buildings: For books, photographic materials,

Plans, etc.

and in duplicating plans required for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. Light-houses, Beacons, and Fog Signals.

Lighthouses, beacons, and fog-signals.

For Cedar Point Light-Station, Maryland: For establishing a light

Cedar Point, Md.

and fog signal on or near Cedar Point, mouth of Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay, twenty-five thousand dollars. Chicago Breakwater Light-Station, Illinois: For completing the construction

Chicago Breakwater, Ill.

of a light house and fog-signal on the easterly end of the outer breakwater at Chicago, Lake Michigan, Illinois, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. Chicago Fair Buoyage, Illinois: For establishing proper buoyage on

Chicago Fair, Ill.

the water front of Chicago, Lake Michigan, Illinois, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Grays Harbor Light and Fog signal Station, Washington: For establishing a first order light and fog-signal station at Grays

Grays Harbor Wash.

Additional

Harbor, Washington, in addition to the fifteen thousand five hundred dollars already appropriated, which amount may be used therefor,

Limit of cost.

Contract authorized.

twenty thousand dollars, and the total cost of said light and fog signal station, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars. For Hog Island Light-Station, Virginia: For establishing a first-order

Hog Island, Va.

light to take the place of the fourth-order light now at Hog Island, south side of Great Machipango Inlet, seacoast of Virginia,

Limit of cost.

Contract authorized.

thirty thousand dollars, and the total cost of said light-station, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Key West Light Station, Florida: For increasing the height of the

Key West, Fla.

tower of the Key West Light Station, Florida, one thousand five hundred dollars. Marrowstone Point Fog-signal. Washington: For establishing a fog

Marrowstone Point, Wash.

bell at Marrowstone Point. Puget Sound, Washington, three thousand five hundred dollars. Oil houses for light stations: For establishing isolated oil houses for

Oil houses for light stations.

Proviso.

Limitation.

the storage of mineral oil, seven thousand five hundred dollars: provided, That no oil house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost. Rockland Lake Light Station, New York: For establishment of a

Rockland Lake, N Y.

light house and fog-signal at or near Oyster Bed Shoal, Hudson River, opposite Rockland Lake Dock, thirty-five thousand dollars. Saint Catharines Sound Light Station, Georgia: For establishment

Saint Catharines Sound. Ga.

of a light station near the entrance to Saint Catharines Sound, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars. Staten Island Light-House Depot, New York: For continuing the

Staten Island Depot, N.Y.

construction of the sea wall, rebuilding the South wharf, and dredging the basin at the general light house depot at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the establishment of a beacon light on the Government breakwater

Bridgeport, Conn.

at the entrance to the harbor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, two thousand dollars. For the reestablishment of the light-house at or near Solomons Lump

Solomons Lump, Chesapeake Bay. Va.

Light house site, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, recently carried away by ice, thirty thousand dollars. 575 For the reestablishment of the light-house at or near Wolf Trap

Wolf Trap Chesapeake Bay, Va.

Light house site, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, recently carried away by ice, seventy thousand dollars. Waackaack Light Station, New Jersey: For finishing Waackaack

Waackaack. N. J.

Light Station, New Jersey, three thousand two hundred dollars. For Brazos River Light Station, Texas: For alight-house, fog signal,

Brazos River, Tex.

and range lights at such point as the Light House Board may determine, fifty thousand dollars. Grassy Point range lights. Ohio: For moving range lights. Maumee

Grassy Point, Ohio

River, Ohio, so as to properly light the new channel, eight thousand dollars. . Fourteen Mile Point light and fog signal. Michigan: For establishing

Fourteen Mile Point, Mich.

a light and fog signal at or near Fourteen Mile Point, Lake Superior, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. Seul Choix Point fog signal, Michigan: For completion of a fog signal

Seul Choix Point, Mich.

at Seul Choix Point. Lake Michigan, Michigan, three thousand three hundred dollars. light-house establishment.

Light-house estabment.

Supplies of Lighthouses: For supplying fog signals, light

Supplies.

houses, and other lights with illuminating, cleaning, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption: for books, boats, and furniture for stations, and not exceeding three hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and professional books and periodicals for the use of the Light-House Board, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

Lenses to be import, ed free of duty.

lenses and lens glass for the use of the Light-House Establishment may, be imported free of duty. Repairs of Lighthouses: For repairing, rebuilding, and improving

Repairs.

Lighthouses and buildings, for improvements to grounds connected therewith; for establishing and repairing pierhead and other beacon lights; for illuminating apparatus and machinery to replace that already in use; and for incidental expenses relating to these various objects four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For special and extraordinary repairs of Lighthouses, one hundred thousand dollars. Salaries of Keepers of Lighthouses: For salaries, fuel,

Keepers’ salaries, etc.

rations, rent of quarters where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifty light-house and fog-signal keepers, and laborers attending other lights, six hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Expenses of Light Vessels: For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs,

Light-vessels.

salaries, supplies, and temporary employment and incidental expenses of light vessels, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Expenses of Buoyage: For expenses of establishing, replacing,

Buoyage.

and maintaining buoys, spindles, and day beacons, and for incidental expenses relating thereto, three hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Expenses of Fog-Signals: For establishing, replacing, duplicating,

Fog signals.

and improving fog signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs anti incidental expenses of the same, seventy thousand dollars. Inspecting Lights: For actual traveling expenses of members of

Inspecting lights, etc.

the Light-House Board, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, and for the apprehension of those who damage light-house property, two thousand five hundred dollars. Lighting of Rivers: For establishing, supplying, and maintaining

Lighting of rivers.

post lights on the Hudson and East rivers, New York: the Raritan River, New Jersey; Connecticut River, Thames River between Norwich and New London, Connecticut; the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Bordentown, New Jersey; the Elk River. Maryland; 576 Cape Fear River, North Carolina; Savannah River, Georgia; Saint Johns and Indian rivers, Florida: at Chicott Pass, and to marke navigable channel along Grand Lake, Louisiana; at the mouth of Red River, Louisiana; on the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois. and Great Kanawa rivers; Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California; on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, Oregon; on Puget Sound, Washington Sound, and adjacent waters, Washington; and the channels in Saint Louis and Superior Bays at the head of Lake superior;

Leases authorized.

the Light-House Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence cannot be made permanent, three hundred thousand dollars. Survey of Light-House Sites: For preliminary examinations, surveys,

Survey of sites.

and plans for determining the proper sites and cost of light houses and structures for which estimates are to be made to Congress, one thousand dollars. Life-Saving Service.

Life-saving Service.

For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows:

Superintendents.

For one superintendent for the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one thousand five hundred dollars: For one superintendent for the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand live hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one assistant superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the lifesaving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and life boat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and life boat stations on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life saving and life boat stations on the coasts of” Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and life boat stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and life boat stations on the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all. twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars. For salaries of two hundred and fifty-four keepers of life-saving and

Keepers.

lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, two hundred and twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and life-boat

Crews, etc.

Miscellaneous expenses.

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, 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 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 577 under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the act approved May fourth,

Vol. 22, p. 57.

eighteen hundred and eighty-two; for draft animals and their maintenance; 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, one million eighty eight thousand and forty seven dollars and fifty cents. For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the

Establishing new stations.

sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, forty thousand dollars. Revenue Cutter Service.

Revenue cutter service.

For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains,

Salaries and expenses

Proviso.

Verified accounts, etc.

Collectors may administer oaths.

R. S., sec. 1790. p. 317, and sec. 2693. p. 529.

of customs or their special deputies shall be competent to administer the oaths to officers of the Revenue-Marine Service required under section seventeen hundred and ninety and twenty six hundred and ninety-three, Revised Statutes; 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; for protection of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea and the

Seal fisheries.

other waters of Alaska and the interest of the Government on the seal islands and the sea otter hunting grounds, and the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska; to carry into effect the provisions of “An act relating to the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York,” approved

New York harbor.

Vol. 25, p. 151.

May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; Contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which can not be included under special heads, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For maintenance of a refuge station at or near Point Barrow, Alaska,

Point Barrow, Alaska, refuge station.

on the Arctic Ocean, four thousand dollars. Engraving and Printing.

Engraving Printing.

For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of

Salaries.

all necessary clerks and employees, other than plate printers’ assistants, three hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, that

and

no portion

Proviso.

of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired.

Notes of large denominations.

For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary

Wages.

of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers assistants, at one dollar and twenty-five cents a day each, when employed, four hundred and sixty nine thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be

Proviso.

Notes of large denomination.

expended for printing United States notes of a larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired. For engravers’, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive

Materials.

paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. For a new boiler plant, twenty-five thousand dollars. 578 Coast And Geodetic Survey.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the

Expenses of survey of Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific, and Alaska coasts, etc.

Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States and the coast of the Territory of Alaska, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparations of the Coast Pilot; continuing researches and other work relating to terrestrial magnetism and the magnetic maps of the United States and adjacent waters, and the tables of magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them; 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; for special examinations that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority, and including traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty; for commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day each; outfit, equipment, and care of vessels used in the Survey, and also the repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey from time to time prescribed

Proviso.

Advances.

by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: Provided, That no advance of money to chiefs of field parties under this appropriation shall be made unless to a commissioned officer or to a civilian officer who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. For Party Expenses: For survey of unfinished portions of the

Party expenses.

Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, including the eastern boundary of Maine to the International Boundary Monument; coast of New Brunswick eastward to point Lepreau; Grand Manan Island. Portsmouth Harbor, and Piscataqua River; Newburyport Harbor and Merrimac River to Haverhill; Connecticut River to Hartford; Hudson River to Troy; Delaware River from Philadelphia to Trenton; Bogue Inlet and interior waters along the coast of North Carolina, and Cooper and Ashley rivers, South Carolina, and necessary resurveys, including Boston Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, coast of New Jersey from Sandy Hook to cape May, Saint Johns River to Jacksonville and Fort George Inlet, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. To continue the primary triangulation from the vicinity of Montgomery towards Mobile; and for triangulation, topography, and hydrography of unfinished portions of the Gulf coast, including Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the resurvey of Pensacola Bay, eight thousand four hundred dollars; To make offshore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, and for the maintenance of the steamer Blake at Chicago, during the continuance of the Columbian Exposition, and her transportation to New York, six thousand four hundred dollars; For continuing the survey of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, including offshore hydrography, and the survey of the Columbia River to the Cascades, triangulation, topography, and hydrography, eighteen thousand six hundred dollars; For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska, and making hydrographic surveys in the same, and for the establishment of astronomical, longitude, and magnetic stations, eight thousand four hundred dollars; For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to 579 harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, and for continuing

Party expenses—Continued

tidal observations on the Atlantic Gulf, and Pacific coasts, eleven thousand three hundred dollars; For examination of reported dangers on the Atlantic Gulf, and Pacific coasts, and to continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot and to make special hydrographic examinations for the same, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars; To continue magnetic observations, including the maintenance of the Magnetic Observatory, two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; For continuing the line of exact levels westward and southward from the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri, westward from Old Point Comfort, Virginia, eastward from San Francisco, California, eastward from Vicksburg, Mississippi, between Jacksonville and Cedar Keys, Florida, and from the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, to Lake Erie, four thousand two hundred dollars. For furnishing points to State surveys, to be applied as far as practicable

Points to State Surveys.

in States where points have not been furnished; and for surveying and distinctly designating with permanent monuments that portion of the eastern boundary of the State of California commencing at and running southeastward from the intersection of the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west of Greenwich, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars; For determinations of geographical positions, and to continue gravity observations, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; For continuing the transcontinental geodetic work on the line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, including a primary base in the vicinity of Salt Lake, and the necessary check bases, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; For traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty, and for any special surveys that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars; For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, including the actual necessary expenses of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office at Washington for consultation with the Superintendent, to be paid as directed by the Superintendent, in accordance with the Treasury regulations, five thousand nine hundred dollars; For contribution to the International Geodetic Association for the

International Geodetic Association.

Measurement of the Earth, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended through the office of the American legation at Berlin; and for expenses of the attendance of the American delegate at the general conference of said association, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, that such contribution and expenses of attendance shall be

Proviso.

Payment.

Interchangeable expenditures.

payable out of the item “for objects not hereinbefore named;” and twenty 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-two thousand two hundred dollars. Alaska Boundary Survey: to complete the joint survey of the

Alaska boundary survey.

territory adjacent to the boundary line of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada between the Territory of Alaska and the Province of British Columbia, and the Northwest Territory of Canada, from the latitude of fifty-four degrees and forty minutes north to the point where said boundary line encounters the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude, with a view to the ascertainment of the facts and data necessary to the permanent delimitation of said boundary line in accordance with the spirit and intent of the existing treaties in regard to it between Great Britain and Russia and between the United States and Russia, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be available until 580 expended; and the whole expense of this survey on the part of the

Limit.

United States shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars. For Repairs and Maintenance of Vessels; For repairs and

Repairs, etc., of vessels.

maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty-five thousand dollars. Pay of Field Officers: For Superintendent, six thousand dollars;

Pay of field officers.

For two assistants, at four thousand dollars each; For one assistant, three thousand six hundred dollars; For one assistant, three thousand two hundred dollars; For four assistants, at three thousand dollars each; For two assistants, at two thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two assistants, at two thousand six hundred dollars each; For six assistants, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; For four assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; For seven assistants, at two thousand dollars each; For nine assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For six assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For five subassistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For two subassistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For aids temporarily employed at a salary not greater than nine hundred dollars per annum each, three thousand six hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand six hundred dollars. Pay of Office Force: For one disbursing agent, two thousand two hundred dollars;

Pay of office force.

For one general office assistant, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one chief of division of library and archives, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one clerk to the Superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; For one clerk to the assistant in charge of the office and topography, one thousand dollars. For clerical force, namely: For two at one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars each; For three at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For five at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three at one thousand dollars each; For chart correctors, buoy colorists, stenographers, writers, typewriters, and copyists, namely: For two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three at nine hundred dollars each; For one at eight hundred dollars; For ten at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; For one at six hundred dollars; For topographic and hydrographic draftsmen, namely: For one at two thousand four hundred dollars; For one at two thousand two hundred dollars; For two at two thousand dollars each; For three at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand dollars each; For three at nine hundred dollars each; For astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers, namely: For three at two thousand dollars each; For two at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For three at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand dollars each; 581 For copperplate engravers, namely:

Office force—Continued.

For three at two thousand dollars each; For three at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For one at one thousand two hundred dollars; For one at one thousand dollars; For additional engravers, at not to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars. For electrotypers and photographers, plate printers and their helpers, instrument makers, carpenters, engineer, janitor, and other skilled laborers, namely: For two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two, including a janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For ten at one thousand dollars each; For two at nine hundred dollars each; For seven at seven hundred dollars each: For watchmen, firemen, messengers, and laborers, packers and folders, and miscellaneous work, namely: For three at eight hundred and eighty dollars each; For six at eight hundred and twenty dollars each; For two at seven hundred dollars each; For three at six hundred and forty dollars each; For four at six hundred and thirty dollars each; For four at five hundred and fifty dollars each: For two at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; in all, one hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall examine and report to the

Report on reduction of employees and salaries.

next Congress, at its first session what reduction can be made in the number and salaries of the employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. For the discussion and publication of observations, one thousand

Publication of observations.

dollars. Office Expenses: For the purchase of new instruments, for materials

Office expenses.

and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division, and for books, maps, charts, and subscriptions, nine thousand dollars. For copperplates, chart paper, printer’s ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies, for extra engraving and drawing; and tor photolithographing charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use; twenty thousand dollars. For stationery for the office and field parties, transportation of instruments and supplies, when not charged to party expenses, office wagon and horses, fuel, gas, telegrams, ice, and washing, six thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, office furniture, repairs, and extra labor, and for traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, four thousand five hundred dollars. That no part of the money herein appropriated for the Coast and

Allowances.

Geodetic Survey shall be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as herein-before provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the Superintendent), or to officers of the Navy attached to the Survey, except as now provided by law. UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Under Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum: For continuing the preservation, exhibition,

National Museum.

Preserving collections.

and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries 582 or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition

Furniture.

and safe keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, ten thousand dollars. For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic

Heating, etc.

service for the National Museum, eleven thousand dollars. For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,

Postage.

five hundred dollars. National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction of

National Zoological Park.

roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and enclosures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, fifty thousand dollars;

One-half from tract revenues.

one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States;

Report.

a report in detail of the expenses on account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session. Astrophysical Observatory: For maintenance of astrophysical

Astrophysical observatory.

observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses, nine thousand dollars. International Exchanges: For expenses of the system of international

International exchanges.

exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. North American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches

North American Ethnology.

among the American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding one thousand dollars may be used for rent of building. Smithsonian Building: For completing the repairs upon the

Repairs to Smithsonian building.

Smithsonian building, and for such other work as is needed to protect the building from further deterioration, and to place it in proper sanitary condition, any unexpended balance remaining to the credit of the appropriation for fireproofing, and so forth, shall be available for the purposes above stated; this work to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, and in accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Fish Commission.

Fish Commission.

Salaries, United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries: For compensation

Salaries.

Commissioner.

of the Commissioner, Five thousand dollars; For the following persons now authorized to be employed and paid

Pay of office force.

from general appropriations for the Fish Commission, namely: For chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer to Commission, one thousand eight hundred dollars; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars: librarian, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk at one thousand dollars; two clerks at nine hundred dollars each: one clerk, six hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand and eighty dollars; three tiremen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; two watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three janitors and messengers, at six hundred dollars each; one janitress, four hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger, two hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. 583 Office of accounts: Disbursing agent, two thousand four hundred

Office of accounts.

dollars; examiner of accounts, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand and eighty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, five thousand eight hundred dollars. Office of architect and engineer: Architect and engineer, two thousand

Office of architect and engineer.

two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand dollars; one draftsman, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars: in all, four thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Division of fish culture: Office—Assistant in charge, two thousand

Division of fish culture.

seven hundred dollars: superintendent of car and messenger service, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class one; two clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all. nine thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Division of fish culture, station employees: Central station, Washington, District of Columbia: Superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one fish culturist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand nine hundred dollars. Aquaria, Central station: Superintendent, nine hundred and sixty

Aquaria, Central station.

dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Fish ponds. Washington, District of Columbia: Superintendent, one

Fish Ponds, Washington, D. C

thousand eight hundred dollars; foreman, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. • Green Lake (Maine) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Green Lake station. Me.

dollars; foreman, seven hundred and eighty dollars; fish culturist, six hundred and sixty dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. Craigs Brook (Maine) station: Superintendent, two thousand dollars;

Craigs Brook station, Me.

foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at five hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. Gloucester (Massachusetts) station: Custodian and fish culturist,

Gloucester station, Mass.

nine hundred dollars. Woods Holl (Massachusetts) station: Superintendent, one thousand

Wood’s Holl station, Mass.

five hundred dollars: machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; pilot and collector, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three firemen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Battery Island (Maryland) station: Custodian, three hundred and

Battery Island station, Md.

sixty dollars. Bryans Point (Maryland) station: Custodian, three hundred and sixty

Bryans Point station, Md.

dollars. Wytheville (Virginia) station: Superintendent, one thousand two

Wytheville station, Va.

hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish culturist, six hundred and sixty dollars; laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three, thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. Put-In-Bay (Ohio) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Put-in-Bay station, Ohio.

dollars; foreman, one thousand dollars; fish culturist, six hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; in all, four thousand and sixty dollars. Northville (Michigan) station: Superintendent, two thousand dollars;

Northville station, Mich.

foreman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish culturist, six hundred dollars; four laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, five thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Alpena (Michigan) station: Foreman, one thousand two hundred

Alpena station, Mich.

dollars; fish culturist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. 584 Duluth (Minnesota) station: Superintendent, one thousand eight

Duluth station Minn.

hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars: machinist, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. Neosho (Missouri) station: Superintendent, one thousand eight hundred

Neosho station, Mo.

dollars; foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. Leadville (Colorado) station: Superintendent, one thousand eight

Leadville station, Colo.

hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two fish culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; cook, four hundred and eighty dollars: in all, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. Baird (California) and Fort Gaston (California) stations: Superintendent,

Baird and Fort Gas-ton stations. Cal.

two thousand dollars: foreman, one thousand and eighty dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; in all, three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Clackamas (Oregon) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Clackamas station, Oregon.

dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Division of fish culture—employees at large: Two field-station superintendents,

Division of fish culture.

at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two fish culturists, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; two fish culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; five machinists, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; one coxswain, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one coxswain, at five hundred and forty dollars; on clerk, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. Distribution employees: Three car captains, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three car messengers, at one thousand dollars each; two assistant car messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant car messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three car laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three cars cooks, at six hundred dollars each; in all, thirteen thousand and eighty dollars. Division of inquiry respecting food fishes: Assistant in charge, two

Division of inquiry respecting food fishes.

thousand seven hundred dollars; assistant, two thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant, nine hundred dollars; assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one clerk, class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. Division of statistics and methods of the fisheries: Assistant in

Division of statistics and methods of the fisheries.

charge, two thousand seven hundred dollars; one clerk, class four; one clerk, class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; statistical agent, at twelve hundred dollars; three statistical agents, at one thousand dollars each; one local agent at Boston, Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; one local agent at Gloucester, Massachusetts, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Vessel service: Steamer Albatross: One naturalist, one thousand

Vessel service.

Steamer Albatross.

eight hundred dollars; one general assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one fishery expert, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand two hundred dollars. Steamer Fish Hawk: One cabin boy, three hundred dollars.

Steamer Fish Hawk.

Schooner Grampus.

Schooner Grampus: Master, one thousand five hundred dollars; first mate, one thousand and eighty dollars; second mate, eight hundred and forty dollars; cook, six hundred dollars; three seamen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one cabin boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, six thousand and sixty dollars. 585 Expenses of administration: For the contingent expenses of the office

Administration expenses.

of the Commissioner, including stationery, purchase of special reports, books for library, telegraph and telephone service, furniture, repairs to, and heating, lighting, and equipment of buildings, and compensation of temporary employees, nine thousand dollars. Propagation of food fishes: For the maintenance, equipment, and

Propagation of food fishes.

operation of the fish cultural station of the Commission, the general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, including movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equipment and apparatus, contingent expenses, temporary labor, and including not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for necessary employees for the conduct of the fish cultural stations in Texas, Vermont, Montana, and New York, authorized by acts of Congress and now being located, ninety-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Maintenance of vessels: For the maintenance of the vessels and

Maintenance of vessels, etc.

launches, including the purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery and other facilities required for use with the same, and contingent expenses, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. Inquiry respecting food fishes: For field and contingent expenses of

Food-fishes investigation.

the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of food fishes in the lakes, rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the interior in the interest of fish culture; for the investigation of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources, in the development of the commercial fisheries, including the expenses of necessary travel, preparation of reports, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. And the Commissioner of Fisheries is authorized and required to investigate,

Investigation as to seal life on Pribilof Island.

under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and when so requested and report annually to him regarding the conditions of seal life upon the rookeries of the Pribilof Island; and he is also directed to

Fur seals of Bering Sea.

continue the inquiries relative to the life history and migrations of the fur seals frequenting the waters of Bering Sea. Statistical inquiry: For necessary traveling and contingent expenses

Statistical inquiry.

in the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, five thousand four hundred dollars. And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous

Interchange of expenditures.

expenses of the work of the Commission shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named. Interstate Commerce Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission.

For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the “Act to regulate

Salaries.

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commerce,” thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; For salary of Secretary, as provided by the “Act to regulate commerce,” three thousand five hundred dollars; For all other necessary expenditures to enable the Commission to

Expenses.

give effect to, and execute the provisions of, the said “Act to regulate commerce,” one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars; In all, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Miscellaneous Objects Under the Treasury Department.

Miscellaneous Treasury Department.

World’s Columbian Exposition.

Government Exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation,

Government exhibit.

transportation, installation, care and custody, and return of such articles and materials as the heads of the several Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and the United States Fish Commission may decide shall be embraced in the Government exhibit, and such additional articles as the President may designate for said Exposition, and for the employment of proper persons as 586 officers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management of the

Limit for clerical services.

Government exhibit, appointed by the President, of which not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be expended by said Board for clerical services one hundred and fifty thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;

Immediately available.

Proviso.

Articles loaned by land grant colleges.

of which sum fifty thousand dollars shall be immediately available: Provided, That the sum of eight thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended under the supervision of the board of Control of the United States Government exhibit in the collection, preparation, packing, transportation, installation, and care while exhibited of articles loaned or donated by the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts in the several States for the display in the agricultural building of the Exposition, of the means and methods of giving instruction in the so-called land-grant college of the United States, and for re packing and returning this property at the close of the Exposition, the same to be taken from the sum apportioned to the

Additional for naval exhibit.

Agricultural Department; and ten thousand dollars additional for special expenses attending the naval exhibit of the model of a battle ship. World’s Columbian

World’s Columbian Commission.

Commission: For the World’s Columbian Commission, two hundred and eleven thousand three hundred and seventy-five

Board of Lady Managers.

dollars, of which sum ninety-three thousand one hundred and ninety dollars shall be used for the Board of Lady Managers; and

Immediately available.

twenty-five thousand dollars of the last sum is hereby made immediately available; and ten thousand dollars of the appropriation for the

Souvenir 25 cent coins to be issued.

Board of Lady Managers shall be paid in souvenir coins of the denomination of twenty-five cents, and for that purpose there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver quarter dollars of the legal weight and fineness, not to exceed forty thousand pieces, the devices and designs upon which shall be prescribed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and said silver coins shall be manufactured from uncurrent subsidiary silver coins now in the Treasury; and all provisions of law relative to the

Legal tender.

coinage, legal-tender quality, and redemption of the present subsidiary silver coins shall be applicable to the coins herein authorized to be issued;

Contingent expenses of Director-General.

and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars may be used by the Director-General in his discretion for incidental and contingent expenses of his office. To enable said Commission and the Board of Lady Managers to give

Committees, judges, and examiners.

effect to and execute the provisions of section six of the act of Congress

Vol. 26, p. 63.

approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the World’s Columbian Exposition, and appropriating money therefor, relating to committees, judges, and examiners for the Exposition, and the granting of awards, five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as in the judgment of the Lady Managers

Immediately available.

Provisos.

Judges, etc., appointed by Board of Lady Managers.

may be necessary, of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars shall be immediately available: Provided, that of this hundred thousand dollars shall be devoted to the payment of judges, examiners, and members of committees to be appointed by the Board of Lady Managers, as authorized by said section. And Provided further,

Repayment.

That said sum of live hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars shall be a charge against the World’s Columbian Exposition, and that of the moneys appropriated for the benefit of the World’s Columbian Exposition, amounting to two million five hundred thousand

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dollars, under the act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury until said Worlds Columbian Exposition shall have furnished to the satisfaction of the

To be withheld until security for repayment given.

Secretary of the Treasury, full and adequate security for the return and repayment, by said Worlds Columbian Exposition to the Treasury, of the sum of five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, on or before October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and until such security shall have have been furnished by said Worlds 587 Columbian Exposition, this appropriation, or any portion thereof, shall not be available.

That section three of the act in aid of the Columbian Exposition,

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approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 3. That not to exceed fifty thousand bronze medals and the

Bronze medals to be prepared.

necessary dies therefor, with appropriate devices, emblems and inscriptions commemorative of the said Exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, shall be prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare plates and make therefrom not to exceed fifty thousand impressions for diplomas at a

Diplomas.

total cost not to exceed one hundred and three thousand dollars. Said medals and diplomas shall be delivered to the Worlds Columbian Commission, to be awarded to exhibitors in accordance with the provisions

To be awarded to exhibitors.

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of said act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and there is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenditures authorized by this section”

And every person who within the United States or any Territory

Penalty for counterfeiting medals and diplomas, etc.

thereof, without lawful authority, makes, or willingly aids or assists in making, or causes or procures to be made, any dies, hub, plate, or mold, either in steel or of plaster, or any other substance whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude as to the design, or inscription thereon, of any die, hub, plate, or mold, designated for the striking of the medals and diplomas of award for the World’s Columbian Exposition, as provided in section three of the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred

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and ninety-two, or conceals or shall have in his possession, any such die, hub, plate, or mold hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to fraudulently or unlawfully use the same for counterfeiting the medals and diplomas hereinbefore mentioned, or who shall fraudulently or unlawfully have in his possession or cause to be circulated any duplicate or counterfeit medal or diploma not authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years or both, at the discretion of the court. Paper and Stamps: For paper for internal revenue stamps, freight,

Internal-revenue stamp paper, etc.

and salary of superintendent, messengers, and watchmen, sixty thousand dollars. Punishment for violations of internal revenue laws: For

Punishing viola lions of internal-revenue laws.

Statements.

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. Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Expenses of fiscal agents, etc.

expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the

R. S., sec. 3053, p. 719.

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. Transportation silver coin: For transportation of silver

Transporting silver coin.

coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, forty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasurys authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or sub-treasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided,

Proviso.

Deposits.

That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been deposited 588 in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants.

Report.

And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation. Recoinage, reissue, and transportation of minor coins:

Recoinage, etc., minor coins.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the United States Mint at Philadelphia, for cleaning and reissue, any minor coins now in, or which may be hereafter received at. the suit treasury offices, in excess of the requirement for the current business of said offices; and the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the expense of transportation for such reissue. And the Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to recoin any and all the uncurrent minor coins now in the Treasury: and the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to reimburse the Treasury for the loss of such recoinage; in all, one thousand dollars. Recoinage of silver coins: For recoinage of the uncurrent

Recoinage silver coins.

fractional silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Recoinage of gold coins: For recoinage of light-weight gold

Recoinage gold coins.

coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by section thirty-five hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States, twenty thousand dollars. Distinctive paper for United States securities: For paper,

United States securities.

Paper, etc.

including transportation, salaries of register, two counters, five watchmen, one laborer, and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, fifty thousand dollars. Sealing and separating United States securities: For materials

Sealing and separating.

required to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as ink, printers’ varnish, sperm oil, white printing paper, manila paper, thin muslin, benzine, gutta-percha belting, and other necessary articles and expenses, one thousand dollars. Expenses of national currency: For distinctive paper, express

Paper, national currency.

charges, and other expenses, nine thousand three hundred dollars. Special witness of destruction of United States securities:

Witness, destruction of securities.

For pay of the representative of the public on the committee to witness the destruction by maceration of Government securities, at five dollars per day while actually employed, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars. Canceling United States securities and cutting distinctive paper:

Canceling, etc.

Custody of dies, rolls, and plates.

dies, rolls, and plates used at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the printing of Government securities, namely: One custodian, two thousand four hundred dollars: two sub custodians, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, distributor of stock, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars. Pay of assistant custodians and janitors: For pay of assistant

Public buildings.

Assistant custodians and janitors.

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, five hundred and eighty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein Inspector of furniture and other furnishings for public buildings:

Inspector of furniture, etc.

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 actual 589 necessary expenses, not exceeding one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. Furniture and repairs of furniture: For furniture and repairs

Furniture and repairs.

of furniture and carpets for all public buildings, marine hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, and for furniture, carpets chandeliers, and gas fixtures for new buildings, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and eighty 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. Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings: For fuel, lights,

Fuel, lights, and water.

water, electric light plants, including repairs thereto, in such buildings as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for electric-light wiring, 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, marine hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, eight hundred thousand dollars. And the appropriation herein made for gas in any of the public buildings in the District of Columbia, under the control of the Treasury Department, shall include the rental or use of any gas governor, gas purifier, or other device for reducing the expenses of gas, when first approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and ordered by him in waiting: Provided, That

Proviso.

Gas governors, etc.

no sum shall be paid for such rental or use of such gas governor, gas purifier, or device greater than the one-half part of the amount of money actually saved thereby. Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes: For expenses

Suppressing counterfeiting, etc.

incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury in detecting, arresting, and delivering into custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money, and persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States and of foreign governments, as well as the coins of the United States and of foreign governments and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, including four thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section forty-seven hundred and

R. S., sec. 4718, p. 919.

eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and five thousand dollars for the necessary investigation of violations of section fifty-two hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, and for no other purpose whatever, sixty

R. S., sec. 5209, p. 1007.

thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this amount be used in

Proviso.

Restriction.

defraying the expenses of any person subpoenaed by the United States courts to attend any trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner. Compensation in lieu of moieties: For compensation in lieu of

Compensation in lieu of moieties.

moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, fifteen thousand dollars. Expenses of local appraisers’ meetings: For defraying the

Local appraisers’ meetings.

Alien contract-labor laws.

of the alien contract labor laws and to prevent the immigration of convicts, lunatics, idiots, and persons liable to become a public charge, from foreign contiguous territory, seventy-five thousand dollars. Enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act: To prevent unlawful

Chinese exclusion.

entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the 590 United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expense of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard for deportation, and for enforcing the provisions of the act approved May fifth,

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eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” fifty thousand dollars, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this object for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Alaskan seal fisheries: For salaries and traveling expenses of

Alaskan seal fisheries.

Agents salaries.

agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each; necessary traveling expenses of agents actually incurred in going to and returning from Alaska, not to exceed five hundred dollars each per annum; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. Alaskan fisheries: For publishing the President’s proclamation

Publishing Presidents proclamation.

concerning seal fisheries of Bering Sea, and for protecting salmon fisheries

Vol. 25, p. 1009.

of Alaska, as required by act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, “To provide for the protection of salmon fisheries of Alaska,” and for expenses of carrying out lease of and protecting seal life on islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, under sections

R. S., secs. 1952, 1971, pp. 344, 346.

nineteen hundred and fifty-nine and nineteen hundred and seventy-one, Revised Statutes, five hundred dollars. For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direction

Protecting salmon fisheries.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, four thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and

Food, etc., to Alaskans.

clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. To be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,

Introduction of reindeer.

for the purpose of introducing and maintaining in the Territory of Alaska, reindeer for domestic purposes, the sum of six thousand dollars;

Immediately available.

the same to be immediately available. quarantine service.

Quarantine service.

For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, including pay of officers

Maintenance.

and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Cape Charles, South Atlantic station (Sapelo Sound,) Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, fifty thousand dollars. For the purchase of a site for a quarantine station in Chesapeake

Site Chesapeake Bay station.

Bay, seven thousand dollars. prevention of epidemics.

Prevention of epidemics.

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by the sundry civil appropriation act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the. same; and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then

Additional.

Immediately available.

in force, and the, additional sum of nine hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the same purpose to be immediately available. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

To enable the President to defray the United States’ share of the expenses

Mexican water boundary, joint Commission.

and salaries of a joint Commission to determine all questions affecting the water boundary between the United States and Mexico,

Vol. 26, p. 1512.

as provided for by the treaty of March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, twenty-five thousand dollars. 591 For the United States moiety of the cost of marking the boundary

Canadian boundary.

line between the United States and Canada in Passamaquoddy Bay opposite and adjacent to Eastport, Maine, and for the compensation

Salary, etc., of Commissioner.

and expenses of a commissioner on the part of the United States, as provided for by the convention of July twenty second, eighteen hundred

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and ninety-two, with Great Britain, five thousand dollars. To meet the share of the United States in annual expenses for the

International customs tariffs bureau at Brussels.

year ending April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of sustaining the international bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents. Pan American Medical Congress: To meet the expenses of entertaining

Pan American Medical Congress.

the foreign delegates who have been invited to attend said Congress in pursuance of the joint resolution of Congress of July eighteenth,

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eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen thousand dollars. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Under Interior Department.

public buildings.

Public buildings.

Repairs of buildings, Interior Department: For repairs of

Repairs.

Interior Department and Pension Buildings, five thousand dollars. For the Capitol: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs

Capitol.

Repairs.

thereof, including wages of mechanics, laborers, and fresco painters, twenty thousand dollars. Improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of

Capitol grounds.

the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers, and for artificial stone pavement, twelve thousand dollars. Lighting the Capitol and Grounds: For lighting the Capitol

Lighting Capitol and grounds.

and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, and the Senate and House stables; for gas and electric lighting; for use of electric lighting plants in Senate and House wings at not exceeding two hundred dollars per month during the sessions of Congress; pay of superintendent of meters, lamplighters, gas-fitters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-four thousand dollars. That hereafter no employee of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, or

Employment of Pinkerton, etc., detectives forbidden.

similar agency, shall be employed in any Government service or by any officer of the District of Columbia. expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public lands.

Sales of public lands.

Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers: For

Salaries, registers and receivers.

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 and twenty thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate

Consolidations.

the district land offices so as to bring their total compensation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four within this appropriation. Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and

Contingent expenses, land offices.

other incidental expenses of the several land offices, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Expenses of depositing public moneys: For expenses of depositing

Depositing moneys.

money received from the disposal of public lands, five thousand dollars. Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands,

Timber depredations, protecting PUBLIC lands, and swampland claims.

and settlement of claims for swamp lands and swamp land indemnity: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating 592 to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, forty thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Agents’ per diem.

That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation. Expenses of Hearings in Land Entries: For expenses of hearings

Hearings in land entries.

held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, ten thousand dollars. Reproducing plats of surveys: To enable the Commissioner of

Reproducing plats of surveys.

the General Land office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys on tile and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local laud offices with the same, two thousand dollars. Transcripts of Records and Plats: For furnishing transcripts

Transcripts of records and plats.

of records and plats, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS.

Surveying.

For surveys and resurveys of public lands, two hundred thousand

Surveys and resurveys.

dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for

Provisos.

Preferences.

section lines: Provided, That in expending this appropriation preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the

Vol. 25, p. 676.

Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222.

act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, except that the Commissioner

Extra rates for heavily timbered, etc., lands.

of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of lauds heavily timbered, mountainous or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional difficulties in the surveys, when the work cannot be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be made by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lint’s, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines:

Lands in Montana, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Wyoming, and Oregon.

provided further, that in the States of Montana, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Wyoming and Oregon, there may be allowed with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for Township,

Resurveys.

and twenty dollars for section lines. And of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding thirty thousand dollars may be expended for examination 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 for examinations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be

Inspecting mineral deposits, etc.

defective or fraudulent; and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, and for making 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;

Selections by North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington.

Provided further, That the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington shall have a preference right over any person or corporation to select lands subject to entry by said States 593 granted to said States by the act of Congress approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for a period of sixty

Vol. 25. p. 681.

days after lands have been surveyed and duly declared to be subject to selection and entry under the general land laws of the United States: And Provided further, That such preference right shall not

Not to accrue against certain settlers, etc.

accrue against bona fide homestead or preemption settlers on any of said lands at the date of tiling of the plat of survey of any township in any local land office, of said States. And that all that portion of the Fort Randall military reservation which lies within the state of

Selection of Fort Randall military reservation by South Dakota.

South Dakota may be selected, at any time within one year after the passage of this act, or the approval of the survey of said reservation by the Secretary of the Interior, by the State of South Dakota as a part of the lands granted to the State under the provisions of an act to provide for the admission of South Dakota into the Union, approved

Vol. 25, p. 681.

February twenty-second, eighteen hundred eighty-nine; and when said lands are selected as herein provided the Secretary of the Interior shall

Patents to issue.

cause patents to be issued to the State of South Dakota: Provided, That if the State of South Dakota shall select said lands such selection shall embrace all the lands in said reservation in said State of

Limit of selection.

South Dakota not exceeding the amount of land granted said State by the enabling act. That section one of an act entitled “An act to repeal timber culture

Timber culture entries.

Vol. 26, p. 1096, amended.

laws and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be. and hereby is amended by adding the following words to the fourth proviso thereof: “And provided further, That

Final proof on eight years bona fide cultivation.

if trees, seeds, or cuttings were in good faith planted as provided by law and the same and the land upon which so planted were thereafter in good faith cultivated as provided by law for at least eight years by a person qualified to make entry and who has a subsisting entry under the timber culture laws, final proof may be made without regard to the number of trees that may have been then growing on the land.” And provided further, That where soldier’s additional homestead

Perfecting titles under soldiers’ additional homestead entries.

entries have been made or initiated upon certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the right to make such entry, and there is no adverse claimant, and such certificate is found erroneous or invalid for any cause, the purchaser thereunder, on making proof of such purchase, may perfect his title by payment of the Government price for the land; but no person shall be permitted to acquire more than one hundred and sixty acres of public land through the location

Maximum.

of any such certificate. That the mayors of the cities of Richfield and Morgan, in the Territory

Mayors of Rich field and Morgan. Utah Ter., may enter lands for town site purposes.

of Utah be, and are hereby, authorized to enter in trust for the benefit of the inhabitants of said cities, respectively, for town-site purposes, the school lands situated within the corporate limits of said cities, not exceeding one section in Richfield and one-quarter section in Morgan, subject to the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, relating to town sites and that the Territory of Utah, through its

Indemnity lieu lands to Utah.

proper officers, shall be, and is hereby, authorized to select lien lands as indemnity and in full satisfaction for the school lands thus diverted. For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale, and pay of

Abandoned military reservations.

custodians, 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 including

Vol. 23, p. 103.

Casa Grande.

a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, five thousand dollars; Provided, That the President is hereby authorized by proclamation to

Proviso.

Grants to municipal corporations.

withhold from sale and grant for public use to the municipal corporation in which the same is situated all or any portion of any abandoned military reservation not exceeding twenty acres in one place. For survey of private land claims in the States of Colorado, Nevada,

Survey of private land claims.

and Wyoming, and in the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, confirmed under the provisions of the act of Congress entitled 594 “An act to establish a court of private land claims, and to provide

Vol. 26. p. 854.

for the settlement of private land claims, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore confirmed as maybe necessary,” twenty thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain what persons

Des Moines River land grant, Iowa.

made entry of lands, within the limits of the so-called Des Moines

Investigation of entries, etc.

River land grant for the improvement of the navigation of the Des Moines River in Iowa, the date of such entry and the respective amounts paid to the United States and the date of such payments; also, the names of persons who received certificates of entry or patents from the United States and the date of such certificates or patents; also, the sum or sums paid by the holders of such certificates or patents, their heirs or assigns, to purchase the paramount title as settled by the decisions of the courts, and also the value of such paramount title in cases where such purchase has not been made by any of the holders of such certificates or patents, and to ascertain such other facts as in his judgment are necessary to enable the United States to properly and equitably adjust the claims of persons who entered upon such lands, receiving from the proper officers written evidence of entry or settlement upon any of said lands, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof

Immediately available.

Report.

as may be necessary, to be immediately available and the said Secretary shall make report thereon at the first session of the Fifty-third Congress. united states geological survey.

Geological Survey.

For salaries of the scientific assistants of the Geological

Scientific assistants.

Survey: For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each; For one geologist, at three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; For one chief geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, at two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For general expenses of the Geological Survey: For the

Expenses.

Laborers, etc.

thousand dollars; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, two

Topographic surveys.

hundred thousand dollars; sixty thousand dollars of which shall be expended west of the ninety-seventh meridian in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas, Texas, and the Territory of Oklahoma, and at least one-half of the remainder shall be expended west of the one hundred and third meridian; For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States,

Geological surveys.

seventy thousand dollars; For palaeontologic researches relating to the geology of the United

Palaeontologic re -

States,

searches.

ten thousand dollars; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the

Chemical researches.

United States, five thousand dollars; For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey,

Illustrations.

thirteen thousand dollars; For the preparation of the report on the mineral resources of the

Mineral resources report.

United States, twelve thousand dollars; 595 For the purchase of necessary books for the library, and the payment

Books, etc.

of the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, two thousand dollars; For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States,

Maps.

fifty-five thousand dollars; For rent of office rooms in Washington, District of Columbia, four

Rent.

thousand two hundred dollars; In all, for the United States Geological Survey, four hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred dollars; That the unexpended balances of appropriations made for the fiscal

Unexpended balance

year eighteen hundred and ninety-one for the Geological Survey may be applied to the liquidation of outstanding liabilities on account of any of said appropriations for said fiscal year. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS

Miscellaneous.

supreme court reports.

Supreme Court Reports.

To pay the reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for seventy-six copies, each, of volumes one hundred and fifty to one hundred and fifty-four inclusive, of the United States Reports, at a rate not exceeding two dollars per volume, under the provisions or section two of the act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and

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eighty-nine, seven hundred and sixty dollars. government hospital for the insane.

Government Hospital for the Insane.

For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane:

Current expenses.

For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane from the Army and Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue-Cutter Service, and inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indigent, two hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars; and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expenses of the removal of patients to their friends. For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for the

Buildings and grounds.

Insane, as follows: For general repairs and improvements, thirteen thousand dollars. For special improvements as follows: For pavilions complete for the epileptic insane, sixty-two thousand

Pavilions for epileptic, insane.

five hundred dollars. columbia institution for the deaf and dumb.

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.

Current expenses.

Current Expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for general repairs and improvements, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars, three thousand dollars of which to be expended in the employment of instructors of articulation. For completion of inclosure of grounds, one thousand dollars. howard university.

Howard University.

For maintenance of the Howard University to be used in payment of

Maintenance.

part of the salaries of the officers, professors, teachers, and other regular employees of the university, the balance of which will be paid from 596 donations and other sources, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

Annual report.

And the proper officers of said university shall report annually to the Secretary of the Interior how this appropriation is expended. For tools, materials, wages of instructors, and other necessary expenses of the industrial department, three thousand dollars. For books for library, book eases, shelving and fixtures, three hundred dollars. For material and apparatus for chemical, physical, and natural history, and laboratory, five hundred dollars. For improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars. For repairs of buildings, one thousand dollars. In all, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. education in alaska.

Education in Alaska.

For the industrial and primary education of the children of school age in the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, thirty thousand dollars. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Under War Department.

armories and arsenals.

Armories and arsenals.

For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:

Rock Island. Ill.

Machinery, etc.

Care, etc.

For machinery and shop fixtures, ten thousand dollars. For general care, preservation, and improvements; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings, and shores of the island; for building fences and sewers and grading grounds, ten thousand dollars. For the Rock Island Bridge, as follows:

Bridge expenses.

For operating and care and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaducts, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For protecting Rock Island bridge by means of sheer booms, two hundred and fifty dollars. Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, CALIFORNIA: For repairs of wharf and

Benicia Arsenal, California.

dredging around same, two thousand dollars. Columbia Arsenal, Columbia, Tennessee: For construction of

Columbia, Tenn.

a cistern of about one hundred and twenty thousand gallons capacity, two thousand five hundred dollars. For boiler, iron tanks, steam pump, pipes, valves, and couplings, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For machines

Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania.

for manufacture of artillery ammunition, five thousand dollars. Indianapolis Arsenal, Indianapolis, Indiana: For construction

Indianapolis. Ind.

of a general workshop, with boiler, engine, shafting and fittings, eleven thousand dollars. Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey: For building and

Proving ground.

repairing

Sandy Hook. N.J.

roads and walks, and for general repairs to shops and storehouses and quarters, two thousand five hundred dollars. Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, MASSACHUSETTS: For repairs

Springfield. Mass.

and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, ten thousand dollars. Testing machine, Watertown Arsenal: For labor, and material

Testing machine, Watertown.

in caring for, preserving, and operating the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, including such new tools and appliances as may be required, ten thousand dollars. Repairs of Arsenals: To meet such unforeseen expenditures at

Repairs.

arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, forty-five thousand dollars. 597 buildings and grounds in and around washington.

Buildings and grounds, D. C.

For the improvement and care of public grounds as follows:

Improvement and care.

For improvement of grounds north and south of the Executive Mansion, four thousand dollars; For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Lafayette Square, one thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Franklin Square, one thousand dollars. For care and improvement of Monument grounds, two thousand dollars. For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen and site of old canal northwest of same, three thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Condition.

that no part thereof shall be expended upon other than property belonging to the United States. For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, and constructing stone coping around reservations, one thousand dollars. For manure, and hauling the same, five thousand dollars. For painting watchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lampposts, five hundred dollars. For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand dollars. For purchase and repair of tools, two thousand dollars. For trees, tree and plant stakes, labels, lime, whitewashing and stock for nursery, two thousand dollars. For removing snow and ice, one thousand two hundred dollars. For flowerpots, twine, baskets, wire, splints, moss, and lycopodium, one thousand dollars. For care, construction, and repair of fountains, one thousand five hundred dollars. For abating nuisances, five hundred dollars. For improvement, care and maintenance of various reservations, ten thousand dollars. For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian Grounds, including construction of asphalt roads and paths, two thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Judiciary Square, three thousand dollars. That under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be

Limit for concrete pavements.

made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard tor a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness. For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion, as follows:

Executive Mansion.

Repairs, fuel, etc.

For care, repair, and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, eighteen thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine. For fuel for the Executive Mansion, greenhouses, and stable, three thousand dollars. For care and necessary repair of greenhouses, four thousand dollars. For renewing the superstructures of one greenhouse connected with the Executive Mansion, one thousand dollars. For repairs to conservatory, Executive Mansion, one thousand dollars. Lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For

Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.

gas, pay of lamplighters, gas titters, and laborers; purchase, erection, and repair of lamps and lamp posts; purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office, office stables, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, fourteen thousand dollars:

Provisos.

Provided, That for each six-foot burner not connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty-one dollars

Maximum per lamp.

and fifty cents shall be paid per lamp for gas, including lighting, cleaning, and keeping in repair the lamps, under any expenditure provided 598 for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand. hours per annum; 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:

Burners.

Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas company shall equip each lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure under all ordinary variations of pressure and density a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour. For electric lights for three hundred and sixty-five nights from seven

Electric lights.

posts, at forty cents per light per night, one thousand and twenty-two dollars. Repair of water pipes: For repairing and extending water

Repair of water pipes, etc.

pipes, purchase of apparatus for cleaning them, purchase of hose, and cleaning the springs and repairing and renewing the pipes of the same that supply the Capitol, the Executive Mansion, and the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments, two thousand five hundred dollars. Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments

Telegraph, Capitol, Departments, and Government Printing Office.

and Government Printing OFFICE: For care and repair of existing lines, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Washington Monument: For the care and maintenance of the

Washington Monument.

Care and maintenance.

Washington Monument, namely: For one custodian, at one hundred dollars per month; one steam engineer, at eighty dollars per month; one assistant steam engineer, at sixty dollars per month: one fireman, at fifty dollars per month; one assistant fireman, at forty-five dollars per month; one conductor of elevator ear, at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at sixty dollars per mouth; one attendant on top floor, at sixty dollars per month; three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per mouth each; in all, eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes,

Expenses.

brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator ear and upper and lower floor, repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and repairs of all kinds connected with the monument and machinery, and purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the monument, machinery, elevator, and electric-light plant in good order, three thousand dollars. Military Posts: For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement

Military posts.

Construction.

of such military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Provided further, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars,

Provisos.

Helena. Mont.

Ante, p. 33.

appropriated by act approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the establishment of a military post at Helena, Montana, may be used for beginning the construction of the necessary barracks, quarters, hospitals, kitchens, mess halls, stables, storehouses, magazines, defenses, and other necessary improvements and buildings provided

Limit of cost.

for in said act: Provided, That the cost of such improvements and buildings shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. Improvement of the Yellowstone National Park: For the

Yellowstone National Park.

improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: To enable

Chickamauga Chattanooga Na Park.

the Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, according to the terms of existing laws, including the construction of roads, surveys, maps, iron gun carriages, administration building, the purchase of land within the legal area of the park and the north point of Lookout Mountain, and for widening roads, for bronze historical tablets, repairs to bridges, one observation tower on Orchard Knob, compensation of the 599 park commissioners and their historical assistant, continuing the restoration of the field, labor, clerical assistance, and office expenses; in all. one hundred thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the United States donations

Donations of land.

of land for road purposes. national cemeteries.

National cemeteries

For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving national

Maintenance, etc.

cemeteries, including, fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred thousand dollars. For superintendents of national cemeteries: For pay of seventy-five

Superintendents.

superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Headstones for graves of soldiers: For continuing the work

Headstones for soldiers’ graves.

of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the acts of March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 17. p. 545.

Vol 20. p. 281.

and seventy-three and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairing roadways to national cemeteries: For repairs to

Road ways.

roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, eight thousand dollars. Burial of indigent soldiers: For expenses of burying in the

Burial of indigent soldiers.

Road to Presidio, Cal.

For continuing the work of improving the reservation at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, by developing and perfecting the water supply, the reclaiming of sand dunes, the planting of trees and shrubs, and construction of new roads, the erection of a permanent fence or wall on the south and east lines of the reservation, the erection of permanent gateways, the reclamation of the marsh, and other general and much needed improvements, ten thousand dollars. Battle Lines and Sites for Tablets at Antietam: For continuing

Antietam battlefield.

the work of surveying, locating, and preserving lines of battle of the Army of the Potomac and of the Army of Northern Virginia, at Antietam, and for locating and marking the positions of the forty-three different commands of the regular Army engaged in the battle of Antietam, and for purchase of sites for tablets for marking the same, and for the purchase of roadway to tablets as follows: For the purchase of

Additional tablets, etc.

fifty additional tablets, and transporting and setting up same; purchase of fifty additional sites for tablets; salaries of board, including office rent, hire of vehicles, and mileage, and for the condemnation of the land and acquiring title of the same, and for the purchase of land

Roadway purchase, etc.

for roadway from a point on the Sharpsburg and Hagerstown turnpike to a point on the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike (said land is known as the Bloody Lane or Sunken Road), and for repairing and fencing in said roadway; fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That the

Proviso.

Cannon, etc., for marking positions.

Secretary of War is authorized to supply at Antietam such number of cannon and cannon balls as his judgment may approve, and which can be spared, for the purpose of marking the positions of the different commands engaged in the battle of Antietam. Monuments and tablets at Gettysburg: For the purpose of

Monuments and tablets at Gettysburg, Pa.

preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for properly marking with tablets the positions occupied by the various 600 commands of the armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia on

Avenues, etc.

that Held, and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by troops upon those lines, and for fencing the same, and for determining the leading tactical positions of batteries, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps, and other organizations with reference to the study and correct understanding of the battle, and to mark the same with suitable tablets, each bearing a brief historical legend, compiled without praise and without censure, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. miscellaneous objects.

Miscellaneous objects.

Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For printing

Survey, northern and northwestern lakes.

and issuing charts for use of navigators and electrotyping plates for chart printing, two thousand dollars. For surveys, additions to, and correcting engraved plates, twenty-five thousand dollars. Transportation of Reports and Maps to Foreign Countries:

Transporting maps, etc.

For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign Countries through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred dollars. Artificial Limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus or

Artificial limbs, etc.

commutation therefor and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, six hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. Appliances for Disabled Soldiers: For furnishing surgical appliances

Appliances for Disabled soldiers.

to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars. Support and Medical Treatment of Destitute Patients: For

Providence Hospital. D. C.

Support of destitute patients.

the support and medical treatment of ninety-five, medical and surgical, patients who are destitute, in the city of Washington, under a contract to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon-General of the Army, nineteen thousand dollars. Garfield Memorial Hospital: For maintenance, to enable it to

Garfield Memorial Hospital.

Maintenance.

provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefor, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Expenses of Military Convicts: For payment of costs and

Military convicts.

charges of State penitentiaries, for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts confined in them, three thousand dollars. Publication of Official Records of the War of the Rebellion:

Official records, War of the Rebellion.

Continuing publication.

For continuing the publication of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate armies, including the atlas of maps and plans, in accordance with the plan approved by the Secretary of War, August third, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for the compensation of

Civilian board.

Vol. 25, p. 970.

the civilian members of the board of publication, appointed in accordance with the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for the compensation of such temporary expert services in connection with the preparation, publication, and distribution of said records as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, and for the purchase of stationery and for additional rent, not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Index of Confederate Records: For the preparation of a general

Index of Confederate records.

card index of the books, muster rolls, orders, and other official papers preserved in the Confederate archives office, and for the employment of such temporary expert services in connection therewith in

Exports placed in classified service.

as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, all such experts in the office of publication of the Records of the Rebellion to be placed under the same rules, regulations, and orders, in regard to employment, promotion, and discharge, as are applied to other employees in 601 the classified service of the War Department, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars, to continue available until expended. Artillery School at Fort Monroe. Virginia: To provide for

Artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va.

means of instruction, such as text books, instruments, drawing materials, and stationery, required in the courses of artillery, engineering, law, and the art and science of war. and for other necessary expenses of the school, five thousand dollars. Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas:

Infantry, etc., school Fort Leavenworth. Kans.

For textbooks, books of reference, instruments and materials, for use in theoretical and practical instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars. Harbor of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injurious

Harbor of New York.

deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses

Inspectors, etc.

of office, fifteen thousand dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Argus, eight thousand

Maintenance of steamers.

dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Nimrod, eight thousand dollars: In all. thirty-one thousand dollars. For completing, under the direction of the Secretary of War, a suitable

Omaha, Nebr.

Military depot.

building for a military storehouse and offices at the military depot at Omaha, Nebraska, thirty thousand dollars. united states military prison at fort leavenworth.

Military prison, Fort Leaven worth, Kans.

Support.

For the support of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as follows: For subsistence of prisoners, five teamsters, and two watchmen; and

Expenses.

for prisoners enroute to insane asylum, Washington, District of Columbia, eighteen thousand dollars; For tobacco for prisoners on special or excessive hard labor, three hundred dollars; For forage and bedding for public animals used exclusively at the prison, and hay for prisoners’ bedding, two thousand dollars: For stationery, blank books, typewriting supplies, for use in prison offices, memorandum books and pencils for use of guard when on duty, stationery for use in prisoners’ school, postage stamps, envelopes, and letter paper for issue to prisoners, one thousand dollars; For fuel for generating steam for running engines, heating buildings and cooking purposes: materials for extension and repair of steam heating apparatus, and water circulation; hose, belting, machinery, castings, horses and mules, horse and mule shoes, and nails, articles for repairing harness and wagons, stoves and stovepipe, lime, cement, fire clay, fire brick, iron, tin, solder and blacksmiths’ coal, charcoal, putty, nails, whitewash brushes, painting materials, disinfectants, axes, shovels, spades, wheelbarrows, and all articles required for proper police of buildings and grounds, horse medicines and dressings, tools and miscellaneous articles for use in shops, laundry, barber shop, bathrooms, stables, printing office, and photograph gallery; furniture for use in offices; oil and electric-light supplies, blankets, bed sacks, and bunk for prisoners’ use, and miscellaneous articles which cannot properly be included under other heads of expenditure, twenty thousand dollars; For materials for manufacture of clothing, and to purchase articles of clothing that cannot be made at the prison, all for prisoners’ wear at prison and issue to prisoners at release from confinement at prison and at military posts; for donation of five dollars each to prisoners on release from confinement at prison and at military posts, eight thousand dollars: For medicines, medical and surgical appliances, dressings, and for all other articles required for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; 602 hospital furniture and supplies, heating appliances, and for expense of interment of deceased prisoners, one thousand five hundred dollars; For advertising for proposals for supplies, one hundred dollars; For expenses of pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their capture, three hundred dollars; For the transportation of prisoners, on their discharge from the prison, to their homes (or elsewhere, as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment, five thousand dollars; For pay of civilian employees; One clerk, at one thousand eight hundred

Civilian employees.

dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars, extra duty pay for prison guard, two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; five foremen of mechanics and one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; one teamster at forty dollars per month; two night watchmen and four teamsters, at thirty dollars per month each; and one fireman at sixty dollars per month, to take charge at night of the heating apparatus and electric light; in all, sixteen thousand and forty dollars. For construction of buildings and repairs of all buildings on prison

Quarters, repairs, etc.

grounds, including plumbing and all other civilian labor which cannot be done by prison labor, four thousand dollars. In all, seventy-six thousand two hundred and forty dollars. engineer department.

Engineer Department.

River and harbor improvements.

Philadelphia, Pa.

For continuing improvement of harbor at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement removal of Smiths Island and Windmill Island,

Removal of islands.

Pennsylvania, and Pettys Island, New Jersey, and adjacent shoals, five hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Galveston. Texas: Continuing improvement

Galveston Harbor.

to entrance to harbor, one million dollars. For improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Mary’s River, Michigan:

Hay Lake Channel, St. Marys River, Mich.

Continuing improvement, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Hudson River. N.Y.

five hundred thousand dollars. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to expend,

Oswego. N. Y.

Unexpended balance may be expended

Ante, p. 90.

under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, so much of the unexpended balance remaining from the appropriation of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, for improving harbor at Oswego, New York, and now available, as may be necessary and he may approve to remove a rocky ledge and other substances, and to deepen said harbor within the lines thereof to a uniform depth. For improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia: Continuing

Great Kanawha River. W. Va.

improvement, five hundred thousand dollars. For improving Saint Johns River. Florida: Continuing improvement

Saint Johns River, Fla.

of channel over bar at the mouth, two hundred and eighty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River

Mississippi River, from mouth of Ohio River to landing, Minneapolis, Minn.

“ to the landing on the west bank below the Washington avenue bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Continuing improvement from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River, six hundred and fifty eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; continuing improvement from the month of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, eight hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents; in all, one million five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving Saint Mary’s River at the Falls, Michigan: Continuing

Saint Marys River at Falls. Mich.

improvement, one million two hundred and thirty thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Provided, that of the amount hereby appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be “

Channel at “elbow” of Lake George.

expended in widening the present channel at “the elbow” at the lower end of Lake George, in Saint Mary’s River, Michigan. 603 For improving channel connecting the waters of the Great Lakes

Channel, Chicago, Duluth, to Buffalo.

between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For improving canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon:

Cascades of Columbia River. Oregon.

Continuing improvement, one million two hundred and thirty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars. For harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Harbor of refuge, Point Judith, R. I.

one hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, including Sullivan

Charleston, S. C.

Sullivan Island and Mount Pleasant Shore.

Island and Mount Pleasant Shore: Continuing improvement, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Savannah, Ga.

one million dollars. For improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement,

Mobile, Ala.

five hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor and bay at Humboldt, California: Continuing

Humboldt, Cal.

improvement, five hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars. Under Mississippi River Commission: For improving Mississippi

Mississippi River Commission.

Head of the passes to mouth of Ohio

Salaries, etc

River from head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission, two million six hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Under Missouri River Commission: For improving Missouri River.

Missouri River Commission.

Salaries, etc.

from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent bench marks and gauges, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars of which may be used for removal of snags and other like obstructions in the Missouri River above Sioux City, Iowa; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Profiled, That not more than three-fourths of the foregoing

Proviso.

appropriations

Limit of expenditures.

under head of “Engineer Department.” for rivers and harbors, shall be expended during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; but this proviso shall not

Exceptions.

apply to the appropriations herein made for the improvements of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and of Hay Lake Channel. And hereafter the Secretary of War shall furnish to the Secretary

Secretary of War to furnish annual estimates on or before October 1.

of the Treasury, on or before the first day of October of each year, estimates of all appropriations required for river and harbor improvements for the next fiscal year to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction. And the Secretary of War is hereby instructed to cause a preliminary

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Survey for ice harbor.

examination and survey to be made at the mouth of the Crawfish Creek, in the first ward, and the mouth of Mill Creek, in the twenty-first ward of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, as to availability of either or both said locations for an ice harbor. national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Support.

For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer soldiers, as follows:

At the Central Branch, at Dayton. Ohio: For current expenses,

Dayton, Ohio.

Current expenses.

namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks and orderlies; also payments for chaplains and religious instruction, printers, bookbinders, telegraph and telephone operators, guards, policemen, watchmen, and tire company; for all property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs not done by the home; for necessary expenditures for articles of amusement, boats, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, librarians and musicians, and for repairs not done by the home; also for stationery, advertising, legal advice, and postage, and for such other expenditures as cannot properly be included under other heads of expenditure, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and one dollars and fifty-eight cents; 604 For subsistence, namely: Pay of commissary sergeants, commissary

Subsistence.

clerks, porters, laborers, and orderlies employed in the subsistence department: bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters. Bread-cutters and butchers; the cost of all animals, fowls, and fish purchased for provisions; of all articles of food, their freight, preparation, and serving; of tobacco; of all dining-room and kitchen furniture and utensils, bakers’ and butchers’ tools and appliances, and their repair not done by the home, three hundred and seventeen thousand dollars; For clothing, namely: Expenditures for clothing, under-clothing,

Clothing.

boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also, all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed in the tailor shop, knitting shop, and shoe shop, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made, seventy-four thousand dollars; For household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’ quarters;

Household expenses.

for bedsteads, bedding, and all other articles required in the quarters of the members, and for their repair if they are not repaired by the home: for coal and firewood; for engineers and firemen; bathhouse keepers, hall cleaners, laundrymen, gas makers, and privy watchmen, aim for all machines, tools, materials, and appliances purchased for use under this head, and for their repair unless the repairs are made by the home; also for all labor and material for upholstery shops, broom and soap shops, eighty-seven thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty nine cents; For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists,

Hospital expenses.

hospital stewards, ward masters, nurses, cooks, waiters, readers, hospital carriage-drivers, hearse drivers, grave diggers, funeral escort, and for such labor as may be necessary; for surgical instruments and appliances, medical books, medicine, liquors, fruits, and other necessaries for the sick not on the regular ration; for bedsteads, bedding and materials, and all other articles necessary for the wards; kitchen and dining-room furniture and appliances, carriage, hearse, stretchers, coffins, and materials; for tools of grave diggers, and for all repairs not done by the home, fifty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars and five cents; For transportation, namely: For transportation of members of the

Transportation.

home, two thousand five hundred dollars; For construction and repairs, namely: Pay of chief engineer, builders,

Construction.

blacksmiths, carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, painters, gas-fitters, plumbers, tinsmiths, wire-workers, steamfitters; stone masons, quarry-men, whitewashers, and laborers, and for all machines, tools, appliances, and materials used under this head, seventy-three thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighty-eight cents; For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness-makers,

Farm expenses.

farm hand, gardeners, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, hog-feeders, and laborers, and for all machines, implements, tools, appliances, and materials required for such work; for grain, hay, and straw, dressing and seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and other conveyances; for all animals and fowls purchased for stock or for work (including animals in the park); for all materials, tools, and labor for flower garden, lawn, and park; and for repairs not done by the Home, nineteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-three cents; In all. six hundred and ninety-five thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and three cents. At the Northwestern Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

Milwaukee, Wis.

Current expenses.

For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety cents; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, thirty-five thousand dollars; 605 For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, fifty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-five cents; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand four hundred dollars. For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and twelve thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-five cents. At the Eastern Branch at Togus, Maine: For current expenses,

Togus, Me.

Current expenses.

including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-one cents; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and eight thousand four hundred and five dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand two hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head for

Household.

the Central Branch, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars and ten cents: For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, eleven thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-two cents; In all, two hundred and sixty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-three cents. At the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia: For current

Hampton, Va.

Current expenses.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and thirty cents: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this

Subsistence.

head for the Central Branch, one hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, forty thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-five cents; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars:

Transportation.

Construction.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and eighty-nine thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-five cents. At the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For

Leavenworth, Kans.

Current expenses.

current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars; 606 For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred and ten dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, sixty thousand dollars: For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighteen cents: For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

Farm.

Central Branch, eleven thousand dollars: In all, three hundred and twenty-nine thousand and forty-six dollars and eighteen cents; At the Pacific Branch, at Santa Monica, California: For

Santa Monica, Cal.

Current expenses.

current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, seventy-six thousand dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, four thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, eleven thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and ten cents; In all, one hundred and eighty-six thousand six hundred and three dollars and forty-seven cents. At the Marion Branch, at Marion, Indiana: For current expenses,

Marion, Ind.

Current expenses.

including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty cents; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, seventy-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars; For clothing, including the same objects specified under this head

Clothing.

for the Central Branch, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirteen cents; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, fourteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents; For transportation, including the same objects specified under this

Transportation.

head for the Central Branch, one thousand four hundred dollars; For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified

Construction.

under this head for the Central Branch, twenty thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-five cents. For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, five thousand five hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-five cents; In all, one hundred and sixty-four thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-eight cents: 607 For outdoor relief and incidental expenses, thirty thousand dollars;

Outdoor relief, etc.

In all, two million three hundred and seventy-eight thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-nine cents. State or Territorial Homes: For continuing aid to State or

Aid to State or Territorial homes.

Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers in conformity with the act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred

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and eighty-eight, live hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, that one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes on

Proviso.

Deductions for pensions retained.

account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for. Back pay and bounty: For payment of amounts for arrears of pay

Back pay and bounty.

Arrears of pay.

of two and three year volunteers that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for bounty to volunteers and their widows

Bounty.

and legal heirs that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth.

Additional bounty.

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eighteen hundred and sixty-six, that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty-five thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of

Commutation of rations.

war in rebel states, and to soldiers on furlough, that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty thousand dollars. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Under Department of Justice.

Court house, Washington, District of Columbia: For annual

Courthouse, District of Columbia.

repairs, per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars. miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Defending suits in claims against the United States:

Defending suits in claims.

For defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including the payment of such expenses as in the discretion of the Attorney-General shall be necessary for making proper defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended

French spoliation claims.

under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-five thousand dollars. Punishing violations of the intercourse acts and frauds:

Indian service.

Punishing violations, intercourse acts.

For detecting 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. Prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of

Prosecution of crimes.

crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment; 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 examined by his agents at any time, thirty-five thousand dollars. Expenses of Territorial Courts in Utah Territory: For defraying

Utah courts.

the contingent expenses of the courts, including fees of the United States district attorney and his assistants, the fees, and per 608 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, thirty-five thousand dollars. Prosecution and Collection of claims: For the prosecution and

Prosecuting and collecting claims.

collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars. Traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska: For the actual

Alaska.

Traveling expenses.

and necessary expenses of the judge, marshal, and attorney, when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, five hundred dollars. Rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska: For

Rent, etc.

rent of offices for the marshal, district attorney, and commissioners; furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. Defense in Indian depredation claims: For salaries and expenses

Defense, Indian depredation claims.

in defense of the Indian depredation claims, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

united states courts.

United States courts.

Expenses of the United States Courts: For defraying the expenses

Expenses.

of the Supreme Court; of the circuit and district courts of the United States; of the supreme court of the District of Columbia; of the district court of Alaska; of the court in the Indian Territory; of the circuit courts of appeals; of the Court of Private Land Claims; of suits and preparations for or in defense of suits in which the United States is interested: of the prosecution of offenses committed against the United States, and in the enforcement of the laws of the

R. S., Title XXVI, pp. 352–357.

United States; and of the enforcement of the provisions of title twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto: specifically the expenses stated under the following appropriations, namely: For payment of the fees and expenses of the United States marshals

Marshals’ fees, etc.

Provisos.

Accounts.

and deputies, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, that not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars of this appropriation may be advanced to marshals, to be accounted for in the usual way, the residue to remain in the Treasury, to be used, if at all only in the

R. S., sec. 856, p. 151.

payment of the accounts of marshals in the manner provided in section eight hundred and fifty-six. Revised Statutes: Provided further, That

Limit of mileage.

hereafter no marshal or deputy marshal shall be allowed more than one mileage for each mile actually and necessarily traveled, irrespective of the number of writs he may execute in making such travel; nor shall any marshal or deputy marshal be allowed any additional mileage incident to the execution or return of any writ of arrest, commitment, or removal other than the ten cents a mile now allowed by law for each deputy, prisoner, and guard; and no mileage shall be allowed upon any writ not executed. For payment of United States district attorneys, the same being in

District attorneys.

Fees.

payment of the regular fees provided by law for official services, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For payment of district attorneys, the same being for payment of

Special compensate.

Regular assistants.

who are appointed by the Attorney-General, at a fixed annual compensation, one hundred thousand dollars. 609 For payment of assistants to United States district attorneys employed

Special assistants.

by the Attorney General to aid district attorneys in special cases, twenty thousand dollars. For fees of clerks, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Clerks’ fees.

For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace

Commissioners fees, etc.

acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars. And hereafter no part of any money appropriated to pay any fees to

Warrants under internal revenue laws.

the United States Commissioners, marshals, or clerks shall be used for any warrant issued or arrest made, or other fees in prosecutions under the internal revenue laws, unless said fees have been taxed against and collected from the defendant, or unless the prosecution has been commenced upon a sworn complaint setting forth the facts constituting the

Sworn complaints required.

offense and alleging them to be within the personal knowledge of the affiant, or upon a sworn complaint by a United States district attorney collector or deputy collector of internal revenue or revenue agent, setting forth the facts upon information and belief, and approved either before or after such arrest by a circuit or district judge or the attorney of the United States in the district where the offense is alleged to have been committed or the indictment is found: Provided, It shall be the

Proviso.

Arrests, etc.

duty of the marshal, his deputy, or other officer who may arrest a person charged with any crime or offense, to take the defendant before the commissioner or the nearest judicial officer having jurisdiction under existing laws for a hearing, commitment or taking bail for trial, and the officer or magistrate issuing the warrant shall attach thereto a certified copy of the complaint; and upon the arrest of the accused, the return of the warrant, with a copy of the complaint attached, shall confer jurisdiction upon such officer as fully as if the complaint had

Jurisdiction, etc.

originally been made before him, and no mileage shall be allowed any officer violating the provisions hereof. For fees of jurors, six hundred thousand dollars.

Jurors’ fees.

Witnesses’ fees.

Support of prisoners.

For fees of witnesses, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, three hundred thousand dollars. For rent of United States court rooms, fifty thousand dollars.

Rent.

Bailiffs, etc.

For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the Southern district of New York; of expenses of district judges directed to hold court outside of their districts and judges of the circuit courts of appeals; of meals and lodgings for jurors in United States cases, when ordered by the court; and of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized

Miscellaneous expenses.

by the Attorney-General, including the employment of janitors and watchmen in rooms or buildings rented for the use of courts, and of interpreters, experts, and stenographers; of furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. And hereafter the general term of the supreme court of the District

Supreme court, D. C.

Terms of criminal court, etc.

of Columbia may order two terms of the criminal court to be held at the same time, whenever in their judgment business requires it; and they shall designate the time and place of holding the same, and the justices by whom such terms shall respectively be held, and shall make orders for a division of the criminal docket between the judges holding

Division of criminal docket.

Juries.

such terms. And hereafter petit jurors shall be drawn for such criminal terms in the same manner and at the same times as prescribed by the act entitled “An act to amend the laws relating to the selection and

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service of jurors in the supreme court of the District of Columbia” passed March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. 610 UNDER LEGISLATIVE.

Legislative.

Statement of appropriations: For preparation, under the direction

Statement of appropriations.

of the Committees on appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements showing appropriations made, new offices created, offices the salaries of which have been omitted, increased, or reduced, together with a chronological history of the, regular appropriation bills passed during the second session of the

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Fifty-second Congress, as required by the act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand two hundred dollars, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairman of said committees to do said work. Senate: To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Annie B.

Senate.

Annie B. Kenna.

Kenna, widow of the honorable John E. Kenna, deceased, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the executors of the

Executors of Hon. Randall L. Gibson.

honorable Randall L. Gibson, deceased, late a Senator from the State of Louisiana, live thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Index of private claims: To enable the Secretary of the Senate

Index of private claims.

Compensation.

to pay the persons who performed the work of arranging and preparing the index of private claims introduced in the Senate during the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty ninth. Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses, under Senate resolution of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, which sum may be expended as additional pay or compensation to any officer or employee of the United States, to be immediately available. Index to Congressional documents: To pay for the work done

Index to Congressional documents.

in preparing and completing the document index of the Fifty first Congress, by Alonzo W. Church, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Expenses of inaugural ceremonies: To enable the Secretary

Expenses of inaugural ceremonies.

of the Senate to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, incurred by order of the Senate, including pay for extra Capitol police for three days, at three dollars per day each, four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be

Immediately available.

necessary, to be immediately available. Building for the Library of Congress.

Library of Congress.

For continuing the construction of the building for the Library of

Continuing construction.

Congress, and for each and every purpose connected with the same,

Proviso.

Compensation of disbursing officer.

nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Provided, That the officer disbursing appropriations for the construction of the Congressional Library building shall receive as compensation for such services one-quarter of one per centum on the amount of all disbursements made and to be made by him for such building. Botanic Garden: For repairs to buildings at Botanic Garden, including

Botanic Garden.

new boiler for main conservatory, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase six hundred

Heyl’s “United States Duties on Imports.”

Purchase of copies.

copies of Lewis Heyl’s work entitled “United States Duties on Imports” (edition of eighteen hundred and ninety-one) one thousand eight hundred dollars, viz, one copy for each Senator, Representative, and

Distribution.

Delegate; one hundred copies for the use of the Treasury Department; 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. 611 PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

Public printing and binding.

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, the Executive Office, 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 three hundred and seventeen

Amount.

thousand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding shall be. done by the Public Printer to the amounts following, respectively, namely: For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedings

Allotment of appropriation.

and debates, one million ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars. And printing and binding for Congress chargeable to this appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress, within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made (all reserve work shall be bound in sheep); and the heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable to this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined, and shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the transaction of public business; For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars; For the Treasury Department, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey; For the War Department, including twelve thousand dollars for the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s office, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; For the Navy Department, seventy thousand dollars, including not exceeding twelve thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office. For the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission, three hundred and forty thousand dollars, including not exceeding ten thousand dollars for rebinding tract books for the General Land Office; For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and for the “Bulletins” and annual volumes of the “Proceedings” of the National Museum, twelve thousand dollars; For the United States Geological Survey as follows: For engraving the illustrations necessary for the report of the Director, five thousand dollars; For engraving the illustrations necessary for the monographs and bulletins ten thousand dollars: For printing and binding the monographs and bulletins, twenty thousand dollars; For the Department of Justice, nine thousand dollars; For the Post-Office Department, two hundred thousand dollars; For the Department of Agriculture, including ten thousand dollars for the Weather Bureau, eighty-five thousand dollars; For the Department of Labor, seven thousand dollars; For the Supreme Court of the United States, seven thousand dollars; For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars; 612 For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars; For the Library of Congress, twelve thousand dollars; For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars; And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated

Division of appropriation.

shall be expended in the first two quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one fourth thereof may be expended in either of the last two 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. No report, document, or publication of any kind distributed by, or

Documents not to contain “the compliments” of any officer.

from an Executive Department or bureau of the Government shall hereafter contain any notice that same is sent with “the compliments” of an officer of the Government or with any special notice that it is so sent. The Public Printer shall on the first day of each session, or as soon

Reports of Public Printer.

thereafter as may be practicable, report to Congress the exact condition and the amount and cost of public printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving, the amount and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals made and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper and other materials, and for lithographing and engraving; of all payments made during the preceding year under his direction; of the amount of work ordered and done with a general classification thereof for each department and a detailed statement of each account with the departments or public officers; a detailed statement of the number of hands employed in the establishment and the time each has been employed. To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the

Leaves of absence.

law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 209: making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 27 Stat. 612 1893-03-03 Chapter 209 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 209.—

An Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian Department appropriations.

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, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:

For pay of fifty-eight civilian agents where civilians are employed

Pay of civilian agents at specified agencies.

of Indian affairs at the following named agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Warm Springs Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Grand Ronde Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, atone thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, embracing Nisqually and Skokomish, and Quinault agencies, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At Hoopa Valley Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mission Tule River (consolidated) Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; 613 At the Nevada Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;

Indian agents—Continued.

At the Western Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Nez. Perces Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Blackfeet Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars: At the Crow Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Forest City Agency (formerly Cheyenne River), at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency (consolidated), at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe and Oakland Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency, at one thousand four 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; At the Osage Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars. At the Green Bay Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the New York Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, at. one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, at two thousand dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

Not available for army officers as agents.

the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named. 614 The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary

Superintendents of schools may act as agents.

of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. The superintendent of the Indian Training School at Cherokee, North

Cherokee Training School.

Superintendent to act as agent.

Carolina, shall, in addition to his duties as superintendent, perform the duties heretofore required of the agent at said Cherokee Agency, and receive in addition to his salary as superintendent two hundred dollars per annum, and shall give bond as other Indian agents, and that the office of agent be, and the same is hereby abolished at that place; in all eighty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed. For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the

Interpreters.

discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of five Indian inspectors at three thousand dollars per

Inspectors.

annum each, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, including

Traveling expenses.

telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, seven thousand dollars. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars.

Superintendent of schools.

For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian

Traveling expenses.

schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection

Provisos.

Per diem allowance in field.

and investigation, two thousand dollars; Provided, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping car

Other duties.

fare: And provided, That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior For buildings and repair of buildings at agencies, twenty thousand

Agency buildings.

dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including travelling and incidental

Contingent expenses.

expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, also travelling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of

Special agents.

employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of five special agents at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars. For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,

Citizens’ commission.

appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, five thousand dollars. The accounting officers of the Treasury

Accounts.

Allowance.

Department are hereby authorized to allow in settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officer of the Board of Indian Commissioners the sum of one hundred and one dollars, expended for the purpose of inspecting Indian schools in Alaska, in August, eighteen hundred and ninety.

FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.

Fulfilling Treaties.

apaches, kiowas, and comanches.

Apache’s, Kiowas, and Comanches.

For twenty sixth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended under

Vol. 15, pp. 584,590.

the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, 615 with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apache’s, thirty thousand dollars; For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, eleven thousand dollars. For pay of carpenter, farmer, blocksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand two hundred dollars. cheyennes and arapahoes.

Cheyenne’s and Arapahoes.

For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 596.

hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars; For purchase of clothing, as per same article, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. chickasaws.

Chickasaws.

For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.

Vol. 1, p. 619.

chippewas of the mississippi.

Chippewas of the Missisippi.

For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty

Vol. 16, p. 720.

of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars. chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.

Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.

Vol. 10, p. 1168.

For thirty-ninth 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

Vol. 13, p. 694.

and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents; For thirty-ninth of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars; For thirty-ninth of forty installments, for purpose 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. choctaws.

Choctaws.

For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November

Permanent annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 99.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and fourteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth

Vol. 7, p. 213.

article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred

Vol. 11, p. 614.

and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For fulfilling treaties with Choctaws, arrearages of annuity, as follows: For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty,

Vol. 7, p. 213.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighteen hundred and ninety, and eighteen 616 hundred and ninety-one, at six hundred dollars per annum, three thousand dollars. For permanent annuity, tor support of blacksmith, per sixth article

Vol. 7, p. 212.

of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth

Vol. 7. p. 236.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

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; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars: For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty

Vol. 7, p. 236.

of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth

Vol. 11, p. 614.

article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and

Interest.

Vol. 7, p. 236.

conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 11, p. 614.

twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty-three thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. cŒur d’alenes.

CŒur d’Alene’s.

For second of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under

Vol. 26, p. 1028.

the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to negotiate with the

Negotiation authorized for change of northern line of reservation.

Coeur d’Alene Indians for a change of the northern line of their reservation, so as to exclude therefrom a strip of land on which the town of Harrison and numerous settlers are located. That the foregoing provisions shall take effect and be in force after

Effect.

it shall have been submitted to, and duly agreed to by, the Indians of said tribe and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. For support of Coeur d’Alene’s: Pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician,

Vol. 26, p. 1029.

and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. columbias and colvilles.

Columbias and Colvillea.

For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,

Chief Moses.

Vol. 23, p. 79.

eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ratified by act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars; For employees, as provided in said agreement, ratified by act of July

Employees.

fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all seven thousand dollars. creeks.

Creeks.

For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of

Permanent annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 36.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of June

Vol. 7, p. 69.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

January twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth 617 article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars; For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars; For permanent annuity, for pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for

Interest.

Vol. 11, p. 701.

purposes of erection, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred 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

Vol. 14, p. 787.

and sixty-six, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents: in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty cents. crows.

Crows.

For twelfth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement

Vol. 22, p. 43.

with 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; For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, 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,

Vol. 15, p. 651

eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars. For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, 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: For twenty-fifth 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; For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousand

Vol. 15, p. 652.

two hundred dollars; For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under

Vol. 15, p. 652.

tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth article

Vol. 15, p. 651.

of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; 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, thirty thousand dollars; in all, eighty-one thousand dollars. delawares.

Delawares.

That all the funds now held in trust by the United States for the

Payment to Indiana per capital of all trust funds, bond proceeds, etc.

benefit of the Delaware tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory, with interest due upon same, including the school fund and interest thereon, and also the amount invested by the United States in Florida and North Carolina bonds, which bonds are now held in trust for the benefit of said tribe, be paid per capita under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior to said tribe: Provided, That said bonds shall hereafter

Proviso.

Bonds to be property of United States.

be the property of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior 618 is hereby authorized and directed to sell twenty-five thousand two

Sale of Union Pacific Railroad bonds.

Distribution, etc.

hundred and fifty dollars of the Union Pacific Railroad bonds held in trust for the Delawares, and to pay to the said Indians per capita the proceeds, together with all uninvested funds and interest moneys to their credit and on deposit in the United States Treasury, as herein provided, and the authority herein granted shall be in force from and after the approval of this act. And there is hereby appropriated, from moneys in the Treasury of the

Payment for undivided interest in bonds.

United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-three dollars and ninety cents, to be immediately available, the difference between the amount, twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars of Union Pacific Railroad bonds authorized to be sold by this act, and the undivided interest in said bonds owned by the Delawares, amounting to twenty five thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety cents, and said sum is also to be paid to the Delawares as other moneys

Provisos.

Undivided interests in bonds.

herein provided for: Provided, That said undivided interest in said bonds amounting to thirty-three dollars and ninety cents, shall become the property of the United States: Provided, That the undivided interest of George Bullett and his family and Lucy Zulkey and her family remain in the treasury as now. fort hall indians.

Fort Hall Indians.

For fifth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said

Vol. 25, p. 688.

Blackfeet Agency Indians.

For six of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand dollar each to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the support and civilization of the Indians attached, to the

Vol. 25, p. 114.

Blackfeet Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. indians at fort belknap agency.

Fort Belknap Indians.

For sixth of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the

Vol. 25, p. 114.

Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.

Fort Peek Indians.

For sixth often installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars each, to be expended tinder the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the

Vol. 25, p. 114.

Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. indians at fort berthold agency.

Fort Berthold Indians.

For third of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as per second article of agreement ratified by act approved March third,

Vol. 26, p. 1033.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. 619 iowas.

Iowas.

For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundred

Interest.

dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 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

Vol. 10, p. 1071.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. iowas in oklahoma.

Iowas, Oklahoma.

For third of five installments, first series, to be paid per capita under the seventh article of agreement ratified by act approved February

Vol. 26, p. 756.

thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand six hundred dollars. kansas.

Kansas.

Permanent: For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred

Interest.

and thirty-five thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 9, p. 842.

and forty-six, six thousand seven bundled and fifty dollars. kickapoos.

Kickapoos.

Permanent: For interest on seventy-two thousand two hundred and

Interest.

ninety-seven dollars and fifty-four cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand six hundred

Vol. 10, p. 1079.

and fourteen dollars and eighty-seven cents. molels.

Motels.

For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary

Schools.

materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,

Vol. 12, p. 981.

three thousand dollars. nez perces.

Nez Perces.

For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding schools,

Schools.

and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,

Vol. 14, p. 650.

six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.

Northern Cheyenne’s and Arapahos.

For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne’s and

Subsistence.

Vol. 19, p. 256.

Arapahoe’s, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, seventy-five thousand dollars; For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as

Clothing.

Vol. 15, p. 657.

per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, seventeen thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount in this

Proviso.

Division.

and preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyenne’s and Arapahoe’s in Wyoming, and on the Tongue river, in Montana. For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty,

Vol. 15. p. 658.

nine thousand dollars, in all one hundred and one thousand dollars. 620 osages.

Osages.

For interest on sixty-nine thousand, one hundred and twenty dollars,

Interest.

at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land

Vol. 7, p. 242.

Otoe’s and Misson.

For eleventh of twelve installments, being the last series, in money

Vol. 10, p. 1039.

or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. pawnees.

Pawnees.

For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in

Annuity.

goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per

Vol. 11, p. 729.

second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars. For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars; 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. For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops,

Vol. 11, p. 730.

as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. For this amount to reimburse the Pawnee tribe of Indians for the appraised value of one hundred and sixty acres of land at six dollars per acre, taken for school purposes in Nebraska, under act approved

Vol. 22, p. 85.

May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two nine hundred and sixty dollars. pottawatomies.

Pottawatomie’s.

For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August

Annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 51.

third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 114.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October

Vol. 7, p. 185.

second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of

Vol. 7, p. 317.

September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of July

Vol. 7, p. 320.

Vol. 7, p. 317.

twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents; For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron,

Vol. 7, p. 318.

Vol. 9, p. 855.

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; 621 For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth,

Vol. 7, p. 296.

Vol. 7, p. 318.

Vol. 7, p. 321.

eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September 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; For permanent provisions for fifty barrels of salt, per second article

Vol. 7, p. 320

of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars

Interest.

and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seven of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 9, p. 854.

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. quapaws.

Quapaws.

For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article

Vol. 7, p. 425.

of treaty of my thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; For blacksmiths and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for black smith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.

Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.

For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of

Annuity.

Vol. 7, p. 85.

treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,

Interest.

Vol. 7, p.541.

per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 7, p. 596.

Proviso.

Physician, etc.

forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thou sand 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. sacs and foxes of the missouri.

Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.

For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred

Interest.

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

Vol. 7, p. 541.

Proviso.

Tribal membership.

seventy dollars: Provided, That in making payments under this appropriation no one shall be recognized as a member of the tribe whose name was not upon the roll January first, eighteen hundred and ninety, but this shall not be held to impair or otherwise affect the rights or equities of any person whose claim to membership in said tribe is now pending and being investigated; For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,

School.

Vol. 12, p. 1173.

eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.

Seminoles.

For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

Interest.

to be paid as an annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August

Vol. 11, p. 702.

seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; 622 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; For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum,

Vol. 14, p. 757.

Senecas.

For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of

Annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 161.

September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of

Vol.7, p. 179.

September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth article

Vol. 7, p. 349.

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 chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated

Vol. 15, p. 515.

in the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 179.

Vol. 15, p. 515.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per

Vol. 7, p. 352.

Vol. 15, p. 515.

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. senecas of new york.

Senecas of New York.

For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of February

Annuity.

Vol. 4, p. 442.

nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,

Interest.

Vol. 9, p. 35.

at five per centum, per act of June twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest at five per centum on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury,

Vol. 4, p. 442.

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. shawnees.

Shawnee.

For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth article

Annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 51.

of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third

Vol. 10, p. 1056.

article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourth

Vol. 7, p. 161.

article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 10, p. 1056.

seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars; 623 For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educational

Interest.

Vol. 10, p. 1056.

purposes, per third article of last-named treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. eastern shawnees.

Eastern Shawnees.

For permanent annuity, in specie per fourth article of treaty of September

Annuity.

Vol. 7, p. 179.

seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,

Vol. 15, p. 515.

five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,

Vol. 7, p. 352.

Vol. 15, p. 515.

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. shoshones and bannocks.

Shoshones and Bannocks.

Shoshones: For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, to purchase

Shoshones.

suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age,

Supplies.

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

Vol. 15, p. 676.

and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars. For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,

Physician, etc.

Vol 15, p. 676.

and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required per eight article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, to purchase

Bannocks.

Supplies.

suits of 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,

Vol. 15, p. 616.

five thousand dollars; For pay of a physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,

Physician, etc.

Vol. 15, p. 676.

and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. six nations of new york.

Six Nations of New York.

For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per

Annuity.

Vol. 7, p. 46.

sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.

Sioux of different tribes.

Twenty-fourth of thirty instalments, to purchase clothing for males

Supplies.

over fourteen years of age; for flannel, hose, and calico and domestic 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 treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,

Vol. 15, p. 638.

one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For twenty-fourth of thirty instalments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for ——;—persons engaged in agriculture, as per tenth

Vol. 15, p. 638.

article of treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; 624 For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller,

Teachers, etc.

Vol. 15, p. 640.

one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux

Employees.

in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars; one thousand dollars of which shall be used to pay a second blacksmith at Forest City Agency, South Dakota, two hundred dollars of which shall be immediately available. For industrial schools at the Santee. Sioux and Crow Creek agencies,

Industrial schools.

six thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization,

Subsistence, etc.

Vol. 19, p. 254.

as per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million one

Provisos.

Transportation.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad

Indian employment.

or steamboat transportation: and in this service Indians shall be employed whenever practicable: And provided further, That the

Limit of rations.

number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of Indians on each reservation and any excess in the number of rations issued shall be disallowed in the settlement of the agent’s account. For pay of a matron at the Santee Agency, five hundred dollars;

Matron.

Blacksmith, etc.

For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars; For support and maintenance of day and. industrial schools, including

Schools.

erection and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article

Vol. 15, p. 637.

seven of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section

Vol 25, p. 894.

seventeen of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million five hundred and seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.

Sioux, Yankton tribe.

For fifth of twenty installments, last series, to be paid to them or

Vol. 11, p. 744.

expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars; For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux

Subsistence, etc.

Vol. 19, p. 287.

heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sisseton and wahpeton indians.

Sisseton’s and Wahpeton.

For sixth of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars

Vol. 26, p. 1037.

each, to be paid per capita, as per third article of agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, dated September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. That for the purpose of paying to the scouts and soldiers of the

Payment to Indian scouts and soldiers, military service.

Sisseton, Wahpeton, Mdewakanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians who were enrolled and entered into the military service of the

Sioux outbreak.

United States, and served in suppressing what is known as the Sioux outbreak of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or who were enrolled and.

War of the rebellion.

served in the armies of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and are now living, and to the descendants and members of the fam ilies of such of said scouts and soldiers as are now dead, who were

Vol. 26, pp. 1035–1038.

not parties to the agreement entered into between the United States and the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota and Sioux Indians on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for the reason that they were not residents of the said Sisseton Reservation and did reside elsewhere, their pro rata shares of the amount 625 found due said scouts and soldiers for annuities under the provisions of the fourth article of the treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 10, p. 949.

and fifty-one, and of which they have been wrongfully and unjustly deprived by the operation of the provision of the act of Congress approved

Vol. 12, p. 652.

February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and entitled “An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians,” the whole amount so found due all of said scouts and soldiers by the Department of the Interior, having been appropriated by the United States, to the Indians residing on the Sisseton Reservation, in and by article three of the said agreement of December twelfth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 26, p. 1037.

and eighty-nine, to the Indians residing on the said Sisseton Reservation, without reference to military service, and the said scouts and soldiers residing off said reservation being thereby deprived of their pro rata share of said annuities for which Congress made provision to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, in and by section twenty-seven of the act of March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 26, p. 1038.

and ninety-one, leaving their share of the annuity of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, wholly unpaid and unprovided for, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, thirty thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid in equal shares and per capita to said

Distribution per capita.

scouts and soldiers who are still living, and who are not parties to the agreement aforesaid, and———a share that any such scout or soldier would receive if living shall, in the event he is dead, be divided pro rata between his wife and children and descendants, and the pay rolls

Pay rolls.

upon which payments were made to said scouts and soldiers and their descendants under the twenty-seventh section of the act March third,

Vol. 26, p. 1038.

eighteen hundred and ninety one, shall be conclusive in all cases where the name appears upon said rolls, except in cases where deaths have subsequently occurred, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to add such other names to said rolls as were previously omitted therefrom by mistakes or omissions of persons who were lawfully entitled

Mistakes, etc., in enrollment.

to be enrolled thereon. For deficiency in appropriation for said Indians, act of March third,

Deficiency.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars. spokanes.

Spokane’s.

For second of ten installments, to be expended under the direction

Removal to CŒur d’Alene Reservation, etc.

of the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the CŒur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle seeds, agricultural implements, saw and gristmills, threshing machines, mowers, clothing, and provisions; in taking care of the old, sick, and infirm; in affording educational facilities, and in any other manner tending to their civilization and self-support, as per article five of agreement with

Ante, p. 139.

said Indians dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty thousand dollars. For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and to

Blacksmith, etc.

instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of said agreement, two thousand dollars. For encouragement of said Indians in taking allotments of land and

Encouraging Indian allottees, etc.

in preparing the same for cultivation, as set forth in article eight of said agreement, five thousand dollars; 626 For first of ten installments of one hundred dollars each, to Chiefs

Payment to chiefs.

Louis, Paul, Schulhault, Antarcham, and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreements, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand

Proviso.

Removal to Colville or Jocko reservations.

five hundred dollars: Provided, That any moneys heretofore appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation shall be extended or expended to such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville of Jocko reservations, confederated bands of utes.

Confederated bands, Utes.

For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,

Carpenters, etc.

Vol. 13, p. 675.

Vol. 15, p. 622.

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 bundled and twenty dollars; For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for

Vol. 15, p. 621.

blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars. For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, to be expended under the

Clothing, etc.

direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such

Vol. 15, p. 622.

other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,

Food.

Vol. 15, p. 622.

beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;

Employees.

in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes

Winnebagoes.

For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and

Interest.

seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per

Vol. 7. p. 545.

Vol. 12. p. 628.

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 expend said interest for the support, education, and cavillation of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents; For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars

Vol. 16. p. 355.

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 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. chippewas

Chippewas.

This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,

Interest.

Vol. 25. p.645.

as required by section seven of “an act for the relief of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the manner required by said act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.

Miscellaneous sup ports.

For subsistence and civilization of the Apache’s, Kiowas, Comanches,

Apache’s, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichita’s. etc.

Wichita’s, and affiliated bands, who have been collected upon the Reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 627 For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoe’s and Cheyenne’s

Arapahoe’s and Cheyenne’s.

who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, seventy-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to

Chippewas, Lake Superior.

be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, and pay of physician, at one thousand two hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed to the best interest of the Indians, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina

Chippewas, Red

tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand

Lake and Pembina.

dollars. Support of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation: For this

Chippewas, White Earth Reservation.

amount, 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), ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas,

Chippewas, Turtle Mountain band.

including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederate tribes and bands in

Confederate bands, middle Oregon.

middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes

D’Wamish, etc., Washington.

in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flathead Indians, including

Carlos’ band. Flat-heads.

pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated

Flatheads, etc.

tribes, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and

Hualapais, Arizona.

other necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache and

Apaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico.

other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico Arizona, two hundred thousand dollars: Prodded always, that no part of said sum shall be expended

Proviso.

Restriction.

in support of any such Indians in any school without the Territory, or in payment of transportation of any such Indian to or from such school. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks

Fort Hall Indians.

and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks,

Lemhi Agency Indians.

and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, in Idaho, including pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and

Klamath Agency Indians.

Modocs, and other Indians of the Klamath Agency in Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, including agricultural

Kansas.

assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the Territory,

Kickapoos.

five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Makahs, including pay of employees,

Makahs.

four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing within

Modocs, Ind. Ter.

the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars For support and civilization of the Moqui Indians, including pay of

Moquis.

employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including pay of

Navajos.

employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For the construction of irrigating ditches, and the development of a

Irrigation, etc.

628 water supply for agricultural, stock, and domestic purposes, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, forty thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; in all, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne and

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

Arapaho Indians on the Tongue River, in Montana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of agricultural implements and support and civilization

Nez Perces, Joseph’s band.

of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, twelve thousand dollars For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho, including

Nez Perces. Idaho.

pay of physician six thousand five hundred dollars For support and civilization of the Poncas, including pay of employees,

Poncas.

Promo.

Division.

eighteen thousand dollars: Provided, that this amount be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in South Dakota. For support and civilization of the Quinaielts and Quillehutes, including

Quinaielts and Quillehutes.

pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For temporary support and civilization of the Shebits tribe of Indians

Shebits.

in Washington County, Utah, to enable them to become self-supporting, the purchase of animals, implements, seeds, clothing, and other necessary articles, for the erection of houses, and for the temporary employment of a person to supervise the purchases and their distribution to the Shebits, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteen

Shoshones, Wyo.

thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including

Shoshones, Nev.

pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. Support of Seminoles in Florida: For support, civilization, and instruction

Seminoles, Fla.

of the Seminole Indians in Florida, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, including pay

Sioux, Devils Lake.

of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, including pay

S’Klallams.

of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, and for seeds

Tonkawas.

and agricultural implements, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla

Walla Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatillas.

tribes, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. Support of Mission Indians: For support and civilization of Indians

Mission Agency Indians, Cal.

at the Mission Agency, California, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians at

Yakamas.

said agency, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase, land and subsistence

Digger Indians, Jackson, Cal.

and other necessaries for the support of the Digger Indians of Central California, at Jackson, in said State, and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary for the civilization of said Indians,

Immediately available.

ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available. A primary day school may be established and maintained out of said appropriation. The Secretary of the Interior may in bis discretion, establish such

Regulations for school attendance.

regulations as will prevent the issuing of rations or the furnishing of subsistence either in money or in kind to the head of any Indian family for on account of any Indian child or children between the ages of eight and twenty-one years who shall not have attended school during the

Exceptions.

preceding year in accordance with such regulations. This provision shall not apply to reservations or part of reservations where sufficient school facilities have not been furnished nor until full notice of such regulations shall have been given to the Indians to be affected thereby. The amount and value of subsistence so withheld shall be credited

Accounts.

to the tribe or tribes from whom the same is withheld, to be issued and paid when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior they shall have fully complied with such regulations. 629 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.

Incidental expenses, Indian service in—

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For general incidental

Arizona.

expenses of Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Arizona, and for the 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. Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For general incidental

California.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tide River agencies, fourteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for Hoopa Valley Agency), at same agencies, ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado: For general incidental

Colorado.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in North Dakota: For general

North Dakota.

incidental expenses of the Indian service including traveling expenses of agents, at three agencies in North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in South Dakota: For general

South Dakota.

incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies in South Dakota, three thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidental

Idaho.

expenses of the Indian service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidental

Montana.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, four thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidental

Nevada.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Nevada and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Piutes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, fourteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For general incidental

New Mexico.

Oregon.

incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Oregon and 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. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidental

Utah.

Washington.

Wyoming.

expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.

Flour mill, Pima Agency, Arizona: Operating and repairing the

Flour mill, Pima Agency. Ariz.

flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars. Substation and mills, Flathead Agency, Montana: Establishment of

Flathead Agency, Mont.

substation, purchase of saw and flour mills, and construction of necessary buildings for same; purchase of animals and pay of employees at Flathead Agency, Montana, three thousand five hundred dollars. That for the amount necessary to pay for the removal and subsistence

Eastern band of Cherokees.

Removal.

of those members of the Eastern band of Cherokees who have removed themselves, as well as those who may now or hereafter desire to remove to the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, at the rate of fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per head, being the amount specified in the eighth article of the Cherokee treaty of December twenty-ninth,

Vol. 9, p. 265.

eighteen hundred and thirty five, and the act of Congress approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Aiding Indian allottees under act of February eighth, eighteen hundred

Aiding Indian allottees.

and eighty-seven, reimbursable: This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in aiding Indians who

Vol. 24, p. 388.

have taken land in severalty under the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” to establish themselves in homes thereon, to procure seed, farming implements, and other things necessary, in addition to means already provided by law or treaty, for the commencement of farming, fifteen thousand dollars. Allotments under act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and

Allotments.

eighty-seven, reimbursable: To enable the President to cause, under the

Vol. 24, p. 388.

provisions of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said act. and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the Office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, forty thousand dollars. Authority is hereby granted to Alexander Redwing, a Sioux Indian

Alexander Redwing may sell to American Missionary Association land for cemetery, Nebr.

of the Santee tribe in the State of Nebraska, to sell and convey to the American Missionary Association, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, so much of the land allotted and patented by the United States to him. they said Redwing, as is used for a cemetery lot, not exceeding fifteen acres, situated in the tract described as follows, to wit: West half of southeast quarter of southwest quarter section thirteen, township thirty-three north, range five west, the same to be held, occupied and used for cemetery purposes only. That the act of Congress approved August seventh, eighteen hundred

Omaha Indians, Nebr.

Vol. 22, p. 342.

and eighty-two, entitled “An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, amended

Allotments.

so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Indians of that tribe, to allot in severalty, through an allotting agent of the

Indian women and children born since allotments made.

Interior Department, to each Indian woman and child of said tribe born since allotments of land were made in severalty to the 631 members thereof under the provisions of said act, and now living, one-eight of a section of the residue lands held by that tribe in common, instead of one-sixteenth of a section, as therein provided, and to allot in severalty to each allottee under said act, now living, who received only one-sixteenth of a section thereunder, an additional one sixteenth of a section of such residue lands: Provided, That the allotments so

Provisos.

Conditions, etc.

Vol. 22. p. 342.

Expenses.

made shall be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations provided for in sections six, seven, and eight of said act, touching allotments and patents to allottees therein mentioned: And provided, That the expenses incurred in making the allotments hereby authorized shall be defrayed out of the funds appropriated for surveying and allotting Indian reservations. That the town or city of Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory shall be,

Kingfisher, Okla. Ter., may purchase land for cemetery.

and hereby is, authorized and permitted to purchase, for cemetery purposes, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, in township sixteen north, and range seven west, of Indian meridian (upon which there have been buried about one hundred and fifty of its dead), at such price and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the proper authorities therefor. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in bis discretion, to pay the

Payment of costs of legal contests by or against Indians.

legal costs incurred by Indians in contests initiated by or against them, to any entry, filing, or other claims, under the laws of Congress relating to public lands, for any sufficient cause affecting the legality or validity of the entry, filing or claim, five thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

One-half fees.

That the fees to be paid by and on behalf of the Indian party in any case shall be one-half of the fees provided by law in such cases, and said fees shall be paid by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, on an account stated by the

Accounts.

proper land officers through the Commissioner of the General Land Office. In all states and Territories where there are reservations or allotted Indians the United States District Attorney shall represent.

District attorneys to represent Indiana.

them in all suits at law and in equity. Irrigation, Indian reservations: For the construction, purchase and

Irrigation.

use of irrigating machinery and appliances on Indian reservations in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior forty thousand dollars: Provided, That of this sum a sufficient amount may be used to sink

Proviso.

Artesian wells.

one artesian well at each of the three following places, namely: Rosebud Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation and Pine Ridge Reservation, in South Dakota, neither of said wells to cost more than five

Limit of cost.

thousand dollars. That the agreement entered into by Robert S. Gardner, United States

Agreement with Yakama, etc.. Indians, Washington, ratified, etc.

Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, duly appointed by the Secretary of the Interior in that behalf, of the one part, and the head chief, chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Yakama and other confederated tribes and bauds of Indians, residing on the Yakama Indian reservation, in the State of Washington, of the other part, bearing date the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed: Provided, That the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,

Proviso.

Payment for benefit of Indians by Northern Pacific Railroad.

its successors or assigns shall, within sixty days from the taking effect of this act, pay to the Treasurer of the United States the sum of eight thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars and eighty-cents for the use and benefit of said Yakama and other confederated tribes and bands of Indians residing on the Yakama Reservation, in the State of Washington, five thousand three hundred and nine dollars whereof shall be expended for the benefit of said Indians in such manner as the

Expenditure.

Secretary of the Interior may direct, and the balance, or two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents, shall be expended for the benefit of such individual Indians, or their heirs, or paid to 632 them in cash, in the proportion to which they may severally be entitled, as appears on the schedule E attached to said agreement, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. Pay of farmers: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ

Practical farmers.

practical farmers, 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, seventy thousand dollars; and no person shall be employed as such farmer who has not been for at least five years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming. Pay of matrons, Indian

Matrons to Housekeeping.

service: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ

teach

suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed sixty dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipment, five thousand dollars. Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding eight hundred

Indian police.

and fifty privates, at ten dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and for the purchase of equipment and rations for policemen of nonrational agencies, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Pay of Judges, Indian courts: For compensation of judges of Indian

Judges, Indian courts.

courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Vaccination of Indians: For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of

Vaccination.

Indians, one thousand dollars. Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense

Supplies, telegraphing, etc.

of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty-five thousand dollars. Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessary

Supplies, transportation.

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 and rent of warehouses, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, that Indians shall be employed in the transportation of supplies and in other work connected with the Indian service wherever practicable. Sale and allotment of Umatilla Reservations, reimbursable: to carry

Umatilla Reservation. Oregon, sale and allotment.

Vol. 23, p. 341.

purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, said amount to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of Umatilla lands. For relief and civilization of Chippewas in Minnesota, reimbursable,

Chippewas. Minnesota.

to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of

Vol. 25, p. 642.

the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an act entitled “An act for the, relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen

Expenses for civilization. etc.

hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase and employment of labor for the erection of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock, and seeds, breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians to visit the White Earth Reservations; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees; for pay of commissioners and their expenses; and for removal of Indians and for their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lands, seventy-five thousand dollars. 633 For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa Indian

Surveys, etc.

Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the act approved January

Vol. 25, p. 643.

fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of their lands, twenty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to continue the Cherokee

Cherokee Commission.

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

Commission, provided for by act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars; this amount to be immediately available. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negotiate

Negotiations with any Indians.

with any Indians for the surrender of portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to subsequent ratification by Congress, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Mission Indians: To enable the Attorney-General to employ a special

Mission Indians, Cal.

Special attorney.

Attorney for the Mission Indians of Southern California, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand dollars. To pay George W. Maffet for buildings and improvements at the

G. W. Maffet. payment to.

Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Indian Territory, now used and occupied by the Government, one thousand dollars. For removal of Lower Brule and consolidating with Crow Creek

Consolidation of Lower Brule and Crow Creek agencies, etc.

Agency in South Dakota, and for construction of agency building at some place on the Lower Brule Reservation, and to complete the Indian Industrial school at Chamberlain, South Dakota, fifty thousand dollars,

Industrial school, Chamberlain, 8. Dak.

or so much thereof as may be necessary. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized immediately

Commission to select and appraise portions of allotted lands, etc., Puyallup Resevation. Wash.

after the passage of this act to appoint a commission of three persons, and not more than one of whom shall be a resident of any one State, and it shall be the duty of said commission to select and appraise such portions of the allotted lands as are not required for homes for the Indian alotees; and also that part of the agency tract, exclusive of rhe burying ground, not needed for school purposes, in the Puyallup Reservation, in the State of Washington, And if the Secretary

Approval.

of the Interior shall approve the sellections and appraisments made by said commission, the allotted lands so selected shall be sold

Sale.

for the benefit of the allottees, and the agency tract for the benefit of all the Indians, after due notice at public auction at not less than the

Notice.

Terms of sale.

appraised value for cash, or one-third cash, and the remainder on such time as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, to be secured by vendor’s lien on the property sold. It shall be the duty of said commission, or a majority of them, to superintend

Duty of commission.

Ascertainment of owners, etc.

the sale of said lands, ascertain who are the true owners of the allotted lands, have guardians duly appointed for the minor heirs of any deceased allottees, make deeds of the lands to the purchasers

Deeds.

thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, which deeds shall operate as a complete conveyance of the land upon the full payment of the purchase money; and the whole amount received for allotted

Disposal of purchase money.

lands shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Indian entitled thereto and the same shall be paid to him in such sums and at such times as the Commissioner of Indian affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the interior, shall direct: Provided, That the portion

Provisos.

Addition to Tacoma.

Sale of lots in agency tract.

of the agency tract selected for sale shall be platted into streets and lots as an addition to the City of Tacoma, and sold in separate lots, in the same manner as the allotted lands, and the amount received therefor, less the amount necessary to pay the expenses of said commission, including salaries shall be placed to the credit of the Puyallup band of Indians as a permanent school fund to be expended for their benefit:

School fund.

Power of alienation by Indian allotees of unselected land.

And provided further, That the Indian allottees shall not have power of alienation of the allotted lands not selected for sale by said Commission for a period of ten years from the date of the passage of

Limit.

Consent of Indiana to sale of allotted land.

this act and no part of the allotted land shall be offered for sale until the 634 Indian or Indians entitled to the same shall have signed a written agreement consenting to the sale thereof, and appointing said commissioners, or a majority of them, trustees to sell said land and make

Sale of agency tract.

a deed to the purchaser thereof; and no part of the agency tract shall be sold until a majority of said Indians shall consent thereto in a written agreement, which shall also constitute said commissioners, or a majority of them, trustees to sell said land, as directed in this act, and make deeds to the purchaser for the same. The deeds executed by said commission shall not be valid until approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby directed to make all necessary regulations to carry out the purposes of the foregoing provisions. The

Disposal of proceeds.

proceeds arising from the sale of the allotted lands shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the respective allottees, and the net proceeds of the agency tract, after paying the expenses of said commission in

Reimbursement.

the appraisement and sale of said lands, and reimbursing the United States for the amount advanced to said commission, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of all said Indians, and

Interest.

Expenditure of interest.

the said sums shall draw interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, and the income shall be annually expended for the benefit of said Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided:

Expenditure of principal.

That an amount not exceeding one tenth of the principal sum may be expended for their benefit during any fiscal year, if deemed necessary

Apportionment of expenses.

by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the entire expense herein incurred shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior pro rata between the several allottees and the owners of the tribal tract; and the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion designate one member of said Commission to superintend the execution of any of the requirements of said Commission herein provided for. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars or so much hereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said commission, to be reimbursed to the United States out

Available.

of the proceeds of the sale of that portion of the agency tract, to be immediately available. Surveying and Allotting Indian Reservations: Survey and

Survey and allotment. Indian Reservations.

subdivision of Indian reservations, and of lands to be allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars. FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.

Support of schools.

For support of Indian day and industrial schools and for other educational

Day and industrial schools.

purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sum at least one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the establishment

Additional primary day schools.

and support of primary day schools upon or near Indian reservations in addition to the day schools already established: for the support of

Kate Drexel Industrial School Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.

Construction and repair of buildings.

sixty Indian pupils at the Kate Drexel Industrial School on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, six thousand dollars; for the erection and repair of industrial boarding school buildings on or near the reservations and for necessary repairs of boarding school buildings, twenty thousand dollars; for the erection of day school buildings at not to exceed one thousand dollars each, and for repairs of day school buildings, twenty thousand dollars; for the purchase of horses,

Horses, cattle, etc. for schools.

cattle, sheep, and swine, for said schools, thirty-five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available; to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the direction of the

Indian exhibit at World’s Columbian Exposition.

Available.

Secretary of the Interior, to complete a suitable Indian Exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available, in all, one million one hundred

Proviso.

and eighty-one thousand dollars; And provided further, That not more 635 than two hundred dollars of this appropriation shall be expended for

Limit per capita.

Exception.

the annual support and education of any one pupil, except in such cases as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior a larger expenditure is absolutely necessary to prevent a serious impairment of the efficiency of the school, a full statement of the specific reasons for such additional expenditure to be made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in his annual report. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion withhold

Witholding rations, etc., for nonattendance at school.

rations, clothing and other annuities from Indian parents or guardians who refuse or neglect to send and keep their children of proper school age in some school a reasonable portion of each year. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Albuquerque, N. Mex.

at Albuquerque, New Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: pay of superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; repairs of buildings, five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,

Carlisle, Pa.

at not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, and for the repair of buildings, one hundred and five thousand dollars; with additional pay of military officer acting as superintendent, one thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than five thousand dollars of this

Provisos.

Repairs.

Qualification for ad mission.

amount shall be used in repairing buildings: And provided further, That no more Indian children shall enter and be educated and supported at said school who have not attended some other school for a period of at least three years; in all, one hundred and six thousand dollars. For support of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils, Chilocco, Indian

Chilocco, Indian Ter

Repairs, etc.

Territory, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; fencing and repairs of buildings at school, one thousand dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars; per annum; in all, forty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Carson City, Nevada,

Carson City, Nev.

at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; erection and repairs of school buildings at the Indian school, three thousand five hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent of said school at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at Pierre, South Dakota,

Pierre. S. Dak.

at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each; twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of buildings and repairs, two thousand dollars; in all. twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Flandreau, South Dakota,

Flandreau. S. Dak.

at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant matron, six hundred dollars: erection of two windmills and towers with force pump, four hundred dollars; construction of vegetable houses, three hundred dollars; erection of frame storehouse, one thousand five hundred dollars; general repairs, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand dollars. For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Santa Fe, New

Santa Fe. N. Mex.

Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for erection of hospital, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for storehouse and barn, one thousand dollars dollars: for steam-heating plant, two thousand dollars; for irrigation and water supply, one thousand five hundred 636 dollars; for general repairs, five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support of three hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at Genoa,

Genoa, Nebr.

Nebraska, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of Superintendent, two thousand dollars per annum; for draining, plumbing, and general repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. For payment of balances due on construction of school building and

Balances due on construction, etc.

for supplies furnished for the Genoa Indian school, Nebraska, six thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents. For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at Indian

Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.

industrial school at Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of building, fencing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils, at one

Grand Junction, Colo.

hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, at Grand Junction, Colorado, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at the Indian school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum: erection of hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; storehouse, three hundred dollars; blacksmith shop, two hundred dollars; for general repairs, three hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. For support of two hundred and forty Indian pupils at Fort Totten,

Fort Totten, N. Dak.

North Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty thousand and eighty dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; in all, forty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils

Hampton, Va.

at the school at Hampton, Virgina, twenty thousand and forty dollars. For support of five hundred Indian Pupils at Indian school, Lawrence,

Lawrence, Kans.

Kansas, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars per annum; for erection of employees’ quarters and for general repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eighty-seven thousand dollars. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln

Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia.

Institution, Philadelphia, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and thirty pupils at Phoenix, Arizona,

Phoenix, Ariz.

at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: pay of superintendent, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; erection of dormitory, eight thousand dollars; construction of waterworks, two thousand dollars; errection of employees’ quarters and general repairs, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at Salem, Oregon,

Salem, Oreg.

at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each; forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of the superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars per annum; for completion of boys’ and girls’ building, one thousand dollars: barn and warehouse, one thousand five hundred dollars; alteration and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For support of three hundred Indian pupils at the Saint Ignatius

St. Ignatius Mission school, Mont.

Mission school, on the Jocko Reservation, in Montana, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, forty-five thousand dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at White’s Manual Labor Institute,

Whites Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Ind.

of Wabash, Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars. 637 For support and education of eighty pupils at the Cherokee Training

Cherokee Training School, Cherokee, N. C.

School at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, and for alteration and repairs of buildings,

Repairs, etc.

thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; for pay of Superintendent, who shall also act as agent, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Provided, That of the eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars

Proviso.

Traveling expensed of employees.

appropriated for carrying on the training school at Cherokee, North Carolina, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, there may be used a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars in the payment of the actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred by the persons appointed by the Government as employes at that school, in traveling to Cherokee, North Carolina, and in returning to their homes, but who were prevented from assuming the duties assigned to them owing to the delay in the transfer of the school to the Government. For education and support of one hundred Chippewa boys and girls

St. John’s University and St. Benedict’s Academy, Minnesota.

at Saint John’s University and at Saint Benedict’s Academy, in Stearns County, State of Minnesota, at one hundred and titty dollars each per annum, and for the education and support of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint Paul’s Industrial School at Clontarf, in the State of Minnesota,

St. Paul’s Industrial School, Minnesota.

thirty thousand dollars. For support of one hundred and thirty Indian pupils, at Fort Mojave,

Fort Mojave, Ariz.

Arizona, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of shoe shop and purchase of tools for same, one thousand dollars; for purchase of appliances for the manufacture of willow ware, two hundred dollars; for purchase of engine, belting, shafting, and dryer for laundry, one thousand dollars; repairs of buildings, three hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial, agricultural,

Other schools.

mechanical, and 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 pupil, seventy-five thousand dollars. For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at Mount

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for completion of building and general repairs, three thousand dollars; for improvement of buildings, two thousand dollars; for purchase in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, of one hundred and twenty acres of land adjoining said Indian Farm School, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Saint Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s, Rensselaer, Ind.

Normal School at Rensselaer, Indiana, eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at

Tomah, Wis.

Tomah, Wisconsin, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for boy’s dormitory, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; kitchen and dining room, one thousand dollars; general repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint

St. Boniface’s, Banning, Cal.

Boniface’s Industrial School at Banning, California, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at

Pipestone. Minn.

Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, 638 one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for outbuildings and general repairs, one thousand dollars; for heating, plumbing, and sewerage, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all fifteen thousand and twenty dollars. For the education and support of one hundred Indian children at the

Holy Family School, Montana.

Holy Family Indian School at Blackfeet Agency, Montana, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Indian industrial school

Perris, Cal.

near Perris, California, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for outbuildings, fencing, irrigation, and general repairs, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars. For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools

Transporting, etc., pupils.

and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools, except Carlisle, 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 their labor, forty thousand dollars. That in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of the purposes

Children of Indiana taking lands in severality not excluded.

of education of Indian children, those children of Indians who have taken lands in severalty under any existing law shall not, by reason thereof, be excluded from the benefits of such appropriation. That the expenditure of the money appropriated for school purposes

Secretary of Interior to direct expenditures.

Regulations, etc.

interest on trust-fund stocks.

Interest, trust-fund stocks.

Sec. 2.

That for payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying 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 ninety-three, namely:

For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-five thousand

Cherokee national fund.

six hundred and forty dollars; For trust fund interest due Cherokee school fund, one thousand six hundred

Cherokee school fund.

and thirty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousand

Chickasaw national fund.

eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven thousand

Choctaw general fund.

dollars; For trust-fund interest due lows, three thousand two hundred

lowas.

and eighty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, two thousand

Delaware general fund.

and seventy dollars; For trust fund interest due. Menomonee’s, nine hundred and fifty

Menomonee.

dollars; in all, eighty thousand three hundred and ninety dollars. This amount to reimburse the Choctaw orphan reservation fund,

Choctaw orphan reservation fund.

Reimbursement of interest.

being interest at five per centum per annum, from the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and sixty three, to the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, taken from said fund on the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by order of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and advanced

William G. Coffin.

to William G. Coffin, superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern superintendency, for the relief of loyal Cherokee Indians,

Vol. 26, p. 340.

reimbursed to the Choctaws by act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty thousand four hundred and six dollars 639 and twenty-five cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury

Provisos.

Restriction.

shall, upon investigation find that said fifteen thousand dollars was of the principal drawing interest, and not of accumulated interest upon said orphan fund: Provided, that any amount that may be found due

Accounts.

by the Secretary shall be credited to the Choctaw fund charged to the Cherokee fund.

Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are

Purchase of supplies to be advertised.

Exception.

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 at any one purchase: Provided, That funds herein and heretofore appropriated

Provisos.

Irrigation.

for construction of ditches and other works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior be expended in open market: provided further, That purchase in open market may be made

Purchase from Indians.

from Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized,

Purchases until contracts are executed.

for the period of thirty days after the approval of this act, to purchase in open market supplies necessary for the Indian service, until contracts are executed and approved and contractors have had time to deliver supplies to the several agencies, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars at any one time, a special report thereof to be made to Congress at its next session.

Sec. 4. That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be

Immediately available.

required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 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 ninety-three. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to advertise in the spring of each year for bids, and enter into

Advertisement before appropriations.

contracts, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for goods and supplies for the Indian service required for the ensuing fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that the appropriations for such fiscal year have not been made: Provided, That the contracts so mad

Provisos.

Basis of contracts.

shall be on the basis of the appropriations for the preceding fiscal year: And provided further, that these contracts shall contain a clause that no deliveries shall be made under the same and no liability attach

Conditions.

to the United States in consequence of such execution if Congress fails to make an appropriation for the fiscal year for which those supplies are required. 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

Diversion of surplus for subsistence.

herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indians tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: Provided however, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations

Treaty funds.

shall not be used: And provided further, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported

Report.

in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: And provided further, That the

Purchase of stock cattle, etc.

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 in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvement of such allotments, and shall report to Congress,

Report.

at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.

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Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated

Transfer or funds for employees.

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 tor 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 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.

Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordance

Rejection of bids.

with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they

Purchases in open market.

may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in 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.

Sec. 7. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now on

Sale of property not used.

hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation 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 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.

Sec. 8. That when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior

Commutation of rations to civilized Indians.

any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under this act, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 9. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually

Report of number of all employees, etc., to be made annually.

to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at such agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported out of the appropriations in this act: giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid. Also the number of employees in his office here in Washington; when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, full name, amount of compensation paid and out of what fund paid, and under what law employed.

cherokee outlet

Cherokee Outlet.

Sec. 10.

That the sum of two hundred and ninety-five thousand

Secretary of the Interior authorized to purchase.

Seven Hundred and thirty-six-dollars payable as hereinafter provided is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to contract to pay eight million three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in addition, to pay the Cherokee Nation of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and claims which the said nation of Indians may have in and to certain lands described and specified in an agreement concluded between David H Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warren G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and Elias C Boudinot, Joseph A Scales, George Downing, Roach Young, Thomas Smith, William Triplett, and Joseph Smallwood, duly appointed commissioners 641 on the part of the Cherokee Nation of Indians in the Indiana Territory, on the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, bounded on the west by the one hundredth degree of west longitude;

Boundaries.

on the north by the state of Kansas; on the east by the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude, and on the south by the Creek Nation, the Territory of Oklahoma, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, created or defined by Executive order dated August tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; which said agreement is fully set forth in the

Agreement.

message of the President of the United States, communicating the same to congress, known as Executive Document Numbered Fifty-six, of the first session of the Fifty second Congress, the lands referred to being commonly known and called the “Cherokee Outlet;” and said agreement is hereby ratified by the congress of the United States,

Ratification.

Limitations.

subject, however, to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the acts of congress that have been or may be passed regulating trade and intercourse with the Indians, and subject, also, to certain amendments thereto, as follows:

Amend the same by adding to the first paragraph of article two of

Agreement amended.

Provisos.

Removal of intruders.

To be paid value of improvements.

said agreement the following words: “And provided further, That before any intruder or unauthorized person occupying houses, lands, or improvements, which occupancy commenced before the eleventh day of August, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall be removed therefrom, upon demand of the principal chief or otherwise, the value of his improvements, as the same shall be appraised by a board of

Appraisers.

three appraisers, to be appointed by the President of the United States, one of the same upon the recommendation of the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, for that purpose, shall be paid to him by the Cherokee Nation; and upon such payment such improvements shall become the property of the Cherokee Nation: “Provided, That the amount so

Limit for improve-merits.

paid for said improvements shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: And provided further, That the appraisers

Value of the use.

in determining the value of such improvements may consider the value of the use and occupation of the land. Further amend the same by striking out paragraph three of article

Further amendments.

two of said agreement and changing the numbers of the subsequent paragraphs to correspond. And the provisions of said agreements so amended shall be fully performed

Amended agreements to be carried out, etc.

Provisos.

Appropriation immediately available.

Remainder payable in five annual installments.

and carried out on the part of the United States: Provided, that the money hereby appropriated shall be immediately available and the remaining sum of eight million three hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as is required to carry out the provisions of said agreement as amended and according to this act, to be payable in five equal annual instalments, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and ending on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, said deferred payments to bear interest

Interest.

at the rate of four per centum per annum, to be paid annually, and the amount required for the payment of interest as aforesaid is hereby appropriated:

Appropriation for annual interest.

And provided further, That of the money hereby appropriated a sufficient amount to pay the Delawares and Shownees their pro rata

Share of Delawares and Shawnees, retained.

share in the proceeds of said outlet shall remain in the Treasury of the United States until the status of said Delaware and Shawnee Indians shall be determined by the courts of the United States before which their suits are now pending; and a sufficient amount shall also be retained in

Retention to pay Cherokee freedmen.

the Treasury to pay the freedmen who are citizens of the Cherokee Nations or their legal heirs and representatives such sums as may be determined by the courts of the United States to be due them. Nor shall anything herein be held to a bridge or deny to said freedmen any rights to which they may be entitled under existing laws or treaties. The acceptance

Acceptance by Cherokee Nation of any of this money to operate as a ratidcation.

by the Cherokee Nation of Indians of any of the money appropriated as herein set forth shall be considered and taken and shall operate as a ratification by said Cherokee Nation of Indians of said agreement, as it is hereby proposed to be amended, and as a full and complete 642 relinquishment and extinguishment of all their title, claim, and interest

Railroad company not to be benefited, etc.

in and to said lands; but such relinquishment and extinguishment shall not inure to the, benefit of any railroad company nor vest in any railroad company any right title or interest in or too any of said lands: Provided,

Nor to make further compensation to Cherokee Nation.

said railroad shall be relieved from any further payments of compensation to said Cherokee Nation as required by law for running said railroad across said Cherokee outlet. And said lands, except the portion to be allotted as provided in said

Unallotted lands to become public domain.

agreement, shall, upon the payment of the sum of two hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars, herein appropriated, to be immediately paid, become and be taken to be and treated as a part of the public domain. But in any opening of the

School sections reserved.

same to settlement, sections sixteen and thirty six in each township, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, shall be, and are hereby reserved for the use and benefit, of the public schools to be established within the limits of such lands, under such conditions and regulations as may

Cherokee Council may issue a loan for deterred payments, etc.

be hereafter enacted by Congress: Provided, That if the legislative Council of the Cherokee Nation shall deem it more advantageous to their people they may issue a loan for the principal and interest of the deferred payments pledging said amounts of interest and principal to secure payment of such debt. Sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two,

Chilocco Indian Industrial School lands reserved from public settlement.

twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and the east half of sections seventeen, twenty and twenty-nine, all in township numbered twenty-nine north, of range numbered two east of the Indian Meridian, the same being lands reserved by Executive order dated July twelfth eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for use of and in connection with the Chilocco Indian Industrial School, in the Indian Territory, shall not be subject to public settlement, but shall, until the further action of Congress, continue to be reserved for the purposes for which they were set apart in the said

Other reservations may be made by Presidential proclamation.

Executive order. And the President of the United States, in any order or proclamation which he shall make for the opening of the lands for settlement, may make such other reservations of lauds for public purposes as he may deem wise and desirable. The President of the United States is hereby authorized, at any time

President to make proclamation opening lands to settlement.

within six months after the approval of this act and the acceptance of the same by the Cherokee Nation as herein provided, by proclamation, to open to settlement any or all of the lands not allotted or reserved, in the manner provided in section thirteen of the act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 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

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

and ninety, and for other purposes” (Twenty-fifth United States Statutes, page ten hundred and five); and also subject to the provisions of the act of Congress approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 26, p. 81.

County divisions, etc.

School-land leases.

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

entitled “An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes;” also, subject to the second proviso of section seventeen, the whole of section eighteen of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and

Exceptions.

Additional payments by settlers before receiving patent.

ninety-two, and for other purposes;” except as to so much of said acts and sections as may conflict with the provisions of this act. Each settler on the lauds so to be opened to settlement as aforesaid shall, before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for any land east of ninety-seven and one half degrees west longitude, the sum of one dollar and 643 a half per acre for any land between ninety-seven and one-half degrees west longitude and ninety-eight and one-half degrees west longitude, and the sum of one dollar per acre for any land west of ninety-eight and one half degrees west longitude, and shall also pay interest upon

Interest.

the amount so to be paid for said and from the date of entry to the date of final payment therefor at the rate of four per centum per annum. No person shall be permitted to occupy or enter upon any of the

No person to enter until proclamation issues.

lands herein referred to, except in the manner prescribed by the proclamation of the President opening the same to settlement; and any person otherwise occupying or entering upon any of said lands shall forfeit all right to acquire any of said lands. The Secretary of the

Rules, etc., for occupation, etc., of lands.

Interior shall, under the direction of the President, prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this act, for the occupation and settlement. of said lands, to be incorporated in the proclamation of the President, which shall be issued at least twenty days before the time

Time of issue of proclamation.

fixed for the opening of said lands. The allotments provided for in the fifth section of said agreement

Allotments.

shall be made without delay by the persons entitled thereto, and shall be confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior before the date when said lands shall be declared open to settlement; and the allotments so made shall be published by the Secretary of the Interior, for the protection of proposed settlers. And a sum equal to one dollar and forty cents per

Deduction from deferred payments for allotted lands.

D. W. Bushyhead may have prior selection of certain land.

acre for the lands so allotted shall be deducted from the full amount of the deferred payments, hereby appropriated for: Provided, That D. W. Bushyhead, having made permanent or valuable improvements prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the lands ceded by the said agreement, he shall be authorized to select a quarter section of the lands ceded thereby, whether reserved or otherwise, prior to the opening of said lands to public settlement; but he shall be required to pay for such selection, at the same rate per acre as

Payment.

other settlers, into the Treasury of the United States in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct. The President of the United States may establish, in his discretion,

Land offices.

one or more land offices to be located either in the lands to be opened, or at some convenient place or places in the adjoining organized Territory of Oklahoma; and to nominate, and by and with the, advice and

Registers and receivers.

consent of the Senate, to appoint registers and receivers thereof. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,

Compensation, etc., of appraisers.

Immediately available.

the same to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the services of the appraisers to be appointed as aforesaid, at a rate not exceeding ten dollars a day for the time actually employed by each appraiser,

Limit.

and their reasonable expenses, and to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to effect the removal of intruders required by the first paragraph of

Removal of intruders.

article two of said agreement as amended. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,

Expert accountants.

the same to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, out

Immediately available.

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to employ such expert person or persons to properly render a complete account to the Cherokee Nation of moneys due said nation, as required in the fourth subdivision of article two of said agreement.

tonkawa indian lands

Tonkawa Indian lands.

Sec. 11. That the sum of thirty thousand six hundred dollars, or so

Payment for land relenquished to the United States.

much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the Tonkawa tribe of Indians in the Territory of Oklahoma for all their right, title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to four townships of land, containing ninety 644 thousand seven hundred and ten and eighty nine one-hundredths acres, more, or less, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by article one of an agreement concluded on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, between David H. Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warren G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Tonkawa tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the same to Congress, and known as Executive Document Numbered Thirteen, first session fifty-second Congress, to be paid and

Manner of payment etc.

applied in the manner provided for in said agreement. And such portion of said amount as may be deposited in the Treasury of the United

Interest, etc.

Ratification, etc., of agreement.

States shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which interest shall be applied as provided in said agreement: and said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

pawnee indian lands

Pawnee India lands.

Sec. 12. That the sum of eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof,

Payment to Pawnee Indians. Oklahoma, for cession of lands between the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers.

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the Pawnee tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Indian Territory, for all their right, title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to all that tract of country between the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers embraced within the limits of seventeen specified Townships of land, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by said Pawnee tribe of Indians, by article one of an agreement concluded on the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between David II. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Pawnee tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the same to Congress, and known as Executive Document

Payment, etc.

Number Sixteen, second session Fifty-second Congress, to be paid and applied in the manner provided in article four of said agreement. And the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

Immediately available.

Compensation, etc., of special allotting agents.

not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the expense of making the allotments provided for in said agreement, including the pay and expenses of necessary special agents hereby authorized to be appointed by the President for the purpose of making such allotments, and to pay the expense of necessary resurveys therefor. Said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed. And the residue of the proceeds of the surplus lands mentioned in said agreement shall be placed to the credit of said tribe in

Interest.

Distribution.

the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, said interest to be paid and distributed to said tribe as provided in said article four.

Sec. 13. That the lands acquired by the agreements specified in the

Lands to become part of public domain.

two preceding sections are hereby declared to be a part of the public

School sections reserved.

domain. Sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, are hereby reserved from settlement for the

Ante, p. 640.

Open to settlement on proclamation by President.

use and benefit of public schools, as provided in section ten relating to lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. And the lands so acquired by the agreements specified in the two preceding sections not so reserved shall be opened to settlement by proclamation of the President at the same time and in the manner, and subject to the same conditions and regulations provided in section ten relating to the opening of the lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. And each settler on the lands so to be opened as aforesaid shall,

Additional foe.

before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law. the

Interest.

sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and shall also pay interest 645 upon the amount so to be paid for said land from the date of entry to the date of final payment at the rate of four per centum per annum.

Sec. 14. Before any of the aforesaid lands are open to settlement it

County divisions.

shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which shall contain as near as possible not less than five hundred square miles in each county. In establishing said county line the Secretary is hereby authorized to extend the lines of the counties already located so as to make the area of said counties equal, as near as may be, to the area of the counties provided for in this act: Provided, That range one west and ranges one, two, three, and four

Provisos.

Payne County.

east, in township twenty, shall be attached to, and become a part of, Payne County. At the first election for county officers the people of

County names.

each county may vote for a name for each county, and the name which receives the greatest number of votes shall be the name of such county: Provided further, That as soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary he shall reserve not to exceed one-half section of land in

County-seats.

each county, to be located for county-seat purposes, to be entered under sections twenty-three hundred an eighty-seven and twenty-three

R. S., secs. 2387, 2388, p. 437.

To be specified in proclamation.

hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes, an all reservations for county seats shall be specified in any order or proclamation which the President shall make for the opening of the lands to settlement.

Sec. 15. The consent of the United States is hereby given to the allotment

Allotments to Cherokees. Creeks, Choctaws. and Seminoles.

of lands in severalty not exceeding one hundred and sixty j acres to any one individual within the limits of the country occupied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles; and upon such allotments the individuals to whom the same may be allotted shall be deemed to be in all respects citizens of the United States. And the

Allottees to be deemed citizens.

sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the survey of any such

Survey of allotted lands.

lands as may be allotted by any of said tribes of Indians to individual members of said tribes; and upon the allotment of the lands held by said tribes respectively the reversionary interest of the United States

Rights of United States to cease.

therein shall be relinquished and shall cease.

Sec 16.

The President shall nominate and. by and with the advice

Negotiations with the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory.

and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three commissioners to enter into negotiations with the Cherokee Nation the Choctaw Nation, the Chickasaw Nation the Muscogee (or Creek) Nation; the Seminole Nation, for the purpose of the extinguishment of the national or tribal title to any lands within that Territory now held by any and all of such nations

Commission to be appointed.

or tribes, either by cession of the same or some part thereof to the United States, or by the allotment and division of the same in severalty among the Indians of such nations or tribes, respectively, as may be entitled to the same, or by such other method as may be agreed upon between the several nations and tribes aforesaid, or each of them, with the United States, with a view to such and adjustment, upon the basis of justice and equity, as may, with the consent of such nations or tribes of Indians, so far as may be necessary, be requisite and suitable to enable the ultimate creation of a State or States of the Union which shall embrace the lands within said India Territory.

The commissioners so appointed shall each receive a salary, to be paid

Salaries, etc., of commissioners.

during such time as they may be actually employed, under direction of the President, in the flutes enjoined by this act, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, and shall also be paid their reasonable and proper expenses incurred in prosecution of the objects of this act, upon accounts therefor to be rendered to and allowed by the Secretary of the Interior from time to time. That such commissioners shall have power to employ a secretary, a stenographer, and such interpreter or interpreters

Secretary. stenographer, and interpreter.

as may be found necessary to the performance of their duties, and by order to fix their compensation, which shall be paid, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from time to time, with their reasonable and necessary expenses, upon accounts to be rendered as 646 aforesaid; and may also employ, in like manner and with the like

Surveyor, etc.

approval. a surveyor or other assistant or agent, which they shall certify in writing to be necessary to the performance of any part of their duties.

Such commissioners shall, under such regulations and directions as

Regulations, etc.

shall be prescribed by the President, through the Secretary of the Interior, enter upon negotiation with the several nations, of Indians as

Duties of Commission.

As to allotment of lands in severally to Indians.

aforesaid in the Indian Territory, and shall endeavor to procure, first, such allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians belonging to each such nation, tribe, or band, respectively, as may be agreed upon as just and proper to provide for each such Indian a sufficient quantity of land for his or her needs, in such equal distribution and apportionment as may be found just and suited to the circumstances; for which purpose, after the terms of such an agreement shall have been arrived at, the said commissioners shall cause the lands of any such nation or tribe or band to be surveyed and the proper allotment to be designated;

Cession of other lands to United States.

and, secondly, to procure the cession, for such price and upon such terms as shall be agreed upon, of any lands not found necessary to be so allotted or divided, to the United States; and to make proper

Agreements for interest, etc.

agreements for the investment or holding by the United States of such moneys as may be paid or agreed to be paid to such nation or tribes or bands, or to any of the Indians thereof, for the extinguishment of their

Power and objects of the commission.

therein. But said commissioners shall, however, have power to negotiate any and all such agreements as, in view of all the circumstances affecting the subject, shall be found requisite and suitable to such an arrangement of the rights and interests and affairs of such nations, tribes, bands, or Indians, or any of them, to enable the ultimate creation of a Territory of the United States with a view to the admission of the same as a state in the Union.

The commissioners shall at any time, or from time to time, report to

Reports.

the Secretary of the Interior their transactions and the progress of their negotiations, and shall at any time, or from time to time, if separate agreements shall be made by them with any nation, tribe or band, in pursuance of the authority hereby conferred, report the same to the Secretary of the Interior for submission to Congress for its consideration and ratification.

For the purposes aforesaid there is hereby appropriated, out of any money

Available.

in the Treasury of the United States, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

Neither the provisions of this section nor the negotiations or agreements

Right of sovereignty of the United States not waived, etc.

which may be had or made thereunder shall be held in any way to waive or impair any right of sovereignty which the Government of the United States has over or respecting said Indian Territory or the people thereof, or any other right of the Government relating to said Territory, its lands, or the people thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 210.—

An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Deficiencies appropriations.

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 ninety-three, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

STATE DEPARTMENT.

State Department.

foreign intercourse.

Foreign intercourse.

Salaries, chargés d’affaires ad interim: To pay amounts

Charg’s d’affaires ad interim.

found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries charges 647 d’affaires ad interim for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirteen thousand five hundred and forty dollars and fifteen cents. Contingent expenses, foreign missions: To pay amounts found

Contingent expenses, foreign missions.

due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, foreign missions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-two thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. Salaries, consular officers not citizens: To pay amounts

Consular officers not citizens.

found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, consular officers not citizens, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars and three cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, consular officers not citizens, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Contingent expenses, United States consulates: To pay

Contingent expenses, consulates.

amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, United States consulates, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seventy-eight thousand five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses United States consulates for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seventy-six thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-two cents. To pay bills on file in the Department of State for iron safes furnished to certain consulates, payable from the appropriation for contingent expenses United States consulates for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-seven cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, United States consulates, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, one thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-four cents. To be paid to Mrs. Sarah O. Hanna, widow of Bayless W. Hanna,

Bayless W. Hanna.

Payment to widow.

deceased, late minister resident and consul-general, and also Commissioned July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, for expenses and loss in bringing said Hanna from Buenos Ayres to the United States after he was attacked by a fatal disease while at his post, and in the discharge of his official duties, which said attack rendered him entirely helpless, and from which he died after reaching home, five thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. Publication of Customs Tariffs: To meet the share of the United

Publication of customs tariffs.

States in annual expense for the year ending April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of sustaining the Internal Bureau of Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

For Contingent Expenses: For care and subsistence of horses

Contingent expenses.

and repairs of wagons, carriage and harness, for rent of stable and wagon shed, for care of clocks telegraphic and electric apparatus and report to the same and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, nine hundred dollars. Electoral vote of Montana: To pay the expenses of special

Special messenger to Montana for electoral vote.

messenger sent to Montana for the electoral vote of that State, as authorized by section one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statues of the United States, as amended by the act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Bering Sea Arbitration: To enable the President to fulfill the

Bering Sea arbitration.

stipulations contained in the treaties between the United States and 648 Great Britain, signed on the twenty-ninth day of February and the

Post, pp. 941, 952.

eighteenth day of April eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the tribunal of arbitration at Paris, fifty thousand dollars; and this sum. or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be immediately available and be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State with the approval of the President of the United States. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to use

Use of unexpended balances.

seven thousand five hundred 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 February first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 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. engraving and printing.

Engraving and printing.

For salary of all necessary clerks and employees other than plate

Salaries.

printers and plate printers’ assistants, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, thirty-seven dollars. coast and geodetic survey.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

For repairs and maintenance of vessels, ten thousand dollars.

Repairs, etc., of vessels.

Office expenses.

For office expenses, including fire extinguishing apparatus, pumps, new steam-heating boiler, and necessary repairs, three thousand dollars. CUSTOMS SERVICE.

Customs service.

To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being

Expenses of collecting revenue.

additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred thousand dollars. internal revenue.

Internal revenue.

For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses

Agents’ salaries.

of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, two hundred thousand dollars. For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen thousand dollars. For paper for internal-revenue stamps, freight and salary of Superintendent,

Paper for stamps, etc.

messengers, and watchmen, ten thousand dollars. life saving service

Life-Saving Service.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the Life-Saving service,

Pay of keepers and crews, etc.

Ante, p. 257.

made necessary by the act of July twenty-second eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act to fix the compensation of keepers and crews of life-saving stations,” as follows:

For salaries of keepers of life saving and lifeboat stations, thirty-eight thousand and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-eight cents; For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and lifeboat stations, during the period of actual employment, and for carrying out

Vol. 22, p. 57.

the provisions of sections seven and eight of the act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and ninety-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars; in all, two hundred and 649 thirty-seven thousand six hundred and ninety-four dollars and twenty-eight cents. For balance of amount necessary for purchase of a site for the Long

Site for Long Branch station.

Branch life-saving service, four thousand and eighty-five dollars and forty-four cents: Provided, it shall be within the discretion of the

Proviso.

Title in whole or part.

Secretary of the Treasury to obtain title to the whole or a part of the premises which have been condemned, as the needs of the service may seem to him to require, at aerate proportionate to the price fixed in the condemnation proceedings for the entire lot. under smithsonian institution.

Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum: For expenses of heating the United States

National Museum.

Heating.

National Museum, two thousand dollars. For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collection

Preserving collections, etc.

from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, two thousand dollars. International exchanges: For expenses of the system of international

International exchanges, etc.

Fish Commission.

For the introduction by the United States Fish Commission into and

Miscellaneous expenditures, etc.

the increase in the waters of the United States of food-fishes and other useful products of the waters, including lobsters, oysters, and other shellfish, and tor 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, ten thousand dollars. For the maintenance of the vessels and steam launches of the Commission.

Maintenance of vessels, etc.

and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, including salaries or compensation of all necessary civilian employees, twenty-five thousand dollars. And the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,

Ten per cent available interchange.

entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred

Ante, p. 361.

and ninety-three, and for other purposes,” providing for the available interchange of ten per centum of the appropriations made for the general expenses of the work of the United States Fish Commission shall also apply to the appropriations made for the general expenses of

Applicable to previous years.

said Commission for the fiscal .years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, respectively: Fish Hatchery, Texas: For the completion of the fish cultural

Fish-hatchery, Tex.

Ante, p. 361.

station in Texas, authorized by the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars. mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

Assay office at New York: For wages of workmen, two thousand

Now York, N. Y.

five hundred dollars. Assay office at Boise: For incidental and contingent expenses,

Boise, Idaho.

including labor, one thousand dollars. Assay office at Charlotte: For incidental and contingent expenses,

Charlotte, N. C.

including labor, five hundred dollars. 650 PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Public buildings.

For payment to C. S. Waite for services as engineer in the United

C. S. Waite.

Payment to.

States courthouse and post-office building at Lincoln, Nebraska, during the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seventy-five dollars. For payment to James Manning for services as fireman in the United

James Manning.

Payment to.

States courthouse and post-office building at Lincoln, Nebraska, during the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, forty-two dollars and sixty cents. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized

James B. Oliver.

Payment to.

and directed to pay to James B. Oliver, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, surety of the Pennsylvania Construction Company, the sum of eight thousand one hundred and forty-four dollars and eighty-eight cents, as payment in full for extra work done at the instance of the Government superintendent of the Government public buildings in the erection of said buildings in the said city of Pittsburg. treasury miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Contingent expenses: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation

Contingent expenses.

for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, file-holders and cases,” two thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “contingent expenses. Treasury Department, stationery,” two thousand dollars. For the following appropriations for the contingent expenses of the Treasury 1 Department: Stationery, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, fifteen dollars; Binding, newspapers, and so forth, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred dollars; Binding, newspapers, and so forth, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, thirty-nine dollars and forty-five cents; Freight, telegrams, and so forth, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; Freight, telegrams, and so forth, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; Furniture and so forth, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty cents; to enable the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department to adjust the accounts of certain engineer officers of the Army for amounts improperly paid from appropriations for the Light-House Establishment, the same not to involve the further expenditure of money from the Treasury. Furniture and repairs of furniture: For furniture and repairs

Repairs of furniture, etc.

of furniture, and carpets, for all public buildings, marine Hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, forty-five thousand dollars. Independent Treasury: For contingent expenses under the requirements

Independent Treasury.

Contingent expenses.

R. S. sec. 3653, p. 719.

of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars. Fuel, lights, and water: For fuel, lights, water, electric-light

Fuel, etc.

plants, including repairs thereto, in such buildings as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for electric light wiring, 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, marine hospitals included, under the control of the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars. 651 North American Commercial COMPANY: To reimburse the North

North American Commercial Company.

Reimbursement for subsistence, etc., to shipwrecked whalers.

American Commercial Company for amounts expended, as follows: For board, keeping, and supplies at Saint Paul Island, and transportation to Unalaska, for twenty-nine shipwrecked whalers from the whaling brig Alexander, wrecked on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, April twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty cents; For subsistence of twenty-five of the above persons at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for eleven days, two hundred and seventy-five dollars; For transportation of twenty-four of the above persons from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Port Townsend, Washington, seven hundred and twenty dollars: For addition and repairs to Government buildings on the Island of

Repairs, St. George Island.

Saint George, Alaska, certified to as necessary by the Treasury agent in charge of Seal Islands, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-six cents; in all, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents. Estate of Gustave

Gustave Fryeburg.

Payment to.

Freyburg: To pay to the estate of Gustave Freyburg, deceased, formerly seaman on the American bark Willard Mudgett. the sum of fifty-seven dollars and seventy cents, due said estate, and which has been erroneously covered into the Treasury. Pay of assistant custodians and JANITORS: For pay of assistant

Assistant custodians and janitors.

Quarantine service.

Maintenance, etc.

including pay of officers and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Cape Charles, South Atlantic (Sapelo Sound), Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, fifty thousand dollars. Payment to the Oregon Improvement Company: To pay to

Oregon improvement Company.

Payment to.

the Oregon Improvement Company the amount paid by the Oregon Improvement Company for the repair of damages to the company’s steamer Willamette, resulting from collision in San Francisco Harbor with the steamer General McDowell, in the service of the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States, January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, it being shown by report of United States steamboat inspectors at San Francisco that the responsibility for the collision rested entirely upon the Government tug, four hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents. Collecting bank statistics: To pay Henry H. Smith for additional

Henry H. Smith.

Payment to.

services and as reimbursement for money expended in collecting statistical information under the resolution of the Senate of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Payment to George Q. Cannon: To enable the Secretary of the

George Q. Cannon.

Payment to.

Treasury to refund to George Q. Cannon, of Utah, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, amount paid by said Cannon on a forfeited bail bond given in February, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for his appearance in the United States district court at Salt Lake City, Utah, the payment of the said sum having been recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury, as set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered Forty-three, second session Fifty-second Congress. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay William A. Richardson,

William A.Richardson.

Payment to.

Ante, p. 477.

when the work shall be completed, for preparing and editing a supplement to the Revised Statutes, under the act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three two thousand dollars. 652 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Colombia.

Contingent expenses: For advertising notices of taxes in arrears:

Contingent expenses.

Advertising tax arrears.

To pay the Evening Star Newspaper Company, one thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-two cents; To pay The Washington Post Company, one thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-three cents; in all, three thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents. Sewers: To pay James McCandlish for work on sewer on I street,

Sewers.

between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets northwest, under contract numbered eight hundred and thirty-two (being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight), seventy-eight dollars and sixty-four cents. Fire department: New engine house and lot; for electric appliances

Fire department.

for stalls, gongs, and so forth, four hundred dollars. Public schools: To pay janitor of Polk School, four dollars and

Public schools.

seventy-four cents. To pay janitor of Wilson School, four dollars and seventy-four cents. To pay janitor of Taylor School, four dollars and seventy-four cents. To pay janitor of Logan School, four dollars and seventy-four cents; in all, eighteen dollars and ninety-six cents. To pay janitors of M street High School, three hundred and twenty dollars; To pay janitor of Logan School, thirteen dollars and ninety-five cents; in all. three hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-five cents; being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. For fuel, four thousand dollars. For contingent expenses for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, forty-three dollars and twenty cents. For service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, forty-two dollars. For the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, thirty-eight dollars and forty cents. For eight room building and site in fifth division, for heating and ventilating, two thousand and twenty-one dollars and sixty cents. Police court: For United States marshal’s fees, three hundred and

Police court.

ninety-six dollars. To pay United States marshal for March, April, May, and June,

United States marshal.

eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents. Health department: For collection and removal of garbage and

Health department.

dead animals: To pay M. V. Mason and George M. Slye, inspectors, sixty-six dollars each, and Henry Lacy, John H. Crawford, inspectors, sixty-two dollars each; in all, two hundred and fifty-six dollars. Deficiency in sale of bonds retained from contractors: To

Contractors bonds.

supply the deficiency in the amount realized from the sale of bonds in which the ten per centum retained from contractors was invested, two hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents. Judgments, District of Columbia: For payment of judgment

Payment of judgments.

against the District of Columbia, namely, Ellen Costello, judgment seven thousand five hundred dollars, costs ninety-six dollars and ninety cents, together with a further sum to pay the interest on said judgment, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment, seven thousand five hundred and ninety-six dollars and ninety cents. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia: For salaries of the

Court of appeals.

Salaries or justices, etc.

chief justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia at the rate of six thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and two associate justices at the rate of six thousand dollars each per annum, from April third to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety three, four thousand six hundred dollars. 653 For salary of clerk of said court, at the rate of three thousand dollars

Clerk, etc.

per annum, from April third to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred dollars; and for clerical assistance and necessary expenditures in the conduct of his office, three hundred and thirty dollars; in all, eight hundred and thirty dollars. Supreme Court, District of Columbia: For additional amount

Supreme Court, D. C.

Salaries of justices.

Additional.

Ante, p.436.

for salaries of the Chief Justice and five associate justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from April third to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as provided by the act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand dollars. To enable the coroner of the District of Columbia to employ an assistant

Coroner’s assistant

for the coming year and through the next fiscal year, six hundred dollars. That one-half of the foregoing amounts, to meet deficiencies in the

One-half from District revenues.

System of highways.

Ante, p. 532.

permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid entirely from the revenues of the District of

All from District revenues.

Columbia. For opening, widening, and extending alleys in the District of Columbia,

Opening, etc., alleys.

Ante, p. 255.

under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide for the opening of alleys in the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the funds of

From District funds.

the District of Columbia, the same to be refunded by the payment of assessments to be made under the provisions of said act. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department

Office of the Inspector-General: The Secretary of War is

Inspector-General’s office.

Clerical, etc., appointments.

hereby authorized to appoint for the remainder of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three in the Office of the Inspector general the following clerks, namely, one clerk of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, and one messenger; and the salaries of said clerks and messenger shall be paid from the unexpended balance of the appropriations for the salaries of the War Department for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and the Secretary of War shall hereafter exercise the same supervision over all receipts and disbursements on account of the volunteer soldiers’ homes as he is required by law to apply to the accounts of disbursing officers of the Army: Provided, That on and after March fifteenth, eighteen hundred

Proviso.

Record and Pension Office.

Clerical reductions.

and ninety-three, the existing clerical force of the Record and Pension office be, and the same is hereby, reduced as follows: one clerk of class one, and four clerks at one thousand dollars each. miscellaneous

Miscellaneous.

For payment of amounts for arrears of pay of two and three year

Back pay.

volunteers that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for bounty to volunteers and their widows

Bounty.

and legal heirs that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth,

Additional bounty.

Vol. 14, p. 322.

eighteen hundred and sixty-six, that may be certified to be 654 due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars. Improvement and care of public grounds, District of Columbia:

Care, etc., public grounds. D. C.

For removal of snow and ice, five hundred dollars. Burial of indigent soldiers: For expenses of burying in the

Burial of indigent soldiers.

Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war, who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War at a cost not exceeding forty dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, one thousand dollars. Fort Leavenworth military prison: For expenses of pursuing

Fort Leavenworth military prison.

escaped prisoners and rewards for their capture, two hundred and eighty dollars. Rebuilding Lock on Green River. Kentucky: For rebuilding

Green River. Ky., rebuilding lock.

lock numbered two on Green River, at Rumsey, in the State of Kentucky, sixty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For completing custom house at Chattanooga. Tennessee:

Chattanooga, Tenn., customhouse.

For building the platform around the apex of the customhouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. military establishment.

Military establishment.

Pay of the Army: For mileage to officers when authorized by law,

Mileage to officers.

to be disbursed under the limitations prescribed for the appropriation for mileage to officers by the Army appropriation act approved July

Ante, p. 177.

sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-five thousand dollars may be used of the whole sum appropriated for pay of the Army for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three by the said act. Medical department: For the payment of accounts for medical

Medical department.

Supplies accounts.

Ante, p. 181.

and hospital supplies purchased under formal written contracts and payable from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand eight hundred dollars. military academy.

Military Academy.

For the purchase of fuel, under the appropriation “Fuel and Apparatus,”

Fuel, etc.

two thousand dollars. arsenals.

Arsenals.

For care and preservation of the bridge and viaduct and expense

Rock Island bridge.

of maintaining and operating the draw of the Rock Island bridge, two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay to the owners of Bellevue rifle range, Omaha, Nebraska, for

Bellevue rifle range, Omaha. Nebr.

use and occupation thereof, five hundred dollars; the said sum to be in full for such use and occupation for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-three. state or territorial homes.

State or Territorial soldiers’ homes.

For continuing the aid to State or Territorial homes for the support

Continuing aid to.

of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the act approved

Vol 25. p. 450.

August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirty-two thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-three cents. navy department.

Navy Department.

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay the owners of the schooner

Schooner “Kathleen”.

Payment to owners.

Kathleen for damages sustained by the tender of said schooner in collision with the steam launch of the United States steamer Chicago in the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts, the latter vessel being responsible therefor, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents. 655 naval establishment.

Naval establishment.

For clothing bounty for apprentices who enlisted after March first,

Clothing bounty for apprentices.

Claims for.

eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and prior to August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of eleven thousand six hundred and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to enable the accounting officers to settle the claims of the apprentices who are entitled to receive the same. To reimburse “General account of advances,” created by the act of

Advances.

Vol. 20, p. 167.

June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for amounts advanced therefrom and expended on account of the several appropriations named, in excess of the sums appropriated therefor for the fiscal years given, found to be due the “general account” on adjustment by the accounting officers, there is appropriated as follows: For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty

Pay, miscellaneous.

thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents; For contingent Navy, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three thousand

Navy, contingent.

and fifty-two dollars and sixty-five cents; For pay of the Marine Corps, three, hundred and eight dollars;

Marine Corps.

For pay of the Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, twenty-four dollars: For pay of the Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty-four dollars; For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Contingent.

and ninety-two, four hundred and ninety-four dollars and ten cents; in all, twenty-four thousand four hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-seven cents. Pay, miscellaneous: To pay amounts found due by the accounting

Pay, miscellaneous.

officers, except for services over the Union Pacific Railroad, on account of freight and transportation of officers traveling under orders under

Transportation, etc.

the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. To pay amounts found due to officers of the Navy on claims allowed

Traveling expenses.

by the accounting officers of the Treasury for moneys actually expended by such officers tn traveling under orders, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents. To pay vouchers set forth in House Executive Document Numbered

Naval prison, Boston.

Seventy-two, second session Fifty-second Congress, for telephone service, transportation, advertising, stationery, and expenses at naval prison, Boston, one thousand and eighty-six dollars and eleven cents. bureau of Ordnance: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account

Bureau of Ordnance.

Contingent.

of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance,” except for services over the several Pacific Railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one dollar and seventy-five cents. Bureau of Navigation: To pay amounts found due by the

Bureau of Navigation.

Transportation and recruiting.

accounting officers on account of freight and transportation, under the appropriation “Transportation and recruiting. Navy, Bureau of navigation,” except for services over the Southern Pacific Railroad, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nine dollars and fifty cents. Bureau of Equipment: To pay bill of the New England and Savannah

Bureau of Equipment.

Freight.

Steamship Company for transportation of freight on account of the Naval service, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nine dollars and seventy-five cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of

Contingent.

freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Equipment,” except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-three cents. 656 Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: To amounts found due,

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

Contingent.

by the accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, ’except for services over the Union Pacific Railroad, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand and sixty-three dollars and fifty-six cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing,” except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifteen cents. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: To pay amounts found due by the

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Contingent.

accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery” except for services of the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one one hundred and thirty-five dollars marine corps.

Marine Corps.

Pay: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account

Pay.

of transportation, under the appropriation “Pay, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twelve cents. Provisions: For amount due Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,

Provisions.

Navy Department, on account of rations stopped at naval hospitals from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and ninety-eight cents; For amount due on account of rations to retired men from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to reimburse paymaster United States Marine Corps, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents. Contingent: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers

Contingent.

on account of freight under the appropriation, “Contingent, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hunt bed and ninety-two, seventy-nine dollars and twelve cents; To pay accounts on file for burial expenses, repairs to gas and water pipes, ranges, wagons, express charges, freight, cartage, advertising, gas, water, and so forth, for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirteen cents; To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight under the appropriation, “Contingent Marine Corps,” except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nineteen dollars and sixty-eight cents; To reimburse appropriation contingent on account of amount paid for plumbing work at Marine Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and six dollars and forty cents; To reimburse appropriation contingent on account of amount paid for paints for barracks and fences at Sitka, Alaska, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. To reimburse Major Green Clay Goodloe, paymaster, United States

Green Clay Goodloe.

Reimbursement for stolen money.

Marine Corps, for money stolen by Benjamin A. Jones, alias Benjamin A. Jaeger, a clerk in his office, who committed suicide December twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and who was indicted by the courts of the District of Columbia for said theft, three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-one cents. 657 To reimburse John W. Noble the sum paid by him as costs in the

John W. Noble.

Reimbursements of costs.

suit brought by the Union River Logging Railroad Company against John W. Noble and others, to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office from executing an order revoking the approval of a right of way over the public lands, said action having been taken by said John W. Noble, as Secretary of the Interior, upon the advice of the Attorney-General, one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

Bureau of Education: For sixty dollars each to two laborers, to

Bureau of Education.

Correction of error.

correct accidental reduction from four hundred and eighty dollars to four hundred and twenty dollars each, due to error in engrossing the legislative, and so forth, bill for fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and twenty dollars. Investigation of pension cases, Bureau of Pensions: For per diem

Bureau of Pensions.

Investigating pension cases.

when absent from home and traveling on duty, outside the District of Columbia for special examiners or other persons employed in the Bureau of Pensions, detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs of the Capitol: For work at the Capitol, and for general

Capitol.

Repairs, etc.

repairs thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, ten thousand dollars. Electric lighting plant, House: For purchase of the electric

House.

Electric lighting, etc.

lighting plant of the House wing, ten thousand three hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-three cents; For repairs and extension of the same to meet the present requirements of the service, five thousand dollars. Lighting the Capitol and grounds: For payment of balance

Lighting Capitol and grounds.

due Washington Gas Light Company for gas service for the month of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. Repairs of buildings, Department of the Interior: For repairs

Repairs of building.

of the Interior Department and Pension Buildings, three thousand dollars. Freight elevator, Pension Building: For additional amount

Freight elevator, Pension building.

required for constructing elevator for Pension office building, one thousand three hundred dollars. geological survey.

Geological survey.

For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, five

Illustrations.

thousand dollars. For engraving the Geological Maps of the United States, ten thousand

Engraving maps.

dollars army and navy pensions.

Army and Navy pensions.

Army and Navy pensions as follows: For invalids, widows, minor children, and dependent relatives; survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico: Provided, That the appropriation

Provisos.

Navy pensions.

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 purpose: And provided further, That the amount expended under each

Accounts.

of the above items shall be accounted for separately, thirteen million eight hundred and forty-four thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, being a deficiency for

Examining surgeons fees.

the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and thousand dollars 658 For rent of quarters for pension agency in Topeka, Kansas, fiscal

Agency, Topeka, Kans.

Rent.

year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty-cents. eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

For salaries and necessary expenses for continuing the work of compiling

Compiling results.

the results of the Eleventh Census, to be immediately available and to continue available until exhausted, as hereinafter provided, eight hundred and forty-thousand dollars. For salaries and necessary expenses for continuing the work of collecting

Division of farms, homes, and mortgages.

and compiling statistics of farms, homes, and mortgages, to be immediately available and to continue available until exhausted, as hereinafter provided, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. That the office of the Eleventh Census shall be abolished and the

Office of Eleventh Census abolished.

terms of the office of Superintendent and of all employees appointed under the provisions of the act of March first, eighteen hundred and

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eighty-nine, entitled “An act to provide for taking the Eleventh and subsequent censuses,” or of any subsequent act relating to the Eleventh

To terminate December 31, 1893.

Census, shall cease and terminate after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety three; and thereafter no further expenditures, whether for salaries or expenses, shall be made on account of the Eleventh Census, except as hereinafter provided. The

Unpublished work.

unpublished work of the Eleventh Census and of the division of farms, homes, and mortgages 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 Secretary of the

Transfer of records, etc.

Interior is authorized to employ, from the date specified in this act, from the force of the Census Office then

Secretary of Interior may appoint chief of division, special agents, clerks, etc.

employed, a chief of division at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; three special agents, who shall be statistical experts, at a compensation of six dollars per day each, and a clerical force for duty in said division, which force shall consist of three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three, two of whom shall be practical printers; three clerks of class two, all of whom shall be experienced proofreaders; three clerks of class one, three clerks at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and five computers, at seven

Duration of employment.

hundred and twenty dollars per annum; and such chief of division, special agents, clerks, and computers shall be discharged on December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or any of them sooner, if, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, their services can

Rent.

be dispensed with. And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to rent necessary rooms in the city of Washington to carry

Maximum.

out the provisions of this paragraph at a cost not exceeding the rate of four thousand dollars per annum. And the Secretary of the

Employees, division of farms etc.

Interior is furthermore authorized to employ from among those engaged on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the division of farms, homes, and mortgages one expert special agent at six dollars per day and a sufficient number of clerks at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and copyists and computers,

Completion of investigation.

to complete the said investigation by the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; and such special agent and all

Duration of employment.

such clerks, copyists, and computers shall be discharged on said date, or any of them sooner, if, in the judgment of the Secretary of the

Application of unexpended balances.

Interior, their services can be dispensed with. Any unexpended balance of appropriations made for the Eleventh Census or for farms, homes, and mortgages which shall remain on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be applied to the liquidation of any liabilities incurred in each of these investigations, and there

Control of remainder.

remainder placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of preparing for the printer the unpublished work of the Eleventh Census and for the completion of the investigation relating to farms, homes, and mortgages, as hereinbefore authorized; but this 659 provision shall not apply to unexpended balances of the several appropriations

Restriction.

for printing the final reports of the Eleventh Census, but such balances shall be applied as provided for in the several acts. That the balance of the appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand

Printing final Reports of Eleventh Census.

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Balance available.

dollars made by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for printing the final reports of the Eleventh Census, be, and the same is hereby, made available for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the work already authorized under the limitations and conditions prescribed by said act. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department

postal service.

Postal service.

out of the postal revenues. For advertising, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year

Advertising.

eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-four cents. For advertising, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-one dollars and twelve cents. POSTAGE. STAMPS: For manufacture of adhesive postage and special

Postage stamps.

delivery stamps, being deficiencies, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred and eight dollars and thirty-five cents. For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nine thousand and sixty-five dollars and six cents. Postal cards: For manufacture of postal cards, seventy-one thousand

Postal cards.

nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty cents. Wrapping TWINE: For wrapping twine, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Wrapping twine.

Mail transportation: For inland mail transportation by railroad

Mail transportation, railroad routes.

routes, except for services over the several Pacific railroads, being deficiencies, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-six cents. For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-six dollars and twenty-four cents. Mail depredations: For mail depredations and post-office inspectors

Mail depredations, etc.

and fees to the United States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses connected therewith, one thousand dollars. For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, nine thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars Compensation of POSTMASTERS: For amounts to reimburse the

Postmasters’ compensation.

postal revenues, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriations for eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and eighty-nine thousand and seventy-four dollars and fifty-three cents. For eighteen handled and ninety-one, fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-five cents. To reimburse F. A. Cummings, late postmaster at Bangor, Maine,

F. A. Cummings.

Reimbursement.

for expenses of watchman in post-office for the second and third quarters of eighteen hundred and ninety, four hundred nine dollars and fifty cents. 660 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Department of Labor.

For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of special agents and experts

Per diem special agents, etc.

while traveling on duty away from home and outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate not to exceed three dollars per day, and for their transportation, and for employment of experts and temporary assistance, and for traveling expenses of officers and employees, thirteen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Department of Agriculture.

Report on forestry: To reimburse B.F. Fuller, disbursing clerk,

Report on forestry.

R. F. Fuller.

Reimbursement.

for amount expended for Report on Forestry, in excess of appropriation in the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifty-six dollars and eighty-five cents Experimental gardens and grounds: To pay amount due William

Experimental gardens. etc.

William E. Clark & Co.

Payment to.

E. Clark and Company for tools, grass seeds, fertilizers, and so forth, for gardens and grounds during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-three cents. Experiments in the manufacture of sugar: To pay amounts

Sugar making experiments.

found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury, on account of experiments in the manufacture of sugar, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as follows: To pay the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, thirty dollars and six cents; to pay the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company, seventeen dollars and ninety cents; in all, forty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

Rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska: To

Rent, etc., Alaska Territory.

supply actual and estimated deficiencies in the appropriations for rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska, on account of fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eighty-two dollars and fifty-cents. Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah courts.

Contingent expenses.

defraying 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, thirty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand six hundred and one dollars and seventy-nine cents. Defense in Indian Depredation claims: For salaries and expenses

Defense in Indian depredation claims.

in defense of the Indian depredation claims, ten thousand dollars. Defending suits in claims: To pay amounts found due by the

Defending suits claims.

accounting officers of the Treasury on account of defending suits in claims against the United States, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and reported by the Attorney-General, one thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty cents. 661 For expenses of defending suits in claims against the United States being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five thousand dollars. Suit against Benjamin Weil: For payment of counsel fees and

Suit against Benjamin Well.

expenses in the suit or suits directed to be brought by the Attorney General in the Court of Claims against Benjamin Weil, or his legal representatives, in the matter of the award made by the United States and Mexican Mixed Commission by the act approved December twenty-eighth,

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eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand five hundred dollars. Penitentiary building, Washington: To carry into effect section

Penitentiary building, Washington.

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fifteen of an act entitled “An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North Dakota and South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form constitutions and State Governments and to be admitted into the Union and on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States:” For the purchase of grounds and the erection thereon of a

Purchase of site.

Building.

penitentiary, in the State of Washington, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and upon such tract or parcel of land in said State as shall be designated by said Secretary, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the money hereby appropriated

Proviso.

Limitation.

shall be devoted exclusively to the purchase of the necessary grounds and to the erection of a penitentiary in said State; and the penitentiary of the State of Washington is hereby located at or near

Location.

the city of Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, in said State. expenses united states courts.

United States courts.

Fees of marshals: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Marshals’ fees.

for fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seven hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and eighty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars. Fees of witnesses: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Witnesses’ fees.

for fees of witnesses, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred thousand dollars. Fees of District Attorneys: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

District attorneys.

Fees.

for fees of district attorneys, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirty thousand dollars. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for special compensation

Special compensation.

to district attorneys for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand three hundred and seven dollars and ninety-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred and fifty dollars. For pay of regular assistant attorneys, United States courts, fiscal

Regular assistant attorneys.

year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-one thousand dollars. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for pay of special assistant

Special assistant Attorneys.

attorneys, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight thousand four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-three cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. 662 For payment of certain legal counsel as set forth in House Executive

Payment of certain counsel.

Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-three, Fifty-second

A. R. English, excepted.

Congress, second session, except the claim of A. R. English, three thousand five hundred dollars. Fees of clerks: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

Clerks’ fees.

fees of clerks, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-three thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifty thousand dollars. Fees of Commissioners: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Commissioners’ fees.

for fees of commissioners, United States courts, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixty-five thousand dollars. Fees of Jurors: For fees of jurors, United States courts, fiscal year

Jurors’ fees.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-five thousand dollars. Support of Prisoners: For support of United States prisoners,

Support of prisoners.

including necessary clothing and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, eighteen dollars and forty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighty-three dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty-eight dollars and twenty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents. Pay of Bailiffs: For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three

Bailiffs, criers,etc.

bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York; of expenses of district judges directed to hold court outside of their districts: of meals and lodging for jurors in United States eases when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal year as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, forty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous expenses: For payment of such miscellaneous

Miscellaneous.

expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney-General, including the employment of janitors and watchmen in rooms or buildings rented for the use of courts, and of interpreters, experts, and stenographers; of furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifty-five thousand dollars For eighteen hundred and seventy-six, forty-one dollars. For eighteen hundred and seventy-five, seven hundred and nine dollars. For eighteen hundred and seventy-three, forty dollars. For eighteen hundred and seventy-two, forty-two dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and seventy-one, fourteen dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and seventy, forty-two dollars and fifty cents. 663 Rent of Court Rooms: For rent of court rooms United States

Rent.

courts, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, thirty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixteen thousand dollars. PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

Public printing and binding.

Allotments.

For the Department of the Interior, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the Post-Office Department, forty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Public Printer to continue operations under the joint

Storage.

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resolution approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the removal and storage of certain property of the Government mentioned therein, five thousand dollars To make the daily wages of Stephen Caldwell, laborer, and Samuel

Stephen Caldwell, Samuel Robinson, and William Madden.

Robinson and William Madden, messengers on night duty, three dollars and sixty cents per day during the session of the Fifty-second Congress, two hundred and eighty dollars and eighty cents. SENATE.

Senate.

For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Compensation, officers. clerks, etc.

the service of the Senate, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-three thousand and eighty dollars. For stationery and newspapers, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Stationery, etc.

Miscellaneous.

Inquiries.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, ten thousand dollars. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, for the fiscal year eighteen

Miscellaneous.

hundred and ninety-two, ninety dollars and twenty-two cents. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Inquiries.

for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight hundred dollars. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, ninety-two dollars and ninety-seven cents. For miscellaneous items, Maltby building, one thousand dollars.

Maltby building.

Repairs.

Horses and mail wagons.

For repairs of Maltby building, eight hundred dollars. For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. To pay Charles Hanback, as extra compensation for services rendered

Charles Hanback.

Extra compensation.

as assistant clerk of the Senate Committee on Pensions during the Fifty-second Congress, five hundred dollars. That John A. Hutchison, clerk to the late honorable John E. Kenna,

John A. Hutchison.

Continued on pay roll.

deceased, a Senator from the State of West Virginia, be continued on the pay roll of the Senate from the tenth of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, during the residue of the second session of the Fifty-second Congress. To pay the widow of John G. Merritt, late messenger acting assistant

John G. Merritt.

Payment to widow of.

doorkeeper of the Senate, one month’s pay, at the salary he was receiving when deceased, one hundred and fifty dollars. 664 To pay for a clerk for the Senator in charge of the conference room

Clerk for Senator in charge of conference room.

of the minority of the Senate which shall be in lien of any Senators or Committee clerk for such Senator and shall commence on March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

To pay to the widow of John G. Warwick, late a Representative in

John G. Warwick.

Pay to widow.

Congress from the State of Ohio, for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Fifty-second Congress, two thousand six hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty-seven cents. To pay to the widow of Alexander K. Craig, late a Representative in

Alexander K. Craig.

Pay to widow.

Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, tor the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Fifty-second Congress, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty-eight cents. To pay the widow of Edward F McDonald, late a Representative in

Edward F. McDonald.

Pay to widow.

Congress from the State of New Jersey, for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Fifty-second Congress, two thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents. For stationery, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Stationery.

Senate and House officers etc., one month’s extra pay.

To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House, borne on the annual and session rolls on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, including the Capitol Police and official reporters of the Senate and House, for extra services during the Fifty-second Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the

Immediately available.

compensation then paid them by law, the same to be immediately available. To pay all session employees of the House of Representatives authorized

Session employees.

by the act making appropriation for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending

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June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes, approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to

Pay extended one month.

the end of the present session of Congress, and one month after its dose, ten thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-five cents. To enable the Clerk of the House to pay D. E. Sackett, for services

D. E. Sackett.

Services.

rendered in the enrolling room of the House, during January and February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of two hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents. To pay E. L. Phillips for extra services rendered during the illness

E. L. Phillips.

Extra services.

of the department messenger, from July fifteenth to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and eighty dollars and ninety cents. For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, including twenty-six dollars

Fuel, etc.

and sixty-four cents on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand dollars. For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, fifty-two dollars and fifty cents. For allowance to the following contestants and contestees, audited

Contested elections.

and recommended by the Committee on Elections, for expenses incurred in contested election cases, namely: John B. Reynolds, one thousand five hundred dollars;

John B. Reynolds.

George W. Shonk.

Thomas H. Grevey.

Edward Scull.

Thomas E. Miller.

William Elliott.

Warren B. Hooker.

George W. Shonk, one thousand five hundred dollars; Thomas H. Grevey, two thousand dollars; Edward Scull, two thousand dollars; Thomas E. Miller, one thousand five hundred dollars; William Elliott, one thousand five hundred dollars; Warren B. Hooker, five hundred dollars; In all, ten thousand five hundred dollars. 665 To pay Edward McPherson, Clerk of House of Representatives

Edward McPherson.

Indexing, etc., testimony in contested elections.

of the Fifty-first Congress, for services in compiling and arranging for the printer and indexing testimony used in contested election cases as authorized by an act entitled “An act relating to contested elections,”

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approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of one thousand dollars, and an additional sum of one thousand five hundred dollars to such employees as were actually engaged in the work, designated by the said Edward McPherson, and in such proportion as he may deem just, for assistance rendered in the work; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay Eli Ranks and Charles Carter for services in caring for the

Eli Banks and Charles Carter.

Services.

subcommittee rooms of the Committee on Ways and Means and appropriations, sixty dollars each, one hundred and twenty dollars. To pay Joel Grayson for services rendered in the Document Room

Joel Grayson.

Services.

since May third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and to continue him in said service until and including December fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at seventy-five dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars. To pay John T. Waterman for services as clerk to the Committee on

John T. Waterman.

Services.

Rules during the Fifty-second Congress, four hundred dollars. To pay John M. Carson, clerk of the Committee on Ways and Means

John M. Carson.

Services.

luring the fifty-first Congress, for preparing comparison of the tariff laws, five hundred dollars. To pay T. F. Dennis, as extra compensation for services rendered as

T. F. Dennis.

Services.

assistant clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions during the Fifty-second Congress, five hundred dollars. To pay D. 8. Porter, as extra compensation for services rendered as

D. S. Porter.

Services.

assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions during the Fifty-second Congress, two hundred dollars. To pay Frank F. Doyle for stenographic services before committees

Frank F. Doyle.

Services.

while the official stenographers were actually engaged before other committees of the House, forty-six dollars and sixty-two cents. To pay the following amounts, which have been audited and recommended by the, Committee on Accounts, namely: To pay George Jenison and E. L. Currier, special messengers under

George Jenison. E. L. Currier, and Bert W. Kennedy.

Pay.

resolution of the House, their salaries at the rate of one hundred dollars per month, and Bert W Kennedy, special messenger under resolution of the House, his salary at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum from March fourth to December fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, two thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and twelve cents. To pay W. J. Houghtaling for services as reading clerk from January

W. J. Houghtaling.

Services.

ninth to January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, inclusive, one hundred and forty dollars. To pay George L. Browning and Alphonso Gibbs for extra services

George L. Browning and Alphonso Gibbs.

Extra services.

rendered in the folding from, three hundred dollars each, six hundred dollars. To reimburse Spencer Greene for expenses incurred from January

Spencer Greene.

Reimbursement.

first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three for assistant as laborer in caring for building rented for use of the folding room, House of Representatives, one hundred and eighty dollars. To pay Jesse F. Murphy, the difference between the pay of a laborer,

Jesse F. Murphy.

Pay.

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 January third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, both days inclusive, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-six cents. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay Peter

Peter J. McDonald.

Pay.

J. McDonald the difference between his salary as folder, at nine hundred dollars per annum, and that of acting assistant foreman of the folding room, at twelve hundred dollars per annum, from January 666 twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the sum of three hundred dollars. To pay J. H. Van Buren, assistant index clerk of the House of Representatives,

J. H. Van Buren.

Pay.

his salary from October fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to November sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and ninety-two dollars. To pay Alfred N. Murray for extra services in the folding room,

Alfred N. Murray.

Extra services.

two hundred dollars. To pay Robert B. Palmer for twenty-nine days services as assistant

Robert B. Palmer.

Services.

clerk to the House Committee on Military Affairs, one hundred and seventy-four dollars. Judgments, United States Courts.

Judgements, United States courts.

For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of suits which have been rendered under the provisions of the act of

Vol. 24, p. 505.

March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney General in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and seventy-six, except for judgment in favor of John J. Allen, named therein, six thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided for, shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. Judgments, Court of Claims. For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims as follows:

Payment of judgements, Court of Claims.

To Edward Kurtz, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty cents; to Lewis Tillman, seventy-one dollars; to Charles P. Birkett, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and four cents; to Orville D. Laird, four hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty seven cents; to G. L. Ogden, two hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty cents; to William E. Robertson, administrator of Henry L. Jeffers, three hundred and eighty-four dollars and ten cents; to Alfred C. Lewis, one hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty-five cents; to John L. Thornley. two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety cents; to Anson C. Merrick, seventy dollars; to W. F. Watkins, one hundred and five dollars and eighty five cents; to Rufus H. Baker, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents; to James S. Groves, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty cents; to Frank S. Bentley, two hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty cents; to Isaac C. Fowler, two hundred and six dollars and forty cents: to Richard H. Earle, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty cents; to Charles L. Adams, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars; to Thomas R. Purnell, one hundred and nine dollars and thirty-eight cents; to Margaret J. C. Arrick, executrix of William T. Arrick, one thousand one hundred and nine dollars and seventy cents; to John L. Smith Meyer and Paul J. Peltz, forty-eight thousand dollars; to Charles B. Germain, two thousand one hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty-five cents; to Gilbert H. Ferris, six thousand five hundred and ten dollars; to Alabama Great Southern Railroad, four hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety-four cents; to Ward P. Winchell, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars and nineteen cents; to Edmund S. Ogden, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; to Stout, Hall, and Bangs, sixty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars and twenty-five cents; to Bushrod W. Bell, eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and forty-five cents; to Lenoir M. Erwin, four hundred and four dollars and ninety cents; to Howard D. Spencer, two hundred and nine dollars and thirty 667 cents; to Gustave Hahn, two hunched and five dollars and eighty-five cents; to William W. Gilbert, one hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty cents; to Samuel M. Tinsley, one hundred and sixty dollars and ninety-five cents; to William W. White, ninety-four dollars and twenty-six cents; to John N. Snowdon, surviving partner of the firm of Snowdon and Mason, one hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and twenty-six cents; to Alfred T. Dillard, one hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents; to John M. Parry, sixty-seven dollars and seventy cents; to John C. Quiggle, four hundred and eighteen dollars; to William W. Gilbert, five hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-five cents; to Brewster Cameron, one thousand and two dollars and eighty cents; to Edward H Owen, one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars and sixty cents; to Eugene W Hoge, eight hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty cents; to Joseph C. Finnell, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty cents; to Daniel N. Cooper, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and ninety cents; to Charles A. Powell, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty cents; to George C. Rives, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifteen cents; to Frank M. Hunter, seven hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-five cents; to Benjamin C. Tunison, seventy-eight dollars and forty cents; to Ernst F. Cochran, three hundred and thirty eight dollars and thirty-five cents; to Samuel G. Hilborn, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and sixty cents; to Madison J Julian, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and five cents; to Henry O. Ewing, one hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifteen cents; to John T. Green, one thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and ninety five cents; to William L. Goodwin, three hundred and fifty-three dollars; to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, sixty eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine dollars and forty-two cents; in all, three hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars and ninety-six cents: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided

Proviso.

Limitation.

for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement: For payment of the

Fox aim Wisconsin rivers improvement.

Payment of flowage damages.

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judgments and awards rendered against the United States for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, under the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as reported to Congress by the Attorney General, and fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered Ninety, second session of the Fifty-second Congress, including commissioners’ accounts as therein set forth, thirty thousand nine hundred and eighty-five dollars and fifty cents. The appropriation of one hundred and nine thousand and twenty-two

G. C. Griffith judgement

dollars and thirty three cents made by the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, for payment of the judgments and

Ante, p. 309.

awards rendered against the United States for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, is hereby made applicable to the payment of the judgment

Appropriation made applicable.

of G. C. Griffith in the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars, the same having been inadvertently omitted in the report of the Attorney-General of such judgments, but included in the total sum appropriated.

Sec. 2. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

Vol. 18, p. 110.

appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under Section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

Vol. 23, p. 254.

as fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-one, Fifty-second Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows:

668 AUDITED CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by First Comptroller.

state department.

State Department.

For Foreign Intercourse, as follows: For contingent expenses, foreign missions, forty-four dollars and

Contingent expenses missions.

forty-eight cents. For loss by exchange, diplomatic service, sixty dollars and seventy-three

Loss by exchange, diplomatic service.

cents. For relief and protection of American seamen, six hundred and

Relief, etc., seamen.

forty-seven dollars and seventeen cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Internal Revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal

Internal Revenue.

Collectors’ salaries.

revenue, six dollars and ninety cents. For refunding taxes illegally collected, seven thousand five hundred

Refunding taxes.

and one dollar and twenty-five cents. For drawback on stills exported, act March first, eighteen hundred

Drawback on stills.

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and seventy-nine, sixty dollars. Under Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections,

National Museum.

National Museum, one dollar and thirty-seven cents. Miscellaneous: For contingent expenses, Treasury Department: freight,

Contingent expenses.

telegrams, and so forth, thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents. For furniture, and repairs of same, tor public buildings, twenty-four

Public buildings.

Furniture, etc.

dollars. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, twenty-seven

Fuel, etc.

dollars and seventy cents. For heating apparatus for public buildings, three dollars and

Heating apparatus.

twenty-four cents. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, one hundred and

Repairs, etc.

seventy dollars and eighteen cents. For court house, post office, &c. Lynchburg, Virginia, two dollars.

Lynchburg, Va.

Suppressing counterfeiting.

For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, sixty-five cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, fifty dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Public Land Service: For surveying the public lands, two thousand

Public lands.

Surveying.

four hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixteen cents. For five per cent, fund of the net proceeds of sales of public lands

Five per cent fund, net proceeds of sales.

in States, seventy-nine thousand five hundred and seven dollars and twenty-seven cents. For three per cent, fund of the net proceeds of sales of public lands

Three percent fund, net proceeds, etc.

in States, one hundred and twelve dollars and eleven cents. For two per cent, fund of the net proceeds of sales of public lands

Two per cent fund, net proceeds, etc.

in States, seventy-four dollars and seventy-four cents. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Department of Agriculture.

For collecting agricultural statistics, five dollars.

Collecting agricultural statistics.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

For special compensation of district attorneys, United States courts

District attorneys.

Special compensation.

Special assistant Attorneys.

, fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For pay of special assistant attorneys. United States courts, seven hundred dollars. For fees of clerks United States courts, twenty-nine dollars and

Clerks.

thirty cents. 669 For fees of commissioners United States courts, two thousand five

Commissioners.

hundred and nineteen dollars and ten cents. For fees of witnesses United States courts, seven hundred and

Witnesses.

forty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents. For support of prisoners United States courts, one thousand five

Support of prisoners.

hundred and thirty dollars and thirty-six cents. For rent of court rooms United States courts, one hundred

Rent.

dollars. For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, one thousand

Bailiffs. etc.

seven hundred and seventy-five dollars and nine cents. For miscellaneous expenses United States courts, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

two hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty-six cents. For expenses of United States courts, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine

Courts.

and prior years, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars and two cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, three thousand seven

Utah courts.

hundred and seventy-four dollars and eight cents. For fees of supervisors of elections, twelve thousand six hundred

Supervisors of elections.

and ninety-seven dollars and fifty-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COM MISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of customs. Customs revenue.

For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, except for services over Pacific railroads one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and ten cents. For protecting salmon fisheries of Alaska, forty-four dollars and

Alaska salmon fisheries.

sixty-three cents. For Life Saving Service, one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven

Life-saving service.

dollars and twenty-one cents. For salaries of keepers of Lighthouses, four dollars and thirty-five

Light-house keepers.

cents. For expenses of fog-signals, twelve dollars and ninety-nine cents.

Fog signals.

For lighting of rivers, one dollar and twenty-five cents.

Lighting of rivers.

For lighting and buoyage of rivers, twenty-five dollars and twenty cents.

Lighting and buoy-age.

WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department claims. Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, five thousand one hundred and

Army pays.

twenty-three dollars and forty-two cents. For Medical and Hospital department, sixty dollars.

Medical department

For contingencies of the Army, except for services over Pacific railroads,

Contingencies.

fifty-two dollars and seventy-four cents. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada Volunteers, seventy

California and Nevada volunteers.

dollars and thirty-six cents. For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, sixty dollars and one cent.

Mexican War volunteers.

For Secret Service, one hundred and forty-three dollars and thirty-eight

Secret service.

cents. INDIAN CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Indian claims. second Auditor and Comptroller.

interior department.

Interior Department.

For support of Poncas, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five hundred

Support of Poncas.

and forty-six dollars and eight cents. For incidentals in North Dakota, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Incidentals. North Dakota.

eight dollars and ninety cents. For Indian School, Carson City, Nevada; support, eighteen hundred

Indian School, Carson. Nev.

and ninety-one, fifteen dollars. 670 For telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred

Supplies, purchasing, etc.

and ninety-one, thirteen dollars and sixty cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, four hundred and eighty-nine

Transportation.

dollars and three cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

war department.

War Department.

For subsistence of the Army twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.

Army subsistence.

Quartermaster’s department. supplies.

For regular supplies Quartermaster’s Department, four thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department except for

Incidental expenses.

services over Pacific railroads three hundred and fifty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services

Transportation.

over the Pacific railroads, thirteen thousand one hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-one cents. For fifty per centum of arrears of army transportation due certain

Fifty per cent arrears.

land-grant railroads, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and ninety-one cent. For horses for cavalry and artillery, forty dollars.

Horses.

Observation of storms.

Signal Service.

For observation and report of storms, three dollars and ninety cents. For Signal Service; transportation, nine dollars and seventy-five cents. For contingencies of fortifications, forty-five dollars and fifty-two cents.

Fortifications.

For improving harbor at San Francisco, California, except for service

San Francisco harbor. Cal.

over Pacific railroads, thirty-five cents. For improving Little River. Missouri and Arkansas, eighty cents.

Little River, Mo. and Ark.

Twenty percent.

For twenty per centum additional compensation, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and six cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, four thousand

Horses, etc., claims.

six hundred and seventy-three dollars and twelve cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

Interior Department.

For Army pensions, twenty-six dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Army pensions.

For fees for examining surgeons, Army pensions, nine dollars

Examining surgeons’ fees.

navy department claims allowed by the fourth auditor and second comptroller.

Navy claims, Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, fifteen thousand and forty-six dollars and fifty-seven

Pay, Navy.

cents. For pay, miscellaneous, twelve dollars and thirty-two cents.

Miscellaneous.

Marine Corps.

For pay, Marine Corps, seven hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety-two cents. For torpedo corps and war college, Bureau of Ordnance twenty-three dollars and fifty-six cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, one hundred

Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.

and ninety-one dollars and ninety-three cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, seven dollars

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

and twenty cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, two thousand and eighty-three

Enlistment bounties.

dollars and fifty cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, two hundred and

Bounty destruction, enemies’ vessels.

eight dollars and sixty-three cents. For gratuity to seamen, three hundred dollars.

Gratuity to seamen.

Lost clothing.

For indemnity for lost clothing, two hundred and ninety dollars. 671 For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, sixteen

Destroyed clothing.

dollars and twenty-three cents. Mileage, Navy, (Graham decision): For the payment of claims for

Mileage, Navy.

difference between actual expenses and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham, thirteen

Graham decision.

thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-four cents. For Navy pensions, ten dollars.

Navy pensions.

claims allowed by the sixth auditor.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

For deficiency in the postal revenue, except for services over the

Deficiency, postal revenues.

several Pacific Railroads eighteen hundred and ninety, and prior years, twenty-three thousand six hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety-three cents.

Sec. 3. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

Vol. 18, p. 110.

appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

Vol. 23, p. 254.

as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered Ninety-eight, Fifty-second Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows:

treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal

Internal revenue.

Collectors’ salaries.

revenue, six dollars and seventy-nine cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal

Agents’ salaries, etc.

revenue, except for services over the several Pacific railroads, fifty dollars. For refunding taxes illegally collected, four thousand four hundred

Refunding taxes.

and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents. Miscellaneous: For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, thirteen

Public buildings.

Assistant custodians, etc.

Furniture, etc.

dollars. Furniture and repairs of same for public building nine dollars and fifty cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, one thousand five

Fuel, etc.

hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-five cents. For heating apparatus for public buildings, one dollar and fifty-six

Heating apparatus.

cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

Public lands.

Land offices, contingent.

Public Lands service: For contingent expenses of land offices except for services over the several Pacific railroads, eighteen dollars and sixteen cents. For protecting the public lands, except for services over the several

Protecting lands.

Pacific railroads, nine dollars and eight cents. For surveying the public lands, except for services over the several

Surveying.

Pacific railroads, two thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-six cents. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

For fees of clerks United States courts, ninety dollars and sixty-five

Clerks.

cents. For fees of commissioners United States courts, three hundred and

Commissioners.

ninety-five dollars and thirty cents. For fees of witnesses United States courts, fifty-six dollars and

Witnesses.

ninety cents. For miscellaneous expenses United States courts, one thousand six

Miscellaneous.

hundred and seventy-four dollars and twenty cents. 672 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND Commissioner OF CUSTOMS.

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of customs.

For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, four hundred

Customs revenue.

and thirty-two dollars and twenty-five cents. For Life-Saving Service, eight dollars and fifty-nine cents.

Life-saving service.

Marine hospitals.

Repayments to importers.

For Marine-Hospital Service, eleven dollars and fifty-seven cents. For repayment to importers excess of deposits, seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventy-three cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department claims. Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, two thousand eight hundred

Army pays, etc.

and eighteen dollars and thirty-nine cents. For medical and hospital department, fifty-four dollars.

Medical Department.

Army contingences.

Signal Service.

California and Nevada Volunteers.

For contingencies of the Army, sixteen dollars and eighty-six cents. For Signal Service, pay, sixteen dollars. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada Volunteers, forty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents. For draft and substitute fund, three hundred dollars.

Draft, etc fund.

Escort to Mexican Boundary Commission.

For extra pay to officers and men composing the escort to the Mexican Boundary Commission, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-three cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

war department.

War Department.

For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, fifty-seven dollars.

Quartermaster’s supplies.

Incidental expenses.

For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, except for services over Pacific railroads, one thousand three hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty-seven cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, except for services

Transportation.

over the Pacific railroads, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and five cents. For contingencies of fortifications, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents.

Fortifications.

Horses, etc., claims.

For horses and other property lost in the military service, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-three cents. For allowance for reduction of wages under the eight-hour law,

Eight-hour law allowance.

twenty-eight dollars and eighty-seven cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

For army pensions, one hundred and fourteen dollars.

Army pensions.

NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Navy claims, Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, two thousand two hundred and forty-eight

Pay, Navy.

dollars and eighteen cents. For pay, miscellaneous, eight hundred and six dollars and one cent.

Miscellaneous.

Marine Corps.

Contingent.

For pay, Marine Corps, twenty dollars and eighty-six cents. For contingent, Marine Corps, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty-nine cents. For contingent, Bureau of Navigation, except for services over the

Bureau of Navigation.

Contingent.

several Pacific railroads, one hundred and two dollars and twenty-six cents. 673 For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, ninety-eight dollars and eleven

Bureau of Ordnance

cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, four hundred

Bureau Equipment and Recruiting.

and thirty dollars and ninety-five cents. For maintenance of yards and docks, Bureau of Yards and Docks,

Bureau Yards and Docks.

except for services over the several Pacific railroads, one hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-three cents. For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, forty-five dollars

Bureau of Medicine.

and forty-seven cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, fifty dollars

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

and five cents. For contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifty-four cents. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair,

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

except for services over the several Pacific railroads, six hundred dollars and forty-six cents. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, except for services

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

over the several Pacific railroads, two hundred and seventy dollars and twenty-one cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, three hundred and four dollars

Enlistment bounties, seamen.

and fifty cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, forty-six dollars

Destruction of enemies’ vessels.

and fifty-eight cents. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, fifty-one

Destroyed clothing.

dollars. For extra pay to officers and men who served on the Pacific coast,

Pacific coast, extra pay.

two hundred and eighty-six dollars. Mileage, Navy (Graham decision): For the payment of claims for difference

Mileage, Navy.

bet ween actual expenses and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham, four thousand one hundred and seventy dollars and ninety-eight cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

For deficiency in the postal revenue, eighteen hundred and ninety and

Postal revenues.

prior years, two thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and eighty-four cents. Claim allowed by the First Auditor and First Comptroller, for the

Horace Capron.

amount due the estate of Horace Capron, deceased, formerly Commissioner of Agriculture, three hundred and thirty-two dollars.

Sec. 4. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be

Claims certified by accounting officers.

Vol. 18, p. 110.

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 ninety, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

Vol. 23, p. 251.

as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and One, Fifty-second Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows:

WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Department claims, Second Auditor and Comptroller.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, two hundred and twenty-three

Army pays.

dollars and sixty-four cents. 674 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Third Auditor and second Comptroller.

war department.

War Department.

For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, one hundred

Quartermaster’s department.

and twenty-one dollars and forty-three cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, nineteen

Army transportation.

dollars and thirty-three cents For observation and report of storms four thousand seven

Observations, etc., of storms.

hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-six cents. For maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines

Military telegraph lines.

ninety-nine dollars and sixty-four cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, five hundred

Horses, etc., claims.

and seventy-five dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Navy claims, Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

For pay of the Navy, two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-seven

Navy pays.

cents. For pay miscellaneous, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-two

Miscellaneous.

cents. For transportation and recruiting Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting

Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.

one dollar and fifteen cents, For enlistment bounties to seamen, one hundred and fifty dollars.

Enlistment bounties.

Lost clothing.

Mileage. Navy.

Graham decision.

For indemnity for lost clothing, sixty dollars. Mileage, Navy, Graham decision: For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the ease of Graham, five hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

For deficiency in the postal revenue, eighteen hundred and ninety

Postal revenues.

and prior years, one thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-six cents.

That the clause reading as follows: “William Milligan, administrator

French spoliation claims

of George Wattles, deceased, twenty-one twenty one thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars, in the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” passed March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 904, amended.

ninety-one (page nine hundred and four of volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Large), be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“William Mulligan, administrator of George Wattles, deceased,

William Mulligan, administrator of George Wattles.

Award not to paid until certified by Court of Claims.

twenty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars; and the award in this case shall not be paid until the Court of Claims shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the personal representative on whose behalf the award is made represents the next of kin, or in the event the court shall find there were no next of kin and that there is a widow, then that such widow is so represented.” ending June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” to be paid to the person or persons entitled to recover and receive the same, to be ascertained by the Court of Claims upon sufficient evidence and certified to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 211.—

An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Legislative, executive, and judicial expenses appropriations.

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 ninety four, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

LEGISLATIVE.

Legislative.

senate.

Senate.

For compensation of Senators, four hundred and forty thousand

Pay of Senators.

dollars. For mileage of Senators, forty-five thousand dollars. For the compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Mileage.

Compensation, officers, etc.

the service of the Senate, four hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred and fifty eight dollars and ninety cents. Office of the Vice President:

Vice-President’s office.

For secretary to the Vice President, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Chaplain: For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.

Chaplain.

Secretary of the Senate, clerks, etc.

Office of Secretary. For Secretary of the Senate, five thousand 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 seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand five hundred and ninety two dollars each; assistant financial clerk and reading clerk, at two thousand four hundred 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; 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, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one page, nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; in all sixty four thousand four hundred and forty six dollars and ninety cents. Clerks and Messengers to Committees: For clerk of printing

Clerks and messengers to committees.

records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger 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; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Claims, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Pensions, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars: messenger, one thousand four hundred 676 and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; Messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Engrossed Bills, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerks to the Committees on Naval Affairs, Joint Committee on the Library, Census, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Public Buildings and Grounds, Agriculture and Forestry, Education and Labor, Territories, Inter State Commerce, Epidemic Diseases, Private Land Claims, Patents, Coast Defenses. Privileges and Elections, Rules, and Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighty-eight thousand six hundred dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper: For Sergeant-at-arms

Sergeant-at-Arms and assistants.

and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars, and five hundred dollars additional while the office of assistant

Isaac Bassett.

doorkeeper is held by Isaac Bassett, the present incumbent; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two

Messengers.

dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-five messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger on the floor of the Senate, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger to the official reporter’s room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars; upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; two carpenters to assist him, at nine hundred

Laborers, etc.

and sixty dollars each: eleven skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; two female attendants in charge of the ladies retiring room, at

Pages.

seven hundred and twenty dollars each; telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; telephone page, six hundred dollars; twenty live laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, eight thousand three hundred and sixty dollars: in all, one hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and four dollars. Post-Office: For postmaster, two thousand two hundred and fifty

Postmaster. etc.

dollars; assistant postmaster and mail carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one clerk in post-office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven mail carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four riding pages at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars. Document Room: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi

Document room.

Superintendent, etc.

Smith) three thousand dollars; three assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to super intendant of document room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Folding Room: For superintendent of the folding room, two thousand

Folding room.

Superintendent, etc.

one hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant in folding room, one 677 thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk in folding room, one thousand dollars; one foreman in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars: six folders, at three dollars per day, while actually employed, six thousand five hundred and seventy dollars; three folders, at one thousand dollars each; and ten folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all twenty-two thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. Under Architect of the Capitol: For chief engineer, two thousand

Chief engineer, etc.

one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; three conductors of elevators, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one machinist and assistant conductor of elevators, one thousand dollars; two firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For twenty three clerks to committees, at one thousand four hundred

Clerks to committees, session.

and forty dollars each thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars to be immediately available, For thirty five annual clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of

Clerks to Senators.

committees, at one thousand two hundred dollars each———forty-two thousand dollars, to be immediately available, For Contingent Expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapers,

Contingent expenses.

Stationery and newspapers.

including five thousand dollars for stationery for Committees and officers of the Senate, sixteen thousand dollars. For postage stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, two

Postage stamps.

hundred and fifty dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, one hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons

Horses and wagons.

for carrying the mails, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For materials for folding, six thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

Folding.

For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand four thousand dollars. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating

Fuel, oil, etc.

apparatus, exclusive of labor, nine thousand dollars. For purchase of furniture, three thousand dollars. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor,

Furniture.

two thousand dollars. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one thousand dollars. For packing boxes, nine hundred and seventy dollars.

Packing boxes.

Miscellaneous items.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, twenty five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby building, sixteen

Maltby building.

thousand dollars. For expenses of enquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Expenses of investigations.

Reporting debates.

thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments. capitol police.

Capitol police.

For one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants,

Pay.

at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-four privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand eight bundled 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. For contingent fund, one hundred dollars.

Contingent.

678 congressional directory.

Congressional Directory.

For expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars. house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

For compensation of members of the House of Representatives and

Pay of Members and Delegates.

Delegates from Territories, one million eight hundred thousand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Mileage.

Compensation, officers, etc.

the service of the House of Representatives, four hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-six cents, namely: Office Of The Speaker: For private secretary to the Speaker,

Speaker’s office.

two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speakers’s table, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred and four dollars and eighty cents. Chaplain: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.

Chaplain.

Clerk of the House, clerks, etc.

Office of the Clerk: For Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, five thousand dollars: and for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk’s office, nine hundred dollars, or so much therof as may be necessary; for chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand six hundred dollars each and for the journal clerk for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; tally clerk at three thousand dollars; for printing and bill clerk and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; for 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, index clerk, superintendent of document room, assistant journal clerk, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each: for distributing clerk, stationery clerk, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for one bookkeeper and seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; for document clerk, and locksmith, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each: two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; one telegraph operator, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant to the file clerk, and two laborers in Clerk’s document room, at nine hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bath room, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: one assistant index clerk, during the session and three months after its close, three hundred and one days, at six dollars per day, one thousand eight hundred and six dollars; one page in the enrolling room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy in chief clerk’s room, three hundred dollars; in all, eighty-six thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars. Under Architect of The Capitol: One chief engineer, one thousand

Clerk engineer, etc.

seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four conductors of the elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol; one laborer eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one laborer eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. 679 Clerks and Messengers to Committees: For clerk to the Committee

Clerks and messengers to committees.

on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six 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; clerks to Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Claims, Commerce, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Irrigation of Arid Lands, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Public Lands, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, and clerk to continue digest of claims under resolution of March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, two thousand dollars; and one assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand four hundred dollars. For thirty-six clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during

Clerks to committees, session.

the session, forty-five thousand one hundred and forty-four dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms: For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House

Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc.

of Representatives, four thousand 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 seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Office of Doorkeeper: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundred

Doorkeeper, assistants, etc.

dollars; and for hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; assistant doorkeeper, superintendent

Superintendent of document room. etc.

of document room, assistant superintendent of document room, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; two special employees, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the reporters’

Messengers, etc.

gallery, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; six laborers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers, including two in the cloak rooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in ladies’ retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent

Superintendent of folding room, etc.

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; 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 during the session at seventy dollars per month each, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and eighty-four cents; fifteen folders at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one nightwatchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred dollars: fourteen messengers on the soldiers’roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;

Pages, etc

two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty three pages, boys not under twelve years of age, during the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, seventeen thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents; two messengers during the session,

Laborers, etc.

at seventy dollars per month each, nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty-six cents; ten laborers during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, four thousand one hundred and forty three dollars and twenty cents; six laborers, known as cloakroom men, 680 at fifty dollars per month each; horse and buggy, for department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand and forty-six dollars and ten cents. Office of Postmaster: For postmaster, two thousand five hundred

Postmaster, assistant. etc.

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, two thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-six cents; and one laborer at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty two thousand three hundred and eighty-one dollars and seventy-six cents. For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, three

Horses and wagons.

thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Official Reporters: For five official reporters of the proceedings

Reporting debates.

and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant official reporter, one thousand dollars: in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. Stenographers to Committees: For two stenographers to Committees,

Stenographers to committees.

at four thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars. That wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing

“During the session,” to mean 209 days.

paragraphs they shall be construed to mean two hundred and nine days. For Contingent Expenses, Namely: For material for folding,

Contingent expenses.

sixteen thousand dollars. For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus,

Folding materials.

Fuel and oil.

Furniture.

Packing boxes.

eight thousand dollars For furniture, and repairs of the same, nine thousand dollars. For packing boxes, three thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and forty cents. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select

Miscellaneous items.

Committees, twenty thousand dollars. For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, including

Stationery.

six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, fifty-one thousand dollars. For postage stamps for the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; for the

Postage stamps.

Clerk two hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five dollars. public printing.

Public printing.

For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundred

Public Printer, clerks.

Contingent expenses.

traveling expenses, horses, and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. library of congress.

Library of Congress.

For compensation of Librarian, four thousand dollars, and for twenty-eight

Librarian, assistants, etc.

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; eight at one thousand four hundred dollars each, one of whom shall be in charge of international exchanges; ten at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two at six hundred dollars each; forty-three thousand eight hundred dollars. For purchase of books for the Library, four thousand dollars; for

Purchase of books, etc.

purchase of law books, for the Library under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase by the 681 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 five hundred dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals, serials, and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Library, five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Catalogue.

Botanic Garden.

For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for assistants

Superintendent, etc.

Repairs and improvements.

for labor and material in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars. executive.

Executive.

For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand

Compensation of the President.

dollars. For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight

Vice-President.

thousand dollars. For compensation to the following in the office of the President of

Executive office.

Private secretary, etc.

the United States: Private secretary, live thousand dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand five hundred dollars; one executive clerk and disbursing officer, and one executive clerk, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one engineer who is also the fireman, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery

Contingent expenses.

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. civil service commission.

Civil Service Commission.

For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars

Commissioners, examiner, etc.

each; one chief examiner; three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, and. one laborer; in all, thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars. For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting

Expenses.

under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, six thousand dollars. That a joint commission, consisting of three Senators, members of the

Commission to examine executive departments, etc.

Fifty-third Congress to be appointed by the present President of the Senate, and three members-elect to to the House of Representatives of 682 the Fifty-third Congress, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-second Congress, shall, during the Fifty-third Congress, inquire into and examine the status of the laws organizing the executive departments, bureaus, divisions, and other Governments establishments at the National Capital; the rules, regulations, and methods for the conduct of the same; the time and attention devoted to the operations thereof by the persons employed therein, and the degree of efficiency of all such employees; whether any modification of these laws can be made to secure greater efficiency and economy; and whether a reduction in the number or compensation of the persons authorized to be employed in said executive departments or bureaus can be made without injury to the public service:

Pension legislation excepted.

Provided, That the Commission herein authorized shall have no jurisdiction to inquire into and report on Pension legislation.

Employment of experts.

Said commission is authorized to employ not exceeding three experts, who shall render such assistance as the commission may require in the prosecution of the investigation herein required, and shall receive such compensation as the commission shall determine to be just and

Detail of employees from Departments.

reasonable. The heads of the respective Executive Departments shall detail from time to time such officers and employees as may be requested

Power to send for persons and papers, etc.

by said commission in their investigations. Said commission or any subcommittee thereof shall have power to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths, and such process shall be issued and such oaths administered by the chairman of the Commission or

Report.

Expenses.

subcommittee, and the Commission may report, by bill or otherwise, to their respective houses of the Fifty-third Congress. All necessary expenses of said commission shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon vouchers approved jointly by the chairman of said Commission. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

three Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for six chiefs of bureaus and ane translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk of class two, for indexing records, one thousand four hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class, one, one of whom is to be telegraph operator, five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; one packer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. For proofreading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress,

Proofreading, etc.

including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the purchase

Stationery, etc.

of passport paper, five thousand dollars. For books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars.

Books, etc.

Lithographer, etc.

For service of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographic press, one thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses

Contingent expenses.

and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, care of clocks, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing: in all, three thousand dollars. For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the

Editing, etc., laws.

Immediately available.

second session of the Fifty-second Congress, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 683 For editing and distributing the Statues at Large of the Fifty-second

Editing, etc., Statutes at Large.

Congress, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available. That an act approved May twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and

Aiding wrecks in Great Lakes, etc.

ninety, entitled “an act to amend an act entitled “An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in waters coterminous to the United States and the

Vol. 26, p. 120.

Dominion of Canada,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and is hereby, amended by striking out the

Not to apply to Welland Canal.

words “the Welland Canal.” TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

Secretary’s Office: For compensation of the Secretary of the

Pay of Secretary, Assistants. clerks, etc.

Treasury, eight thousand dollars; three assistant secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary. two thousand four hundred dollars; three private secretaries, one to each assistant secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; one copyist; three messengers; three assistant messengers; in all, thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred and eighty dollars. Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, including

Chief clerk, clerks, etc.

three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one inspector of electric-light plants, gas, and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, one thousand nine hundred dollars; four clerks of class four: additional to one clerk of class four as bookkeeper, one hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one: one clerk at one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; 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 engineeer, one thousand four hundred dollars;

Engineer, etc.

one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one locksmith, one thousand two hundred dollars; three fireman; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one coal passer, five hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two

Watchmen.

lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each: fifty-eight watchmen; six special watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: one foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one skilled laborer, male, at eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled

Laborers.

laborers, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety charwomen; one foreman of cabinet shop, one thousand

Cabinet shop.

five hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand each; one cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one carpenter’s helper, six hundred and sixty dollars; For the Winder

Winder building.

building: One engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator: one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; and six charwomen, in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Division of warrants, estimated, and appropriations: For chief of

Warrant division.

division, three thousand dollars; and five hundred dollars additional compensation to the chief of division so long as the place is held by the present incumbent; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand dollars; six 684 clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all. thirty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundred

Customs division.

and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars: two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and two assistant messengers; in all, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars. Division of appointments: For chief of division, two thousand seven

Appointment division.

hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyist, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and ten dollars. Division of public moneys: For chief of division, two thousand five

Public moneys division.

hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one: one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer, five hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and ten dollars. Divisions of loans and currency: For chief of division, two thousand

Loan division.

five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars; seven clerks of class four; additional to two clerks of class four as receiving clerk of bonds and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one copyist, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one paper cutter, at three dollars per day; one paper counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-four paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixty-four thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars. Division of revenue marine: For assistant chief of division, two

Revenue-marine division.

thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one laborer: in all, eighteen thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. -Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand five hundred

Miscellaneous division.

dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger: in all, fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars: Division of stationery, printing, and blanks:

Stationery division.

For chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; 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-one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents. Division of mail and files: For chief of division, two thousand five

Mail and tiles division.

hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; five clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one mail messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, at six 685 hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Divisions of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousand

Special agents’ division.

four hundred dollars: one clerk of class three; three clerks of lass one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: and one messenger: in all, twelve thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Office of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks at two thousand

Disbursing clerks.

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. Miscellaneous: For one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Supervising Architect: In the construction branch of the Treasury:

Supervising Architects office.

Draftsmen, etc.

Proviso.

Limit.

for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year in the annual estimates report

Report.

to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. First Comptroller of the Treasury: For First Comptroller of

First Comptroller’s office.

the Treasury, five thousand dollars; Deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars: four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; seven clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger: and three laborers; in all, ninety-two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Second Comptroller of the Treasury: For Second Comptroller

Second Comptroller’s office.

of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class four: ten clerks of class three: ten clerks of class two; ten clerk of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; five clerks, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, ninety-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Commissioner of Customs: For Commissioner of Customs, four

Commissioner of Customs office.

thousand dollars; deputy commissioner, two thousand two hundred and fifty-dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; live clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty dollars. First Auditor: For First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand

First Auditor’s office.

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; 686 two assistant messengers, and two laborers; in all, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and ten dollars. Second Auditor: For Second Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Second Auditor’s office.

dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars: forty-three clerks of class three; fifty-five clerks of class two; forty-four clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks at nine hundred dollars each; ones killed laborer, nine hundred dollars; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; in all, two hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defaced

Restoring, etc., rolls.

rolls and vouchers in the Second Auditor’s Office, twenty-one thousand dollars. For the twenty additional clerks of class one in the Second Auditor’s

Additional clerks on pensions.

Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, twenty-four thousand dollars. Third Auditor: For Third Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Third Auditor’s office.

dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; twenty-one clerks of class three; fifty-four clerks of class two; twenty nine clerks of class one: ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. Fourth Auditor: For Fourth Auditor, three thousand six hundred

Fourth Auditor’s office.

Fifth Auditor’s office.

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. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department:

Sixth Auditor’s office.

For 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: additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty-five clerks of class three; seventy seven clerks of class two; eighty five clerks of class one; seventy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one skilled laborer, at one thousand dollars; twenty assorters of money orders, at nine hundred dollars each; fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty assorters of money orders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers; twenty three assorters of money orders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twelve assistant messengers; twenty-three male laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; three female laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; and ten charwomen; in all, five hundred and forty eight thousand three hundred and ninety dollars. For the temporary force to dispose of accumulated money orders,

Temporary clerks.

687 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. Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States, six thousand dollars;

Treasurer’s office.

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 vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand live 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; one clerk for the Treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 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 clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; one mail messenger, eighty hundred and forty dollars; six messengers; six assistant messengers; twenty-three laborers; seven charwomen; three pressmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one compositor and pressman, at three dollars and twenty cents per day; eight separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; seven feeders, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, two hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred and sixty one dollars and sixty cents. For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be reimbursed

Redemption of national currency.

by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one teller and one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant teller, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each: five clerks, at nine hundred each: three assistant messengers; and one charwomen; in all, sixty one thousand eight hundred dollars. Register of the Treasury; For Register of the Treasury, four

thousand dollars; assistant register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; sixteen clerks three; eleven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-nine copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Comptroller of the Currency: For Comptroller of the Currency,

Comptroller of the Currency, office of.

five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand each; thirteen 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 four hundred and twenty dollars. For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bank

Special examinations, etc.

plates, of keeping macerator in Treasury building in repair, and for other incidental expenses attending the working of the macerator, one thousand six hundred dollars. For expenses of the national

National currency expenses.

currency (to be reimbursed by the national banks) namely: One superintendent, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one teller, one bookkeeper, and one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one 688 thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For Commissioner of Internal

Commissioner of Internal Revenue, office of.

Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; one chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one microscopist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; six 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-five clerks of class four; twenty five clerks of class three; thirty five clerks of class two; twenty five clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-one clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all. two hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For one stamp agent, at one thousand six hundred dollars, and one

Stamp agent.

counter at nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers. Light-House Board: For chief clerk of the Light-House Board,

Light-House Board.

two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three, two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, at two thousand four hundred dollars: one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars: one draftsman, atone thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all thirty six thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Office of Life-Saving Service: For General Superintendent of

Life-Saving Service.

the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk and accountant, two thousand dollars; one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five 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; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: one assistant messenger; and one laborer: in all, thirty seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Navigation: For Commissioner of Navigation, three

Bureau of Navigation.

thousand six hundred dollars: two clerks of class four additional to one clerk designated as deputy commissioner, two hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; ten clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all twenty-five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Engraving and Printing: for Chief of Bureau,

Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, seventeen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. Bureau of Statistics: For officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics.

Bureau of Statistics.

three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one special statistical clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; three copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female 689 laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-six thousand seven hundred and ten dollars. For the payment of the services of experts, and for other necessary

Exports.

expenditures connected with the collection of facts relative to the Internal and foreign commerce of the United States, one thousand dollars. That the paragraph in section one, subdivision “Bureau of Statistics,”

Exports by rail.

Ante, p. 197.

of “An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes,” approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, relating to the returns of exports to foreign countries leaving the United States by rail, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That hereafter collectors of customs shall render to the Bureau of

Secretary to prescribe form, etc., of returns.

Statistics, in such manner and form and at such periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, returns of exports to foreign countries leaving the United States by rail. Any person who shall hereafter

Manifests of all rail shipments abroad to be delivered to customs officer.

deliver to any railway or transportation company or other common carrier commodities for transportation and exportation by rail from the United States to foreign countries, shall also deliver to the collector of customs at the frontier port through which the goods pass into the foreign country a manifest, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, duly certified as to its accuracy by said person or his agent, exhibiting the kinds, quantities, and values of the

Contents.

several articles delivered by such person or his agent for exportation. And no railway car containing commodities, the product or manufacture

Cars not permitted to leave the country without delivery of manifest, etc.

of the United States or foreign goods, duty paid or free of duty, intended to be exported to any foreign country, shall be permitted hereafter to leave the United States until the agent of the railway or transportation company, or the person having such ear in charge, shall deliver to the customs officer at the last port in the United States through which the commodities pass into foreign territory a manifest thereof, which shall specify the kinds and quantities of the commodities in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and until the manifest, exhibiting the kinds, quantities, and values of the several commodities, shall have been delivered to the collector of customs, as above required, by the person exporting such commodities, or by his agent, or information satisfactory to such customs officer as to the kind, quantities, and values of the domestic and foreign free or duty paid commodities laden on such ear. The agent or employee of any railway or

Penalty for transportation without delivery.

transportation company who shall transport such commodities into a foreign country before the delivery to the collector of customs of the manifest, as above required shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense; Provided, That the provisions of this law shall apply to

Provisos.

Transshipment of commodities in ferry boats or vehicles.

commodities transported to the frontier in railway cars for exportation and transshipment across the frontier into the adjacent foreign territory in ferry boats or vehicles, so far as to require the person in charge thereof to furnish to the collector of customs information of the kinds, quantities, and values of such commodities: And provided further, That

Not required for goods in transit in bond.

nothing contained in the foregoing shall be held as applicable to goods in transit between American ports by routes passing through foreign territory or to merchandise in transit between places in the Dominion of Canada by routes passing through the United States, or to merchandise arriving at the ports designated under the authority of section three thousand and five of the Revised Statutes, and which may

R. S., sec. 3005, p. 579.

be destined for places in the Republic of Mexico. Secret Service Division: For one chief, three thousand five hundred

Secret Service Division.

dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; and one attendant, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. 690 Office of Construction of Standard Weights and Measures:

Standard weights and measures.

For construction and verification of standard weights and Measures, including metric standards, for the custom houses, other officers of the United States, and for the several States, and mural standards of length in Washington, District of Columbia: One adjuster, at one thousand five hundred dollars; one mechanician, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant messenger; and one watchman; in all, four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars. For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental expenses,

Incidental expenses.

five hundred dollars. For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the International

International Committee on Weights and Measures.

Vol. 20, p. 709.

Committee on Weights and Measures at the general conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, four hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Office of the Director of the Mint: For Director, four thousand

Director of the Mint.

five hundred dollars; examiner, two thousand five hundred dollars: computer, two thousand five hundred dollars; assayer. two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two, who shall be a stenographer; four clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand dollars; and one assistant messenger: in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise,

Freight.

between mints and assay offices, nine thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to be expended

Contingent expenses.

under the direction of the Director, namely: For assay laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials and other necessaries, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For examination of mints, expense in visiting mints and assay offices for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements, and for special examinations, two thousand five hundred dollars. For specimens of coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, including books, pamphlets and periodicals relating thereto, four hundred dollars. For the collection of statistics relative to the annual production of

Statistics.

the precious metals in the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars. Office of the Supervising Surgeon-General Marine-hospital Service:

Marine-Hospital Service.

For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one hospital steward (employed as chemist), one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists; one messenger, six hundred dollars; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and one laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine-Hospital Service. And hereafter the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital

Detail of additional medical officer, etc.

Service is hereby authorized to cause the detail of an additional medical officer and one hospital steward for duty in the Bureau, who shall each receive the pay and allowances of his respective grade in the general service. Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat Inspection Service:

Steam boat-Inspection Service.

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, at 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 691 from the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat-Inspection Service. For Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department,

Contingent expenses, Treasury Department.

including all Buildings under Control of the Treasury in Washington, District of Columbia, namely: For stationery for the Treasury Department, and its several Bureaus,

Stationery.

twenty-six thousand dollars. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union

Postage.

countries, one thousand five hundred dollars. For postage, two hundred dollars. For newspapers, law-books, city directories, and other books of reference.

Newspapers, books, etc.

Investigation, etc.

traveling expenses, and for other traveling expenses, live hundred dollars. For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, one thousand

Freight, etc.

eight hundred dollars. For rent of buildings, three thousand nine hundred and seventy

Rent.

dollars. For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to be

Horses and wagons.

used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, two thousand live hundred dollars. For purchase of ice, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Ice.

Files.

Fuel.

For purchase of file-holders and file cases, two thousand dollars. For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of gas, electric light, gas-brackets, candles,

Lights.

candlesticks, drop lights and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars. For purchase of carpets, carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats,

Carpets.

rugs, matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, laying, and relaying of the same, by contract, three thousand dollars. For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair caning, chair covers,

Furniture.

desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, typewriters, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water-coolers and stands, eight thousand dollars. For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings and

Miscellaneous.

fixtures, window shades and fixtures, alcohol, benzine, turpentine, varnish, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, doth, chamois skins, cotton waste, door and window fasteners, dusters, flower garden, street, and engine hose, lace leather, lye nails, oil, plants, picks, pitchers, powder, stencil plates, hand stamps, and repairs of same, stamp ink, spittoons, soap, matches, match safes, sponge, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, towel racks, tumblers, wire, zink, and for blacksmithing, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpening tools, advertising for proposals, and for sales at public auction in Washington, District of Columbia, of condemned property belonging to the Treasury Department, payment of auctioneer fees, and purchase of other absolutely necessary articles, eight thousand dollars. collecting internal revenue.

Collecting internal revenue.

For salaries and expenses of collectors and

Collectors, etc.

deputy collectors and clerks, including expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the act of August second eighteen hundred and eighty-six, taxing

Vol. 24. p. 209.

Vol. 24. p. 218.

oleomargarine, and the act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of 692 tobacco exported, and the act of October first, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 583.

Sugar bounty.

ninety, providing for the payment of a bounty on sugar, and for the purchase of the necessary polariscopes and other miscellaneous expenses connected with the ascertaining and payment of said bounty,

Proviso.

one million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the number of deputy

Limit.

collectors 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

Exception.

during the last fiscal year, but this exception shall not apply to the number or salary of the deputy collectors or clerks employed in

Vol. 26, p. 583.

enforcing the provisions of the said act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses

Agents, surveyors, etc.

of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred thousand dollars. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is authorized to employ not

Sugar bounty inspectors.

Vol. 26, p. 583.

entitled “An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes ” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety; to aid in ascertaining the amount of bounty due thereon, and to perform such other duties as may required by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, twenty-five thousand dollars. independent treasury.

Independent Treasury.

Office of Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore: For assistant

Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars. Office of the Assistant Treasurer at Boston: For assistant

Boston.

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, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant redemption clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; three watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at Chicago: For Assistant

Chicago.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars, cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars: paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, and receiving teller, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; and three watchmen. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-eight thousand three hundred dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati: For assistant

Cincinnati.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand 693 dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; check clerk, and interest clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; one watchman, at one hundred and twenty dollars; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans: For assistant

New Orleans.

treasurer, four thousand dollars: Chief Clerk and Cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving teller, two thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; coin and redemption clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; porter, five hundred dollars; one day watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eighteen thousand and ninety dollars. Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York: For assistant

New York.

treasurer, eight thousand dollars; cashier and chief clerk, four thousand two hundred dollars; deputy assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier and vault clerk, three thousand two hundred dollars: two chiefs of division, at three thousand one hundred dollars each; chief paying teller, three thousand dollars; two chiefs of divisions, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; authorities clerk, two thousand six hundred dollars; one chief of divisions, at two thousand four hundred dollars; chief bookkeeper two thousand tour hundred dollars; correspondence clerk, two thousand three hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant chiefs of divisions, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; assistant paying teller two thousand two hundred dollars; assistant chief of divisions, two thousand two hundred dollars; ninor-coin teller, two thousand dollars; three clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each: eight clerks, atone thousand six hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each, eight clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand three hundred dollars; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two messengers, at nine hundred dollars each: two hall men, at one thousand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; keeper of the building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant detective, one thousand four hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand and fifty dollars; assistant engineer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; six watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia: For assistant

Philadelphia.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars: chief interest clerk, and chief registered interest clerk, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin teller, one thousand seven 694 hundred dollars; redemption clerk, and assistant coupon clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; assistant registered interest clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant to cashier, and assistant coin teller, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receiving teller, one thousand three hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant receiving teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent, messenger, and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four female counters, at nine hundred dollars each; seven watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at Saint Louis; For assistant

Saint Louis.

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, coin teller, and assistant teller, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; coin clerk, assistant coin clerk, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, nineteen thousand and sixty dollars. Office of Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco: For assistant

San Francisco.

treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, receiving teller, and assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; coin teller and one clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; 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 one hundred and twenty dollars; For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts,

Special agents, examination of depositories.

and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositories, under the requirements

R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718.

of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statues of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, three thousand dollars. For paper for interest, transfer, redemption, pension, and other checks

Paper for checks.

and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, sixteen thousand dollars. united states mints and assay officers.

Mints and assay offices.

Mint at Carson, Nevada: For salary of superintendent, three

Carson.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Mint at Denver Colorado: For salary of the assayer in charge,

Denver.

two thousand five hundred dollars; for melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. 695 For wages of workmen, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty

Wages.

dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses two thousand seven hundred

Contingent expenses.

and fifty dollars. Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana: For salary of superintendent,

New Orleans.

three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; abstract clerk, bookkeeper, weigh clerk and 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, one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen and adjusters, seventy-four thousand dollars.

Wages.

For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs, thirty-three

Contingent expenses.

thousand dollars. Mint at Philadelphia: For salary of the superintendent, four

Philadelphia.

thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and engraver, 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, abstract clerk, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, warrant clerk, and register of deposits, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk, and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and ninety-three

Wages.

thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery

Contingent expenses.

and repairs, expenses annual assay commission (and purchase, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), seventy-five thousand dollars. Mint at San Francisco, California: For salary of superintendent,

San Francisco.

four thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk and cashier, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, warrant clerk, assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, assistant coiner, and register of deposits, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computation clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendent’s calculation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars. For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy

Wages.

thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, thirty-live thousand dollars.

Contingent expensed.

Assay Office at Boise City, Idaho: For assayer, who shall also

Boise City.

perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, eight thousand

Contingent expenses.

dollars. Assay Office at Charlotte. North Carolina: For assayer

Charlotte.

and melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two seven hundred and fifty dollars. 696 For incidental and contingent expenses, including, labor two thousand

Contingent expenses.

dollars. Assay Office at Helena, Montana: For salary of assayer in

Helena.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

For incidental and contingent expenses, four thousand five hundred dollars. Assay Office at New York: For salary of superintendent, four

New York.

thousand five, hundred dollars; for assayer, and melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, assistant melter and refiner, and weighing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; cashier two thousand dollars; bar clerk, 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; assayer’s first assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s second assistant, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s third assistant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

Saint Louis.

For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars. 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. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand

Contingent expenses.

four hundred dollars. government in the territories.

Territories.

Alaska.

Territory of Alaska: For salary of governor, three thousand dollars; judge, three thousand

Pay of governor, etc.

dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars each; five commissioners, one of whom shall reside at Kadiak in the district of Alaska, one thousand dollars each; six deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, stationery,

Contingent expenses.

lights, and fuel, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars. Territory of Arizona: For salary of governor, two thousand

Arizona.

Pay of governor, etc.

six hundred dollars; chief justice and three 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, sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the

Contingent expenses.

governor, five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, messenger, postage,

Legislative expenses.

stationery, fuel, lights, printing, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. Territory of New Mexico: For salary of governor, two thousand

New Mexico.

Pay of governor, etc.

Contingent expenses.

five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, light, fuel, ice, stationery,

Legislative expenses.

record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, messenger and porter, and incidentals in secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. 697 Territory of Oklahoma: For salary of governor, two thousand

Oklahoma.

Pay of governor, etc.

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. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of office, furniture, fuel,

Legislative expenses.

lights, stationery, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, record casings, messenger, porter, for secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. Territory of Utah: For salary of governor, two thousand six

Utah.

Pay of governor, etc.

hundred dollars; chief justice and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary at one thousand eight hundred dollars; sixteen thousand four hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For printing, stationery, mileage

Legislative expenses.

of members, per diem of members and officers, clerk hire, messengers, porter, janitor, postage, fuel, lights, furniture, carpets, rent of legislative hall and committee rooms, and other miscellaneous expenses, contingent expenses of secretary’s office, twenty-two thousand dollars. For the salaries of the five Commissioners appointed under an act

Utah Commission.

Vol. 22. p. 32.

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, at two thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That Commissioners hereafter appointed shall be residents

Proviso.

Appointments.

of the Territory of Utah. For the following expenses of the Commission, namely: For traveling

Expenses.

expenses, printing, stationery, clerk hire, and office rent, seven thousand dollars: Provided, That out of this sum the Commission is hereby

Proviso.

Secretary.

authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding three hundred dollars, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four: Provided further, That it shall be the duty of the Commission to

Registration list.

direct and require the registration officers of each precinct of said Territory, at the time of making the annual revision of the registration list as now required by law, to erase from the preceding registration

Revision.

list the names of all persons who have died or removed from such precinct or who can not be found as permanent residents therein, and to otherwise revise said list as now required by the laws of Congress and of said Territory of Utah. For compensation of the officers of election, including contingent expenses.

Election officers.

twenty-five thousand dollars. Mine Inspectors: For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorized

Mine inspectors.

Vol. 26, p. 1104.

by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each; for per diem, subject to such rules

Expenses.

and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, five thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary, assistant, etc.

Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two stenographers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; twenty-one clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; 698 four messengers; seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, and foreman of laborers, at one thousand dollars each; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, one hundred and six thousand three hundred dollars. Record and Pension Office: Two chiefs of division, at two thousand

Record and Pension Office.

dollars each; twenty clerks of class four; forty-three Clerks of class three; ninety Clerks of class two; four hundred and sixty-four clerks of class one; one hundred and twenty-three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty copyists; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; five messengers; twenty-nine assistant messengers; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; five watchmen; one superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and sixteen laborers; in all, one million four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars; and all employees provided for by this paragraph for the Record and Pension Office of the War Department shall be exclusively engaged on the work of this office for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. In the Office of the Adjutant-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Adjutant-General’s Office.

dollars; fifteen clerks of class four: seventeen clerks of class three; twenty-one clerks of class two; eighty-two clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each: four messengers; twenty assistant messengers; three watchmen: in all, two hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. In the Office of the Inspector General: For one clerk of

Inspector-General’s Office.

class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. Judge-Advocate-General’s Department: Chief clerk, two

Judge-Advocate-General’s Office.

thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two: four clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. Signal Office: One clerk of class four; two clerks of class one;

Signal Office.

one messenger; one laborer; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars. In the Office of the Quartermaster-General: Chief clerk,

Quartermaster-Generals Office.

at two thousand dollars; thirteen clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three: twenty-four clerks of class two; thirty-six clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each: six skilled typewriters, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; two laborers; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman. one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one experienced builder and mechanic, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. In the Office of the Commissary-General: Chief clerk, at

Commissary-General’s Office.

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; two assistant messengers; two laborers; in all, forty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. In the Office of the Surgeon-General: Chief clerk, at two

Surgeon-General’s Office.

thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; thirty-one clerks of class two; thirty-eight clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; 699 two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; twelve assistant messengers; three watchmen; one superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library), two hundred and fifty dollars; and five laborers; one chemist, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one principal assistant librarian, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars.

PaymasterGenoral’s office.

Ordnance office.

Engineer office.

Draftsmen, etc.

Proviso.

Limit.

Report.

Records of the rebellion.

Postage stamps.

Contingent expenses.

Stationery.

Rent.

700 for office for Signal Bureau, including heating, lighting, and care, one thousand nine hundred dollars; in all six thousand five hundred dollars. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

Public buildings and grounds.

Office of Public Buildings and Grounds: For one clerk, one

Clerk, messenger, gardener.

thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For overseers, draftsman, foremen, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers

Overseers, etc.

employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For day watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars.

Watchmen.

For day 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. For two night watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one day watchman at Judiciary Square and one at Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman in Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle, one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Rawlings Square and Washington Circle; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry Square and Seaton Square and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mt. Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion; eleven in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For one night watchman at Henry Square (Armory) and Seaton Squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Garfield Park, seven hundred and twenty dollars.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. state, war, and navy department building.

State, War, and Navy Department building.

Office of the superintendent: one clerk of class one; one chief engineer.

Superintendent’s office.

at one thousand two hundred dollars; eight 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; fifty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; machinist, plumber, and painter at nine hundred dollars each; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-eight firemen, ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty laborers; and eighty charwomen; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. For fuel, lights, miscellaneous items, and repairs, thirty-nine thousand

Fuel, lights, etc.

six hundred and twenty dollars NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars;

Secretary, assistant, clerks, etc.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the 701 Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; two clerks of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; one carpenter, nine hundred dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger boys, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one laborer; one clerk of class two; and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one For Examining and Retiring Board); in all, forty nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Bureau of Navigation: Chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Navigation.

Naval records of the rebellion.

employees, to be selected by reason of special aptitude for the work by the Secretary of the Navy, namely, two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two copyists; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records: six hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Library of the Navy Department: One clerk, atone thousand

Library.

dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Judge Advocate-General, United States Navy: For two clerks

Judge-Advocate-General’s office.

of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one laborer; in all, ten thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Hydrographic Office: For two clerks of class two; one clerk of

Hydrographic office.

class one; one assistant messenger; one watchman; in all, five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For draftsmen, engravers, assistants, nautical experts, computers,

Services.

custodian of archives, copyists, copper plate printers, printers apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty-thousand dollars. For purchase of copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotyping

Materials, etc.

copper plates; cleaning copper plates; tools, instruments, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts; data for charts and sailing directions; reduction of charts by photography; photo-lithographing charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; care and repairs to printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; expert marine, meteorological, and other work in the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same; and purchase of compiling, and arranging data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications, works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, and surveying, thirty thousand dollars. For rent of building for printing presses, draftsmen, and engravers,

Rent

storage of copper plates and materials used in the construction and printing of charts; repairs and heating of the same, and for gas, water, and telephone rates, one thousand five hundred dollars. Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,

Contingent expenses, branch offices.

Baltimore, Norfalk, Savannoh, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland, (Maine), Chicago, and Port Townsend, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and 702 ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of New York office, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. Bureau of equipment: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Equipment.

dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger, and one laborer; in all, seven thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. Nautical Almanac Office: For the following assistants, in preparing

Nautical Almanac office.

for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 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 copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication

Computers.

the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the Tables of the Planets, eight thousand four hundred dollars. For rent of building and for fuel for use of the Nautical Almanac

Rent.

Office, one thousand dollars. Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one

Naval Observatory.

at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; one carpenter and one engineer at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; in all, thirty-six thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Computations.

Apparatus.

For apparatus and instruments and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. For professional and scientific books, engravings, photographs, fixtures,

Books. etc.

and periodicals, for the library, one thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, gas, furniture, chemicals,

Repairs, etc.

stationery, freight, including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, foreign postage, expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for

Miscellaneous.

the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; material for boxing nautical instruments for transportation: paints, telegraph and telephone service, and incidental labor, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Bureau of Steam Engineering: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; two laborers; one chief draftsman, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand dollars; in all eleven thousand and ninety dollars. Bureau of Construction and Repair: For chief clerk, one

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, 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 thirteen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. 703 Bureau of Ordnance: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Ordnance.

dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all twelve thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand tour hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers, in all, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and one laborer four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, twelve thousand and sixty dollars. Bureau of Yards and Docks: For one chief clerk, one thousand

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

eight hundred dollars; one draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight 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. ten thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. For professional books and periodicals for Department library, five

Books.

hundred dollars. For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing materials,

Contingent expenses.

Department of the Interior.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

dollars; First Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred 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; nine members of a Board

Board of pension appeals.

of Pension appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; one special land inspector, connected

Land inspector.

with the administration of the public land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one superintendent of documents, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk; private Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; seven 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; eight clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one, two of whom shall be stenographers or type writers; one returns-office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one female clerk, to be designated by the President, to sign laud patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; nine copyists; one telephone operator, six hundred dollars; three

Messengers, etc.

messengers; nine assistant messengers; fourteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; four packers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred and twenty 704 dollars; four charwomen; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars;

Watchmen, etc.

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 seven firemen; in all, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For one law clerk, at

Assistant Attorney-General’s office.

two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one reporter of land decisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; thirteen law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; three clerk of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer; in all, forty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector connected

Per diem, etc., land inspector.

with the administration of the public land service, 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, two thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. General Land Office: For the Commissioner of the General Land

General Land Office.

Office, five 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 five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; three principal clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eight chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; two law examiners, at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty clerks of class four; fifty-six clerks of class three; fifty-eight clerks of class two; fifty-eight clerks of class one; forty clerks, at one thousand dollars each, forty-five copyists; two messengers; nine assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, four hundred and sixty-four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed

Per diem, etc., investigations.

to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lauds, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, 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, seven thousand dollars. For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, four

Law books.

hundred dollars. For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared

Maps.

in the General Land Office, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, and of the United States maps nine hundred and seventy-six copies shall be delivered to the General Land Office, four thousand six hundred and sixty-four copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and

Distribution.

nine thousand three hundred and sixty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives for distribution, Indian Office: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, four

Indian office.

thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division, two thousand dollars; principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall have charge of the educational division; ten clerks of class three; one draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; 705 one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each: twelve copyists; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; one female messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; and two charwomen; in all, one hundred and seven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Pension Office: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand

Pension Office.

dollars; first deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars, second deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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; thirty-eight 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; sixty principal examiners for review board, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-four assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy-seven clerks of class four; ninety-eight clerks of class three; three hundred and seventy-six clerks of class two; four hundred and eighty-one clerks of class one; three hundred and thirty-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two hundred copyists; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; three tiremen; twenty-five laborers; five female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all. two million two hundred and ninety-six thousand eight hundred and ten dollars. For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outside

Per diem, etc., investigations.

Proviso.

Chief and assistant chief of special examiners.

and acting as chief and assistant chief of the division of special examiners, may be allowed, from this appropriation in addition to their salaries and in lieu of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sufficient to make their annual compensation two thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively. For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners

Additional special examiners.

for one year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred and ninety-five 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 examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified. United States Patent Office: For the Commissioner of the

Patent Office.

Patent Office, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; thirty-two principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; thirty four first assistant examiners, at one 706 thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-eight second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; forty-three third assistant examiners, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; fifty-two fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; 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; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; six clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen, at one thousand dollars each; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-five permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; sixty copyists, five of whom may be copyists of drawings; seventy six copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three messengers; twenty assistant messengers; forty-five laborers, at six hundred dollars each; forty-five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; fifteen messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. six hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars. For purchase of professional and scientific books and expenses of

Books.

transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments, two thousand dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the Official

Official Gazette.

Gazette, fifty thousand dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings

Photolithograpbing, etc.

Investigating use of inventions, etc.

for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and for expenses attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting

International Bureau, industrial property, at Berne.

the International Bureau at Berne, Switzerland, seven hundred dollars. Bureau of Education: For the Commissioner of Education, three

Bureau of Education.

thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight-hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one statistician,one thousand eight hundred dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; one specialist in foreign educational systems, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism and crime, one thousand six 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; one skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; 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; and one laborer at three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. For books for library, current educational periodicals, other current

Books, etc.

707 publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, live hundred dollars. For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,

Statistics.

one thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents,

Distributing documents, etc.

and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, text books and educational reference books, articles of school furniture, and models of school-buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for repairing the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Commissioner of Railroads: For Commissioner, four

Commissioner of Railroads.

thousand five hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; and one assistant messenger; in all, ten thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. For examination of books and accounts of certain subsidized railroad

Examining books. etc.

companies, and inspecting roads, shops, machinery, and equipment of same, five hundred dollars. Office of the Architect of the Capitol: For Architect, four

Architect of the Capitol.

thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; person in charge of the, heating of the Congressional Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one laborer in charge of water-closets in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars; three laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; two laborers in charge of public closets of the House of Representatives and in the terrace, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seven watchmen employed on the Capitol grounds, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars. Office of the Director of the Geological Survey: For

Geological Survey.

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, one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all thirty-five thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior

Contingent expenses.

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, cases for drawings, file holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, seventy-five thousand dollars. For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several

Stationery.

bureaus and offices, including the Civil Service Commission and the Geological Survey, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For professional and scientific books and books to complete broken

Books.

sets, five hundred dollars. For rent of buildings for the Department of the Interior, namely:

Kent.

For Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars, Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars, Indian Office, six thousand dollars, General Land Office, four thousand eight hundred dollars; storage of documents, two 708 thousand dollars, and Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; in all thirty thousand eight hundred dollars. For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and its

Postage.

bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand dollars. For the preparation of the Official Register of the United States for

Official Register.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three including editing, proof reading

Proviso.

Statement.

and indexing, four thousand dollars: Provided, that hereafter the Official Register of the United States shall contain a statement which will show, by Departments or offices, the number of officers and employees in the several Executive Departments, the Department of Labor, the Government Printing Office, and the offices of the government of the District of Columbia, appointed from each State and Territory and the District of Columbia, and the aggregate amount of their salaries or compensation. surveyors-general and their clerks.

Surveyors-general, etc.

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand dollars;

Arizona.

and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of California, two thousand dollars; and for the

California.

clerks in his office, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars. For books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand dollars;

Colorado.

and for the clerks in his office, six thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred

Minnesota.

dollars; and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all three thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, printing, binding, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Florida.

and for the clerks in his office one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Idaho, two thousand dollars; and for the

Idaho.

clerks in his office, six thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Louisiana one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Louisiana.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all. six thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Montana, two thousand dollars; and for the

Montana.

clerks in his office, ten thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. 709 For surveyor-general of Nevada, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Nevada.

and for the clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand three hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand dollars;

New Mexico.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all seven thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars;

North Dakota.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand dollars;

Oregon.

South Dakota.

and for the clerks in his office, eight thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, binding records, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand dollars;

Utah.

and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars;

Washington.

and for the clerks in his office, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand dollars;

Wyoming.

and for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses one thousand two hundred dollars. That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized

Consolidation, etc., of surveyor-generals’ offices.

and directed, whenever practicable, to consolidate the offices of two or more surveyor-generals into one office, and in cases of such consolidation, in the discretion of the Secretary, the surveyor-general appointed in charge of a consolidated office may be paid a salary not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, from the sums appropriated respectively for the salaries of the surveyors-general whose offices may be consolidated hereunder. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department.

Office Postmaster-General: For compensation of the Postmaster-General,

Pay of Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

eight thousand dollars; chief clerk of the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant 710 messenger, one page, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand and twenty dollars. Office of assistant attorney general for the Post Office Department:

Assistant Attorney-General’s office.

Law clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. Office First Assistant Postmaster-General: For First assistant

First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

Postmaster General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of salary and allowance division, two thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of post office supplies, two thousand dollars;

Free delivery.

superintendent of free delivery, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of free delivery, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one; eight clerks at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six assistant messengers; nine laborers; two pages, at three hundred and sixty dollars each;

Money-order system.

superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer for additional building for Sixth Auditor’s Office, one thousand dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and

Dead-letter office.

ten laborers; superintendent of Dead-Letter Office, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be chief clerk; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three: eleven clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; five clerks, atone thousand dollars each; fifty-six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six female clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; three laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, two hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. Office Second Assistant Postmaster-General: For Second

Second Assistant Postmaster-Genera1, clerks, etc.

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-three

Foreign mails.

clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; two laborers; superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief 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. one hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars: Office Third Assistant Postmaster General: For Third assistant

Third Assistant Post master-General, clerks, etc.

Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of postage stamps, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; 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; four clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; twenty-two clerks of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; six laborers; in all, one hundred and twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars. Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General: For Fourth

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two 711 thousand dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one page, three hundred and sixty dollars; chief post-office inspector, three thousand dollars; chief

Chief post-office inspector.

clerk of mail depredations, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; four clerks, at. one thousand dollars each; and two assistant messengers, in all, eighty-four thousand six hundred dollars. Office of Topographer: For topographer, two thousand five

Topographer, draftsmen, etc.

hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one examiner, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one map-mounter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant map-mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one charwoman; in all, thirty-one thousand and twenty dollars. Office of Disbursing Clerk: Disbursing clerk and superintendent

Disbursing clerks, clerk, etc.

of building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, and one fireman who shall be a steam-litter, at nine hundred dollars each: one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen; one carpenter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant carpenter, one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen; twenty-two laborers; plumber, and awning maker, at nine hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; and for force in the additional building as follows: Four watchmen; two tiremen; one-elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers; and six charwomen; and the following additional force for the additional building used for the storage of post office supplies: Two watchmen; two firemen; one laborer; and one charwoman; in all, sixty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. For Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department,

Contingent expenses.

including the additional building occupied by the Sixth Auditor’s Office, and the additional building used for storage of post-office supplies, namely: For stationery and blank books, including amount necessary for the purchase of tree-penalty envelopes, twelve thousand dollars. For fuel and for repairs to heating apparatus, nine thousand dollars. For gas and electric lights, five thousand two bundled and fifty dollars. For plumbing and gas and electric fixtures, two thousand dollars. For telegraphing, two thousand five hundred dollars. For painting, two thousand five hundred dollars. For carpets and matting, two thousand dollars. For furniture, two thousand dollars. For purchase and keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, to be used only for official purposes, five hundred dollars. For hardware, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, twelve thousand dollars. For rent of topographers office, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Rent.

for rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the Post-Office Department, eight thousand dollars; for rent of building for use of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, eleven 712 thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, including

Postal Guide.

not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Executive Departments, fifteen thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparation

Post-route maps.

Postage.

exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

Office of the Attorney-General: For compensation of the Attorney-General,

Pay of Attorney-General, Assistants, Solicitor-General, etc.

eight thousand dollars: Solicitor-General, seven thousand; four assistant attorney-general, at five thousand dollars each; one assistant attorney-general of the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor for the Department of State, 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, 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 five hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three stenographic clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; attorney in charge of pardons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, three clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; one telegraph operator and stenographer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; seven copyists; one messenger; five assistant messengers; four laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight charwomen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand and ten dollars. For contingent expenses of the Department, namely:

Contingent expenses.

For furniture and repairs, five hundred dollars. For law books for library of the Department, one thousand dollars. For purchase of session laws and statutes of the States and Territories for library of Department, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery, one thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, six thousand four hundred dollars. For official transportation, including purchase, keep and shoeing of animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, five hundred dollars. For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the

Care of courthouse, D.C.

courthouse in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One engineer, 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. 713 Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For compensation

Solicitor of the Treasury.

of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars: assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. For law books, for office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, three hundred

Law books.

dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, one hundred

Stationery.

and fifty dollars. For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, one thousand

Warden of jail. D.C.

eight hundred dollars. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Department of Labor.

For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;

Commissioner, clerks, etc.

chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four statistical experts, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four, who may be statistical experts; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen, two laborers; two charwomen; six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; ten special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; four special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and one thousand and twenty dollars. For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of special agents and experts

Per diem special agents, etc.

while traveling on duty away from home and outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate not to exceed three dollars per day. and for their transportation, and for employment of experts and temporary assistance, and for traveling expenses of officers and employees; forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For stationery, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Stationery.

Books.

For books, periodicals, and newspapers, for the library, one thousand dollars. For postage stamps to prepay postage, on matter addressed to Postal

Postage.

Union countries, two hundred and fifty dollars. For rent of rooms, including steam heat and elevator service, five

Rent.

thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For furniture, carpets, ice, lumber,

Contingent expenses.

hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, expressage, storage for documents, not to exceed five hundred dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, three thousand one hundred dollars. JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

Supreme Court: For the Chief Justice of

Pay of justices, Supreme Court.

the Supreme Court of the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars: and for eight associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each; in all, ninety thousand five hundred dollars. For ten circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six thousand dollars

Circuit judges.

each, sixty thousand dollars; For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand

Marshal, Supreme Court.

dollars: For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each justice of

Clerks to just ices.

the Supreme Court, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars. Circuit Courts of Appeals: For nine additional circuit judges, at

Circuit courts of appeals, judges.

six thousand dollars each; 714 For nine clerks, at three thousand dollars each: in all. eighty-one

Clerks.

Proviso.

Appointment or removal in ninth circuit.

thousand dollars: Provided, That in the ninth circuit of the United States a circuit judge may appoint or remove the clerk of the Circuit Court for the district in which the Circuit Judge resides. In all other cases clerks of such courts shall be appointed as provided for by existing laws. Court of Private Land Claims: For chief justice and four associate

Court of Private Land Claims.

justices at five thousand dollars each; For clerk, two thousand dollars;

Clerks, etc.

For stenographer, one thousand five hundred dollars; For attorney, three thousand five hundred dollars; For interpreter and translator, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For deputy clerks, as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary. District Courts: For salaries of the sixty-four district judges of

District judges.

the United States, at five thousand dollars each; For salary of the judge of the United States court in the Indian

Judge, Indian Territorial court.

Territory, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. To pay the salaries of the United States judges retired under section

Retired judges.

R. S., sec. 714. p. 135.

seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby appropriated. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia: For salaries of the

Court of appeals D. C.

chief justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, six thousand five hundred dollars, and two associate justices, at six thousand dollars each, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. For clerk of said court, three thousand dollars; and for clerical

Clerks, etc.

assistance and necessary expenditures in the conduct of his office, not to exceed one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. Supreme Court, District of Columbia: For salaries of the chief

Supreme court, D.C.

justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and the five associate judges, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. One-half of the

Half from District revenues.

foregoing amounts for the court of appeals and the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. District Attorneys: For salaries of the district attorneys of the

District attorneys.

United States, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars. MARSHALS: For salaries of the district marshals of the United States,

Marshals.

Proviso.

Marshals, etc., in Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

thirteen thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the marshal and district attorney of the districts of Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota shall, for the services they may perform during the fiscal year herein provided for, receive the fees allowed by law to like officers performing similar duties in the districts of Oregon and Idaho. Court of Claims: For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims,

Court of Claims, judges, clerks, etc.

at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one assistant clerk two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-four thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, books, fuel, gas, and other miscellaneous expenses,

Contingent expenses.

three thousand dollars. For furnishing the addition to the clerk’s office with linoleum, desks,

Furniture, etc.

chairs, and other necessary articles of furniture, two hundred and fifty dollars. For reporting the decisions of the court, and superintending the

Reporting decisions.

printing of the twenty-eighth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said

R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314. Vol. 18, p. 109.

sum to be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the act 715 of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight.

Sec. 2. That the pay of the assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen,

Rate of pay, assistant messengers. Tire-men. etc.

laborers, and charwomen provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall be as follows; For assistant messengers, fireman, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each.

Sec. 3. That hereafter no building owned, or used for public purposes,

Draping public buildings in mourning prohibited.

by the Government of the United States, shall be draped in mourning and no part of the public fund shall be used for such purpose.

Sec. 4. That hereafter the Executive Departments of the government

Closing Departments for deceased ex-officials prohibited.

shall not be closed as a mark to the memory of any deceased ex-official of the United States.

Sec. 5.

That on and after July first eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Hours of labor in Executive Departments.

it shall be the duty of the heads of the several Executive Departments. in the interest of the public service, to require of all clerks and other employees, of whatever grade or class, in their respective departments, not less than seven hours of labor each day, except Sundays and days declared public holidays by law or executive order: Provided:

Provisos.

Extending or limiting hours.

That the heads of the Department may, by special order, stating the reason, further extend or limit the hours of service of any clerk or employee in their Departments, respectively; but in case of an extension it shall be without additional compensation: And provided further, That the head of any Department may grant thirty

Annual and sick leave, with pay.

days’ annual and thirty days’ sick leave, with pay, in any one year to each clerk or employee, the sick leave to be allowed in cases of personal illness only, or where some member of the immediate family is afflicted with a contagious disease and requires the care and attendance of such employee, or where his or her presence in the Department would jeopardize the health of fellow clerks: And be it further provided, That in exceptional and meritorious

Extension of sick leave.

cases, where to limit such sick leave would work peculiar hardship, it may be extended, in the discretion of the head of the Department. with pay not exceeding sixty days in any one case or in any one

Limit, with pay

calendar year.

This section shall not be construed to mean that so long as a clerk

Excessive absence.

or employee is borne upon the rolls of the Department in excess of the time herein provided for or granted, that he or she shall be entitled to

No pay at expiration of granted leave.

pay during the period of such excessive absence, but that the pay shall stop upon the expiration of the granted leave

Sec. 6. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with

Repeal.

the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 212.—

An Act making appropriations for the Naval Service for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Naval Service appropriations.

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 ninety-four, and for other purposes:

pay of the navy.

Pay of the Navy.

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; 716 general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men: pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish Commission, seven thousand five hundred men and one thousand five hundred boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million three hundred thousand dollars. And every naval cadet or cadet engineer who has heretofore graduated

Naval Academy graduates.

To be paid from graduation if commissioned in six months.

or may hereafter graduate from the Naval Academy, and who has been or may hereafter be commissioned, within six months after such graduation, an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, under the laws appointing such graduate to the Navy or Marine Corps, shall be allowed the pay of the grade in which he may be so commissioned from the date he takes rank as stated in his commission to the

Naval constructors eligible as Chief of Bureau of Construction and Repair.

date of qualification and acceptance of his commission; and any Naval Constructor having the rank of Captain, Commander or Lieutenant Commander shall be eligible as Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. pay miscellaneous

Miscellaneous.

For commissions 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; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing paymasters’ offices of 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, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage tolls, and express fees; cost of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. And

Accounting.

hereafter the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to credit appropriation “Pay miscellaneous,” with all receipts for interest on the account of the Navy Department with the London fiscal agents, premiums arising from sales of bills of exchange, and from any

Punishment for fraudulent enlistment.

appreciation in the value of foreign coin. And fraudulent enlistment, and the receipt of any pay or allowance thereunder, is hereby declared an offense against naval discipline and made punishable by general court martial, under article twenty-two of the articles for the government of the Navy; but this provision shall not take effect until sixty days after the passage of this act. Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses

Contingent.

arising at home or 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 dollars. 717 bureau of navigation

Bureau of Navigation.

That an officer of the Navy not below the rank of commander may

Detail of assistant to chief.

be detailed as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in the Navy Department, and such officer shall receive the highest pay of his grade, and, in ease of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of

To act as chief in case of vacancy.

the Chief of the Bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine of the

R. S., sec. 179, p. 28

Revised Statutes, perform the duties of such Chief until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. Gunnery Exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises

Gunnery exercises.

and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six thousand dollars. Ocean and Lake Surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the publication

Ocean and lake surveys.

and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical-books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. Bounties for Outfits for Naval Apprentices: For bounties

Apprentices bounties.

for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thousand dollars. Recruiting, Transportation, and Contingent, Bureau of

Recruiting, transportation, etc.

Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, an all other expenses attending the recruiting for the Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, farriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuos service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars, and in time of peace the President may in his description. and under such rules and

Purchase of discharge by enlisted men.

upon such conditions as he may prescribe, permit any enlisted man to purchase his discharge from the Navy or the Marine Corps, the amounts received therefrom to be covered into the Treasury. Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode

Naval Training Station.

Island (For apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improvements on buildings, heating, lighting and furniture for same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and maintenance of livestock, and mail wagon and attendance on same, thirty thousand dollars. For building retaining wall, from material on the island, at a price

Retaining wall.

not to exceed three dollars per foot, and foundation, two thousand five hundred dollars; For two boilers and extension of boiler house, with water tank and

Boiler house.

feed-water tank, seven thousand dollars. For purchase of one dynamo, fifty horse power, and extension of

Electric plant.

electric plant for training station and War College and Torpedo School, four thousand five hundred: Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters

Naval War College.

Harbor Island; For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island and care of grounds for same, eight thousand dollars. 718 bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of ordnance.

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, preserving,

Ordnance and ordnance stores.

and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, and material and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, an at the naval ordinance and proving ground, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thousand dollars; Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; in all,

New proving ground.

two hundred thousand dollars. Submarine Torpedo Boat: For building a submarine torpedo boat

Submarine torpedo boat.

and conducting experiments therewith, two hundred thousand dollars, to be taken from the balances of appropriations on hand July first eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the credit of armor and armament of vessels heretofore authorized. Repairs Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance

Repairs.

buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode Island:

Torpedo station.

For labor, material, freight and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings and wharves: boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars. Naval Militia: For arms and equipment connected therewith for

Naval militia.

naval militia of various States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. Contingent Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items,

Contingent.

namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage and express charges; repairs to fire engine; gas and water pipes; gas and water tax at magazines; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, and incidental expenses attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil establishment

Civil establishment.

under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when required,

Portsmouth.

five hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required,

Boston.

five hundred dollars; Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars;

New York.

Navy-yard. Washington. District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at nine hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two

Norfolk.

hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand

Mare Island.

and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents: Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand

Proving ground.

and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at

Torpedo station.

two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two bundled dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 719 In all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. bureau of equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

Equipment of Vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and

Equipment of vessels.

ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same; hemp, wire, iron and other materials for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steam launches; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts martial on board ship, 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; foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to same; libraries for ships of war: professional books and papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ships’ way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages for general use on board ship, for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal communications on board vessels of war, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard,

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope-walk,

Boston.

at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three hundred dollars; one writer at nine hundred and fifty dollars; Navy yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred

New York.

dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one storekeeper at nine hundred dollars; Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one

League Island.

thousand two hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two

Norfolk.

hundred dollars each; Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand

Mare Island.

two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

thousand dollars: In all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars: and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transportation

Contingent.

of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books, and models; furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau o Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twelve thousand dollars. bureau of yards and docks.

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

Maintenance of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance of

Maintenance.

yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and stores: books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of 720 fire engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy yards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage, rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pay of watchman in navy-yards: awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent expenses

Contingent.

that may anise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand dollars. Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard,

Civil Establishment.

Portsmouth.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, and head teamster, at four dollars per diem including Sundays; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents. Navy-Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand

Boston.

four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy six cents per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one writer, at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-six cents Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at. one thousand

New York.

four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each: two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty one dollars and fifty cents. Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one shipkeeper, at

Sacketts Harbor.

three hundred and sixty five dollars per annum; Navy-Yard. League Island, Pennsylvania, For one clerk at one thousand

League Island.

Washington.

one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars. Navy-Yard, Norfalk, Virginia; For one clerk, at one thousand four

Norfolk.

hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician one thousand 721 two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand five hundred and fifty eight dollars and sixty three cents Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two

Pensacola.

hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. Navy-Yard, Mare Island, California; For one clerk, at one thousand

Mare Island.

four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one foreman at six dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifteen cents. Naval station, Key West, Florida; For one messenger, at six hundred

Key West.

dollars. In all sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-four cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such services. Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; For one superintendent,

Naval Home.

at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable-keeper and driver at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and gas. two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetary, burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars music in chapel, six hundred dollars, transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, forty eight thousand dollars; to reset and repair footway in front of wharf, one thousand dollars; total for Naval Home, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars; which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. public works—bureau of yards and docks, navy yards and stations, naval academy, and new naval observatory.

Public Works.

Navy Yard, Portsmouth. New Hampshire: For construction of

Portsmouth.

boiler house for building number ten, fifteen thousand dollars. Navy Yard, Boston Massachusetts; For repairs to wharf, twenty

Boston.

thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For completing gateway on

New York.

Sands street, paving and grading streets in connection with same, extension of railroad tracks, continuation of quay wall, repairs to buildings, and for other improvements at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, three hundred thousand dollars, to be paid from proceeds of sale of portion of Brooklyn navy-yard under act of Congress, approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 722 Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For continuation of

League Island.

sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; one pair shear legs, eighteen thousand dollars; toward the construction of east dry dock pier, as estimated for by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, forty thousand dollars; the total cost for the completion of the said pier not to exceed the sum of eighty thousand dollars; in all, seventy-eight thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For new timber

Washington.

shed for ordnance purposes, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for conversion of mold-loft building into a forge shop, eight thousand dollars; for reconstruction of forge shop with foundations for crane columns, ten thousand dollars; for one wrecking car with fifteen-ton crane attachment, two thousand five hundred dollars; for installation of electric lights in breech-mechanism shop, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of quay wall fifteen

Norfolk.

thousand dollars; for extension of water system, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand dollars. Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For sewerage

Port Royal.

eight hundred and forty-six dollars; for officers’ quarters, seven thousand dollars; for boathouse, one thousand dollars; for barn, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for completing officers quarters, heretofore authorized, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand and ninety-six dollars. Dry Dock, Algiers, Louisiana: Toward the establishment of a

Dry dock at Algiers.

dry dock on the Government reservation, near Algiers, Louisiana; for plans

La.

and specifications, and for the acquisition of such additional land as may be necessary in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, in accordance with the recommendations of two Commissions appointed

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by the President under the provisions of an act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, respectively, twenty-five thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For dredging, twenty

Mare Island.

thousand dollars; for dry-air closet, four thousand dollars; for new carriage house and dirt stables, for yards and docks stables, three thousand dollars; for changes in steam-engineering buildings, four thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars; for shed for bending slabs, rolls, and furnaces, six thousand three hundred and eighty-one dollars; for engine house for engine for construction and repair, three thousand tour hundred and seventy dollars; in all, forty-one thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars. Dry Dock, Puget Sound, Washington: To continue the construction

Dry dock at Puget Sound, Wash.

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of the dry dock at Puget Sound, authorized by the act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, including approaches to dry dock, rent of quarters for civil engineer and inspector, pay of superintendents, inspectors, and draftsmen, necessary dredging, and incidental expenses, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs and Preservation at Navy-yards and Stations:

Repairs.

For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. naval academy.

Naval Academy.

Buildings and grounds: For one new boiler house and fittings, to be

Buildings and grounds.

immediately available, twenty-six thousand dollars; for the erection of two double houses for officers’ quarters, thirty thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand dollars. new naval observatory.

Naval Observatory.

For grounds and roads: For continuing grading, extending roads

Grounds and roads.

and paths, clearing grounds of New Naval Observatory, and filling 723 ravine contiguous to boiler house, to be immediately available, twelve thousand dollars. Stationary tire engine: For one stationary fire engine, with pipes,

Stationery fire engine.

connections, and frame shelter, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. bureau of medicine and surgery.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in

Surgeons’ necessaries, etc.

commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, sixty thousand dollars. Naval Hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals

Hospital fund.

at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight,

Contingent.

expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and stationery; binding of unbound books and pamphlets; 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 of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary

Repairs.

repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. bureau of supplies and accounts.

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For

Provisions.

provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for officers and naval cadets on sea duty, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for communication therefor to be given), and fresh water, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, for drinking and cooking purposes, nine hundred and ninety thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including a chemist at two thousand dollars per annum,

Chemist.

one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million and ninety thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed

Accounts, advances, etc.

to cause general account of advances to be charged with the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall be carried to the credit of a permanent naval-supply fund to be used under the direction

Naval-supply fund.

of the Secretary of the Navy in the purchase of ordinary commercial supplies for the naval service, and to be reimbursed from the proper

Reimbursement.

724 naval appropriations whenever the supplies purchased under said fund are issued for use. Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight

Contingent.

and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty thousand dollars. And section thirty-seven hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes

Advertising for supplies.

R. S., sec. 3718, p. 734.

Ante, p.244.

of the United States, as amended by the act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended so as to read: “twice a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, or once a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy.” Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts:

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth.

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One

Boston.

bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection,

New York

nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine-dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one box-maker, at three dollars per diem; one engineer tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee-roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty five cents per diem. In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem. Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse:

League Island.

One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general storehouse:

Washington.

One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars: one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One

Naval Academy.

bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse:

Torpedo Station.

One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 725 Navy Yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two

Mare Island.

bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two bookkeepers,

Norfolk.

at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk at nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. Consolidating naval supplies: For completion of the work of arranging,

Consolidating, etc., naval supplies.

classifying, consolidating and cataloguing supplies of the Navy, ten thousand dollars: For expenses (not properly chargeable to other specific appropriations)

Transportation, etc.

of handling, shipping, and transportation from one station to another of the. stores which under the law have ceased to belong to particular bureaus and have become general supplies for use of the Navy, twenty thousand dollars. bureau of construction and repair.

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and

Preservation, repair, etc., of vessels.

completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary: purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers; pneumatic steerers; steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum

Provisos.

Limit of repairs, wooden ships.

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 ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of

“Hartford” and “Kearsarge.”

the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kearsarge, or to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far

Vessels in foreign waters, etc.

as may be necessary to bring them home. Civil Establishment. Bureau of Construction and Repair;

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth.

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Boston.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor,

New York.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; Navy-yard, Leage Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval constructor,

League Island.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; 726 Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to

Washington.

naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Norfolk. Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at

Norfolk.

one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty five cents each; Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer at one thousand and

Pensacola.

seventeen dollars and twenty five cents; Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Mare Island.

at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. bureau of steam engineering.

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of

Completion of machinery, etc.

Materials, etc.

purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and forty thousand dollars; For incidental expenses naval for vessels, yards, and the Bureau,

Incidental expenses.

such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; in all, six hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines,

Provisos.

Limit of repairs, wooden ships.

boilers, and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same character and power; nor shall new

“Hartford” and “Kearsarge.”

boilers be constructed for wooden ships: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kearsarge, or to order repairs of the engines,

Vessels in foreign waters, etc.

boilers, and machinery of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas so far as may be necessary to bring them home Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies,

Contingent.

drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thousand dollars. Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy-yard,

Civil establishment.

Portsmouth.

Portsmouth. New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars. Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one

New York.

thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department,

League Island.

at one thousand two hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one

Norfolk.

thousand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; Navy-Yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars;

Pensacola.

Mare Island.

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; In all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 727 naval academy.

Naval Academy.

Pay of Professors and others, Naval Academy: For one professor

Pay of professors and others.

of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), namely, one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; live assistant professors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three, of French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each: one boxing master and gym mast, atone thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the superintendent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars and one at one thousand dollars, respectively: one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars: one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety-seven 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, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at five hundred and twenty eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars

Band.

each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; services of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars: In all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy one dollars. For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as authorized

Special training, naval cadets.

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by act of Congress approved August fifth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, three thousand dollars. Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and Others, Naval Academy:

Watchmen, mechanics. etc.

For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of the gas house at one dollar and fifty cents per diem. In all, forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. Pay of Steam Employees Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics

Employees, steam engineering.

and others in department of steam engineering seven thousand eight hundred and twenty four dollars and fifty cents. Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs

Repairs, etc,

of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. Heating and Lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating

Fuel and lights.

and lighting the Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dollars. 728 Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses, Naval Academy:

Contingent expenses.

Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, and textbooks for use of instructors, two

Board of visitors.

thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, Height, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriations, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering eight hundred dollars; material for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; In all, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. marine corps.

Marine Corps.

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one

Pay of officers, active list.

colonel commandent, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartmaster, four majors, two assistant quartmasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenant, and twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Pay of officers on the retired list: For four colonels, two lieutenant-colonels,

Retired officers.

one major, one quartermaster, two assistant quartermasters, eight captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, fifty-two thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one

Enlisted men.

sergeant-major, one quartermaster-segeant, one leader of the band, 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 six hundred privates, three hundred and eighty five thousand dollars. Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum major,

Retired enlisted men.

three first-class musicians, nine first sergeants twelve sergeants, two corporals, five drummers, two lifers, and thirty privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, twenty-four thousand six hundred and fifty four dollars and sixty-three cents. Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing

Undrawn clothing.

Proviso.

No other fund to be used.

Mileage.

undrawn, twenty-four thousand dollars: Provided, That no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose. Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without troops, nine thousand dollars; Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers

Commutation of quarters.

on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thousand dollars. Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one

Civil force.

chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars, and twenty-eight cents. In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 729 In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, for pay to civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents; and the money herein specifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted tor in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non-commissioned

Provisions.

officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation for rations to eleven enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers, also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, seventy-five thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlist men in the Army. For amount required to be transferred to paymaster, Marine Corps, on account of rations to retired men eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents each per annum, five thousand dollars. Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non-commissioned

Clothing.

officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thousand dollars. For Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for

Fuel.

ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to officers nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at

Military stores.

three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day; in all three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents; for purchase of military equipment, such as cartridge boxes, bayonet, scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges, incidental expenses in connection with the school of application, for the establishment and maintenance or targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty-cents. Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transportation

Transportation and recruiting.

of troops, and the expenses of recruiting service, fifteen thousand dollars. For Repair of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hamphire; Boston.

Repair of barracks.

Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California, Port Royal, South Carolina, and Sitka, Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars. For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing supplies,

Rent.

and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two thousand dollars. 730 To complete the erection of barracks at naval station. Port Royal,

Barracks, Port Royal, S. C.

South Carolina, appropriation to be immediately available, two thousand six hundred dollars. For erection of a marine barracks on Coaster Harbor Island, Newport,

Barracks. Newport.

Proviso.

Contract.

Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars; Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used until a contract shall have been made for the completion of said barracks within the same. Forage Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the

Forage.

Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officer’s horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. Hike of Quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers

Hire of quarters.

serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five hundred dollars. For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s paymaster’s, and quartermaster’s office, Washington, District of Columbia, and assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty-one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; In all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage,

Contingent.

funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of telephones. purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope. twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes. iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, purchase and repair of cooking stoves; ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers, and periodicals: improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain and water pipes, water, introducing gas. and for gas. gas oil. and maintenance of electric lights, straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various posts, furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, thirty thousand dollars. International Naval Rendezvous and Review: For the expenses

International naval rendezvous.

of the International Rendezvous and Review, including assembling and preparation of ships and such temporary increase of the force of enlisted men and marines as may be required, and such other necessary expenses as the Secretary of the Navy may authorize,

Immediately available.

to be immediately available, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the number of persons who

Limit of enlisted men.

may at one time be enlisted into the Navy of the United States, including seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, mechanics, firemen, and coal heavers, and including one thousand five hundred apprentices and boys, hereby authorized to be enlisted annually, shall not exceed nine thousand. And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby,

Anchorage grounds. Hampton Roads and New York Harbor.

authorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish suitable anchorage ground in Hampton Roads and in New York harbor during 731 the continuance of the naval rendezvous and review to be held in pursuance of the provisions of section eight of the act of Congress approved

Vol. 26, p. 63.

April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, creating the World’s Columbian Exposition; and the Secretary of the Navy is

Rules, etc., for review, etc.

hereby further authorized to make such rules and regulations regarding the movements of all vessels in the roadstead and harbor named as may be necessary in order to insure the proper and orderly conduct of said naval rendezvous and review and provide for the safety of the vessels participating therein; and such rules and regulations when so issued and published shall have the force and effect of law. INCREASE OF THE NAVY.

Increase of the Navy.

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment

Three light-draft protected gunboats.

of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed, by contract, three light-draft protected gunboats of about one thousand two hundred tons displacement each, to cost, exclusive of armament,

Cost.

not more than four hundred thousand dollars each, excluding any premium that may be paid for increased speed and the cost of

Speed premiums.

armament. The contract for the construction of either of said gunboats shall contain such provisions as to speed and premiums and penalties affected by speed as may in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy may be deemed proper and fitting. In the construction of said

Construction.

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vessels all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” as to material for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contract under which they are built the notice of and proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, save that

Domestic manufacture.

Provisos.

Bidders must have suitable plant.

in all their parts said vessels shall be of domestic manufacture: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Navy shall not receive or consider bids from any party or parties not provided with a plant suitable to do the work: And provided further, That in awarding the contract

Awarding contract.

for any one of these ships, the Secretary of the Navy shall award the contract at the price of the lowest bid to that one of the parties bidding on any such ship which in his judgment it is in the interest of the Government to have to do the work. If the Secretary of the Navy

To be built at navy-yard if no reasonable contract can be made.

shall be unable to contract at reasonable prices for the building of said vessels, then he may build such vessels in such navy-yard as he may designate. under the bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

Armament and armor: AH balances of appropriations on hand

Armament and armor.

Balance of appropriations available.

July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the credit of armor and armament of vessels heretofore authorized, shall be available toward the armor and armament of any of the vessels heretofore authorized as well as for the armor and armament of vessels authorized by this act, including the purchase of or payment for the right to use and

Payment for patented processes, etc.

employ such patented processes and to manufacture and use such patented devices, apparatus, models, and designs as may, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, be necessary or desirable to increase the efficiency of the armor and armament tor naval vessels: Provided, always,

Proviso.

Domestic manufacture.

That such armor and armament shall be of domestic manufacture. under the bureau of equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

Equipment of New Vessels of the Navy: Toward the completion

Equipment of new vessels.

of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized by Congress, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Construction and steam machinery: On account of the hulls

Construction and steam machinery.

and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and 732 herein authorized, six million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand

Proviso.

Steel to be advertised for.

dollars: Provided, That no contract for the purchase of gun steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made until the subject-matter of the same shall have been submitted to public competition by the Department by advertisement. Approved, March 3, 1893.

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CHAP. 213.—

An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Postal service appropriations.

That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office

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Department, in conformity with the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows:

Office of the Postmaster-General.

Postmaster General.

For advertising, eighteen thousand dollars.

Advertising.

Miscellaneous.

For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster General, one thousand dollars. Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General.

First Assistant Post master-General.

For compensation to postmasters, fifteen million six hundred thousand

Postmasters.

dollars. For compensation to clerks in post-offices, eight million eight hundred

Clerks in post-offices.

and sixty thousand dollars and of this sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, be expended for the rental of cancelling machines. For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post offices, eight

Rent, light, and fuel.

Proviso.

Additional premises, New York.

hundred and two thousand dollars: Provided, That of said sum, thirty-five thousand dollars may be used for the rent, light, fuel, and necessary fixtures and furniture of additional premises in the city of New York hereby authorized to be hired and used for general post office business in said city. For rent, light and fuel for post-offices of the third class, six hundred

Limit, third-class offices.

and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, that there shall not be allowed for the use of any third-class post-office for rent a sum in excess of four hundred dollars, nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and lights, in any one year. For necessary miscellaneous and incidental items directly connected

Miscellaneous.

with first and second class post-offices, including furniture, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For free-delivery service, including existing experimental

Free delivery.

free-delivery offices, eleven million two hundred and fifty-four thousand nine

In rural communities.

hundred dollars, of which the sum of ten thousand dollars shall be applied under the direction of the Postmaster-General to experimental free delivery in rural communities other than towns and villages. For stationery in post-offices, fifty seven thousand dollars.

Stationery.

Twine.

Paper.

Scales.

For wrapping twine, ninety thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, sixty thousand dollars. For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same, eighteen thousand dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps and repairs to same, and ink

Canceling, etc., stamps.

and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, forty thousand dollars. For packing-boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand five

Packing-boxes, etc.

hundred dollars. For printing facing-slips and cutting same, card slide-labels, blanks,

Printing.

and books of an urgent nature for the postal service, ten thousand dollars. 733 office of the second assistant postmaster-general.

Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation by

Inland transportation.

Star routes.

Steamboat routes.

star routes, five million nine hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. For inland transportation by steamboat routes, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For mail messenger service, one million two hundred and seventy-five

Messenger service.

thousand dollars. For mail bags and mailbag catchers, cord-fasteners, label cases, and

Bags and catchers.

for labor and material necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, chains, tools and machinery, and for labor

Locks, keys, etc.

and material necessary for repairing same, thirty-five thousand dollars. For the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-General to rent a building

Repair shop.

for mailbag repair shop and lock-repair shop, and for fuel, gas, watchmen and charwomen, oil, and repair of machinery for same, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not

Railroad routes.

Freight.

exceeding thirty thousand dollars may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped paper, and other supplies from the manufactories to the post-offices and depots of distribution, twenty-four million five hundred thousand dollars. For railway post-office car service, two million nine hundred and

Postal cars.

forty-one. thousand dollars. For railway post-office clerks, six million eight hundred and ninety-four

Railway mail clerks.

thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars may be used to pay necessary traveling expenses of chief clerks

Traveling expenses.

and railway postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the Postmaster-General. For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Springfield,

Special facilities on trunk lines.

Massachusetts, via New York and Washington, to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty two cents: Provided, That no part of the appropriation

Proviso.

No expenditure unless necessary.

made by this paragraph shall be expended unless the Postmaster General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous.

Foreign mails.

Proviso.

Clerks on steam ships. International Postal Union.

For transportation of foreign mails, one million six hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter the Postmaster-General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed in assorting and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union. For balance due foreign countries, one hundred and ten thousand

Balance due foreign countries.

dollars. Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General.

Third Assistant Postmaster-General.

For manufacture of adhesive postage and special-delivery stamps,

Stamps.

three hundred and seventy-six thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses

Distribution.

of agency, twelve thousand dollars. For manufacture of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and

Stamped envelopes.

Proviso.

Return requests permitted.

letter sheets, one million one hundred and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That it shall be lawful after the thirtieth day of September,

Ante, p 147.

eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the Postmaster-General to have the usual requests for the return of letters, printed upon stamped envelopes sold by the Post-Office Department through postmasters. For pay of agent and assistant to distribute stamped envelopes,

Distribution

newspaper wrappers, and letter sheets, and expenses of agency, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars. 734 For manufacture of postal cards, three hundred and forty-three thousand

Postal cards.

seven hundred dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses

Distribution.

of agency, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For registered-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one

Official, etc., envelopes.

hundred and thirteen thousand six hundred dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand five hundred

Ship letters.

dollars. For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, three

Printing, etc., drafts.

thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous.

office of the fourth assistant postmaster-general.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General.

For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, two hundred and

Mail depredations.

Proviso.

Limit of expenditure in suits against sureties on official bonds.

thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount may be expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and special counsel necessarily employed in prosecuting civil suits instituted by the (sixth) Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, through the Solicitor of the Treasury, against the sureties on the official bonds of late

R. S., Sec. 292, p. 49.

Postmasters, as provided for by section two hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes of the United States.

Sec 2 That if the revenue of the Post-Office Department shall be

Appropriation to meet deficiencies.

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 said deficiencies in the revenue for the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred

Proviso.

Ante, p. 148.

and ninety-four: Provided, That so much of the appropriation of forty thousand dollars made by section four of the act of Congress approved July thirteen, eighteen hundred and ninety two, making appropriations for the postal service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for clerks, letter-carriers,

Branch station.

and incidental expenses necessary to maintain a branch station of the Chicago (Illinois) post-office in the Government building upon

World’s Columbian Exposition.

the ground of the World’s Columbian Exposition, and also of the appropriation of twenty-three thousand dollars provided for by said

Transportation.

Unexpended balances continued.

section for transportation of mails by railroad and mail messenger service, as shall remain unexpended on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, continued during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 214: making appropriations for the Department of Agricuture, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 27 Stat. 734 1893-03-03 Chapter 214 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 214.—

An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agricuture, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Department of Agriculture appropriations.

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 ninety-four, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

Agriculture, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk in said Department, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two 735 thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand dollars; stenographer to the. Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand four hundred dollars; private Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand six hundred dollars; one librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one stationery clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand four 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; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; eight clerks at one thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; six clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; one engineer, who shall be captain of the watch, one thousand six hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be a steamfitter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; two night watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; carpenters, painters, messengers, laborers, and charwomen, fifteen thousand dollars; in all eighty-one thousand nine hundred dollars. Division of Accounts and Disbursements: Chief of division

Division of accounts and disbursements.

and disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four auditing clerks and accountants, one thousand six hundred dollars each, six thousand four hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; one draft clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars: in all, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. Division of Statistics: One statistician, two thousand five hundred

Division of Statistics.

dollars; one assistant statistician, two thousand dollars; one clerk, class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks, class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, 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; in all, thirty-six thousand one hundred dollars. Division of Botany: One botanist and curator of the herbarium,

Division of botany.

two thousand five hundred dollars: one assistant botanist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant curator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one botanical clerk, one thousand dollars; one botanical clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all. eight thousand six hundred dollars. Division of Entomology: One entomologist, two thousand five

Division of entomology.

hundred dollars: one assistant entomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant entomologist or clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred dollars. Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy; One

Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy.

Division of pomology.

dollars; one assistant pomologist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Microscopy: One microscopist, two thousand five

Division of microscopy.

Division of vegetable pathology.

dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. Division of Chemistry: One chemist, two thousand five hundred

Division of chemistry.

dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; employment of additional assistant in division of chemistry when necessary, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand one hundred dollars. Division of Forestry: Chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of forestry.

one assistant chief of division, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars: in all, seven thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Division of Records and Editing: Chief of division, two thousand

Division of records and editing.

five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand dollars; one clerk, class one, one thousand two hundred dollars: in all, six thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Illustration: Chief artist and draftsman, two thousand

Division of illustration.

dollars; three assistant artists, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; five assistant artists, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars; one wood engraver, at two thousand dollars; one assistant wood engraver, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant wood engraver, at one thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand dollars. Divisions of Seeds: One chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of seeds.

one superintendent of seed room, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars: three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. Document and Folding Room: One superintendent, one thousand

Document and folding room.

six hundred dollars; two chief folders, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; one clerk, six hundred and sixty dollars: six folders, at six hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Experimental Gardens and Grounds: One superintendent,

Experimental gardens.

two thousand five hundred dollars. Museum: One curator, one thousand four hundred dollars: one

Museum.

assistant curator, one thousand dollars; two night watchmen, who shall also be watchmen tor the seed buildings, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all. three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue investigations

Extending foreign market for agricultural products.

concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for agricultural products of the United States, ten thousand dollars. 737 To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard

Road making investigations.

to the systems of road management throughout the United States, to make investigations in regard to the best method of road-making, to prepare publications on this subject suitable for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural college, and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, ten thousand dollars.

Expenses of investigations, etc.

Division of Statistics.

Collecting Agricultural Statistics, Division of Statistics: Collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, expenses of local investigations and compilations, and necessary traveling expenses; statistical publications furnishing data for permanent comparative records; compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, and the necessary expenses of the same, including paper and envelopes, postal cards, and postage stamps, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That fifteen thousand

Provisos.

Crop maps.

dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for the preparation and printing of maps and charts illustrating the progress of rural production and crop distribution of the United States, and for special investigation of the agricultural

Investigation Rocky Mountain region.

statistics of the States and Territories of the Rocky Mountain region, with traveling and other necessary expenses connected therewith: And provided further, That the monthly crop report issued on the tenth day

Monthly crop report to contain only condition of crops by States, etc.

of each month shall embrace only a statement of the condition of the crops by States and in the United States, with such explanations and comparisons with other months and years as may be useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall officially approve the report before it is

Approval of report.

issued or published. Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Division of

Division of botany.

Botany: Purchasing specimens, paper, and all necessary materials for the. herbarium and for labor in preparing the same, and for investigations and experiments with grasses and forage plants, including the establishment and maintenance of experimental grass stations and of other economic and medicinal plants, including cost of reports and illustrations thereof, and for traveling and other necessary expenses connected therewith and for employing local botanists in the field for exploration and collection of plants in little-known districts, thirty thousand dollars, of which the sum of two thousand dollars shall be

Immediately available.

immediately available. Investigating the History and Habits of Insects, Division

Division of entomology.

of Entomology: Promotion of economic entomology, investigating the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, agriculture, and horticulture, by inspection and experiments in nurseries and orchards when necessary, experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, chemicals, and other expenses in the practical work of the division of entomology, twenty thousand three hundred dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Cotton-boll worm.

That two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may lie expended for an investigation into the natural history of and remedies for the cotton-boll worm; for the compensation of additional temporary agents of the division of entomology; for traveling expenses, chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and the necessary expenses in this investigation. Investigation in Ornithology and Mammalogy, Division of

Division of ornithology and mammalogy-

Ornithology and Mammalogy: For investigating the geographic distribution of animals and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, and investigation of the food habit of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, traveling, and other expenses in the practical work of the division, seventeen thousand five bundled dollars. 738 Pomological Information, Division of Pomology: Traveling

Division of pomology.

and other necessary expenses in investigating, collecting and disseminating pomological information, and the collection and distribution of trees, seeds, shrubs, and specimens, five thousand dollars. Investigation of Food Adulterations and Investigations

Division of microscopy.

and Experiments relating to Textile Fabrics, Division of Microscopy: Microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations and drawings, and other supplies; traveling expenses; the purchase of food samples and condiments in the investigation of the adulteration of food; the purchase of textile fabrics, and ascertaining their relative strength and forms, two thousand dollars Vegetable Pathological Investigation and Experiments,

Division of vegetable pathology

Division of Vegetable Pathology: Investigating the nature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; chemicals and apparatus required in the field and laboratory; necessary traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; and for other expenses connected with the practical work of investigation, twenty thousand dollars; of which so much thereof as may be directed by the Secretary may be applied to the investigation of peach yellows, California grape disease, root rot and blight of cotton, pear blight, the disease of the orange, and remedies therefor. Laboratory, Division of Chemistry: Chemical apparatus, chemicals,

Division of chemistry.

laboratory, fixtures and supplies, purchase of samples and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling expenses, labor and expert work in such investigations, six thousand dollars; for rent of laboratory building, nine hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to extend and continue the

Adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors.

investigation of the adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors, including the purchase of samples, transportation, traveling expenses, stationery, return postage, printing and illustrations, analyzing, investigating, and examining samples purchased in the open markets, fifteen thousand dollars, and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem

Proviso.

Report to Congress.

necessary: Provided, That the Secretary is hereby required to make a separate report to Congress as to where and when the samples of food, liquors, and drugs were purchased, when and where analyzed and the result of such analysis, together with the name of the manufacturer and the brand or label on the package or article. Fiber Investigation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to

Fiber investigation.

continue the investigations relating to textile fibres indigenous in or adapted to the United States, including their economic growth, cleansing, and decorticating preparatory to manufacture; the testing machines and processes for said cleansing and decorticating; for the purchase of material for said tests; for the purchase of liber plants and seeds for distribution, propagation, and experiment; and for the labor and expenses incident thereto, and for traveling expenses in connection with said duties, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Report on Forestry, Division of Forestry: To enable the

Division of forestry.

Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and continue an investigation

Report.

and report upon the subject of forestry, and for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation, and the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, twenty thousand dollars. Illustrations and Engravings, Division of Illustrations:

Division of illustrations.

Tools, instruments, paper, ink, pencils, paints, and other necessary materials, printing proofs, two thousand dollars. Purchase and Distribution of Valuable Seeds, Division of

Division of seeds.

Distribution.

Seeds: Purchase, propagation, and distribution, as required by law, of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and 739 expense of labor, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal cards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in localities, adapted to their culture, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. An equal proportion of

Allotment.

two-thirds of all seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and plants shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the Department of results of the experiments therewith: Provided, That all seeds,

Provisos.

Seeds uncalled for.

plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates to Congress for distribution, remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year, shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture: And provided also, That the Secretary shall report as provided in this act,

Report as to purchases, etc.

the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from sending flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated

Not to be diverted.

shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants: Provided, however,That

Distribution to be adapted to locality.

the Secretary 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. Printing, seed packets, labels, postal cards, circulars, and so forth,

Printing, etc.

labor, paper, ink, type and other necessary material for printing and for repairing and for repairing printing presses, five thousand four hundred dollars. Document and Folding Room: Paper, gum, twine, and other necessary

Document and folding room.

materials, two thousand dollars. Experimental Garden and Grounds: Labor in experimental

Experimental garden and grounds.

garden and grounds, the care of conservatories, plant and fruit propagating and seed-testing houses, for building and repair of greenhouses, and the keep of the reservation, lawns, trees, roadways, and walks, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. Blacksmithing, the purchase of tools, wagons, carts, harness, horses, lawn mowers, heating apparatus, and machinery, and the necessary labor and material tor repairing the same; the purchase of new and rare kinds of seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; expense of material and labor in labeling and packing plants for distribution and transportation; the purchase of necessary pots, tubs, watering cans, and hose; the purchase of material for the distraction of insects, and other necessary items for the cultivation and improvement of the grounds and arboretum; the purchase of material for repairing and making roads and walks; the purchase of glass, paints, lumber, tin for roofing and spouting, and hardware, and for carpenters, painters, and all other mechanics, and the necessary material for keeping the conservatories and other structures in good repair, thirteen thousand dollars. Museum: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to completely

Museum.

reorganize and systematize the present agricultural museum attached to the Department; for collecting, classifying, and naming cereals; collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and for labor and material in preparing the same for the museum, and other necessary expenses and supplies, four thousand dollars. Furniture Cases and Repairs: Repairing buildings, heating

Furniture, cases, and

apparatus, furniture, carpeting, matting, water and gas pipes, new furniture, and all necessary material and labor for the same, including lumber, hardware, glass, and paints, ten thousand dollars. Library: Purchase of necessary books, periodicals, and papers, and

Library.

for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, three thousand dollars. 740 Postage: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous

Postage.

articles for correspondents and foreign mail, five thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses: Stationery, twine, paper, gum, dry goods,

Contingent expenses.

Bureau of Animal Industry. Salaries, etc.

Vol. 23, p. 31.

Vol. 26, p. 414.

carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal industry, and of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 26. p. 1049.

Inspection.

providing for an inspection of meats and animals, also the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. providing for the inspection of live cattle, hogs and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes, the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and in such manner as he

Preventing spread of pleuropneumonia.

may think best, to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia and other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, including one thousand dollars additional

Allowance to chief.

temporary compensation to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and to expend any part of this sum in the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals, and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, or other diseases of animals, from one State into another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may direct; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of

Laboratory.

Proviso.

Investigating swine diseases.

not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided, That fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, maybe expended in continuation of the investigations and experiments, to be conducted within the United States, into the nature, causes, and remedies for prevention and cure of hog cholera and swine plague. Quarantine Stations for Neat Cattle: To establish and

Quarantine stations for neat cattle.

maintain quarantine stations, and to provide proper shelter for and care of neat cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary, fifteen thousand dollars. That whenever the Secretary

Secretary of Agriculture to certify what countries are free from contagious diseases. etc.

Vol. 26, p. 616.

of Agriculture shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what countries or parts of countries are free from contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals, and that neat cattle and hides can be imported from such countries into the United States without danger to the domestic animals of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury shall suspend the prohibition of the importation of neat cattle and hides, in the manner provided by law. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the

Pedigree animals.

Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and purebred animals, under the provisions of paragraph four hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 616.

eighty-two of the act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Agricultural Experiment Stations: To carry into effect the

Agricultural experiment stations.

Vol. 24, p. 440.

Vol. 12, p. 503.

and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto,” and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, twenty-live thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture to enable him to carry out the provisions of section three of said act of March second,

Vol. 24, p. 441.

Index of agricultural literature.

eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as lie may deem necessary, and to incur such other expenses in traveling, stationery, and office fixtures, as he may find essential in carrying out the objects of the above acts and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture

Distribution.

is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy it copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index. Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar: To enable the Secretary

Experiments in sugar manufacture.

of Agriculture to continue experiments in the production of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets and sorghum, and especially for culture experiments looking to the improvement, of those sources of sugar, and for experiments for the more complete separation of the sugar from the molasses, and including all necessary expenses in these experiments, namely, traveling expenses, purchase of samples, apparatus, and supplies, chemical services, including five hundred dollars additional temporary compensation to the chief chemist, and other expenses

Additional pay to chemist.

incidental to the experiments, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That so much thereof as

Proviso.

Lands in California.

may be necessary may in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture be expended in investigating and preparing to carry on experiments next year in sugar cane production on reclaimed swamp lands in some suitable place in the San Joaquin or Sacramento Valley, California, to be used by the Department free of charge: Provided further, That

Sales.

all products of the experiments may be sold and the proceeds thereof be used in the experimental work, and that a full and accurate account of the proceeds of such sales be transmitted to Congress. Irrigation Investigations: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture

Irrigation investigation.

to continue the collection of information as to the best modes of agriculture by irrigation, six thousand dollars. WEATHER BUREAU.

Weather Bureau.

Salaries and Expenses of the Weather Bureau: To enable

Salaries and expenses.

Vol. 26, p. 653.

the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, transferring the Weather Bureau to the Department of Agriculture: One chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one professor of meteorology, four thousand dollars; one assistant chief of bureau, three thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one executive officer, two thousand five hundred dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one superintendent of telegraph lines, two thousand dollars; four inspectors, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks, class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars; one property clerk and storekeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one. thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, class three, eight thousand dollars; eleven clerks, class two, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars; 742 thirty-one clerks, class one, thirty-seven two hundred dollars; twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; three telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each (for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand), three thousand dollars; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicians, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one batteryman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; seven messengers, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; six messengers, or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand seven hundred dollars; five messengers, or laborers, at three hundred dollars each, one thousand five hundred dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, nine hundred and sixty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers, as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred

Changes in personnel.

and thirty dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make such changes in the personnel of the Weather Bureau for limiting or reducing expenses as he may deem necessary. Fuel, Lights, and Repairs: For fuel, lights, repairs, labor, and

Fuel, lights, and repairs.

other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of Washington, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. Contingent Expenses: Contingent expenses for stationery, furniture,

Contingent expenses.

and repairs to the same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses; repairs of harness; paper, twine, advertising. dry goods, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Bureau, thirteen thousand seven, hundred dollars. General Expenses, Weather Bureau.

General expenses.

Expenses of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely: Salaries of thirty local forecast officials, observers,

Salaries, forecast officials outside of Washington.

assistant observers, operators, repairmen, and other necessary civilian employees out side of the city of Washington, three hundred and forty-four thousand dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make promotions in the service without prejudice to those transferred from the Signal Service of the War Department. All other expenses, itemized as follows:

Maps, etc.

maps, bulletins, and stationery for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary working force), for printing of the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, monthly weather reviews, and other meteorological data for distribution and display in the 743 interest of agriculture, commerce, and navigation; for transportation

Transportation, etc.

and legal traveling allowances of employees when traveling on business connected with the Bureau, including transportation of materials and funds; for meteorological and other instruments and shelters therefor;

Instruments.

Telegraphing reports, etc.

for telegraphing or telephoning reports, messages, or other information; the special and regular circuits, drops, and rates for Weather-Bureau service, to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the telegraph or telephone company or companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses of offices maintained as

Rents.

Coast telegraphs.

stations of observation; for the, maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; including the maintenance of telegraphic or telephonic communications between Middle and Thunder Bay Islands in the city

Middle and Thunder Bay Islands, Mich.

Flood reports.

Storm signals.

Cotton-belt reports.

of Alpena, Michigan; for river observations and reports necessary for flood forecasts; for storm, cold wave, flood, frost, and other signals (including the purchase of flags for the same); for cotton region observations and reports; for special observations and pay of observers of West India stations during the hurricane season; for supplies for State

Hurricane reports.

Supplies, etc.

Climate investigations.

Weather Service stations, and for investigations on the relations of climate to organic life, four hundred and four thousand one hundred and seventy dollars; in all, seven hundred and forty eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 215: relating to copyrights. 27 Stat. 743 1893-03-03 Chapter 215 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 215.—

An Act relating to copyrights.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Copyrights.

Extension of time limit for delivery of copies to Librarian of Congress, etc.

That any author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, or other article entitled to copyright, who has heretofore failed to deliver in the office of the Librarian of Congress, or in the, mail addressed to the Librarian of Congress, two complete copies of such book, or description or photograph of such article, within the time limited by title sixty, chapter three,

R. S., title LX, chap. 3. p. 958.

of the Revised Statutes relating to copyrights, and the acts in amendment thereof,

Vols. 18, p. 78; 22, p. 181; 26. p. 1106.

and has complied with all other provisions thereof, who has, before the first day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three, delivered at the office of the Librarian of Congress, or deposited in the mail addressed to the Librarian of Congress two complete printed copies of such book, or description, or photograph of such article, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of said title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes and the acts in amendment thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 216: to continue the duties on certain manufactures of flax at the rate now provided by law. 27 Stat. 743 1893-03-03 Chapter 216 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 216.—

An Act to continue the duties on certain manufactures of flax at the rate now provided by law.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Tariff.

Duties on certain manufactures of flax.

Vol. 26, p. 593.

That paragraph numbered three hundred and seventy-one of an act entitled “An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words “ninety-four” and inserting “ninety-five,” so that the proviso embraced in said paragraph shall read as follows: “Provided, That until January first, eighteen hundred

Proviso.

Rate continued until Jan. 1, 1895.

and ninety-five, such manufactures of flax containing more than one hundred threads to the square inch, counting both warp and tilling, shall be subject to a duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem in lieu of the duty herein provided.”

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 217: for the relief of William and Mary College, of Virginia. 27 Stat. 744 1893-03-03 Chapter 217 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 744

CHAP. 217.—

An Act for the relief of William and Mary College, of Virginia.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William and Mary Colleges Va.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, the sum of sixty-four thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse said college for the destruction of its buildings and other property destroyed without authority by soldiers of the United

Proviso.

Destruction, etc., to be proven.

States during the late war: Provided, That no money be so paid except upon accounts of such destruction and the damage caused thereby duly verified and proven.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 218: to authorize the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Calumet Riser upon or near the site of its present bridge and upon a location and plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, and to operate the same. 27 Stat. 744 1893-03-03 Chapter 218 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 218.—

An Act to authorize the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Calumet Riser upon or near the site of its present bridge and upon a location and plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, and to operate the same.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad Company may renew bridge across Calumet River.

That the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the States of Illinois and Indiana, and now operating a rail road therein, be, and it is hereby, authorized to renew its railroad

Location.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

bridge across the Calumet River upon or near the site of its present bridge, upon such location and plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and to operate the same.

Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all times

Opening of draw, etc.

as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night, and the draw of said bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats, vessels, or other water craft, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw; and there shall be displayed on said

Lights, etc.

bridge from sunset to sunrise by the owners thereof, such lights or other signals as the Light House Board may prescribe. And any

Structural changes.

Cost.

changes in the structure of said bridge which the Secretary of War may hereafter require in the interest of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own proper cost and expense.

Sec. 3. That the right to alter or repeal this act is hereby expressly

Amendment.

reserved.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 219: for the relief of the Stockbridge and Menace cribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin. 27 Stat. 744 1893-03-03 Chapter 219 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 219.—

An Act for the relief of the Stockbridge and Menace cribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin.

March 3, 1893.

Whereas, a treaty was entered into on the fifth day of February,

Preamble.

Vol. 11, p. 663.

eighteen hundred and fifty-six, by and between the. Government of the United States and the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, in which the said Indians ceded certain lands to the United States, and accepted in consideration thereof certain lands as a reservation, to which said Indians removed, and upon which they have ever since resided; and Whereas by the interpretation placed by Government officials on the act

Vol. 16, p. 404.

of February sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, an act for the relief of said Indians, a large part of said Indians (and their descendants) who signed said treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and have continued with said tribe from the making of said treaty to the present time, are excluded from participating in tribal funds and the right to occupy said reservation: Therefore 745 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That all persons who were actual members of said tribe of Indians

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, Wisconsin.

Distribution of tribal funds.

Vol. 11, p. 664.

at the time of the execution of the treaty of February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and their descendants, and all persons who became members of the tribe under the provisions of article six of said treaty, and their descendants, who did not in and by said treaty, and have not since its execution, separated from said tribe, are hereby declared members of said Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians and entitled to their pro rata share in tribal funds and in the occupancy of

Share in tribal funds and lands.

tribal lauds; and all members who entered into possession of lands under the allotments of eighteen hundred and fifty-six and of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and who by themselves or by their lawful heirs have resided on said lands continuously since, are hereby declared

Fee simple ownership.

Patents to issue.

to be owners of such lands in fee simple, in severalty, and the Government shall issue patents to them therefor.

Sec. 2. That it shall be die duty of the Secretary of the Interior,

Enrollment to be taken and tiled.

without unnecessary delay after the passage of this act, to cause to be taken an enrollment of said tribe on the basis of the provisions of this act, which enrollment shall be Hied, a copy in the Department of the Interior and a copy in the records of said tribe: Provided, that in all

Proviso.

Prior allotments.

cases where allotments of eighteen hundred and seventy-one shall conflict with allotments of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the latter shall prevail.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 220: to prescribe the number of district attorneys and marshals in the judicial districts of the State of Alabama. 27 Stat. 745 1893-03-03 Chapter 220 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 220.—

An Act to prescribe the number of district attorneys and marshals in the judicial districts of the State of Alabama.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District attorney and marshal to be in each judicial district of Alabama.

That in each of the three judicial districts of the State of Alabama there shall be a district attorney and a marshal.

Charles F. Crisp Speaker of the House of Representatives, Levi P. Morton Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, In the House of Representatives.

March, 2, 1893.

The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill (H. R. 9612) “To prescribe the number of district attorneys and marshals in the judicial districts of the State of Alabama,” with his objections thereto, the House proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution to reconsider the same; and

Resolved,

That the said bill pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same.

Attest, James Kerr Clerk. By T. O. Towles Chief Clerk In the Senate of the United States,

March 3, 1893.

The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An act to prescribe the number of district attorneys and marshals in the judicial districts of the State of Alabama,” returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of 746 Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill:

Resolved,

That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.

Attest: Anson G. McCook Secretary.

Chap. 221: establishing a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel. 27 Stat. 746 1893-03-03 Chapter 221 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 221.—

An Act establishing a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel, established.

That for the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the United States of America, namely:

Number of gauge Number of gauge, thickness, and weight.	Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch	Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch	Approximate thickness in millimeters	Weight per square foot in ounces avoirdupois	Weight per square foot in pounds avoirdupois	Weight per square foot in kilograms	Weight per square meter in kilograms	Weight per square meter in pounds avoirdupois.

0000000	1–2	.5	12.7	320	20.00	9.072	97. 65	215.28
000000	15–32	.46875	11.90625	300	18.75	8.505	91.55	201.82
00000	7–16	.4376	11.1125	280	17.50	7.983	85.44	188.37
0000	13–32	.46625	10.31875	260	16.25	7.371	79.33	174.91
000	3–8	.375	9.925	240	15.	6.804	79. 24	161.46
00	11–32	. 34375	8.73125	220	13.75	6.287	67. I3	148,00
0	5–16	.3125	7.0375	200	12.50	5.07	61. 03	134.55
1	9–32	.28125	7.14375	180	11.25	5.103	54.93	121.09
2	17–64	.265625	6.746875	170	10.625	4.819	61.88	114.37
3	1–4	.25	6 35	160	10	4.586	48. 82	107.64
4	15–64	.234375	5.653125	150	9.375	4.252	45. 77	100.91
5	7–32	.21875	5.55625	140	8.75	3.969	42.72	94.18
6	13–64	.203126	5.159375	130	8.125	3.685	39.67	87.45
7	3–16	.1876	4.7625	120	7.5	3.402	36.62	80.72
8	11–64	.171875	4.365625	110	6.875	3.118	33.57	74.00
9	5–32	.15625	3.90875	100	6.25	2.835	30. 52	67.27
10	9–64	.140625	3.571875	90	5.625	2.552	27.40	60. 55
11	1–8	.125	3.175	80	5	2.268	24.41	58. 82
12	7–64	.109376	2.778125	70	4.375	1.984	21.36	47.00
13	3–32	.09375	2.38125	60	3.75	1.701	18.31	40.36
14	6–61	.078125	1.684375	50	3.125	1.417	15.26	38.64
15	9–120	.0703126	1.7859875	45	2.8125	1.276	13.73	30.27
16	1–16	.0625	1.5875	40	2.5	1.134	12.21	26.91
17	9–160	.05625	1.42875	36	2.25	1.021	10.99	24.22
18	1–20	.05	1.27	32	2.	.9072	9.765	21.53
I9	7–160	.04375	1.11125	28	1.75	.7988	8.544	18.84
20	3–80	.0375	.9525	24	1.50	.6804	7.324	16.15
21	11–320	.034375	.878125	22	1.375	.6237	6.713	14.80
22	1–32	.03125	.793750	20	1.25	.567	6.103	13.46
23	9–320	.028125	.714375	18	1.125	.5103	5.493	12.11
24	1–40	.025	.635	16	1.	.4536	4.882	10.76
25	7–320	.021875	.555625	14	. 875	.3969	4.272	9.42
26	3–160	.01875	.47625	12	.75	.3402	3.662	8.07
27	11–640	.0171875	.4365625	11	.6875	.3119	3.357	7.40
28	1–64	.015025	.396875	10	.625	.2835	3.052	6.73
29	9–640	.0150626	.3571876	9	.5625	.2561	2.740	6.05
30	1 –80	.0125	.3175	8	.6	.2208	2.441	5.38
31	7–640	.0109375	.2778125	7	.4375	.1984	2.136	4.71
33	13–1280	.01015625	.25796875	6	.40625	.1843	1.983	4.37
33	3–320	.009379	.238125	6	.375	.1701	1.831	4.04
34	11– 1280	. 00859375	.21828.125	5	.34376	.1559	1.678	3.70
35	5–640	. 0078120	.1984375	5	.3125	.1417	1.536	3.36
36	9–1280	.00703125	.17859375	4	.28125	.1276	1.373	3.03
37	17–2560	.006640625	.166671875	4	.265025	.1205	1.297	2.87
38	1–160	.00625	.15875	4	.25	.1134	1.221	2.69

And on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the

No other to be used in determining duties.

same and no other shall be used in determining duties and taxes levied by the United States of America on sheet and plate iron and steel. But

No increased duties on imports.

this act shall not be, construed to increase duties upon any articles which may be imported.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required

Secretary of Treasury to prepare standard.

Variation allowed.

to prepare suitable standards in accordance herewith.

Sec. 3. That in the practical use and application of the standard gauge hereby established a variation of two and one-half per cent, either way may be allowed.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 222: in relation to the pay of Rear-Admiral James E. Jouett, retired. 27 Stat. 747 1893-03-03 Chapter 222 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public 747

CHAP. 222.—

An Act in relation to the pay of Rear-Admiral James E. Jouett, retired.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James E. Jouett, retired.

To receive highest pay. etc., of grade as rear-admiral, Navy.

That Rear-Admiral James E. Jouett, of the United States Navy, retired, be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the highest pay and compensation of his grade as a rear-admiral, from and after the date of the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 223: granting the right of way through the Arlington Reservation for railroad purposes. 27 Stat. 747 1893-03-03 Chapter 223 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 223.—

An Act granting the right of way through the Arlington Reservation for railroad purposes.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Washington Southern Railway Company granted right of way through Arlington Reservation, Va.

That the Washington Southern Railway Company is hereby authorized to construct and thereafter maintain and operate its railroad across the grounds of the United States Government, known as the Arlington Reservation, in the State of Virginia, opposite the city of Washington, and for such purpose said company is hereby granted a right of way thirty-three feet in width,

Width.

each side of the center line of the adopted line for the Georgetown Branch of the Washington Southern Railway, through the grounds aforesaid, at the points marked A and B, respectively, as shown on

Location.

Provisos.

Approval of route.

plat filed with the Secretary of War: Provided, That said line or route shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and when said right of way shall cease to be used for the purpose aforesaid, the same shall revert to the United States Government, and said road shall be commenced within one year from the date of the passage of this act

Commencement and completion.

and finished within three years: Provided further, That before this act shall take effect the Secretary of War shall cause to be assessed the damage, if any, which may accrue to the United States Government

Assessment of dam ages.

by the grant of this right of way, by three officers of the Army, and the amount of such award shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 2. That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act is reserved

Amendment, etc.

to Congress.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 224: to authorize the Interoceanic Railway Company to construct and operate railway, telegraph, and telephone lines through the Indian Territory. 27 Stat. 747 1893-03-03 Chapter 224 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 224.—

An Act to authorize the Interoceanic Railway Company to construct and operate railway, telegraph, and telephone lines through the Indian Territory.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Interoceanic Railway Company may construct railway, etc., line through Indian Territory and Oklahoma.

That the Interoceanic Railway, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railroad, telegraph, and telephone lines, wherever said lines pass through the Indian Territory or through any Indian reservation, or lands reserved for Indian purposes or allotted to individual Indians within the Territory of Oklahoma, commencing at a point

Locution.

on the west line of Sebastian County in the State of Arkansas, and south of the corporate limits of the city of Fort Smith from the point of entrance into the Indian Territory, running in a westerly direction through the said Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma, to a point on the west line of the said Territory of Oklahoma, between the North Canadian and the Washita rivers, with a branch

Branch in Choctaw Nation.

running from the main line in the Choctaw Nation in a southerly or southwesterly direction by the most feasible and practicable route, to a point on the Red River at or near the city of Denison, Texas; also a

Branch in Seminole Nation.

branch beginning at a point in the Seminole Nation near the Wewoha 748 river, running thence in a northerly or northwesterly direction to a point on the south line of the State of Kansas at or near the town of Otto in said State of Kansas, with the right to construct, use, and maintain

Sidings, etc.

such tracts, turnouts, branches, and sidings and extensions as said company may deem it in their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for.

Sec. 2. That the said corporation is authorized to take and use for

Right of way.

all purposes of railway, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Indian Territory and other Indian reservations, or lauds reserved for Indian purposes or allotted to individual Indians, in Oklahoma Territory for said main line and branches

Addition for stations, etc.

of the Interoceanic Railway Company; and to take and use a strip of land three hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to right of way, for stations, for every ten miles of road,

Additional for cuts and fills.

with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or tills 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

Provisos.

Limit.

Lands not to be sold, etc.

fill: Provided, That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient

Reversion.

operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians or individual allottee from which the same shall be taken.

Sec. 3.

That before said railway shall be constructed through any

Damages.

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, or by allotment under any law of the United States or agreement with the Indians, full compensation shall be made to such

Referees.

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, to be appointed, one (who shall act as chairman) by the President, one by the chief of the nation to which said occupant belongs, or, in the case of an allottee, by said allottee or by his duly authorized guardian or representative, and one by said railway company, who, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall take and subscribe, before a district judge,

Oath, etc.

clerk of a district court, or United States commissioner, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award to and filed with the Secretary of the Interior within sixty days from the completion thereof; and a majority of said referees shall be competent to act in case of the absence of a member,

Substitution on failure to appoint.

after due notice. And upon the failure of either party to make such appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the President, the vacancy shall be filled by the district judge of the United States district court held in the Territory where the

Hearings.

property is situated, upon the application of the other party. The chairman of said board shall appoint the time and place, for all hearings within the nation to which said occupant belongs. Each of said referees shall

Compensation.

receive for his services 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

Costs.

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 railway company. In case the referees cannot agree, then any

A ward.

Appeal.

two of them are authorized to make the award. Either party being dissatisfied with the finding of the referees shall have the right, within 749 ninety days after the making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the United States district court held nearest the property, which court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the subject matter of said petition, according to the laws of the Territory in which the same shall be heard provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes. If, upon the hearing of said appeal, the judgment of the court shall be for a

Costs on appeal.

larger sum than the award of the referees, the cost of said appeal shall be adjudged against the. railway company. If the judgment of the court shall be for the same sum as the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the appellant.

If the judgment of the court shall be for a smaller sum than the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the party claiming damages. When proceedings have been commenced in

Work may begin on depositing double award.

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 enter upon the property sought to be. condemned and proceed with the construction of the railroad.

Sec. 4. That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants

Freight charges.

of said Territories a greater rate of freight than the rate authorized by the laws of the State of Arkansas for services and transportation of the same kind: Provided, That passenger rates on said railway shall

Provisos.

Passenger rates.

Regulation of charges.

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 Territories 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

Interstate transportation.

from one State into another or shall extend into more than one State: Provided, however, That the rate of such transportation of passengers,

Maximum.

local or interstate, shall not exceed the rate above expressed: And provided further, That said railway company shall carry the mail

Mails.

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.

Sec. 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands the said railway may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for in this act, for property taken and damages done to individual occupants by the construction of the railway, for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territories, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded: Provided, That if the general

Provisos.

Appeal by general councils.

council of either of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located shall, within four months after the tiling of maps of definite location as set forth in section six of this act, dissent from the allowance hereinbefore provided for, 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 to be paid to the individual occupants of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as therein provided: Provided further,

Award to be in lien of compensation.

That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by said railway company tor said dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be entitled to receive under the foregoing provision. Said company shall also pay, so

Annual rental.

long as said lands are owned and occupied by the Indians in their present tribal relations and not as citizens of the United 750 States, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct through said lands. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force between the United States and said nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company

Taxation.

through their lands: Provided, 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 just and proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed, through which said railway shall have been established, may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway as

Survey, etc.

may be within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act.

Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its

Maps to be filed.

located lines through said Territories 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 lands said railway may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown

Provisos.

Grading to begin on filing of map.

by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That, when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twenty-five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun.

Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company

Employees may reside on right of way.

necessary to the construction and management 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.

Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the

Jurisdiction.

western district of Arkansas and the northern district of Texas, 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 Interoceanic 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 parties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of

Construction.

its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act, and complete the main line of the same within said Territory within three years thereafter, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railway company shall

Crossings, etc.

construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said 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.

Sec. 10. That the said Interoceanic Railway Company shall accept

Condition of acceptance.

this right of way upon the express 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 of the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure 751 from the Indian nations any further grant of land, or its occupancy, than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the

Proviso.

Violation, to forfeit

condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.

Record of mortgages.

Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying 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.

Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or

Amendment, etc.

repeal this act.

Sec 13. That the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not

No assignment before construction.

be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the Construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other liens

Construct ion liens, etc., excepted.

that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 225: to regulate the manner in which property shall be sold under orders and decrees of any United States courts. 27 Stat. 751 1893-03-03 Chapter 225 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 225.—

An Act to regulate the manner in which property shall be sold under orders and decrees of any United States courts.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sale of property under orders, etc., of United States courts.

Real estate, etc.

That all real estate or any interest in land sold under any order or decree of any United States Court shall be sold at public sale at the courthouse of the county, parish, or city in which the property, or the greater part thereof, is located, or upon the premises, as the court rendering such order or decree of sale may direct.

Sec. 2. That all personal property sold under any order or decree of

Personal property.

any Court of the United States shall be sold as provided in the first section of this act, unless in the opinion of the court rendering such order or decree, it would be best to sell it in some other manner.

Sec. 3. That hereafter no sale of real estate under any order, judgment,

No sale of real estate without, publication in newspaper of county and State where situ ate.

or decree of any United States Court shall be had without previous publication of notices of such proposed sale being ordered and had once a week for at least four weeks prior to such sale in at least one newspaper printed, regularly issued and having a general circulation in the county and State where the real estate proposed to be sold is situated, if such there be. If said property shall be situated in more than one county or state, such notice shall be published in such of the counties where said property is situated, as the court may direct. Said

Description.

notice shall, among other things, describe the real estate to be sold. The court may, in its discretion, direct the publication of the notice of

In other papers.

sale herein provided for to be made in such other papers as may seem proper.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 226: to amend section seven hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 27 Stat. 751 1893-03-03 Chapter 226 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 public

CHAP. 226.—

An Act to amend section seven hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

March 3, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appeals in habeas corpus cases.

R. S., sec. 766, p. 144 amended.

Proviso.

Limit of time.

That section seven hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto, at the end of said section, the following words: “Provided, That no such appeal shall be had or allowed after six months from the date of the judgment or order complained of.”

Approved, March 3, 1893.

RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: relating to the discharge of certain official duties in the office of Register of the Treasury. Public Resolution 1 27 Stat. 752 1892-12-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 1.]

Joint Resolution relating to the discharge of certain official duties in the office of Register of the Treasury.

December 13, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Designation of acting assistant.

That during the absence of the Register of the Treasury, and while the Assistant Register is discharging, under the law, the duties of Register during his said absence, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by appointment under his hand and seal, delegate authority to any Chief of Division or clerk in the office of Register to act as Assistant Register during the said absence of the Register.

Approved, December 13, 1892.

No. 2: to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty first day of said month. Public Resolution 2 27 Stat. 752 1892-12-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 2.]

Joint Resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty first day of said month.

December 20, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries December 21, 1892.

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, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty first day of said month.

Approved, December 20, 1892.

No. 4: to print and bind two thousand extra copies each of the drill regulations for infantry, cavalry and artillery. Public Resolution 4 27 Stat. 752 1893-01-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 4.]

Joint Resolution to print and bind two thousand extra copies each of the drill regulations for infantry, cavalry and artillery.

January 7, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Drill regulations.

Copies to be printed for sale.

That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print from the stereotype plates and bind two thousand extra copies each of the drill regulations for infantry, cavalry and artillery, and sell the same at the cost price thereof to such persons connected with the militia or national guard of the States, and others, as may require their use.

Approved, January 7, 1893.

No. 5: to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 5 27 Stat. 752 1893-01-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 5.]

Joint Resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

January 9, 1893

, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James B. Angell.

Reappointed Regent Smithsonian Institution.

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, shall be tilled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January 19, 1893.

Approved, January 9, 1893.

(752) No. 6: providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 6 27 Stat. 753 1893-01-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 753 [No. 6.]

Joint Resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

January 16, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Agricultural R e port 1892.

Printing authorized.

Distribution.

That there be printed five hundred thousand copies of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two; one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate; three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, 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, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Sec. 2. That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or so much

Appropriation.

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing said report.

Approved, January 16, 1893.

No. 7: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cover back into the Treasury forty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars of the appropriation to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Public Resolution 7 27 Stat. 753 1893-01-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 7.]

Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cover back into the Treasury forty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars of the appropriation to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.

January 18, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to retain and cover back into the Treasury forty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars of the appropriation

Excess for lands covered into the Treasury.

made by Congress to pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians for their interest in lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation, dated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; which amount has been ascertained, by a recount of the allottees of said Cheyennes

Vol. 26, p. 1025.

and Arapahoes, to be by that amount more than is due the said Choctaws and Chickasaws upon the purchase and settlement for their said interest: Provided, however, That neither the passage of the original

Proviso.

No liability to pay for lands in “leased district.”

act of appropriation to pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians for their interest in the lands of the Cheyennes and Arapohoe reservation, dated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nor of this resolution, shall be held in any way to commit the Government to the payment of any further sum to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for any alleged interest in the remainder of the lands situated in what is commonly known and called the “leased district.”

Approved, January 18, 1893.

No. 8: making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice. Public Resolution 8 27 Stat. 753 1893-01-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 8.]

Joint Resolution making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice.

January 25, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

That five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the

Appropriation for clearing Potomac River of ice, half from District revenues.

District of Columbia in equal parts, to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to hire boats for the purpose of clearing the Potomac River of ice within the District of Columbia.

Approved, January 25, 1893.

No. 9: to authorize the Secretary of War to grant permits for the use of reservations and public spaces in the city of Washington, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 9 27 Stat. 754 1893-01-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 754 [No. 9.]

Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to grant permits for the use of reservations and public spaces in the city of Washington, and for other purposes.

January 26, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Inauguration day

Permits to use reservations, etc., in Washington authorized.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits to the Executive Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the use of any reservations, or other public spaces, in the city of Washington, on occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which in his opinion will indict no serious or permanent injury upon such reservations or public spaces; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the District as they may deem proper and necessary therefor.

Approved, January 26, 1893.

No. 10: directing the Secretary of War to investigate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters. Public Resolution 10 27 Stat. 754 1893-02-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 10.]

Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of War to investigate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters.

February 3, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Great Lakes.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint a board, to consist of three

Commission to investigate, etc., rafttowing.

officers of the Engineer Corps of the Army, to investigate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, and to report to Congress as to what restrictions, if any, should be placed upon the size and manner of constructing and towing rafts upon said Great Lakes and their connecting waters.

Approved, February 3, 1893.

No. 11: to provide for maintenance of order during Inaugural Ceremonies, March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 11 27 Stat. 754 1893-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 11.]

Joint Resolution to provide for maintenance of order during Inaugural Ceremonies, March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

February 9, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Inauguration Day.

That eight thousand two hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from

Appropriation to keep order, etc., halt from District revenues.

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from the twenty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, eighteen

Regulations.

hundred and ninety-three, both inclusive. Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and fixing fares by public conveyances during said

Punishment for violations.

period. Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each such offense to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars in the police court of said District, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

No. 12: authorizing the loan, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition, of the picture entitled “The Recall of Columbus,” by Augustus G. Heaton. Public Resolution 12 27 Stat. 754 1893-02-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 12.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the loan, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition, of the picture entitled “The Recall of Columbus,” by Augustus G. Heaton.

February 13, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

That the Architect of the Capitol be, and he hereby is, authorized to loan to the Department of 755 State the picture in the Capitol entitled “The Recall of Columbus,” by

Loan of “Recall of Columbus” authorized.

Augustus G. Heaton, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Approved, February 13, 1893.

No. 13: authorizing the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to loan to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Flags, and so forth. Public Resolution 13 27 Stat. 755 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 13.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to loan to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Flags, and so forth.

February 14, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Inauguration Day.

Loan of flags, etc., to committee authorized.

That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies such ensigns, flags, and so forth (except battle flags), that are not now in use and may be suitable and proper for decoration and may be spared without detriment to the public service; such flags to be used by said Committee under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said Secretaries or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and other places on the line of March between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, and the interior of the Reception Hall: Provided,

Proviso.

Indemnity.

That the said Committee shall indemnity the said Department or either of them for any loss or damage to such flags not necessarily incident to such use.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

No. 14: providing for additional telegraphic and electric light facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 14 27 Stat. 755 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 14.]

Joint Resolution providing for additional telegraphic and electric light facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

February 15, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Inaugural ceremonies.

Temporary permit for overhead wires during.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company and the United States Electric Light Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension Building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the Chief Marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

No. 15: to amend an act entitled “An act making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust companies in the District of Columbia,” approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 15 27 Stat. 755 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 15.]

Joint Resolution to amend an act entitled “An act making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust companies in the District of Columbia,” approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

February 18, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Saturday half holiday.

Ante, p. 405.

That section one of the act of Congress approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An act making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust company purposes in the District of Columbia,” be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“That every Saturday which under existing laws shall not become a

Saturdays to be legal half holidays.

legal holiday in its entirety, in the District of Columbia, shall therein be a legal holiday, from twelve o’clock at noon, for all purposes respecting the presentation for payment or acceptance or the protesting or

Presenting, protesting, notes, etc., to be made on next business day.

giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes, and all commercial paper whatsoever, whether made in or beyond the said District or whether made before or after the 756 passage of this act, and all such bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes, and commercial paper which otherwise would be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment in said District, on such half holiday Saturday, shall therein be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next

Proviso.

Payments, etc., lawful.

succeeding: Provided, however, That any acceptance or payment thereof with interest thereon to said date when the same bears interest made on such half holiday Saturday, before twelve o’clock noon, shall be lawful.

“And all bills of exchange, bank cheeks, drafts, promissory notes,

Paper to be due next business day.

and commercial paper whatsoever, which, but for existing law. would be due and payable or presentable for acceptance or payment in said District on any day which is a full legal holiday, or on Sunday, shall, therein, be payable or presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding; and all acts and parts of acts, so far as inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.”

Approved, February 18, 1893.

No. 16: to provide for the construction of a wharf as a means of approach to the monument to be erected at Wakefield, Virginia, to mark the birth-place of George Washington. Public Resolution 16 27 Stat. 756 1893-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 16.]

Joint Resolution to provide for the construction of a wharf as a means of approach to the monument to be erected at Wakefield, Virginia, to mark the birth-place of George Washington.

February 25, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Birthplace of George Washington.

Appropriation for wharf at Wakefield.

Vol. 21, p. 519.

That the sum of eleven thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the amount appropriated by an act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the purpose of erecting a monument at and marking the birthplace of George Washington, may be expended and used, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to construct a wharf as a means of approach to the said proposed monument at Wakefield, Virginia; the said wharf to be constructed of cast-iron screw piles, with a timber deck, as planned and estimated for by Colonel Thomas L. Casey, of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, in his letter of April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to the honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State.

Approved, February 25, 1893.

No. 17: to authorizing payment, under act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to the State of Virginia, upon the assent of the governor, heretofore given, till adjournment of next session of the legislature thereof. Public Resolution 17 27 Stat. 756 1893-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 17.]

Joint Resolution to authorizing payment, under act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to the State of Virginia, upon the assent of the governor, heretofore given, till adjournment of next session of the legislature thereof.

February 25, 1893

. Whereas the recent legislature of Virginia, through a misunderstanding

Preamble.

with the. Department of the Interior, adjourned without giving the assent required by the act of Congress approved August

Vol. 26, p. 417.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two:” Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Agricultural colleges.

Payment to Virginia continued till next session of legislature.

That payments from the appropriation of said act may continue to be made to the State of Virginia, upon the assent of the governor, heretofore given, till the adjournment of the next regular session of the legislature of said State.

Approved, February 25, 1893.

No. 19: authorizing the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to send articles illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women to the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 19 27 Stat. 757 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public 757 [No. 19.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to send articles illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women to the World’s Columbian Exposition.

March 3, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Fair.

Smithsonian exhibits for Woman’s Building.

That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be, and he hereby is. authorized to prepare and send, for exhibition in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, any article now in his custody, or on exhibition in the National Museum, illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

No. 20: authorizing the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to send articles illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women to the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 20 27 Stat. 757 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 20.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to send articles illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women to the World’s Columbian Exposition.

March 3, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Fair.

Loan of portraits of Chief Justices authorised.

That the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Chief Justice, is hereby authorized to loan to the Department of Justice, the portraits of the Chief Justices of the United States for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

No. 21: authorizing members to certify monthly the amount paid by them for clerk hire, and directing the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Public Resolution 21 27 Stat. 757 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 21.]

Joint Resolution authorizing members to certify monthly the amount paid by them for clerk hire, and directing the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House.

March 3, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

House of Representatives.

Payment of clerk hire of Members and Delegates authorized from contingent fund.

That on and after April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, each Member and Delegate of the House of Representatives of the. United States may, on the first day of every month during sessions of Congress certify to the Clerk of the House of Representatives the amount which he has paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by him in the discharge of his official and representative duties during the previous month, and the amount so certified shall be paid by the Clerk out of the contingent fund of the House on the fourth day of each month to the person or persons named in each of said certificates so filed: Provided, That the amount so certified

Provisos.

Limit.

and paid for clerical services rendered to each Member and Delegate shall not exceed one hundred dollars for any mouth during the session: And provided further, That the provisions of this resolution shall not apply to members who are chairmen of committees entitled

Not applicable to committee chairmen having clerks.

under the rules to a clerk.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

52 1 1891 1892 PRIVATE LAWS
of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
passed by
THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
1891–1893. 759

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1891, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the fifth day of August, 1892. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Charles F. Manderson, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles Frederick Crisp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives the eighth day of December, 1891; Benton McMillin was elected Speaker pro tempore the fifth day of January, 1892; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1892. Chap. 4: for the relief of the University of the State of Missouri. Chapter 4 27 Stat. 761 1892-02-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 4.—

An Act for the relief of the University of the State of Missouri.

February 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

University of State of Missouri.

That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to relieve the University of the State of Missouri, at Columbia, Missouri, from all money responsibility for so much of the ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said

Relieved from responsibility for ordnance, etc.

university, under its bond, dated April seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, as was destroyed by fire on January ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Approved, February 4, 1892.

Chap. 13: for the relief of Aquilla Jones, senior. Chapter 13 27 Stat. 761 1892-03-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 13.—

An Act for the relief of Aquilla Jones, senior.

March 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Aquilla Jones, sr.

Credit in accounts for stolen postal funds.

That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit Aquilla Jones, senior, late postmaster at Indianapolis, Indiana, in the final settlement of his accounts, with the sum of two thousand four hundred and thirty-eight dollars, amount of loss sustained by him as such postmaster by robbery on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

Approved, March 8, 1892.

Chap. 24: to increase the pension of Annie Maria Young, a Revolutionary pensioner Chapter 24 27 Stat. 761 1892-03-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 24.—

An Act to increase the pension of Annie Maria Young, a Revolutionary pensioner

March 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anna Maria Young.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Anna Maria Young, widow of Jacob Young, a Revolutionary soldier, Pennsylvania troops, from twelve dollars per month to thirty dollars per month during her natural life.

Approved, March 26, 1892.

(761) Chap. 26: to remove the political disabilities of John E. F. Tatnall. Chapter 26 27 Stat. 762 1892-03-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 762

CHAP. 26.—

An Act to remove the political disabilities of John E. F. Tatnall.

March 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John R. F. Tatnall.

Political disabilities removed.

That the political disabilities of John R. F. Tatnall, late an officer of marines in the Marine Corps of the United States Navy, arising under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.

Approved, March 30, 1892.

Chap. 27: to increase the pension of George E. Allen Chapter 27 27 Stat. 762 1892-03-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 27.—

An Act to increase the pension of George E. Allen

March 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George R. Allen.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and regulations of the general pension laws, the name of George R. Allen, of Norwood, Saint Lawrence county, New York, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension received by him.

Approved, March 30, 1892.

Chap. 33: for the relief of Daniel McClure. Chapter 33 27 Stat. 762 1892-04-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 33.—

An Act for the relief of Daniel McClure.

April 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Daniel McClure.

That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized

Credit in accounts.

and directed to settle and close the accounts of Colonel Daniel McClure, assistant paymaster-general in the United States Army, with the United States, under his official bond dated March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; and in such settlement the said accounting officers shall credit the said McClure with all sums of money charged against him by said accounting officers in the “ statement of differences” certified by the Second Auditor of the Treasury, upon the final statement of his accounts on the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

Approved, April 4, 1892.

Chap. 42: to increase the pension of William Burrough, of Crawford County, Arkansas, Veteran of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve. Chapter 42 27 Stat. 762 1892-04-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 42.—

An Act to increase the pension of William Burrough, of Crawford County, Arkansas, Veteran of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

April 11, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William Burrough.

Pension increased.

That the pension’ of William Burrough, of Crawford County, Arkansas, Veteran of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve, be, and the same is hereby, increased to thirty dollars per month, subject to the conditions and limitations governing pensions.

Approved, April 11, 1892.

Chap. 48: for the relief of Edward S. Armstrong Chapter 48 27 Stat. 762 1892-04-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 48.—

An Act for the relief of Edward S. Armstrong

April 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Edward S. Armstrong.

That the sum of one thousand six hundred and seventy-three dollars and fourteen cents be, and the

Payment to.

same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay Edward S. Armstrong, of Ralls County, 763 Missouri, it being the one-eighth part of a judgment rendered by the Court of Claims on the twenty-second of November, eighteen hundred and sixty, against the United States, in favor of the estate of James B. Armstrong, deceased.

Approved, April 15, 1892.

Chap. 51: for the relief of John R. Blankenship. Chapter 51 27 Stat. 763 1892-04-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 51.—

An Act for the relief of John R. Blankenship.

April 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John R. Blankenship.

That the homestead entry of Wallace Mefford, of lot numbered one of the northwest quarter of section numbered thirty, in township numbered thirty-one north,

Homestead entry made by Wallace Mefford confirmed.

of range numbered nine, west of the fifth principal meridian in Texas County, Missouri, as shown by final receiver’s receipt numbered two thousand four hundred and seventy-six, on application numbered five thousand nine hundred and twelve, issued by George H. Crum, receiver of the United States land office at Ironton, Missouri, on January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby approved and confirmed, and the President will cause the patent to be issued thereon.

Approved, April 19, 1892.

Chap. 58: for relief of John Nickles. Chapter 58 27 Stat. 763 1892-04-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 58.—

An Act for relief of John Nickles.

April 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Nickles.

Payment to.

That the sum of one thousand and sixteen dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, from the Treasury of the United States, to pay the claim of John Nickles for the purchase price paid by him to the United States for four hundred thousand feet of lumber, laths, and logs bought by him from the Government of the United States at Big Cottonwood Canyon, in the Territory of Utah, on the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, the title to which has failed; and the further sum of two hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty cents, being the amount paid out by said Nickles as costs of court in litigating the title to said property with the adverse holders thereof, making a total sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty cents, which is hereby appropriated as aforesaid.

Approved, April 30, 1892.

Chap. 75: for the relief of Alfred J. Worcester. Chapter 75 27 Stat. 763 1892-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 75.—

An Act for the relief of Alfred J. Worcester.

May 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alfred J. Worcester.

Muster corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the muster roll of Alfred J. Worcester so as to show him to have been the first lieutenant of Company G, Fourteenth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, from December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to June eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed and required, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to pay him the pay and allowances of first lieutenant of said company

Pay, etc., to.

from December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty three, to June eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, deducting therefrom any and all sums of money paid to him during said period.

Approved, May 13, 1892.

Chap. 80: authorizing the payment of the pension of Edward S. Smith, accrued at the date of his death, to his mother Catherine. Chapter 80 27 Stat. 764 1892-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 764

CHAP. 80.—

An Act authorizing the payment of the pension of Edward S. Smith, accrued at the date of his death, to his mother Catherine.

May 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Catherine Smith.

Payment of pension tine Edward S. Smith.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Catherine Smith, mother of Edward S. Smith, the pension accrued to said Edward S. Smith, a pensioner under the provisions of certificate numbered four hundred and two thousand and fifty six, to the date of the death of said pensioner, as fully as the same might have been paid to the said Edward S. Smith for the same time were he now living.

Approved, May 25, 1892.

Chap. 81: for the relief of Betsey Worthington. Chapter 81 27 Stat. 764 1892-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 81.—

An Act for the relief of Betsey Worthington.

May 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Betsey Worthington.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, the name of Betsey Worthington, widow of Ransford Worthington, who was a member of the Massachusetts militia and served in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, said pension to be in lieu of the amount now drawn by her.

Approved, May 25, 1892.

Chap. 82: granting a pension to Jane Shierry. Chapter 82 27 Stat. 764 1892-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 82.—

An Act granting a pension to Jane Shierry.

May 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jane Shierry.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Jane Shierry, mother of Henry E. Shierry, late of Company A, Thirty--eighth Regiment of Iowa Infantry.

Approved, May 25, 1892.

Chap. 84: to provide for a pension for Obe Sutherland, late a teamster in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States volunteer Army. Chapter 84 27 Stat. 764 1892-05-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 84.—

An Act to provide for a pension for Obe Sutherland, late a teamster in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States volunteer Army.

May 31, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Obe Sutherland.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Obe Sutherland, late a teamster in the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States volunteer Army, on the pension rolls and pay him a pension of thirty-five dollars per month.

Approved, May 31, 1892.

Chap. 94: for the relief of John Warren. Chapter 94 27 Stat. 764 1892-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 94.—

An Act for the relief of John Warren.

June 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Warren.

Honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to revoke and set aside so much of Special Orders Nubered Two hundred and forty-five, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, as dishonorabley discharged Captain John Warren, Sixty-third New York Volunteers, the service of the United States, and to grant him an honorable discharge from the service as of date September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Approved, June 6, 1892.

Chap. 95: granting a pension to George W. Jones. Chapter 95 27 Stat. 765 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 765

CHAP. 95.—

An Act granting a pension to George W. Jones.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Jones.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of George W. Jones, of Dubuque, Iowa, on account of services as a drummer boy in the volunteer company of Captain William Lynn, at Saint Genevieve, Missouri, in eighteen hundred and fourteen; and also on account of services as aid-de-camp to General Henry Dodge in the Black Hawk war, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and pay him a pension of twenty dollars per mouth.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 96: granting a pension to Ellen Maguire. Chapter 96 27 Stat. 765 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 96.—

An Act granting a pension to Ellen Maguire.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ellen Maguire.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, at twelve dollars per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ellen Maguire, mother of Thomas Maguire, late a private in Company B, First Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 97: granting a pension to Esther Doolittle. Chapter 97 27 Stat. 765 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 97.—

An Act granting a pension to Esther Doolittle.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Est her Doolittle.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Esther Doolittle, a hospital nurse during the civil war.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 98: granting a pension to Sarah L. Henderson. Chapter 98 27 Stat. 765 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 98.—

An Act granting a pension to Sarah L. Henderson.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah L. Henderson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Sarah L. Henderson, a hospital nurse during the civil war.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 99: to pension Jane Allen. Chapter 99 27 Stat. 765 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 99.—

An Act to pension Jane Allen.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jane Allen.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and regulations of the general pension laws, at the rate of twelve dollars per mouth, the name of Jane Allen, of Ogdensburg, stepmother of Edwin W. Allen of Company I), Eighty-third Regiment New York Volunteers.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 100: granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Boling. Chapter 100 27 Stat. 766 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 766

CHAP. 100.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Boling.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel J. Boling.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay Samuel J Boling, late a soldier in the Second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, a monthly pension of twenty-five dollars, in lieu of the amount now paid him as a survivor of the Mexican war.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 101: granting a pension to Mrs Eliza Fays. Chapter 101 27 Stat. 766 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 101.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs Eliza Fays.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eliza Fays.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll of the United States the name of Mrs. Eliza Fays, mother of Frank Fays, late a private in company A. Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 102: for the relief of Wells Cheney. Chapter 102 27 Stat. 766 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 102.—

An Act for the relief of Wells Cheney.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wells Cheney.

Pension.

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 Wells Cheney, dependent father of Munson W. Cheney, late of Company I, Ninth New York Cavalry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 103: granting a pension to Caroline E. Quigg, formerly C. Elizabeth Henry, an army nurse in the late war. Chapter 103 27 Stat. 766 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 103.—

An Act granting a pension to Caroline E. Quigg, formerly C. Elizabeth Henry, an army nurse in the late war.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Caroline E. Quigg.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Caroline E. Quigg, formerly C. Elizabeth Henry, an army nurse in the late war, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 104: granting a pension to Elizabeth Kelly. Chapter 104 27 Stat. 766 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 104.—

An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Kelly.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Kelly.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Elizabeth Kelly, mother of Thomas Kelly, late sergeant of Company G, Thirty-third New York Infantry, and of Patrick Kelly, deceased, of Company K, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 105: to pension Margaret Turner. Chapter 105 27 Stat. 767 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 767

CHAP. 105.—

An Act to pension Margaret Turner.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Margaret Turner.

Pension.

That the. Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Margaret Turner, of Curtis, Clark County, Arkansas, the widow of Isham Turner, deceased, who served in Captain Stell’s company, Lieutenant-Colonel Wood’s Battalion Georgia Volunteers, Florida war, and pay her the same pension as is allowed by law to the widows of the soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 106: to pension Lewis L. Lane. Chapter 106 27 Stat. 767 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 106.—

An Act to pension Lewis L. Lane.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lewis L. Lane.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Lewis L. Lane, of Lively, Hempstead County, Arkansas, who served as second sergeant of Captain Roe’s company, First Regiment Georgia Drafted Militia, Indian war, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay him the same pension as is allowed by law for service in the war of eighteen hundred twelve.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 107: granting a pension to William F. C. Nindemann, late of the Jeannette expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Chapter 107 27 Stat. 767 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 107.—

An Act granting a pension to William F. C. Nindemann, late of the Jeannette expedition to the Arctic Ocean.

June 7, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William F. C. Nindemann.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William F. C. Nindemann, late of the United States ship Jeannette in the expedition to the Arctic Ocean.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

Chap. 109: to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Albert Keach. Chapter 109 27 Stat. 767 1892-06-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 109.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Albert Keach.

June 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Albert Keach.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the record by removing the charge of desertion now standing against Albert Keach, late of Company C, Fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and captured by the enemy about August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana; duly delivered as a paroled prisoner of war to Captain Lazelle at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on September seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; declared exchanged on November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and ordered to report at Camp Randall, Wisconsin, and, failing to report, was absent without leave until March twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when he enlisted under the assumed name of Charles Irving in Company I, in the Sixteenth Wisconsin Volunteers; discharged for disability October twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; enlisted under his assumed name of Charles Irving on October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in Company II, in the twentieth Regiment Maine Volunteers, and mustered out with his company on July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved, June 8, 1892.

Chap. 110: granting an honorable discharge to William W. Wedgwood. Chapter 110 27 Stat. 768 1892-06-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 768

CHAP. 110.—

An Act granting an honorable discharge to William W. Wedgwood.

June 8, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William W. Wedgwood.

Honorabledischarge.

That the Secretary of War be. and is hereby authorized and directed to revoke and set aside Special Orders Numbered Fifty-eight, Headquarters Thirteenth Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee, Major-General Grant commanding, dated December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to issue to William W. Wedgwood, late a lieutenant in the Ninety-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, an honorable discharge from the service, to date

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

December thirty-first, eighteen hundred sixty-two: Provided, That no pay or emoluments shall become due by virtue of this act.

Approved, June 8, 1892.

Chap. 111: for the relief of the estate of John W. Whitfield, late register of the land office in the Delaware land district of Kansas. Chapter 111 27 Stat. 768 1892-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 111.—

An Act for the relief of the estate of John W. Whitfield, late register of the land office in the Delaware land district of Kansas.

June 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John W. Whitfield.

Relief of estate of.

That the suit now pending in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Texas, at the November sessions, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,

Suit to continue.

numbered three hundred and forty-six, brought by the United States against Sarah B. Whitfield, as widow of the late John W. Whitfield, and her son, John A. Whitfield, sole heir at law of the said John W. Whitfield, deceased, late register as aforesaid, on the official bond of William W. Dennison, as an Indian agent, to recover the amount of the penalty of said bond, the said John W. Whitfield being a surety thereon, shall not be withdrawn or discontinued without the consent of both parties thereto; and in and at the trial of said cause the said court shall hear and determine all disputes and differences between the United States and the said John W. Whitfield, in reference to his various accounts as register of the land office in the Delaware land district of Kansas, and also in relation to his accounts as special register and superintendent of the sales of the Delaware and of the Iowa Indian trust lands, under the treaties of May sixth and of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, as well under said Indian treaties as under the laws for the compensation of registers and receivers; and the said defendants in the trial of said cause shall be permitted and be entitled to make defense and claim set-off in favor of the said John W. Whitfield, in said court, if said court shall determine him to be entitled thereto, with the same effect as if said suit were commenced by an individual against the said defendants as widow and heir of the said John W. Whitfield, and said set-off shall not be barred by any statute of limitations; and the said court shall determine the amount of the fees received from the assignees or holders of military bounty-land warrants, by the said John W. Whitfield, late register, as aforesaid, for the location of said warrants, and shall also determine, by the acts of Congress providing for the location of said warrants, what portion of said fees, if any, belonged by said acts of Congress to the said Whitfield for his services in having located the same, and any such sum so found shall be allowed as an offset in said cause; and the said court shall file a written opinion in said cause and render judgment therein, subject to the right of appeal by either party; and any

Payment of balance.

balance that may be found due to the said John W. Whitfield, late register and special agent as aforesaid, over and above the amount that may be found due by him on said bead of William W. Dennison, as Indian agent, shall be certified by said court to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall pay the same to Mrs. Sarah B. Whitfield, administratrix of the estate of the said John W. Whitfield, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and it is hereby made the duty of any Department or of any Bureau to furnish said administratrix, 769 free of charge, with certified copies of any official letters, papers, documents, or accounts appertaining to a proper trial of said suit, which she or her duly appointed agent or attorney may apply for in writing.

Approved, June 9, 1892.

Chap. 112: to pension Samuel O. Fisher, of Lynn, Massachusetts. Chapter 112 27 Stat. 769 1892-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 112.—

An Act to pension Samuel O. Fisher, of Lynn, Massachusetts.

June 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel O. Fisher.

Pension.

Approved, June 9, 1892.

Chap. 113: granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Y. Wade. Chapter 113 27 Stat. 769 1892-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 113.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Y. Wade.

June 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jennie Y. Wade.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Jennie Y. Wade, widow of Alfred B. Wade, late colonel of the Seventy-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

Approved, June 9, 1892.

Chap. 114: for the relief of Jonathan Ramey, Mexican war veteran. Chapter 114 27 Stat. 769 1892-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 114.—

An Act for the relief of Jonathan Ramey, Mexican war veteran.

June 9, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jonathan Ramey.

Pension increased.

That Jonathan Ramey, of Perry County Arkansas, having while serving in the First Kentucky Cavalry, received serious injuries at the battle of Buena Vista, which have disabled him ever since, he is hereby granted a pension of twenty dollars per month from the date of the passage of this act, the same to be in lieu of the pension now paid him.

Approved, June 9, 1892.

Chap. 115: granting a pension to Mary Jewett Telford, an army nurse. Chapter 115 27 Stat. 769 1892-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 115.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Jewett Telford, an army nurse.

June 9, 1892

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Jewett Telford.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Mary Jewett Telford (formerly Mary Jewett), now a resident of Denver, Colorado, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, on account of disability resulting from disease contracted while serving as a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion.

Approved, June 9, 1892.

Chap. 121: to pension Elizabeth R. Crawford, widow of C. A. Crawford, soldier in Creek war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Chapter 121 27 Stat. 769 1892-06-17 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 121.—

An Act to pension Elizabeth R. Crawford, widow of C. A. Crawford, soldier in Creek war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

June 17, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth R. Crawford.

Pension

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to at once place on the pension roll the name of Elizabeth R. Crawford, widow of C. A. Crawford, 770 soldier in McMillan’s regiment, Captain George Patrick’s company, Alabama Volunteers in the Creek war, eighteen hundred and thirty six, and that she is hereby allowed a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, June 17, 1892.

Chap. 122: to increase the pension of Cassie A. Davis. Chapter 122 27 Stat. 770 1892-06-17 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 122.—

An Act to increase the pension of Cassie A. Davis.

June 17, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cassie A. Davis.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Cassie A. Davis, of Morrisville, Vermont, widow of James P. Davis, of Company E, Third Regiment Vermont Volunteers, at the rate of two dollars per month in addition to the pension now allowed to her; said sum of two dollars per month to be paid to her during the life of her permanently helpless daughter, Mary T. Davis.

Approved, June 17, 1892.

Chap. 128: for the relief of Robert H. Montgomery. Chapter 128 27 Stat. 770 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 128.—

An Act for the relief of Robert H. Montgomery.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Robert H. Montgomery.

To be credited for pay, etc., while prisoner of war.

That Robert II. Montgomery, major of cavalry, United States Army, shall be entitled to credit, for the pay and allowances he received for the period of time from the nineteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, during which time he was a prisoner of war in the hands of the enemy, the same as though he had actually been in the military service of the United States as a second lieutenant of cavalry during that period, and the judgment of the United States Court of Claims in the case of Robert H. Montgomery versus The United States, rendered on the seventh day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, against the said Robert H. Montgomery for the sum of one thousand six hundred and fifty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents, upon a counter-claim presented by the United States, said sum having been received by the said Robert H. Montgomery as pay for the period during which he was, as hereinbefore stated, a prisoner of war, be, and the same is hereby, remitted, and the said Robert H. Montgomery is here-by discharged from all obligations to pay said judgment.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 129: for the relief of Francis W. Wickham. Chapter 129 27 Stat. 770 1892-06-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 129.—

An Act for the relief of Francis W. Wickham.

June 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Francis W. Wickham.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to remove from the records on tile in his office the charges of desertion appearing thereon against Francis W. Wickham, under the name of Frank W. Wickham and Frank Wickham, private of Company D, Ninth Regiment Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, and substitute therefor, “absented himself without leave and was enrolled on November twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and mustered into the service as trumpeter or bugler on December first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in Company A, First Regiment Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, under the name of Franklin Waggle or Frank Waggill, transferred to Company E of same regiment, and was honorably discharged from the service on March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” as a bugler.

Approved, June 22, 1892.

Chap. 131: directing the issue of duplicate United States bonds to Elijah P. T. Hollcroft, guardian of Burton J. Parr. Chapter 131 27 Stat. 771 1892-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 771

CHAP. 131.—

An Act directing the issue of duplicate United States bonds to Elijah P. T. Hollcroft, guardian of Burton J. Parr.

June 24, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Burton J. Parr.

Duplicate bonds to guardian of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue and deliver, to the guardian or other legal representative of Burton J. Parr, five four per centum coupon bonds of the United States of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, of the issue of July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, under the act of July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, together with coupons attached for interest due and to become due since September eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in lieu of similar bonds numbered nine hundred and twenty-nine, nine hundred and thirty, nine hundred and thirty-one, nine hundred and thirty-two, and nine hundred and thirty-three, which said bonds were destroyed by said Burton J. Parr, upon the filing of an indemnifying bond to the approval of the Secretary, as prescribed by section thirty-seven hundred and three, United States Revised Statutes, and the regulations of the Department thereunder.

Approved, June 24, 1892.

Chap. 136: granting an increase of pension to David Reed. Chapter 136 27 Stat. 771 1892-06-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 136.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to David Reed.

June 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

David Reed.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase to the • sum of twenty dollars per month the pension of David Reed, late of Company I, Third Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers in the war with Mexico, said pension to be in lieu of the amount now drawn by him under certificate numbered twenty-six hundred and ninety-eight.

Approved, June 25, 1892.

Chap. 141: granting an increase of pension to George W. White Chapter 141 27 Stat. 771 1892-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 141.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to George W. White

July 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. White.

Pension increased.

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 George W. White, late a member of Company B. Gray’s Battalion, Arkansas Volunteers, in the Mexican war, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, July 1, 1892.

Chap. 142: for the relief of Thomas A. McLaughlin. Chapter 142 27 Stat. 771 1892-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 142.—

An Act for the relief of Thomas A. McLaughlin.

July 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas A. McLaughlin.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke and set aside Special Orders Numbered Two hundred and ninety-eight, War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, Washington, September eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, dismissing First Lieutenant Thomas A. McLaughlin, One hundred and second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for absence from hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, without proper authority, and conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman, and to accept the resignation of said McLaughlin as of date August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to issue to him a certificate of honorable discharge of said last-named date.

Approved, July 1, 1892.

Chap. 155: granting a pension to Lucy Haskell, mother, by adoption, of John Haskell. Chapter 155 27 Stat. 772 1892-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 772

CHAP. 155.—

An Act granting a pension to Lucy Haskell, mother, by adoption, of John Haskell.

July 6, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lucy Haskell.

Pension.

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 Lucy Haskell, mother, by adoption, of John Haskell, late of Company G, One bundled and sixth regiment New York Volunteers, to date, from the approval of this act, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 6, 1892.

Chap. 166: granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Vaughan. Chapter 166 27 Stat. 772 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 166.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Vaughan.

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jennie Vaughan.

Pension restored.

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 Mrs. Jennie Vaughan, late wife of the late Captain William Rowe Baxter, captain of Company H, Ninth Minnesota Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 167: granting a pension to Eliza M. Boatright, the surviving widow of Alexander M. Boatright, who was a soldier in the Black Hawk war Chapter 167 27 Stat. 772 1892-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 167.—

An Act granting a pension to Eliza M. Boatright, the surviving widow of Alexander M. Boatright, who was a soldier in the Black Hawk war

July 13, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eliza M. Boatright.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Eliza M. Boatright, the widow of Alexander M. Boatright, who served as a private soldier in Captain Houston’s company of Colonel Sanford’s Volunteers, Illinois Militia, in the Black Hawk war, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 13, 1892.

Chap. 174: to Pension Adeline Alexander. Chapter 174 27 Stat. 772 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 174.—

An Act to Pension Adeline Alexander.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Adaline Alexander.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the general pension laws and regulations, the name of Adaline Alexander, widow of Thomas C Alexander, late a private in Company I, Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 175: for the relief of Kate P. Mitchell, daughter of Stephen Mitchell, late of the Fifth Maine Battery. Chapter 175 27 Stat. 772 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 175.—

An Act for the relief of Kate P. Mitchell, daughter of Stephen Mitchell, late of the Fifth Maine Battery.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Kate P. Mitchell.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Kate P. Mitchell, of Somerville, Massachusetts, dependent daughter of Stephen Mitchell, late of the Fifth Maine Battery, a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 176: for the relief of David L. Truex. Chapter 176 27 Stat. 773 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 773

CHAP. 176.—

An Act for the relief of David L. Truex.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

David L. Truex.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to David L. Truex, dependent son of John Truex, late a private in Company D, Eighty-second Indiana Volunteers, the pension of eighteen dollars per month heretofore made payable to his guardian, said payments to include all sums accrued and accruing by reason of the act of August

Vol. 26, p. 1241.

nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for his relief.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 177: to pension Mrs Adelia S. Ferris. Chapter 177 27 Stat. 773 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 177.—

An Act to pension Mrs Adelia S. Ferris.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Adelin S. Ferris.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Mrs Adelia S Ferris, a noted army nurse during the late war of the rebellion, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 178: to pension Andrew J. Jones, for services in the Indian wars. Chapter 178 27 Stat. 773 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 178.—

An Act to pension Andrew J. Jones, for services in the Indian wars.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Andrew J. Jones.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension rolls of the Government, the name of Andrew J. Jones, of Captain James Barnes’s Spy Company, Second Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers, for meritorious services, and for severe wounds received in March, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. while engaged in battle with the hostile Rogue River and Cow Creek Indians in Cow Creek Valley in the then Territory, now State of Oregon, and allow him a pension for said wounds, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 179: to pension Nancy E. Renfro Chapter 179 27 Stat. 773 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 179.—

An Act to pension Nancy E. Renfro

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Nancy E. Renfro.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Nancy E. Renfro, of Camden, Onachita County, Arkansas, the widow of William P. Renfro, deceased, who served in Captain Otey’s Company, from the State of Alabama, Creek Indian war, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and pay her the same pension as is allowed by law to the widows of the soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 180: granting a pension to William S. Woodward. Chapter 180 27 Stat. 773 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 180.—

An Act granting a pension to William S. Woodward.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William S. Woodward.

Pension.

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 William S. Woodward, of Brooks County, Georgia, late a 774 private in Captain Durant’s company of the battalion of South Carolina Volunteers, commanded by Major Harlee, in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 181: granting a pension to Bridget Maloy. Chapter 181 27 Stat. 774 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 181.—

An Act granting a pension to Bridget Maloy.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridget Maloy.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Bridget Maloy, widow of Arthur Maloy, late of Company E, Forty-third Regiment New York Infantry, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 182: granting a pension to Noah Staley. Chapter 182 27 Stat. 774 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 182.—

An Act granting a pension to Noah Staley.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Noah Staley.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Noah Staley, who was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 183: granting a pension to James A. Davis. Chapter 183 27 Stat. 774 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 183.—

An Act granting a pension to James A. Davis.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James A. Davis.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James A. Davis, a soldier in the Black Hawk war, who enlisted July thirty first, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for one year, and served to December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, when he was discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability in Captain Jesse B. Brown’s Company, United States Mounted Rangers, and pay him a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 184: granting a pension to Harmon H. McElvey Chapter 184 27 Stat. 774 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 184.—

An Act granting a pension to Harmon H. McElvey

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Hannon H. McElvey.

Pension.

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 Harmon H. McElvey, of Mitchell County, Georgia, late a private in Captain G. R. McElvey’s company of Florida Volunteers, in the war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at the rate of eight dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 185: granting a pension to David C. Barrow. Chapter 185 27 Stat. 775 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 775

CHAP. 185.—

An Act granting a pension to David C. Barrow.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

David C. Barrow.

Pension.

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 C, Barrow, a soldier of the Indian War of eighteen hundred and thirty six, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 186: granting a pension to Mary Gatlin. Chapter 186 27 Stat. 775 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 186.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Gatlin.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Gatlin.

Pension.

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 Gatlin, widow of John II, Gatlin, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 187: granting a pension to Mrs Elizabeth R. Willson. Chapter 187 27 Stat. 775 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 187.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs Elizabeth R. Willson.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth B, Willson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be placed on the pension roll the name of Mrs Elizabeth R. Willson, late army nurse in hospital numbered six, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and that she be paid a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month,

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 188: granting a pension to Herman Heinze. Chapter 188 27 Stat. 775 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 188.—

An Act granting a pension to Herman Heinze.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Herman Heinze.

Pension.

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 a rate proportionate to the degree of his disability from gun-shot wound of left shoulder, the name of Herman Heinze, late a private in Captain William Dellaughter’s Company of Le Sueur Tigers, numbered one, of Minnesota Militia Volunteers.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 189: granting an increase of pension to William A. Birch. Chapter 189 27 Stat. 775 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 189.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to William A. Birch.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William A. Birch.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to William A. Birch, of Louisville, Kentucky, a monthly pension of twenty dollars, in lieu of the amount paid him as a survivor of the Mexican war under pension certificate numbered eighteen thousand and eighty-nine, said payment to be made subject to the rules and regulations of the pension laws,

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 190: to increase the pension of Michael Lahey. Chapter 190 27 Stat. 776 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 776

CHAP. 190.—

An Act to increase the pension of Michael Lahey.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Michael Lahey.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Michael Lahey, late a private of Company C, of the seventeenth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, said pension to be in lieu of that which he is now receiving.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 191: for the relief of Frederick Meredith, late a soldier in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Chapter 191 27 Stat. 776 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 191.—

An Act for the relief of Frederick Meredith, late a soldier in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,

Frederick Meredith.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Frederick Meredith, late a private in the company of Captain James Hall, in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and that he be paid the sum of twenty dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 192: to increase the pension of Aaron V. Hamilton, late a member of Fremont's Battalion, Mexican War. Chapter 192 27 Stat. 776 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 192.—

An Act to increase the pension of Aaron V. Hamilton, late a member of Fremont's Battalion, Mexican War.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Aaron V. Hamilton.

Pension increased.

That the pension of Aaron V. Hamilton, of Lincoln County, Missouri, late a member of Gibson’s Company, Fremont’s Battalion, in the war with Mexico, be increased from the sum of eight dollars per month to the sum of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 193: increasing the pension of Meridy Smith, a Revolutionary pensioner. Chapter 193 27 Stat. 776 1892-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 193.—

An Act increasing the pension of Meridy Smith, a Revolutionary pensioner.

July 14, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Meridy Smith.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Meridy Smith, widow of William Smith, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, from twelve dollars per month to thirty dollars per month and pay the same to her during her natural life.

Approved, July 14, 1892.

Chap. 194: for the relief of Elizabeth T. Boyd and Joel S. Hankins of Alabama, Chapter 194 27 Stat. 776 1892-07-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 194.—

An Act for the relief of Elizabeth T. Boyd and Joel S. Hankins of Alabama,

July 15, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,

Elizabeth T. Boyd.

Title of United States to land in Huntsville, Ala., released to.

That the title acquired by the United States to the land hereinafter described, at the sale made by the marshal of the northern district of Alabama, under and by virtue of a fieri facias issued from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern division of the northern district of Alabama on the fourteenth November, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and by an alias execution issued on the twenty-second day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and purchased by the United States on the first 777 Monday in August, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the day of sale, at Huntsville, Alabama, sold as the property of William Boyd to satisfy said execution, namely, the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, and the west half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, all in township fifteen, range sixteen vest in Huntsville, Alabama, meridian, is hereby released, and acquitted in favor of Elizabeth T. Boyd, widow of the said William Boyd, deceased, her heirs and assigns.

Sec. 2. That the litle acquired by the United States to the land sold,

Joel S. Hankins.

Title of United States to land in Huntsville, Ala., released to.

under and by virtue of the same execution, and at the same time and place, as the property of Joel S. Hankins, to satisfy said execution, and purchased at said sale by the United States, namely, the south half of northwest quarter, and the west half of the southwest, quarter of section five, township fifteen, range fourteen west, and the north-west quarter of northeast quarter, and the east half of southwest quarter, and the west half of southeast quarter of section seven, and the northeast quarter of section eighteen, all in township fifteen, range fourteen west, Huntsville, Alabama, meridian, is hereby released and acquitted, in favor of the said Joel S. Hankins, his heirs and assigns.

Approved, July 15, 1892.

Chap. 200: for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army. Chapter 200 27 Stat. 777 1892-07-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 200.—

An Act for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army.

July 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles G. Sawtelle.

Credit in accounts.

That the proper accounting officers, in settling and adjusting the accounts of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army, are hereby directed to credit said Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army, with the sum of one hundred and twenty-six dollars and forty cents, being the amount of internal revenue tax due from employees of the United States, employed by Major-General E. R. S. Canby, at the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the secret service, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and paid by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, the same amount appearing to have been withheld from said employees, but no receipt of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue being presented for the amount as required by law, and which amount is now suspended against Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army, by the accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of his accounts; the said funds having been withheld from the employees and stolen or embezzled from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, as he believes, without his default, at the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- five.

Approved, July 16, 1892.

Chap. 202: for the relief of the First Methodist Church, in the city of Jackson, Tennessee. Chapter 202 27 Stat. 777 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 202.—

An Act for the relief of the First Methodist Church, in the city of Jackson, Tennessee.

July 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

First Methodist Church, Jackson, Tenn.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church South, in the city of Jackson. Tennessee, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, for the use of said church as a hospital and for other purposes, during the war of the rebellion; which sum shall be in full for all claims said church may have against the United States for rents and damages.

Approved, July 18, 1892.

Chap. 203: to correct the military record of Lieutenant Cornelius McLean. Chapter 203 27 Stat. 778 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 778

CHAP. 203.—

An Act to correct the military record of Lieutenant Cornelius McLean.

July 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cornelius McLean.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke and set aside the special orders of the War Department of July seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, dishonorably dismissing Lieutenant Cornelius McLean, late second lieutenant of Company G, of the Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers, “for absence without leave and failing to file the necessary surgeon’s certificate of disability and make reports to his regiment as required by the regulations of the War Department” and to issue to him a discharge as of date July seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four on recommendation of medical board at Annapolis,

No pay, etc.

Maryland, provided no pay or allowances shall be deemed authorized by this act.

Approved, July 18, 1892.

Chap. 204: to refund, certain revenue taxes to Bonner and Merriman. Chapter 204 27 Stat. 778 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 204.—

An Act to refund, certain revenue taxes to Bonner and Merriman.

July 18, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bonner and Merriman.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to refund and pay back to Bonner and Merriman, doing business in Warren County, Tennessee, under name and style of Bonner and Merriman, three hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty cents in redemption of that amount of internal revenue stamps issued to pay the tax on certain packages of apple brandy, which brandy was burned before the stamps were attached.

Approved, July 18, 1892.

Chap. 207: for the relief of W. H. Howard Chapter 207 27 Stat. 778 1892-07-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 207.—

An Act for the relief of W. H. Howard

July 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

W. H. Howard.

Credit in account of.

That the Post-Office Department, in settling the accounts of W. H. Howard, postmaster at Cobb, in the State of Georgia, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to credit said Howard with the sum of thirty-three dollars and five cents, that being the value of Government stamps, supplies, and so forth, destroyed by fire in said office without fault on the part of said Howard.

Approved, July 19, 1892.

Chap. 210: granting a pension to Mary E. Law, widow of Captain Richard L. Law, United States Navy. Chapter 210 27 Stat. 778 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 210.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Law, widow of Captain Richard L. Law, United States Navy.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary E. Law.

Pension.

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 E. Law, widow of Captain Richard L. Law. late of the United States Navy, granting her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month payable out of the naval pension fund.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 211: for the relief of Mrs. Sarah J. Waggoner. Chapter 211 27 Stat. 779 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 779

CHAP. 211.—

An Act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah J. Waggoner.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah J. Waggoner.

Pension.

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 Mrs. Sarah J. Waggoner, widow of Louis C. Wag-goner, late a corporal in Captain John E. Crouch’s Company, Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Florida war, of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay her a pension of twenty-five dollars per month.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 212: to remove the political disabilities of William S. Walker, of Atlanta, Georgia. Chapter 212 27 Stat. 779 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 212.—

An Act to remove the political disabilities of William S. Walker, of Atlanta, Georgia.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William S. Walker.

Political disabilities removed.

(two thirds of each House concurring therein). That all legal and political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by reason of participation in the late rebellion be, and they are hereby, removed from William S. Walker, of Atlanta, Georgia.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 213: for the relief of Mrs. E. Trask. Chapter 213 27 Stat. 779 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 213.—

An Act for the relief of Mrs. E. Trask.

July 20, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mrs. E. Trask.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. E. Trask, late postmaster at Emporia, Kansas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and forty-three dollars, to reimburse her for losses resulting from the theft of five registered letters by burglars, who entered said post-office at Emporia, Kansas, on the night of October fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

Approved, July 20, 1892.

Chap. 217: for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department. Chapter 217 27 Stat. 779 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 217.—

An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fourth of July claims.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, upon the requisition of the Secretary of War, without further audit, allowance, or restatement of the claims by the accounting officers, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons in this act named, or to their legal representatives in case of their death since the allowance of their claims by the accounting officers, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in lull 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 of the act of July

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fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, since January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, namely: Tennessee.

Tennessee.

Terry Dickerson, administrator of A. A. Dickerson, deceased, of Giles County, one thousand and thirty dollars.

780

James Erwin, Hamilton County, one hundred and seventy dollars.

William Julian. Knox County, thirty-nine dollars.

Henry J. Thornton, Lincoln County, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Missouri.

J. W. Estes, administrator of William C Estes, deceased, Cass County, three hundred and ninety dollars.

James Simpson, of Miller County, eighteen dollars.

Kentucky.

Solomon King of McCracken County, one. hundred and fifty dollars.

West Virginia.

John W. Byrd, administrator of William Propst, deceased, Pendleton County, one hundred and forty dollars.

Ohio.

Thomas Smith, of Guernsey County, eighty dollars.

Maryland.

Airhart Winters, of Baltimore County, one hundred and forty dollars.

H. Clothes.

Also to pay the heirs of II Clothes, deceased, of Ballard County,

Vol. 25. p. 1308.

Kentucky, on account of a claim heretofore audited by the Quartermaster-General in pursuance of an act of Congress, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars: Provided, That the same shall be paid to the widow and

Proviso.

Payment to heirs.

heirs of H. Clothes, deceased, according to their respective interests as specified in House executive document Numbered two hundred and forty six, first session, fifty-first Congress.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 218: granting a pension to John Chamberlain. Chapter 218 27 Stat. 780 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 218.—

An Act granting a pension to John Chamberlain.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Chamberlain.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of John Chamberlain, late an agent of the State, of New Hampshire to care for sick and wounded soldiers in the Army of the Potomac during the war of the rebellion.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 219: granting an increase of pension to Michael O'Brien. Chapter 219 27 Stat. 780 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 219.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Michael O'Brien.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Michael O’Brien.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Michael O'Brien, late major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of Sixth California Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of his present pension of thirty dollars per month, he being totally incapacitated from performing any manual labor whatsoever.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 220: for the recognition of Henry O. Kent as colonel of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volunteers. Chapter 220 27 Stat. 781 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 781

CHAP. 220.—

An Act for the recognition of Henry O. Kent as colonel of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volunteers.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,

Henry O. Kent.

Military record.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to recognize Henry O. Kent as colonel of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volunteers from the twenty-third day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the date of his commission, to the sixteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the date on which he was left without a command by reason of the transfer of the men of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volunteers to the Second New Hampshire Volunteers, and the said Kent shall not receive any pay, pension, or allowance by reason of the pas-sage

No pay. etc.

of this act.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 221: for the correction of the military record of Wilhelm Spiegelburg. Chapter 221 27 Stat. 781 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 221.—

An Act for the correction of the military record of Wilhelm Spiegelburg.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wilhelm Spiegelburg.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to revoke the order of discharge in special orders, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, dated October twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, of Wilhelm Spiegelburg, and to discharge him, to date May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 222: granting a pension to Abigail L. Finney. Chapter 222 27 Stat. 781 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 222.—

An Act granting a pension to Abigail L. Finney.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Abigail L. Finney.

Pension.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 223: to pension Edith S. Read. Chapter 223 27 Stat. 781 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 223.—

An Act to pension Edith S. Read.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Edith S. Read.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Edith S. Read, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, widow of Ogden B. Read, late captain of Company F, Eleventh Infantry, United States Army.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 224: for relief of Dabney, Simmons and Company. Chapter 224 27 Stat. 781 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 224.—

An Act for relief of Dabney, Simmons and Company.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Dabney, Simmons and Company.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine the claim of Dabney, Simmons and Company, of Boston. Massachusetts, for expenses incurred by them in the retesting of one hundred and one 782 cases of opium condemned by the Government, and to repay to said firm, out of the moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the expense of the reexamintion of all of said cases which upon such re-examination were found to contain the standard amount of morphia.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 225: for the relief of John McMahan. Chapter 225 27 Stat. 782 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 225.—

An Act for the relief of John McMahan.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John McMahan.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the President is hereby authorized and directed to revoke so much of General Orders, headquarters Department of West Virginia, of April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as relates to and directs the dismissal from the Army of Major John McMahan, of the Second Regiment West Virginia Cavalry, and to grant him an honorable discharge as of that date; and that the military record of said John McMahan be amended accordingly.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 226: for the relief of Harriett W. Shacklett. Chapter 226 27 Stat. 782 1892-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 226.—

An Act for the relief of Harriett W. Shacklett.

July 21, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Harriet W. Shacklett.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Harriet W. Shacklett, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and ninety-seven dollars, which sum shall be taken and accepted and receipted for in full satisfaction of her claim, as found by the Court of Claims.

Approved, July 21, 1892.

Chap. 232: for the relief of Amelia R. Webster. Chapter 232 27 Stat. 782 1892-07-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 232.—

An Act for the relief of Amelia R. Webster.

July 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Amelia R. Webster.

Pension.

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 Amelia R. Webster, widow of the late Captain John A. Webster, junior, United States Revenue-Marine Service, and pay her a pension on and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 22, 1892.

Chap. 242: for the relief of Patrick Hyland. Chapter 242 27 Stat. 782 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 242.—

An Act for the relief of Patrick Hyland.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Patrick Hyland.

Granted Honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the name of Patrick Hyland, enlisted as a private September ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in Company B, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grant him an honorable discharge under date of May first, eighteen hundred and

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

sixty-four: Provided, That no pay or emolument shall become due by the passage of this act.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 243: for the relief of Richard M. Edwards, of Cleveland, Tennessee. Chapter 243 27 Stat. 783 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 783

CHAP. 243.—

An Act for the relief of Richard M. Edwards, of Cleveland, Tennessee.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Richard M. Edwards.

Pay. etc., to.

That, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Richard M. Edwards, late captain and commissary of subsistence, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the pay and allowance of a captain of cavalry from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to November second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 244: for the relief of P. B. Sinnott, late Indian agent at Grand Ronde Agency, State of Oregon. Chapter 244 27 Stat. 783 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 244.—

An Act for the relief of P. B. Sinnott, late Indian agent at Grand Ronde Agency, State of Oregon.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

P. B. Sinnott.

Refund to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to refund to P. B. Sinnott, late Indian agent at Grand Ronde Agency, State of Oregon, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand one hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty-nine cents, being the amount of two judgments recovered against him and his sureties on his official bonds as such agent by the United States in the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon, on the fifteenth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and which amount was subsequently paid to the United States by said Sinnott pending the consideration by Congress of a bill for his relief, and is now covered into the Treasury.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 245: granting a pension to Joseph J. Granberry. Chapter 245 27 Stat. 783 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 245.—

An Act granting a pension to Joseph J. Granberry.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Joseph J. Granberry.

Pension.

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 J. Granberry, a soldier of the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 23, 1892.

Chap. 246: for the relief of the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company. Chapter 246 27 Stat. 783 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 246.—

An Act for the relief of the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company.

July 23, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mobile and Girard Railroad Company.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company the sum of two thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and twenty-four cents, due said railroad company for transporting paroled prisoners.

Received by the President July 12, 1892.

[Note by the Department of 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.]

Chap. 247: granting a pension to Mary Isabella Hutchison. Chapter 247 27 Stat. 784 1892-07-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 784

CHAP. 247.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Isabella Hutchison.

July 25, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Isabella Hutchison.

Pension

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 Isabella Hutchison, sister of William Hutchison, late of Company A. One hundred and third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, deceased, at the rate of eighteen dollars per month, to be paid to her legal guardian or person legally appointed to have the charge of her person and estate.

Approved, July 25, 1892.

Chap. 258: for the relief of A. S. Lee. Chapter 258 27 Stat. 784 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 258.—

An Act for the relief of A. S. Lee.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

A. S. Lee.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay out of the Treasury, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, to A. S. Lee, six hundred and thirty dollars, in full satisfaction of rent fixed by an award of a board of Army officers convened under the orders of General Terry, commanding the Department of Henrico, Virginia.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 259: for the relief of Nathaniel Lang. Chapter 259 27 Stat. 784 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 259.—

An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Lang.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Nathaniel Lang.

Granted honorable discharge.

That Nathaniel Lang be, and he is hereby, relieved and absolved from the sentence adjudged against him by a court martial on the twentieth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty five, and he is hereby restored as of that date to his rank as captain of Company F, One hundred and twenty first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to said Captain Nathaniel Lang an honorable discharge from said company and regiment, to date and to take effect from January twentieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 260: for the relief of Jerome H. Biddle. Chapter 260 27 Stat. 784 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 260.—

An Act for the relief of Jerome H. Biddle.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jerome H. Biddle.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the charge of desertion to be removed from the record of Jerome II. Biddle, late a private in Company K, Seventh Regiment Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers, and cause to be issued to said Jerome H. Biddle an honorable discharge as of date November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on the ground of being a minor, under the age of eighteen years, and having enlisted without his father’s consent or knowledge and against his will, and being prevented by his father from completing his service:

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

Provided, That no pay or emoluments shall accrue by virtue of this act.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 261: for the relief of J. D. King. Chapter 261 27 Stat. 785 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 785

CHAP. 261.—

An Act for the relief of J. D. King.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

E. D. King.

Payment to.

That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay J. D. King, post office inspector, out of the appropriation for mail depredations and post office inspectors, the sum of eighty one dollars, that amount having been advanced by him from his private funds to witnesses in the case of the United States versus John Hanna, charged with robbing the mails, and for which amount Inspector King has not been reimbursed.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 262: for the relief of Henry S. Cohn, late of the one hundred and sixth Ohio Volunteers. Chapter 262 27 Stat. 785 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 262.—

An Act for the relief of Henry S. Cohn, late of the one hundred and sixth Ohio Volunteers.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Henry S. Colin.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to recognize Henry S. Cohn as second lieutenant Company C. One hundred and sixth Ohio Volunteers, from February seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, without additional pay or emoluments, the date he was assigned to duty as second lieutenant of that Company, and to grant him an honorable discharge as of that grade to date May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when discharged on Surgeon’s certificate of disability.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 263: for the relief of Julius C. Zanone, only heir of John B. Zanone late of Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois, deceased. Chapter 263 27 Stat. 785 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 263.—

An Act for the relief of Julius C. Zanone, only heir of John B. Zanone late of Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois, deceased.

July 26, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John B. Zanone.

Payment to heir of.

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 Julius C. Zanone, only heir of John B. Zanone, deceased, late of Mound City, in the county of Pulaski, and State of Illinois, the sum of four thousand live hundred and twenty-five dollars, as and for the rental value of certain buildings in said Mound City, Illinois, from April twentieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to April thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, said buildings having been used and occupied by the United States Government as a marine barracks, and so forth, for and during said period, and which buildings were, during the time the same were so held, used, and occupied by said Government, the property of the said John B. Zanone.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

Chap. 278: to correct the military record of Joseph Wackerly Chapter 278 27 Stat. 785 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 278.—

An Act to correct the military record of Joseph Wackerly

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Joseph Wackerly.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct and amend the record of Joseph Wackerly, late a private in Company K, Twenty-fourth Regiment Ohio Infantry, by removing therefrom the charges of desertion, and substituting therefor, “Captured at Shiloh, Tennessee, April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty two, paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, May twenty two, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and declared exchanged on September twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty two, by General Orders one hundred and forty-seven, Adjutant-General’s Office, of 786 eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and never having rejoined his company remained absent without leave until October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Cavalry Volunteers, for three years, and was mustered out with his company and honorably discharged on November fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Nashville Tennessee.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 279: for the relief of Aaron J. Oliver. Chapter 279 27 Stat. 786 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 279.—

An Act for the relief of Aaron J. Oliver.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Aaron J. Oliver.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the records of the War Department in such manner as to relieve from the charge of dishonorable discharge the name of Aaron J. Oliver, formerly a member of Company E, Ninety first Regiment New York Volunteers.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 280: to grant an honorable discharge to George W. Barr from the Army. Chapter 280 27 Stat. 786 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 280.—

An Act to grant an honorable discharge to George W. Barr from the Army.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Barr.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the President of the United States be. and hereby is, authorized to revoke and set aside Special Orders Numbered Forty live, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, January twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, so far as the same directed the dismissal, by direction of the President, from the service of the United States, for incompetency, Surgeon G. W. Barr, Sixty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, and to accept the resignation of said Surgeon G. W. Barr, tendered on July tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty two, as of the said date of January twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to cause to be issued to said Barr a certificate of such acceptance and

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

honorable discharge: Provided, That this act shall not be held to confer any right to any pay, bounty, or other pecuniary emoluments, or to remove any existing bar to the same.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 281: to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James M. Thompson. Chapter 281 27 Stat. 786 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 281.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James M. Thompson.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James M. Thompson.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause the records of the War Department to be so amended as to remove the charge of desertion from the service record of James M. Thompson, late a private in Company F, Twelfth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and to grant an honorable discharge to the said James M. Thompson, as a private of said

Proviso.

No pay. etc.

company, as of the date of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: Provided that no pay or emoluments shall become due by reason of the passage of this act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 282: for the relief of D. P. Abbott, A. S. Keeves, and T. E. Smith. Chapter 282 27 Stat. 787 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 787

CHAP. 282.—

An Act for the relief of D. P. Abbott, A. S. Keeves, and T. E. Smith.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

D. P. Abbott, A. S. Keeves, and T. E. Smith.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is. authorized and directed to pay to D. P. Abbott, A. S. Reeves, and T. E. Smith the sum of four thousand seven hundred and twenty eight dollars and eighty cents, to reimburse them

Reimbursement to. as sureties of J. G. Walker.

for that amount paid by them into the Treasury of the United States as the sureties of J. G. Walker, deputy collector of internal revenue for the sixth Missouri district, under Charles E. Hasbrook, late collector of said district, being the face value of certain internal revenue stamps in the possession and custody of said Walker as such deputy collector, which were, on or about the twenty-fifth day of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, stolen from said Walker by burglarious entrance into his office, without any fault or neglect on his part.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 283: to restore Cynthia E. Brinneman, formerly Tate, to the pension roll. Chapter 283 27 Stat. 787 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 283.—

An Act to restore Cynthia E. Brinneman, formerly Tate, to the pension roll.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cynthia E. Brinneman.

Pension restored.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and required to restore to the pension roll the mime of Cynthia E. Brinneman, formerly Tate, of Montpelier, Indiana, formerly widow of John Tate, deceased, late a private in Company A, Forty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion, on whose account she was pensioned, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 284: granting an increase of pension to Henry Merritt. Chapter 284 27 Stat. 787 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 284.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Henry Merritt.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Henry Merritt.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension which he now receives, the name of Henry Merritt, late a private of the Second Ohio Regiment in the war with Mexico.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 285: granting an increase of pension to John C. Ford. Chapter 285 27 Stat. 787 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 285.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to John C. Ford.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,

John C. Ford.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of John C. Ford. late a captain of Company II, Twenty-first Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, so as to include, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, pension for such disabilities as may be shown to have been incurred in line of duty while acting as a scout and messenger between the dates September twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. and December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 286: to increase the pension of Louis Badger, late of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry. Chapter 286 27 Stat. 788 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 788

CHAP. 286.—

An Act to increase the pension of Louis Badger, late of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Louis Badger.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Louis Badger, late of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 287: to increase the pension of John D. Prator. Chapter 287 27 Stat. 788 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 287.—

An Act to increase the pension of John D. Prator.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John D. Prator.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of John D. Prator, of Magnolia, Arkansas, who served in Captain Allen’s Company from the State of Georgia, Indian war, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 288: to pension Reuben Riggs. Chapter 288 27 Stat. 788 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 288.—

An Act to pension Reuben Riggs.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Reuben Riggs.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Reuben Riggs, of Locust Bayou. Calhoun County, Arkansas, who served as a private in Captain McDavid’s Company H, Snodgrass’s Regiment, North Alabama Mounted Volunteers, Florida war, and pay him a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 289: to pension Martha A. Beerbower. Chapter 289 27 Stat. 788 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 289.—

An Act to pension Martha A. Beerbower.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Martha A. Beerbower.

Pension restored.

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 Martha A. Beerbower, of West Virginia, widow of Jesse Beerbower, assistant surgeon of Third Potomac Home Brigade, in the late war, and her pension shall commence with the approval of this act.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 290: to pension Nancy Campbell. Chapter 290 27 Stat. 788 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 290.—

An Act to pension Nancy Campbell.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled,

Nancy Campbell.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Nancy Campbell, of Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, widow of Archibald Campbell, late a private of James Blakeney's company, Harllee’s Battalion, South Carolina Militia, Florida war. eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 291: to grant a pension to Anna Torrence. Chapter 291 27 Stat. 789 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 789

CHAP. 291.—

An Act to grant a pension to Anna Torrence.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anna Torrence.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to place upon the pension roll the name of Anna Torrence, of Roanoke, Indiana, formerly widow of Elijah Groves, deceased, late a private in Company F, One hundredth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the war of the rebellion, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 292: granting relief to Jeremiah White, of Osage City, Kansas. Chapter 292 27 Stat. 789 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 292.—

An Act granting relief to Jeremiah White, of Osage City, Kansas.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jeremiah White.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll Jeremiah White, late private of Captain Hare Fellow’s company, Second Regiment Illinois Mounted Volunteers. Black Hawk war, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and pay him a pension of eighteen dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, this pension being in lieu of the pension of six dollars per month which he is now receiving.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 293: for the relief of Susan Lomasney. Chapter 293 27 Stat. 789 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 293.—

An Act for the relief of Susan Lomasney.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Susan Lomasney.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Susan Lomasney, widow of William M. Lomasney, alias Mackey Company H. One hundred and seventy ninth New York Infantry, upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 294: granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret Brackett. Chapter 294 27 Stat. 789 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 294.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret Brackett.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Margaret Brackett.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Margaret Brackett, widow of Doctor James W. Brackett, late surgeon of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of the bill.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 295: granting a pension to Frances B. Wilson. Chapter 295 27 Stat. 789 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 295.—

An Act granting a pension to Frances B. Wilson.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,

Frances B. Wilson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frances B. Wilson who was the widow of Ross Wilson, private in Company F. Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 296: granting a pension to Thomas Thompson. Chapter 296 27 Stat. 790 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 790

CHAP. 296.—

An Act granting a pension to Thomas Thompson.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas Thompson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Thomas Thompson, dependent and crippled son of Cornelius Thompson, late a private in Company D, One hundred and ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 297: granting a pension to Martha J. Griffith. Chapter 297 27 Stat. 790 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 297.—

An Act granting a pension to Martha J. Griffith.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Martha J. Griffith.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pension roll the name of Martha J. Griffith, widow of Moses Griffith, late of Company A, Twentieth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, at twelve dollars per mouth, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 298: granting a pension to Louisa B. Sharp. Chapter 298 27 Stat. 790 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 298.—

An Act granting a pension to Louisa B. Sharp.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Louisa B. Sharp.

Pension.

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 Louisa B. Sharp, widow of John B Sharp, first lieutenant in Company F, Eighteenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 299: granting a pension to William Colvill, of Minnesota. Chapter 299 27 Stat. 790 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 299.—

An Act granting a pension to William Colvill, of Minnesota.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William Colvill.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of William Colvill, late colonel of the First Regiment of Minnesota Infantry and brevet brigadier-general of volunteers, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act, the same in lien of the pension now allowed to said Colvill.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 300: granting a pension to Elizabeth Bowden. Chapter 300 27 Stat. 790 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 300.—

An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Bowden.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Bowden.

Pension.

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 Elizabeth Bowden, late a nurse and superintendent of nurses, to be paid a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 301: granting a pension to James Smith. Chapter 301 27 Stat. 791 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 791

CHAP. 301.—

An Act granting a pension to James Smith.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James Smith.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll of the United States the name of James Smith, formerly orderly sergeant of Company F, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, in the Seminole Indian war, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, subject to the rules and regulations governing pensions.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 302: granting a pension to Benjamin Churchill. Chapter 302 27 Stat. 791 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 302.—

An Act granting a pension to Benjamin Churchill.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Benjamin Churchill.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, the name of Benjamin Churchill, late a private in captain E. Wheeler’s Company, New York Militia, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the said soldier being now nearly one hundred years old. Said sum to be in lieu of the pension now drawn by him under certificate numbered twenty-two thousand and nine.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 303: granting a pension to Julia Bodley. Chapter 303 27 Stat. 791 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 303.—

An Act granting a pension to Julia Bodley.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Julia Bodley.

Pension.

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 Bodley, widow of James C. Bodley, late major of the Eighty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 304: granting a pension to Cecilia White. Chapter 304 27 Stat. 791 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 304.—

An Act granting a pension to Cecilia White.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cecilia White.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to place the name of Cecilia White, of Burlington, Iowa, on the pension roll, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month for her services as a nurse during the civil war.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 305: granting a pension to Charity W. Clark, mother of Edmond M. Clark, formerly of Company M, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Chapter 305 27 Stat. 791 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 305.—

An Act granting a pension to Charity W. Clark, mother of Edmond M. Clark, formerly of Company M, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charity W. Clark.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place upon the pension rolls of the United States the name of Charity W. Clark, mother of the late Edmond M. Clark, of Company M. Seventeenth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 306: granting a pension to Mrs Sophia Bruner Hineline. Chapter 306 27 Stat. 792 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 792

CHAP. 306.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs Sophia Bruner Hineline.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sophia Bruner Hineline.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Sophia Bruner Hineline, late widow of David Bruner, late a private in Company B, Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 307: granting a pension to Louis Heninger, of Saint Louis, Missouri. Chapter 307 27 Stat. 792 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 307.—

An Act granting a pension to Louis Heninger, of Saint Louis, Missouri.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Louis Heninger.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Louis Heninger, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, without regard to rank, at a rate proportionate to the degree of his disability from shell wound of the knee.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 308: granting a pension to Elizabeth Mohan. Chapter 308 27 Stat. 792 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 308.—

An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Mohan.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Multan.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is. empowered and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Elizabeth Mohan, the idiotic daughter of Thomas Mohan, deceased, a private in Company 1, of the Second Colorado Cavalry, and pay her during her disability a pension subject to the provisions and limitations of the act of June twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, payable to her legally appointed guardian.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 309: granting a pension to Jane A. Ward, widow of D. A. Ward. Chapter 309 27 Stat. 792 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 309.—

An Act granting a pension to Jane A. Ward, widow of D. A. Ward.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jane A. Ward.

Pension increased.

That the, Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of Jane A. Ward, widow of D. A. Ward, late captain of Company F. Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion, and subsequently a captain in the twenty fifth Regiment of United States Infantry, and was mustered out under the act of eighteen hundred and seventy one, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month, instead of eight dollars, which she is now receiving.

Approved, July 27, 1892.

Chap. 310: for the relief of Lydia A Magill, administratrix. Chapter 310 27 Stat. 792 1892-07-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 310.—

An Act for the relief of Lydia A Magill, administratrix.

July 27, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John C. Magill.

Payment to administratrix.

. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Lydia A. Magill, administratrix of the estate of John C. Magill, deceased, late of Cass County, Missouri, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and six dollars and twenty-two cents, in full settlement of balance due said 793 Magill for beef furnished under a contract dated May third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by said Magill with Captain W. C. Tarkington, commissary of subsistence for General James Shields’s division of the United States Army: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury

Proviso.

Condition.

shall be satisfied that the claim hereby appropriated for belongs wholly to the said Lydia A. Magill, as administratrix of the estate of John C. Magill, deceased, and that to other person is interested in the same.

Received by the President July 15, 1892.

[Note by the Department of 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.]

Chap. 318: providing for the relief of William C. Spencer, of Maryland, late Captain Seventeenth Infantry, United States Army. Chapter 318 27 Stat. 793 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 318.—

An Act providing for the relief of William C. Spencer, of Maryland, late Captain Seventeenth Infantry, United States Army.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William C. Spencer.

May be appointed captain on Army retired list.

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint William C. Spencer, late a Captain in the Seventeenth Infantry, United States Army, a Captain in the Army, and when so appointed to place him on the unlimited list of retired officers of the Army, with rank and pay from the date of his appointment and retirement under the provisions of this act.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 319: to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Michael Keefe, deceased. Chapter 319 27 Stat. 793 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 319.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Michael Keefe, deceased.

July 28, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Michael Keefe.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Michael Keefe, deceased, late of Company B. Eighth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and to grant an honorable discharge to date September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on account of being disabled for further military service, and this act shall not carry with it any right to back pay, bounty, or other emoluments.

Approved, July 28, 1892.

Chap. 324: granting a pension to Eliza Smith. Chapter 324 27 Stat. 793 1892-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 324.—

An Act granting a pension to Eliza Smith.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Eliza Smith.

Pension.

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 Smith, who was the widow of Frederick Sheckler, late orderly sergeant of Company K, One hundred and fifty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

Chap. 325: for the relief of James B. Blue, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Solomon Blue, deceased. Chapter 325 27 Stat. 794 1892-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 794

CHAP. 325.—

An Act for the relief of James B. Blue, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Solomon Blue, deceased.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Solomon Blue.

Payment to administrator d. b. n.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to James B. Blue, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Solomon Blue, deceased, the sum of six hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents in full satisfaction of the claim for cattle taken by the Army of the. United States. August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, from the late Solomon Blue, deceased.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

Chap. 326: granting a pension to Orinda Leach. Chapter 326 27 Stat. 794 1892-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 326.—

An Act granting a pension to Orinda Leach.

July 29, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Orinda Leach.

Pension.

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 Orinda Leach, dependent mother of Charles 11. Leach, late of Company E, Seventh Regiment of Vermont Infantry Volunteers.

Approved, July 29, 1892.

Chap. 330: granting an increase of pension to Andrew Kramer. Chapter 330 27 Stat. 794 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 330.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Kramer.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Andrew Kramer.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and required to place on the pension roll Andrew Kramer, late a private of Company E, First Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and pay him, on account of total blindness, a pension of twenty dollars a month; said amount to be in lieu of the sum now drawn by said pensioner, which is eight dollars a month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 332: granting a pension to Robert S. Campbell, veteran of Seminole war, eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Chapter 332 27 Stat. 794 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 332.—

An Act granting a pension to Robert S. Campbell, veteran of Seminole war, eighteen hundred and thirty seven.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Robert S. Campbell.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert S. Campbell. late private in Captain Rosel’s company, Snodgrass’s regiment of mounted volunteers, in Seminole war, eighteen hundred thirty-seven, and pay him a pension of fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 332: granting a pension to Anna M. Holstein, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion. Chapter 332 27 Stat. 794 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 332.—

An Act granting a pension to Anna M. Holstein, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anna M. Holstein.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Anna M. Holstein, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion, on the pension list, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this bill.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 333: granting a pension to Lydia M. Kennedy, sister of Abram Kennedy. Chapter 333 27 Stat. 795 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 795

CHAP. 333.—

An Act granting a pension to Lydia M. Kennedy, sister of Abram Kennedy.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lydia M. Kennedy.

Pension

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 334: granting a pension to Mary J. Corcoran. Chapter 334 27 Stat. 795 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 334.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary J. Corcoran.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary J. Corcoran.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mary J. Corcoran, of Jackson, Michigan, widow of Henry Corcoran, late of Company E, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 335: granting a pension to John Mercer. Chapter 335 27 Stat. 795 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 335.—

An Act granting a pension to John Mercer.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Mercer.

Pension.

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 Mercer, of Brooks County, Georgia, late a private in Captain Redding’s company of the First Florida Cavalry in the war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at the rate of eight dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 336: granting a pension to Sarah L. Ronaldson. Chapter 336 27 Stat. 795 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 336.—

An Act granting a pension to Sarah L. Ronaldson.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah L. Ronaldson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, required to place the name of Sarah L. Ronaldson, widow of Mathew Ronaldson, late a first lieutenant in Company B, First Iowa Cavalry, and pay her a pension of fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 337: granting a pension to Stark Frazier. Chapter 337 27 Stat. 795 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 337.—

An Act granting a pension to Stark Frazier.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Stark Frazier.

Pension.

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 Stark Frazier, of Brooks County, Georgia, late a private in Captain Isaac McCreary’s company of cavalry from Sumter County, Georgia, in the war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at the rate of twenty dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 338: granting a pension to James Reed, junior Chapter 338 27 Stat. 796 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 796

CHAP. 338.—

An Act granting a pension to James Reed, junior

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James Reed, jr.

Pension.

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 James Reed, junior, who enlisted in the United States Navy June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and served on the ships Columbus, Ohio, and Hudson, and was discharged from the latter vessel November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, by order of the Department, he being unfit for service on account of a rupture.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 339: granting a pension to William H. Brewer. Chapter 339 27 Stat. 796 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 339.—

An Act granting a pension to William H. Brewer.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William H. Brewer.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be. placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William II. Brewer, late a private in Company C, Seventy-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 340: granting a pension to Ellen Goff. Chapter 340 27 Stat. 796 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 340.—

An Act granting a pension to Ellen Goff.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ellen Goff.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ellen Goff, of Battle Creek, Michigan, widow of George H. Piper, late orderly sergeant of Company I, Thirty third Missouri Infantry, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 341: granting a pension to Katie Allen. Chapter 341 27 Stat. 796 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 341.—

An Act granting a pension to Katie Allen.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Katie Allen.

Pension.

. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Katie Allen, the widow of Albert L. Allen, who was pensioned by

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special act of Congress, and to pay her a pension of twelve, dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 342: granting a pension to James W. Kirtley. Chapter 342 27 Stat. 796 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 342.—

An Act granting a pension to James W. Kirtley.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James W. Kirtley.

Pension.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 343: granting a pension to William Oscar Stanley. Chapter 343 27 Stat. 797 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 797

CHAP. 343.—

An Act granting a pension to William Oscar Stanley.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William Oscar Stanley.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension rolls the name of William Oscar Stanley, of Des Moines, Iowa, imbecile son of Nathan T. Stanley, late of Company H, Eighty second Regiment of Ohio Infantry Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of ten dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, and pay the same to his legally constituted guardian.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 344: granting a pension to Mary A. Sipp. Chapter 344 27 Stat. 797 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 344.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Sipp.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled,

Mary A. Sipp.

Pension restored.

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 Mary A. Sipp, widow of Andrew M. Johnson, late of Company F, Thirty-first. Regiment of Iowa Infantry, and who as such widow was allowed a pension heretofore, and pay her at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 345: granting a pension to Julia S. Tompkins. Chapter 345 27 Stat. 797 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 345.—

An Act granting a pension to Julia S. Tompkins.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Julia S. Tompkins.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Julia S. Tompkins, an army nurse, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 346: granting a pension to Susanna Davis. Chapter 346 27 Stat. 797 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 346.—

An Act granting a pension to Susanna Davis.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Susanna Davis.

Pension.

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 Susanna Davis, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, widow of William Davis, late a private in the United States Marine Corps, and who served in the Indian war in Florida, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 347: granting a pension to Henry J. Alvis. Chapter 347 27 Stat. 797 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 347.—

An Act granting a pension to Henry J. Alvis.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Henry J. Alvis.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, instructed to place on the pension rolls Henry J. Alvis, of Montrose, Iowa, a private in the service of United States in the Seminole Indian war, in Colonel Lyndsey’s regiment, Louisiana Volunteers, and pay him a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 348: restoring the pension of Sallie M. Swigart. Chapter 348 27 Stat. 798 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 798

CHAP. 348.—

An Act restoring the pension of Sallie M. Swigart.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sallie M. Swigart.

Pension restored.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension roll the name of Sallie M. Swigart, widow of Uriah R. Swigart, late of Company L, Second Regiment Iowa Cavalry, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 349: for the relief of the heirs of John E. Treutlen. Chapter 349 27 Stat. 798 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 349.—

An Act for the relief of the heirs of John E. Treutlen.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John R. Treutlen.

Payment to heirs of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the heirs of John R. Treutlen, late an employee in the House of Representatives, three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, being the difference in the salaries paid to laborers and that paid to messengers, which latter office he filled from the seventh day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, performing all the duties of messenger and receiving only the pay of laborer.

Sec. 2. That the amount necessary to pay the same is hereby appropriated

Appropriation.

and made immediately available.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 350: for the relief of Mrs Mary Ann Ross, formerly Coats, late of Pike County, Illinois, but now of Marceline, Missouri. Chapter 350 27 Stat. 798 1892-07-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 350.—

An Act for the relief of Mrs Mary Ann Ross, formerly Coats, late of Pike County, Illinois, but now of Marceline, Missouri.

July 30, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Ann Ross.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Mary Ann Ross, formerly Coats, of Marceline, Missouri, who was an nurse in the medical department of the United States volunteers, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, July 30, 1892.

Chap. 354: for the relief of James H. Willey. Chapter 354 27 Stat. 798 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 354.—

An Act for the relief of James H. Willey.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James H. Willey.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, for injury to the right eye, the name of James H. Willey, of Waltham, Massachusetts, late of Company G, Richardson Light Infantry, attached to Seventh Battery Light Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 355: to pension Nathan Falkner, of Saline County, Arkansas. Chapter 355 27 Stat. 798 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 355.—

An Act to pension Nathan Falkner, of Saline County, Arkansas.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Nathan Falkner.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Nathan Falkner, of Saline County, Arkansas, 799 who served in the Florida Seminole war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as private in J. C. Blount’s company, Alabama regiment, and that the said Nathan Falkner be paid a pension under the pension laws at the rate of fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 356: granting a pension to Sarah A. Noble. Chapter 356 27 Stat. 799 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 356.—

An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Noble.

August 1, 1892

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah A Noble.

Pension.

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 Sarah A. Noble, mother of James Dunn, junior, late of Company 1), Twenty sixth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 357: granting an increase of pension to Addison M. Copen. Chapter 357 27 Stat. 799 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 357.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Addison M. Copen.

August 1, 1892

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Addison M. Copen.

Pension incrcased.

That the pension of Addison M. Copen, late of Company 1. United States Dragoons. Mexican war, be increased to twenty dollars per month; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of said Copen, at the rate of twenty dollars per mouth, the same to be in lieu of all pensions heretofore granted to him.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 358: to correct the military record of James Corridon, Fourth United States Infantry. Chapter 358 27 Stat. 799 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 358.—

An Act to correct the military record of James Corridon, Fourth United States Infantry.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James Corridon.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the military record of James Corridon be corrected, that the charge of desert ion be removed, that his name be restored to the status of honorable service, and that he be granted an honorable discharge: Provided, That no bounty, pay,

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

or allowances of any nature accrue from this act.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 359: for the relief of Charles T. Garrard. Chapter 359 27 Stat. 799 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 359.—

An Act for the relief of Charles T. Garrard.

August 1, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles T. Garrard.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion appearing on the records of the Adjutant General United States Army against Charles T. Garrard, late quartermaster-sergeant Sixth regiment United States Cavalry, and that a certificate of honorable discharge as of Sixth regiment United States Cavalry be furnished said soldier, And no pay, arrearages or emoluments shall become due by

No pay, etc.

virtue of the passage of this act.

Approved, August 1, 1892.

Chap. 363: to amend the military record of De Loss Cramer Chapter 363 27 Stat. 800 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 800

CHAP. 363.—

An Act to amend the military record of De Loss Cramer

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

De Loss Cramer.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and ho hereby is, authorized and directed to correct the military record of De Loss Cramer, late lieutenant of Company F. Fourteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, and to issue, to said Cramer an honorable

No pay, etc.

discharge, but the said Cramer shall not be entitled to any pay or emoluments on account of the passage of this act.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 364: to pension Anna Morgan Burns. Chapter 364 27 Stat. 800 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 364.—

An Act to pension Anna Morgan Burns.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anna Morgan Burns.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Anna Morgan Burns, the invalid daughter of the late Captain James Burns of the Fifth United States Cavalry, upon the pension rolls, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per mouth, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 365: granting a pension to Mary C. Smith. Chapter 365 27 Stat. 800 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 365.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary C. Smith.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary C. Smith.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary C. Smith, the dependent and helpless daughter of Michael Smith, a deceased honorably discharged soldier, late a private in Company C, One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 366: granting a pension to Florence Esther Williams, the blind daughter of Henry D. Williams, late a private in Company F, Sixty fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Chapter 366 27 Stat. 800 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 366.—

An Act granting a pension to Florence Esther Williams, the blind daughter of Henry D. Williams, late a private in Company F, Sixty fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Florence Esther Williams.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Florence Esther Williams, the. blind daughter of Henry D. Williams, late a private in Company F, Sixty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and grant her a pension of fourteen dollars per month, from the date of the passage of this act.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 367: granting a pension to Miss Adda Boodger, of Lockport, New York. Chapter 367 27 Stat. 800 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 367.—

An Act granting a pension to Miss Adda Boodger, of Lockport, New York.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Adda L. Boodger.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of ten dollars per month, the name of Miss Adda L. Boodger, daughter of William Boodger, who served in Company I, of the Ninety-fourth New York Infantry.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 368: granting a pension to Elizabeth Harley. Chapter 368 27 Stat. 801 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 801

CHAP. 368.—

An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Harley.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Harley.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Elizabeth Harley, former widow of Hugh Gilles pie of Company K. Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, and to pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month as the widow of a soldier of the Mexican war.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 369: granting a pension to Mary O'Connor Chapter 369 27 Stat. 801 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 369.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary O'Connor

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary O’Connor.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mary O’Connor, dependent stepmother of Daniel O’Connor, late a private in the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery Volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 370: granting a pension to Mrs Jennie B. Morris. Chapter 370 27 Stat. 801 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 370.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs Jennie B. Morris.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jennie B. Morris.

Pension.

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 B. Morris, of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, as the widow of George H. Harris, late a private in Company I, sixth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers Cavalry, and pay her a full widow's pension from and after the passage of this act and during the continuance of her present unmarried state.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 371: for the relief of Quincy McNeil. Chapter 371 27 Stat. 801 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 371.—

An Act for the relief of Quincy McNeil.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Quincy McNeil.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to correct the record of the dismissal of Quincy McNeil, major of the thirty-ninth Regiment of United States Colored Troops, and issue to him an honorable discharge from the Army, to date February twentieth anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-live.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 372: for the relief of Samuel Howard. Chapter 372 27 Stat. 801 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 372.—

An Act for the relief of Samuel Howard.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel Howard.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Samuel Howard, of Henderson County, Tennessee, the sum of six hundred and ninety-two dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full for property taken from him by the forces of the United States and applied to the use of the Army of the United States.

Approved, August 3, 1892.

Chap. 373: for the relief of Neil Fisher. Chapter 373 27 Stat. 802 1892-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 802

CHAP. 373.—

An Act for the relief of Neil Fisher.

August 3, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Neil Fisher.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke the order of dismissal and dishonorable discharge of Neil Fisher, late captain of Company E, Fifty-fourth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and cause to be issued in favor of said Fisher an honorable discharge; and the said Fisher is hereby restored to all the rights, privileges, and

Allowances, etc.

allowances to which he would have been entitled had he been honorably discharged the service at the date of his dismissal.

Received by the President July 22, 1892.

Chap. 377: granting a pension to Ellen Carpenter. Chapter 377 27 Stat. 802 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 377.—

An Act granting a pension to Ellen Carpenter.

August 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ellen Carpenter.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ellen Carpenter, widow of Patrick Carpenter, late of Company B. Third United States Infantry (Florida war), and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month.

Approved, August 4, 1892.

Chap. 378: for the relief of Mrs Laura E. Skeels. Chapter 378 27 Stat. 802 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 378.—

An Act for the relief of Mrs Laura E. Skeels.

August 4, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Laura E. Skeels.

To be paid accrued pension due Nancy M. Elmendorf.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Mrs. Laura E Skeels the accrued pension which was due her mother, Sirs Nancy M. Elmendorf, under pension certificate one hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred and forty-three, after deducting the amount already paid under section forty-seven hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes, as reimbursement for funeral expenses.

Approved, August 4, 1892.

Chap. 384: granting a pension to Annie Davis. Chapter 384 27 Stat. 802 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 384.—

An Act granting a pension to Annie Davis.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Annie Davis.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Annie Davis, mother of Samuel Davis, late a member of Company B, of the Sixteenth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 385: granting a pension to James McCammon. Chapter 385 27 Stat. 803 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 803

CHAP. 385.—

An Act granting a pension to James McCammon.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James McCammon.

Pension increased.

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 McCammon, late a private of Company F. Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and corporal Company B, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 386: to restore to the pension rolls the name of Minnie Hall. Chapter 386 27 Stat. 803 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 386.—

An Act to restore to the pension rolls the name of Minnie Hall.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Minnie Hall.

Pension restored.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension rolls from the date of the passage of this act, at the rate or fourteen dollars a month, the name of Minnie Hall, the dependent idiotic child of Albert L. Hall, deceased, formerly of Company C, One hundred and fifty-second New York Volunteers, to be paid to her duly appointed committee or guardian.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 387: granting an increase of pension to Walter Barrett. Chapter 387 27 Stat. 803 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 387.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Walter Barrett.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Walter Barrett.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the increased rate of fifty dollars per month, the name of Walter Barrett, late major of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Chap. 388: to pension Mrs Caroline A. Smith, widow of Philander Smith, of West Tisbury, Massachusetts. Chapter 388 27 Stat. 803 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 388.—

An Act to pension Mrs Caroline A. Smith, widow of Philander Smith, of West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Caroline A. Smith.

Pension.

The the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline A. Smith, widow of Philander Smith, late of the ship Edward, Mexican war, and allow her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 389: for the relief of Joseph C. Williams. Chapter 389 27 Stat. 803 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 389.—

An Act for the relief of Joseph C. Williams.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Joseph C. Williams.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Joseph C. Williams, late a member of Company B. Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and grant him an honorable discharge to date from April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 390: granting an honorable discharge to John H. Randleman. Chapter 390 27 Stat. 804 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 804

CHAP. 390.—

An Act granting an honorable discharge to John H. Randleman.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John H. Randleman.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the military record of, and grant an honorable discharge to. John H. Randleman, of De Soto, Iowa, late a member of Company C, Fourth United States

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

Artillery: Provided, That no pay or emoluments shall be due said John H Randleman by virtue of this act.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 391: to correct the military record of Jesse C. Taylor, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry. Chapter 391 27 Stat. 804 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 391.—

An Act to correct the military record of Jesse C. Taylor, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jesse C. Taylor.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to remove from the rolls and records in the office of the Adjutant-General of the United States Army the charge of desertion now standing on said rolls and records against Jesse C. Taylor, late of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 392: for the relief of the heirs of Davis B. Bonfoey and Emma Chapter 392 27 Stat. 804 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 392.—

An Act for the relief of the heirs of Davis B. Bonfoey and Emma

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Davis B. and Emma W. Bonfoey.

Payment to heirs of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George P. Bonfoey, Clarence P. Bonfoey, Beverly II. Bonfoey, and Edwin B. Bonfoey, children and sole heirs of Davis B. and Emma W. Bonfoey, deceased, or their legal representatives, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars, being the amount of money belonging to their mother, Emma W. Bonfoey, which was taken by officers of the Government and paid into the Treasury upon the supposition that it belonged to the United States, as a part of the money collected by the said Davis B. Bonfoey as collector of internal revenue of the fourth district of the State of Texas. And the said sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for said purpose, and is to be paid and received in full discharge and satisfaction of all claims of the said heirs against the United States.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 393: granting a pension to W. W. Harllee Chapter 393 27 Stat. 804 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 393.—

An Act granting a pension to W. W. Harllee

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

W. W. Harllee.

Pension.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 394: granting a pension to John A. Dean. Chapter 394 27 Stat. 804 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 394.—

An Act granting a pension to John A. Dean.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John A. Dean.

Pension.

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 805 laws, the name of John A. Dean, a private in Captain Ledwith’s company, Florida Mounted Militia, of the Seminole Indian wars of Florida, during the years anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-nine and eighteen hundred and forty, and in the later Indian wars in that State.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 395: granting a pension to Bertha Test. Chapter 395 27 Stat. 805 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 395.—

An Act granting a pension to Bertha Test.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bertha Test.

Pension increased.

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 Bertha Test, widow of Charles S. Test, deceased, late lieutenant in the One hundred and sixteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty one, and to pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month, in lieu of any pension to which she may be entitled under existing laws.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 396: granting a pension to Thomas Cooper. Chapter 396 27 Stat. 805 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 396.—

An Act granting a pension to Thomas Cooper.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas Cooper.

Pension.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 397: granting a pension to Mrs. Esther J. Boone. Chapter 397 27 Stat. 805 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 397.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Esther J. Boone.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Esther J. Boone.

Pension.

. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Esther J. Boone, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who, by exposure and overexertion, lost her hearing while serving as a hospital nurse and sanitary agent from eighteen hundred and sixty-two till the close of the war of the rebellion, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 398: granting an increase of pension to Jonas Deyo. Chapter 398 27 Stat. 805 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 398.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Jonas Deyo.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jonas Deyo.

Pension increased.

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 Jonas Deyo, late of Company G, One hundred and thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of thirty dollars a month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 399: granting an increase of pension to George W. Clark. Chapter 399 27 Stat. 806 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 806

CHAP. 399.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to George W. Clark.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Clark.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of George W. Clark, a member of Captain Philip Pryor’s company of light horse cavalry in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per mouth, in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 400: to increase the pension of Ambrose B. Carlton. Chapter 400 27 Stat. 806 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 400.—

An Act to increase the pension of Ambrose B. Carlton.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ambrose B. Carlton.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ambrose B. Carlton, late a corporal in Company F, Second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the Mexican war, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of thirty dollars per month he is now receiving.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

Chap. 401: for the relief of Henry Cozad. Chapter 401 27 Stat. 806 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private

CHAP. 401.—

An Act for the relief of Henry Cozad.

August 5, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Henry Cozad.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the rolls of the field and staff of the Eighty-third Illinois Volunteers the name of Henry Cozad, as principal musician, and recognize his service in said organization from the twelfth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, when enlisted, to the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when mustered out and honorably discharged by reason by General Order, Numbered One hundred and twenty-six, of the War Department, and grant him a discharge to date from the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

RESOLUTIONS. No. 10: for the release of all claim of the United States to lot eighteen, section two, governor and judges’ plan, Detroit. Private Resolution 10 27 Stat. 807 1892-05-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private [No. 10.]

Joint Resolution for the release of all claim of the United States to lot eighteen, section two, governor and judges’ plan, Detroit.

May 3, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lewis Cass.

Interest of United States to lot in Detroit, Mich., acquired by, released.

That the United States hereby releases any and all claim and interest which may remain in the United States to lot numbered eighteen, section numbered two, of the governor and judges’ plan of the city of Detroit, Michigan, which lot was acquired by the late Governor Lewis Cass from the United States, but the record of which title has been lost: Provided, however, That this

Proviso.

Adverse rights not affected.

release shall not affect any legal or equitable rights in said lot held or claimed if any there be adversely to the said Lewis Cass, his heirs or assigns, or those claiming title under him and them.

Approved, May 3, 1892.

No. 14: to authorize the loan of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers for the purpose of decorating the streets and buildings of Washington on the occasion of the Grand Army encampment in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Private Resolution 14 27 Stat. 807 1892-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private [No. 14.]

Joint Resolution to authorize the loan of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers for the purpose of decorating the streets and buildings of Washington on the occasion of the Grand Army encampment in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

June 7, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Grand Army of the Republic.

Loan of flags, etc., for decorating, national encampment.

That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to Louis D. Wine, chairman of the sub-committee in charge of street decorations, or bis successor in said office, for the purpose of decorating the streets of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in the month of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, such of the United States ensigns, flags (except battle flags), signal numbers, and so forth, belonging to the Government of the United States, as in their judgment may be spared and are not in use by the Government at the time of the encampment. The loan of the said ensigns, flags, signal numbers and so forth, to said chairman shall not take place prior to the tenth day of September, and shall be returned by him by the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

Sec. 2. That for the protection and return of said ensigns, flags, signal

Bond for safe return.

numbers, and so forth, the said Louis D. Wine, or his successor in office, shall execute and deliver to the President of the United States, or to such officer as he may designate, a satisfactory bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to secure just payment for any loss or damage to said ensigns, flags and signal numbers not necessarily incident to the use specified.

Approved, June 7, 1892.

(807) No. 28: authorizing the acceptance of medals presented to the officers and crew of the United States steamship Baltimore by the King of Sweden. Private Resolution 28 27 Stat. 808 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private 808 [No. 28.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the acceptance of medals presented to the officers and crew of the United States steamship Baltimore by the King of Sweden.

July 26, 1892

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Grew of the “Baltimore.”

Medals presented by King of Sweden to be delivered to.

That the Department of State is authorized and directed to deliver to the officers and crew of the United States steamship Baltimore three hundred and fifty-four medals presented for them by the King of Sweden to commemorate services rendered by them in transporting the remains of John Ericsson to Sweden.

Approved, July 26, 1892.

No. 35: for the relief of Major Henry A. Read. Private Resolution 35 27 Stat. 808 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private [No. 35.]

Joint Resolution for the relief of Major Henry A. Read.

August 5, 1892

. Whereas, Henry A. Read, late major of the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania

Preamble.

Volunteer Infantry, was dismissed the service of the United States on the nineteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and Whereas, the President of the United States, by the following letter from the Secretary of War to the governor of Pennsylvania, did remove the disability resting upon the said Major Henry A. Read, by reason of said dismissal, in the subjoined order, to wit: War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office,

November 2nd, 1863.

His excellency the Governor of Pennsylvania,

Harrisburg, Penna:

Sir: I have the honor, by order of the Secretary of War, to inform you that the disability in the case of Henry A. Read, late major Ninty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, is hereby removed, except that he will not be permitted to re-enter the same regiment, and he can be recommissioned an officer of volunteers.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant-General

Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Henry A. Read.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the record of the War Department to be corrected and to grant to said Henry A. Read an honorable discharge from the service of the United States, bearing date of

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

November second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: Provided, That by this resolution or of the amendment of the record of said Henry A. Read, hereby provided for, the said Read shall receive no pay or allowance whatever for time subsequent to the date of record of dismissal.

Approved, August 5, 1892.

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1892, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of March, 1893. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President and President of the Senate; Charles F. Manderson, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles Frederick Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Chap. 2: granting an increase of pension to John Hallam. Chapter 2 27 Stat. 809 1892-12-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 2.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to John Hallam.

December 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Hallam.

Pension increased.

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 Hallam, late sergeant of Company D. United States Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, December 16, 1892.

Chap. 3: granting increase of pension to Mary North, a widow of a soldier of war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and who is one hundred years old. Chapter 3 27 Stat. 809 1892-12-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 3.—

An Act granting increase of pension to Mary North, a widow of a soldier of war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and who is one hundred years old.

December 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary North.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay a pension of twenty-five dollars per month to Mary North, of Coweta County, Georgia, who is one hundred years old; said pension to be in lieu of the pension she now receives as widow of a soldier of war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

Approved, December 16, 1892.

Chap. 4: for the relief of R. B. Woodson. Chapter 4 27 Stat. 809 1892-12-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 4.—

An Act for the relief of R. B. Woodson.

December 16, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

R. B. Woodson.

Credit in accounts of.

That the Postmaster-General be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to allow R. B. Woodson, post-master, Gainesville, Alabama, a credit for the sum of one hundred and forty-two dollars money-order funds collected by him and lost in transit from Gainesville, Alabama, to Mobile, Alabama, on or about September (809) 810 twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and which the Postmaster-General was unable to allow to said postmaster as a credit under existing laws, and which amount was paid and lost by said postmaster. The Postmaster-General is authorized and directed to refund said sum of one hundred and forty-two dollars to said Woodson, and take his

Appropriation.

receipt in full satisfaction of said claim. An amount sufficient to refund said sum of one hundred and forty-two dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, December 16, 1892.

Chap. 5: granting a pension to Tendoy, chief of the Bannocks, Shoshones, and Sheepeaters tribe of Indians. Chapter 5 27 Stat. 810 1892-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 5.—

An Act granting a pension to Tendoy, chief of the Bannocks, Shoshones, and Sheepeaters tribe of Indians.

December 19, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Tendoy.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Tendoy, chief of the Bannocks, Shoshones, and Sheepeaters tribe of Indians, located at Lemhi Agency, Idaho, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, December 19, 1892.

Chap. 13: for the relief of William H Taylor. Chapter 13 27 Stat. 810 1892-12-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 13.—

An Act for the relief of William H Taylor.

December 22, 1892

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William H. Taylor.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of William H. Taylor, a crippled and dependent sou of Uriah Taylor, deceased, late a member of Company A, Forty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the late civil war, and who died from disease contracted in said war while in line of duty soon after the close of the war in eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

Chap. 19: for the relief of the Old Dominion Steamship Company. Chapter 19 27 Stat. 810 1893-01-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 19.—

An Act for the relief of the Old Dominion Steamship Company.

January 5, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Old Dominion Steamship Company.

Refund of tine.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Old Dominion Steamship Company the sum of one thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, being the amount, with one hundred dollars additional, paid by it involuntarily and under protest to the collector of the port of New York as a fine imposed for a violation of section

R. S., sec. 2809, p. 543.

twenty-eight hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, said money having been covered into the Treasury, and said fine, less one hundred dollars, having, upon due application, been authorized to be remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, January 5, 1893.

Chap. 26: granting a pension to Delzell R. Bradford, Twenty-fourth Michigan Volunteers. Chapter 26 27 Stat. 810 1893-01-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 26.—

An Act granting a pension to Delzell R. Bradford, Twenty-fourth Michigan Volunteers.

January 9, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Delzell R. Bradford.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the 811 pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension law of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Delzell R. Bradford, late a private in the Twenty fourth Regiment of Michigan Volunteers.

Approved, January 9, 1893.

Chap. 27: to increase the pension of John Malloy. Chapter 27 27 Stat. 811 1893-01-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 27.—

An Act to increase the pension of John Malloy.

January 9, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Malloy.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of John Malloy, late a seaman on the sloop-of-war Preble, in the war with Mexico, from eight dollars to fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, January 9, 1893.

Chap. 30: granting a pension to Margaret M. Rice. Chapter 30 27 Stat. 811 1893-01-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 30.—

An Act granting a pension to Margaret M. Rice.

January 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Margaret M. Rice.

Pension.

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 M. Rice, surviving widow of Charles Rice, deceased, late a private in Company D, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, January 11, 1893.

Chap. 31: granting an increase of pension to Samuel M. Campbell. Chapter 31 27 Stat. 811 1893-01-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 31.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Samuel M. Campbell.

January 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel M. Campbell.

Pension increased.

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. Campbell, of Marion County, Indiana, late a private in Company C, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per mouth, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, January 11, 1893.

Chap. 33: granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Gray. Chapter 33 27 Stat. 811 1893-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 33.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Gray.

January 12, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jennie Gray.

Pension.

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 Jennie Gray, as widow of S. D. Smith, late surgeon of the Forty-first Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 34: granting an increase of pension to John M. Roberts. Chapter 34 27 Stat. 811 1893-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 34.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to John M. Roberts.

January 12, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John M. Roberts.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the 812 pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John M. Roberts, and pay him a pension of forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 35: granting an increase of pension to William C. Tarkington. Chapter 35 27 Stat. 812 1893-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 35.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to William C. Tarkington.

January 12, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William C. Tarkington.

Pension increased.

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. Tarkington, of Indianapolis, Indiana, late captain and quartermaster in the volunteer service of the United States during the war of the rebellion, and to pay him a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 36: for the relief of George W. McKinney. Chapter 36 27 Stat. 812 1893-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 36.—

An Act for the relief of George W. McKinney.

January 12, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. McKinney.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to revoke and set aside the general order of Major-General D. S. Stanley, dated Headquarters First Division, Fourth Army Corps, March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and numbered twenty-two, approving the finding and sentence of the general court martial in the case of George W. McKinney, private Company E, Thirty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, finding him “not guilty of desertion, but guilty of absence without leave,” and sentencing him “to forfeit all pay and allowance due him from the United States from the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, until the twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three” and correct his record so as to show him absent on leave duly granted, from May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty two, to August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and absent, disabled from sickness and disease, rendering him unfit for any military duty, up to September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when he rejoined his company.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 37: for the relief of E. Darwin Gage, late lieutenant-colonel of One hundred and forty-eighth New York Infantry. Chapter 37 27 Stat. 812 1893-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 37.—

An Act for the relief of E. Darwin Gage, late lieutenant-colonel of One hundred and forty-eighth New York Infantry.

January 12, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

E. Darwin Gage.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to recognize E. Darwin Gage as lieutenant colonel of the One hundred and forty-eighth Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry, and to amend the records of said regiment so as to show said Gage to have been lieutenant colonel thereof from October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date from which he was commissioned to take rank, to October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date on which he was killed in action at Fair Oaks, Virginia, said Gage having actually discharged the duties of lieutenant-colonel of said regiment for the period above specified.

Approved, January 12, 1893.

Chap. 40: for the relief of the estate of Isaac W. Talkington, deceased. Chapter 40 27 Stat. 813 1893-01-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 813

CHAP. 40.—

An Act for the relief of the estate of Isaac W. Talkington, deceased.

January 20, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Isaac W. Talkington.

Payment to estate of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the estate of Isaac W. Talkington, deceased, late of Pope County, in the State of Arkansas, two hundred dollars, erroneously paid to the United States for the north half of southeast quarter of section twenty-one, township seven north, range eighteen west, of the fifth principal meridian, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, January 20, 1893.

Chap. 45: for the relief of E. L. Jennings, late postmaster at Marshall, Texas. Chapter 45 27 Stat. 813 1893-01-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 45.—

An Act for the relief of E. L. Jennings, late postmaster at Marshall, Texas.

January 24, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

R. L. Jennings.

Credit in postal accounts.

That the Post-Master General be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, in the final settlement of the accounts of R. L. Jennings, late postmaster at Marshall, Texas, to credit the said Jennings with the sum of nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and three cents, being the amount remaining unpaid of a loss of the funds in said office by theft during the incumbency of said Jennings, and upon such credit being allowed the said Jennings and his bondsmen be, and they are hereby, released from any and all liability for said sum.

Approved, January 24, 1893.

Chap. 49: for the relief of Elisha Brown Chapter 49 27 Stat. 813 1893-01-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 49.—

An Act for the relief of Elisha Brown

January 26, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elisha Brown.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, instructed and authorized to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elisha Brown, late a private in Company F First Regiment United States Infantry, serving from February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine to February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and to allow him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per mouth.

Approved, January 26, 1893.

Chap. 55: granting a pension to William M. Watson, of Walker County, Georgia. Chapter 55 27 Stat. 813 1893-02-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 55.—

An Act granting a pension to William M. Watson, of Walker County, Georgia.

February 1, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William M. Watson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of William M. Watson, of Walker County, Georgia, an invalid soldier of the Mexican War, being a member of Company E. First Alabama Volunteers, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and that in consequence of his disability, arising from a wound received in said service, he be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars per mouth.

Received by the President January 20, 1893.

Chap. 59: to amend the military record of Lucius L. Dyer. Chapter 59 27 Stat. 814 1893-02-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 814

CHAP. 59.—

An Act to amend the military record of Lucius L. Dyer.

February 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lucius L. Dyer.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to revoke and set aside Special Orders numbered sixty-six, dated February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, War Department, dismissing Lucius L. Dyer, late second lieutenant of Company C, Fourteenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, to date January eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to correct his military record accordingly, and to issue to him a certificate of discharge as of date January eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:

Proviso.

No pay. etc.

Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments of any kind shall become due or payable by reason of the passage of this act.

Approved, February 3, 1893.

Chap. 60: for the relief of Clement Reeves. Chapter 60 27 Stat. 814 1893-02-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 60.—

An Act for the relief of Clement Reeves.

February 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Clement Reeves.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to Clement Reeves, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents, in payment for earth deposited by him on the battery near Delaware City, Delaware, in eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

Approved, February 3, 1893.

Chap. 68: granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Matlock. Chapter 68 27 Stat. 814 1893-02-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 68.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Matlock.

February 7, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas J. Matlock.

Pension increased.

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 J. Matlock, late of Company E, Nineteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension of thirty-six dollars per month.

Approved, February 7, 1893.

Chap. 70: to increase the pension of A. J. Copenhaver, late a soldier in the Mexican War. Chapter 70 27 Stat. 814 1893-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 70.—

An Act to increase the pension of A. J. Copenhaver, late a soldier in the Mexican War.

February 8, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

A. J. Copenhaver.

Pension increased.

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 A. J. Copenhaver, of Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, late a private in the First Regiment of Virginia in the Mexican war, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, according to the rules and regulations governing pensions, which shall be in lieu of the pension which said A. J, Copenhaver is now drawing.

Approved, February 8, 1893.

Chap. 71: to increase the pension of Thomas Enlow. Chapter 71 27 Stat. 815 1893-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 815

CHAP. 71.—

An Act to increase the pension of Thomas Enlow.

February 8, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas Enlow.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase to the sum of twenty dollars per month the pension of Thomas Enlow, late of Company E, Fourth Indiana Volunteers, in the war with Mexico.

Approved, February 8, 1893.

Chap. 72: granting a pension to Mrs Ann Mercer Slaughter. Chapter 72 27 Stat. 815 1893-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 72.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs Ann Mercer Slaughter.

February 8, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ann Mercer Slaughter.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs Ann Mercer Slaughter, a daughter of Captain Philip Slaughter, an officer in the Revolutionary war, upon the pension roll at thirty dollars per month; the said Mrs Ann Mercer Slaughter being blind, helpless, and dependent, and over eighty-two years of age.

Approved, February 8, 1893.

Chap. 73: for the relief of James A. Finley. Chapter 73 27 Stat. 815 1893-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 73.—

An Act for the relief of James A. Finley.

February 8, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James A. Finley.

May be appointed assistant surgeon, Army retired list.

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 James A. Finley, late assistant surgeon, United States Army, an assistant surgeon with the same relative grade he had at the time of his retirement, and to place him upon the retired list of the Army.

Approved, February 8, 1893.

Chap. 78: for the correction of the army record of David R. Wallace, deceased. Chapter 78 27 Stat. 815 1893-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 78.—

An Act for the correction of the army record of David R. Wallace, deceased.

February 9, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

David A. Wallace.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the army record of David R. Wallace, deceased, late lieutenant Company I, Eight Regiment Ohio Infantry, so as to show him to have been honorably discharged.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

Chap. 79: granting an honorable discharge to Frederick E. Kolter. Chapter 79 27 Stat. 815 1893-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 79.—

An Act granting an honorable discharge to Frederick E. Kolter.

February 9, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Frederick E. Kolter.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant an honorable discharge to Frederick E. Kolter (alias Frederick Kolter), of Wapakoneta, Ohio, late a musician in Company K, Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as of the date of February seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Approved, February 9, 1893.

Chap. 80: to refer the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to certain lands, and the improvements thereon, in San Francisco, California, to the Court of Claims. Chapter 80 27 Stat. 816 1893-02-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 816

CHAP. 80.—

An Act to refer the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to certain lands, and the improvements thereon, in San Francisco, California, to the Court of Claims.

February 10, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jessie Benton Fremont.

Claim referred to Court of Claims.

That the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to certain lands, and the improvements thereon, at Port San Jose, in San Francisco, State of California, and her claim for compensation for the taking, use, and occupation thereof, be referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the same to judgment, notwithstanding the lapse of time, with right of appeal as in other cases. The said Jessie Benton Fremont, her heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, shall commence their action in said Court of Claims by petition, filed within six months from the passage of this act, and the said court is hereby directed to ascertain concerning the ownership or claim in law or equity of the said Jessie Benton Fremont, her heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, to the said land; also the facts constituting the ownership or claim in law of the United States thereto. Said court shall also ascertain and determine the value of said lands at the time they were taken by the United States for military purposes and the value of all improvements thereon. It shall also ascertain and determine the present value of said lands and what would be fair compensation for the use and occupation thereof from the time they were taken by the Government to the date of the finding by the court and report its judgment as to the sum that should be paid said Jessie Benton Fremont in full payment for the taking and use of said lands by the United States.

Approved, February 10, 1893.

Chap. 84: granting a pension to Amanda Atherton. Chapter 84 27 Stat. 816 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 84.—

An Act granting a pension to Amanda Atherton.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Amanda Atherton.

Pension restored.

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 Amanda Atherton, widow of John Wilson Cook, late of Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment of Iowa Infantry, and who, as such widow, was allowed a pension heretofore, and pay her at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 85: granting a pension to Lillie Ries, late a nurse at Jefferson Barracks. Chapter 85 27 Stat. 816 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 85.—

An Act granting a pension to Lillie Ries, late a nurse at Jefferson Barracks.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lillie Ries.

Pension.

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 Lillie Ries, late a nurse in the military hospital at Jefferson Barracks during the late rebellion, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 86: granting a pension to Mrs. Caroline Hardee Dyall, widow of James R. Dyall, veteran of the Florida war, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Chapter 86 27 Stat. 816 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 86.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Caroline Hardee Dyall, widow of James R. Dyall, veteran of the Florida war, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Caroline Hardee Dyall.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the 817 pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Caroline Hardee Dyall, widow of James R. Dyall, late private Captain Martin’s company, First Regiment, in the Florida war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at twelve dollars per mouth.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 87: granting a pension to Abraham B. Simmons, of Captain Thomas Tripp's company, in Colonel Brisbane's regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Florida Indian war. Chapter 87 27 Stat. 817 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 87.—

An Act granting a pension to Abraham B. Simmons, of Captain Thomas Tripp's company, in Colonel Brisbane's regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Florida Indian war.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Abraham B. Simmons.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Abraham B. Simmons, who was a member of Captain Thomas Tripp’s company, in Colonel Brisbane’s regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, in the Florida Indian war, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 88: to pension Susan S. Murphy. Chapter 88 27 Stat. 817 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 88.—

An Act to pension Susan S. Murphy.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Susan S. Murphy.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Susan S. Murphy, of Eldorado, Union County, Arkansas, widow of Thomas Murphy, deceased, late a private in Captain Sims’s Company, Alabama Militia, Creek Indian war, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars a month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 89: to increase the pension of Amelia Graham. Chapter 89 27 Stat. 817 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 89.—

An Act to increase the pension of Amelia Graham.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Amelia Graham.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Amelia Graham, widow of Francis Graham, late a private in Captain J. Morris’s Company, Pennsylvania Militia, in the war with Great Britain, upon the pension roll at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 90: to increase the pension of Harvey Lyon. Chapter 90 27 Stat. 817 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 90.—

An Act to increase the pension of Harvey Lyon.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Harvey Lyon.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of Harvey Lyon, a veteran of the Mexican war, wounded in the storming of Chapultepec, and who served as captain of Company B, Tenth Michigan Infantry, in the civil war, from eight dollars to fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 91: granting a pension to Julia P. Wright. Chapter 91 27 Stat. 818 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 818

CHAP. 91.—

An Act granting a pension to Julia P. Wright.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Julia P. Wright.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Julia P. Wright, widow of John H. Anderson, who served in Company H, First Regiment Indiana Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and pay her a pension of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 92: granting a pension to Joseph Fortier. Chapter 92 27 Stat. 818 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 92.—

An Act granting a pension to Joseph Fortier.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Joseph Fortier.

Pension.

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 a rate proportionate to the degree of disability from gunshot wound of left ankle, the name of Joseph Fortier, late a private in Renville Rangers, company of Minnesota Militia Volunteers.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 93: granting a pension to Mary Millard. Chapter 93 27 Stat. 818 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 93.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Millard.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Millard.

Pension.

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 Mary Millard, widow of John Williams, late of Company E, Ninety-sixth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 94: granting a pension to Alonzo D. Barber. Chapter 94 27 Stat. 818 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 94.—

An Act granting a pension to Alonzo D. Barber.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alonzo D. Barber.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, of Alonzo D. Barber, late a private in Company I of the Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to thirty dollars per month.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 95: granting a pension to Ellen Hewett. Chapter 95 27 Stat. 818 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 95.—

An Act granting a pension to Ellen Hewett.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ellen Hewett.

Pension.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 96: granting a pension to Sarah A. Hagan. Chapter 96 27 Stat. 819 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 819

CHAP. 96.—

An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Hagan.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah A. Hagan.

Pension.

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. Hagan, dependent mother of Bartlett C. Hagan, late a member of Company C, Sixty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 97: granting a pension to Samuel Luttrell. Chapter 97 27 Stat. 819 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 97.—

An Act granting a pension to Samuel Luttrell.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel Luttrell.

Pension.

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 an act entitled

Vol. 24, p. 371.

“An act granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the name of Samuel Luttrell, late a member of Doniphan’s expedition into Mexico, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 98: granting a pension to Willis Luttrell. Chapter 98 27 Stat. 819 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 98.—

An Act granting a pension to Willis Luttrell.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Willis Luttrell.

Pension.

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 an act entitled

Vol. 24, p. 371.

“An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the name of Willis Luttrell, late a member of Doniphan’s expedition into Mexico, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 99: granting a pension to Martha A. Harris. Chapter 99 27 Stat. 819 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 99.—

An Act granting a pension to Martha A. Harris.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Martha A. Harris.

Pension.

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 law, the name of Martha A. Harris, widow of James H. Harris, late a private in Company I of the Fortieth Regiment of Enrolled Missouri Militia, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 100: granting a pension to Marion Kern Sharman. Chapter 100 27 Stat. 819 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 100.—

An Act granting a pension to Marion Kern Sharman.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Marion Kern Sharman.

Pension

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Marion Kern Sharman, of Des Moines, Iowa, widow 820 of David C. Kern, late a private of Company C. Ninety-seventh New York Volunteers, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars a month from the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 101: for the relief of Lieutenant F. W. Davis, and granting him an honorable discharge. Chapter 101 27 Stat. 820 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 101.—

An Act for the relief of Lieutenant F. W. Davis, and granting him an honorable discharge.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

F. W. Davis.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to revoke and set aside the order heretofore made dishonorably dismissing from the military service of the United States Lieutenant F. W. Davis, late of Company E. Fifty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and to grant to said Lieutenant F. W. Davis an honorable discharge, to date and take effect from June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to correct the records of his Department to show the removal of the said order of dismissal; and the said Lieutenant F. W. Davis is restored to all rights and privileges

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

lost or suspended by such order: Provided, That the said F. W, Davis shall not be entitled to any pay or allowance on account of the passage of this act.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 102: for the relief of Andrew B. Knapp. Chapter 102 27 Stat. 820 1893-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 102.—

An Act for the relief of Andrew B. Knapp.

February 11, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

A. B. Knapp.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke and set aside so much of Special Orders, numbered One hundred and thirty-nine, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as dismisses Lieutenant A. B. Knapp, One Hundred and second New York Volunteers, for attempting to use an altered pass, dated March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to correct his military record accordingly, and to issue to him a certificate of discharge as of date of April fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Approved, February 11, 1893.

Chap. 109: for the relief of S. J. Brooks. Chapter 109 27 Stat. 820 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 109.—

An Act for the relief of S. J. Brooks.

February 14, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

S. J. Brooks.

Pay, etc., to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay S. J. Brooks, late second lieutenant in the twenty-fifth Regiment of Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, the three months pay proper granted to all officers of volunteers then in commission below the rank of brigadier-general who continued in the service until the close of the war, by act of Congress

Vol. 13, p. 497.

approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, it being a fact that said S. J. Brooks was commissioned a second lieutenant on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and was on duty as such from and after that date, but owing to the exigencies of the service could not be mustered into his new grade until about March twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 110: for the relief of Charles E. Heuston. Chapter 110 27 Stat. 821 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 821

CHAP. 110.—

An Act for the relief of Charles E. Heuston.

February 14, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles E. Heuston.

Military record corrected.

That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to revoke and set aside so much of General Orders numbered eighty-nine, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, dated September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as approves the sentence of the general court martial convened at Headquarters First Division. First Corps, in pursuance of General Order numbered eighty-two of August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, dismissing Second Lieutenant Charles E. Heuston, Company I, One hundred and forty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and to cause to be issued to said Heuston a certificate of discharge as of date September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to cause his military record to be corrected accordingly: Provided, That the said Lieutenant Charles E. Heuston shall

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

not be entitled to any pay or allowances on account of the passage of this act.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 111: for the relief of Charles S. Blood. Chapter 111 27 Stat. 821 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 111.—

An Act for the relief of Charles S. Blood.

February 14, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles S. Blood.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to set aside the findings of the court martial in the case of Charles S. Blood, late second lieutenant of Company A. Forty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and to grant him an honorable discharge: Provided, That said Charles

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

S. Blood shall be entitled to no pay or allowance by virtue of this act from the date of his dismissal to the date of final muster out of his regiment.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 112: to correct the military record of Captain William C. Knowlton. Chapter 112 27 Stat. 821 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 112.—

An Act to correct the military record of Captain William C. Knowlton.

February 14, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William C. Knowlton.

Military record corrected.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to correct the record of Captain William C. Knowlton, late of Company C, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, by giving him an honorable discharge, notwithstanding the order of court-martial on January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 113: for the removal of the charge of desertion against William H. Holloway. Chapter 113 27 Stat. 821 1893-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 113.—

An Act for the removal of the charge of desertion against William H. Holloway.

February 14, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William H. Holloway.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion standing against William H. Holloway, late of Company H, First Alabama Volunteers, in the war with Mexico and issue to him an honorable discharge.

Approved, February 14, 1893.

Chap. 122: for increase of pension of Frances P. Gardener. Chapter 122 27 Stat. 822 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 822

CHAP. 122.—

An Act for increase of pension of Frances P. Gardener.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Frances P. Gardener.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to increase the pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, of Frances P. Gardener, widow of Captain George W. Gardener late of the United States Army, and pay her a pension of forty dollars per month in lieu of the pension she is now receiving.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 123: to increase the pension of Edward R. Chapman. Chapter 123 27 Stat. 822 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 123.—

An Act to increase the pension of Edward R. Chapman.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Edward K. Chapman.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Edward R. Chapman, late a member of Company A. Second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, from eight dollars to sixteen dollars per month.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 124: to increase the pension of Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, late lieutenant-commander of the United States Navy. Chapter 124 27 Stat. 822 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 124.—

An Act to increase the pension of Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, late lieutenant-commander of the United States Navy.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary L. Bacon.

Pension increased.

That from and after the pas-sage of this act there be allowed and paid to Mary L Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, lieutenant-commander, United States Navy, a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month during her widowhood, in place of twenty-five dollars per mouth which she is now receiving under pension certificate numbered sixty-three hundred and seventeen.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 125: to restore to the pension roll Mary Eleanor White, as former widow of Captain George W. Hazzard. Chapter 125 27 Stat. 822 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 125.—

An Act to restore to the pension roll Mary Eleanor White, as former widow of Captain George W. Hazzard.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Eleanor White.

Pension restored.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mary Eleanor White, former widow of Captain George W. Hazzard, Company C, Fourth United States Artillery, and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 126: to grant a pension to Ida A. Taylor. Chapter 126 27 Stat. 822 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 126.—

An Act to grant a pension to Ida A. Taylor.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ida A. Taylor.

Pension.

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 Ida A. Taylor, permanently helpless daughter of Chester Taylor, late private of Company G, Eighty-third Regiment, New York Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 127: to grant a pension to Lydia Bollman, a dependent sister. Chapter 127 27 Stat. 823 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 823

CHAP. 127.—

An Act to grant a pension to Lydia Bollman, a dependent sister.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lydia Bollman.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Lydia Bollman, a dependent and permanently invalid sister of Samuel C. Bollman, deceased, late a quartermaster’s sergeant in the Eighty ninth Indiana Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 128: to pension Emma Johnson, blind and dependent daughter of Daniel D. Johnson, Company B, One hundred and forty-second New York Volunteers. Chapter 128 27 Stat. 823 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 128.—

An Act to pension Emma Johnson, blind and dependent daughter of Daniel D. Johnson, Company B, One hundred and forty-second New York Volunteers.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Emma Johnson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate to which she would be entitled under the act

Vol. 26, p. 182.

of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, if she were still a minor, the name of Emma Johnson, the blind and dependent daughter of Daniel D. Johnson, deceased, late captain of Company B. One hundred and forty-second Regiment of New York Volunteer’s.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 129: for the relief of Harriett E. Niles. Chapter 129 27 Stat. 823 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 129.—

An Act for the relief of Harriett E. Niles.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Harriett E. Niles.

Pension.

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 Harriett E. Niles, and to pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month, as the foster mother of Franklin James, alias Niles, late private Company E, One hundred and eleventh New York Volunteers.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 130: granting a pension to the widow of James A. Kelly. Chapter 130 27 Stat. 823 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 130.—

An Act granting a pension to the widow of James A. Kelly.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Margaret C. Simmons.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Margaret C. Simmons, widow of James A. Kelly, a member of Company F, commanded by Captain W. F. Sanderson, regiment of mounted riflemen, United States Army, in the war with Mexico, who received a certificate of merit for distinguished services, signed by the President of the United States and countersigned by the Secretary of War, dated May third, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and recorded number fifteen in the Adjutant-General’s Office May tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; who died the twelfth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, in Vallejo, California, leaving the beneficiary of this act a widow, who subsequently married James E. Simmons, who died the twenty-ninth of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, at Saint Elizabeth Asylum in Washington, District of Columbia, leaving said Margaret C. Simmons a widow in destitute circumstances and advanced in age, being now in her sixty-eight year of age, and that she be paid at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this act during her widowhood.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 131: granting a pension to Edward Smitherman. Chapter 131 27 Stat. 824 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 824

CHAP. 131.—

An Act granting a pension to Edward Smitherman.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Edward Smitherman.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension

Vol. 26, p. 182.

roll the name of Edward Smitherman, subject to the provisions and limitations of the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, as though he had been under sixteen years of age at the taking effect of said act, he being an invalid imbecile son of Alfred Smitherman, deceased, late a member of the Fifty-first Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 132: granting a pension to George W. Boyd. Chapter 132 27 Stat. 824 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 132.—

An Act granting a pension to George W. Boyd.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Boyd.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of George W. Boyd, permanently helpless son of Robert W. Boyd, late a member of Company H, Fourteenth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate to which he would be entitled if he were still a minor.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 133: granting a pension to Druke Nettie Barnett. Chapter 133 27 Stat. 824 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 133.—

An Act granting a pension to Druke Nettie Barnett.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Druke Nettie Barnett.

Pension.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 134: granting a pension to Jesse Cleaveland. Chapter 134 27 Stat. 824 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 134.—

An Act granting a pension to Jesse Cleaveland.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jesse Cleaveland.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jesse Cleaveland, who was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 135: granting a pension to Margaret Byron. Chapter 135 27 Stat. 824 1893-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 135.—

An Act granting a pension to Margaret Byron.

February 15, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Margaret Byron.

Pension restored.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Margaret Byron, who was formerly a pensioner as the widow of Patrick Lynch, a private in Company K, Forty-third Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month, her second husband, William Byron, having died in eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

Approved, February 15, 1893.

Chap. 141: to permit the withdrawal of certain papers and the signing of certain receipts by John Finn. Chapter 141 27 Stat. 825 1893-02-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 825

CHAP. 141.—

An Act to permit the withdrawal of certain papers and the signing of certain receipts by John Finn.

February 18, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Finn.

Delivery of papers to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to permit John Finn to withdraw, on depositing with the Auditor copies of the same, from the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury three hundred and thirty-three papers purporting to be quartermaster’s vouchers heretofore deposited by him in the office of the quartermaster-general and by that officer referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, and aggregating the sum of seven thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents, which vouchers are unsigned by the payees; and the receipt by said John Finn, filed with the Third Auditor for the same, shall be taken and deemed sufficient to authorize the delivery thereof to him of said alleged vouchers by the Third Auditor.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 142: for the relief of Mrs. Fannie N. Belger. Chapter 142 27 Stat. 825 1893-02-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 142.—

An Act for the relief of Mrs. Fannie N. Belger.

February 18, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Fannie N. Belger.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. Fannie N. Belger. wife of Major James Belger, United States Army, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum of money equal in amount to the difference between the pay of a major on the retired list of the Army and that of a lieutenant-colonel on said list, from the date of the restoration and retirement of said James Belger to the date of his death, so that said sum shall not exceed four thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and forty-six cents.

Approved, February 18, 1893.

Chap. 152: for the relief of B. F. Rockafellow. Chapter 152 27 Stat. 825 1893-02-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 152.—

An Act for the relief of B. F. Rockafellow.

February 21, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

B. F. Rockafellow.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay six hundred and fourteen dollars and eleven cents to B. F. Rockafellow, on his account as postmaster at Canon City, Colorado, or so much of said amount as shall appear to the proper accounting officer of the Government to have been paid by said B. F. Rockafellow for necessary clerk hire in said Canon City post-office.

Approved, February 21, 1893.

Chap. 155: to commission David P. Cordray as second lieutenant, to date from June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 155 27 Stat. 825 1893-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 155.—

An Act to commission David P. Cordray as second lieutenant, to date from June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

February 23, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

David P. Condray.

Date of commission corrected.

That the President be, and hereby is, authorized to issue a commission as second lieutenant to David P. Cordray, in the infantry, of the date of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, in lieu of the one issued to him August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, upon the return by the 826 said David P. Cordray of his commission of the latter date to the President: Provided, That no additional pay shall be taken by said Lieu tenant Cordray by virtue of the passage of this act.

Received by the President February 11, 1893.

Chap. 161: to increase the pension of Mrs. S. A. Farquharson. Chapter 161 27 Stat. 826 1893-02-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 161.—

An Act to increase the pension of Mrs. S. A. Farquharson.

February 24, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mrs. S. A. Farquharson

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mrs. S. A. Farquharson, widow of the late Major Robert Farquharson, of the First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, Mexican war, a pension of twenty-five dollars per month, that being the pension paid to the late Major Robert Farquharson, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month heretofore paid to Mrs. S. A. Farquharson.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 162: removing charge of desertion against Lucius W. Hayford, Worcester, Vermont. Chapter 162 27 Stat. 826 1893-02-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 162.—

An Act removing charge of desertion against Lucius W. Hayford, Worcester, Vermont.

February 24, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lucius W. Hayford.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing on the record against Lucius W. Hayford, late of Company H, Sixth Vermont Infantry, and to insert in lieu thereof the words, “Absent without leave from December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to February eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, when he enlisted under the name of John Brice in Company L, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and served faithfully in that organization until mustered out, August eighteenth, eighteen

Proviso.

No pay. etc.

hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no bounty, pay. or emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this act.”

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 163: granting a pension to Mary Doubleday, widow of Brevet Major-General Abner Doubleday. Chapter 163 27 Stat. 826 1893-02-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 163.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Doubleday, widow of Brevet Major-General Abner Doubleday.

February 24, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Doubleday.

Pension.

Approved, February 24, 1893.

Chap. 166: to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh. Chapter 166 27 Stat. 827 1893-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 827

CHAP. 166.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh.

February 25, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James Morrison alias James C. McIntosh.

That the charge of desertion in the case of James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh, an enlisted man in the Navy, who deserted from the United States ship Lexington

Charge of desertion removed.

at Monterey, California, October twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, removed from the record of his service.

Sec. 2. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department

Pay, etc., to.

are hereby authorized to settle the accounts for back pay, bounty, and allowances that may be due to said James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh, at the date of his desertion from the United States ship Lexington, and to pay the same from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon satisfactory proof being furnished to them by the said McIntosh of his identity with the said James Morrison.

Approved, February 25, 1893.

Chap. 172: granting a pension to Mrs. Mary E. Donaldson. Chapter 172 27 Stat. 827 1893-02-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 172.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary E. Donaldson.

February 27, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary E. Donaldson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Mrs. Mary E. Donaldson, of Santa Ana, California, widow of the said Lieutenant Charles V. Donaldson, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

Chap. 173: for the relief of George W Jones Chapter 173 27 Stat. 827 1893-02-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 173.—

An Act for the relief of George W Jones

February 27, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Jones.

Accounts to be adjusted.

That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to open and readjust, upon principles of equity, the accounts of George W Jones, late minister to Bogota, New Granada, now United States of Colombia, and pay to said George W. Jones, or his heirs, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any sum that may be found due him upon such adjustment.

Approved, February 27, 1893.

Chap. 177: for the relief of the heirs of James S. Ham. Chapter 177 27 Stat. 827 1893-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 177.—

An Act for the relief of the heirs of James S. Ham.

February 28, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

James S. Ham.

Redemption of bonds to heir of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to redeem in favor of Abby A. Ham, sole heir of James S. Ham, late of Providence, Rhode Island, the following described bonds of the United States, of the second series, issued under an act of Congress approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, namely, bonds numbered thirteen thousand eight hundred and ten to thirteen thousand eight hundred and thirteen, inclusive, for one thousand dollars each, amounting to four thousand dollars, with interest from November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the said heir claiming that the said James S. Ham, then living, owned said bonds on February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, when it is alleged they were 828 stolen from him and were afterwards destroyed by the thief or thieves:

Proviso.

Indemnity bond.

Provided, That before the redemption of said bonds the said heir of James S. Ham shall execute, or cause to be executed, and deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, with good and sufficient sureties, subject to the approval of the said Secretary, to secure the United States against loss or damage in consequence of the redemption of said bonds.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 179: for the relief of the heirs of John W. Vose. Chapter 179 27 Stat. 828 1893-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 179.—

An Act for the relief of the heirs of John W. Vose.

February 28, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John W. Vose.

Redemption of bonds to heirs of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is is hereby, directed to redeem in favor of Abby S. Vose, Ella V. Denham, Caroline M. Vose, Laura W. Stewart, Clarence Vose, Annie M. Vose, Annie Spear Kingsbury, and Ella Robbins Vose, sole heirs of John W. Vose, late of Providence, Rhode Island, the following described bonds of the United States, of the second series, issued under an act of Congress approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, namely, bonds numbered thirteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine to thirteen thousand eight hundred and nine, inclusive, for one thousand dollars each, amounting to eleven thousand dollars, with interest from November first, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, to March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the said heirs claiming that the estate of said John W. Vose owned said bonds on February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, when, it is alleged, they were stolen from the estate and were afterward destroyed

Proviso.

Indemnity bond.

by the thief or thieves: Provided, That before the redemption of said bonds the said heirs of John W. Vose shall execute, or cause to be executed, and deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury, a bond of indemnity, with good and sufficient sureties, subject to the approval of the said Secretary, to secure the United States against loss or damage in consequence of the redemption of said bonds.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 179: to remove the disabilities of William F. Robinson, a citizen of the State of Alabama. Chapter 179 27 Stat. 828 1893-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 179.—

An Act to remove the disabilities of William F. Robinson, a citizen of the State of Alabama.

February 28, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William F. Robinson.

Political disabilities removed.

That all the disabilities imposed upon and incurred by William F. Robinson, of Eufaula, Barbour County, in the State of Alabama, under the provisions of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 180: for the relief of Nemiah Garrison, assignee of Moses Perkins. Chapter 180 27 Stat. 828 1893-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 180.—

An Act for the relief of Nemiah Garrison, assignee of Moses Perkins.

February 28, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Nemiah Garrison.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Nemiah Garrison, a citizen of the State of Georgia, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Claims in the case of Nemiah Garrison, assignee of Moses Perkins, versus The United States.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 181: to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Charles G. Pyer. Chapter 181 27 Stat. 829 1893-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 829

CHAP. 181.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Charles G. Pyer.

February 28, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles G. Pyer.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Charles G. Pyer, as a member of Company D, Seventh Regiment of New Hampshire Infantry Volunteers, now deceased: Provided, however, That no pay or allowances shall become due

Proviso.

No pay, etc

by reason of the passage of this act.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

Chap. 194: for the relief of L. M. Garrett Chapter 194 27 Stat. 829 1893-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 194.—

An Act for the relief of L. M. Garrett

March 1, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

L. M. Garrett.

Credit in postal accounts.

. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, directed to credit the account of L. M. Garrett, late postmaster at Carthage, Mississippi, with the sum of four hundred and eighty-two dollars, for money order funds remitted by the said Garrett for deposit at New Orleans, Louisiana, December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and lost or stolen while in transit without fault or negligence on his part.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

Chap. 198: for the relief of the Shibley and Wood Grocer Company, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. Chapter 198 27 Stat. 829 1893-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 198.—

An Act for the relief of the Shibley and Wood Grocer Company, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas.

March 2, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Shibley and Wood Grocer Company.

That the sum of two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents be paid to the Shibley and Wood Grocer Company, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the rebates due them under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for taxes paid on tobacco, snuff, cigars, and cigarettes,

Refund of taxes to.

the claim for which has been unavoidably delayed in the transmission thereof until after the time provided by law for presentation, without any fault on the part of the said company.

Approved, March 2, 1893.

Chap. 227: for the removal of the charge of desertion from the record of John Cassidy. Chapter 227 27 Stat. 829 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 227.—

An Act for the removal of the charge of desertion from the record of John Cassidy.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Cassidy.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the records to be so amended as to remove the charge of desertion from the naval record of John Cassidy, late an ordinary seaman on the United States ship Vandalia, and grant him an honorable discharge, dated June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, however, That

Proviso.

Not to affect pension claim.

the passage of this act shall be of no effect in the matter of any application for pension that may be made in behalf of the said John Cassidy.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 228: for the relief of Lansing Shear. Chapter 228 27 Stat. 829 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 228.—

An Act for the relief of Lansing Shear.

March 3, 1893

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled,

Lansing Shear.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause the records of the 830 War Department to be so amended as to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Lansing Shear, late a private of Company “F” Third Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, and to grant him an honorable discharge as of the date of May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

sixty-three: Provided, however, That no pay or emoluments shall be due by reason of the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 229: for the relief of Elizabeth Carpenter. Chapter 229 27 Stat. 830 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 229.—

An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Carpenter.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Carpenter.

Pension.

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 Carpenter, widow of Jesse Carpenter, late private in Company A, one hundred and twenty-sixth Regiment West Virginia State Militia, who was killed while in the line of duty in the late war, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month from the approval of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 230: granting a pension to Mrs. Elise Alden McCawley. Chapter 230 27 Stat. 830 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 230.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Elise Alden McCawley.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elise Alden McCawley.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Roll the name of Elise Alden McCawley, widow of Charles Grymes McCawley, late commandant of the United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension at the rate of Fifty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 231: for the relief of William B. Price. Chapter 231 27 Stat. 830 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 231.—

An Act for the relief of William B. Price.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William B. Price.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the name of William B. Price, late of Company A, Fifth Maryland Infantry, who was marked and charged with desertion from said service, and to amend the military record of said soldier so charged as a deserter and grant him an honorable discharge to date from

Proviso.

No pay. etc.

December fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty two: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the provisions of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 232: for the relief of George M. Henry. Chapter 232 27 Stat. 830 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 232.—

An Act for the relief of George M. Henry.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George M. Henry.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the name of George M. Henry, late of Company M, Fifth United States Cavalry, charged with desertion from said service, and to amend the military record of said soldier so charged as a deserter:

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

Provided, That the passage of this act shall not serve to entitle him to any pay, bounty, or allowances.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 233: for the relief of Louis G. Sanderson, of Craighead County, Arkansas. Chapter 233 27 Stat. 831 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 831

CHAP. 233.—

An Act for the relief of Louis G. Sanderson, of Craighead County, Arkansas.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Louis G. Sanderson.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Louis G. Sanderson, of Craighead County, Arkansas, late a private in Captain John Critz’s company, in Colonel Norwood’s regiment of Alabama Volunteers, Cherokee removal, and that he be allowed a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 234: for the relief of Lucy Sprotberry Chapter 234 27 Stat. 831 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 234.—

An Act for the relief of Lucy Sprotberry

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Lucy Sprotberry.

Pension.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 235: for the relief of Daniel Eldridge, Company D, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers. Chapter 235 27 Stat. 831 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 235.—

An Act for the relief of Daniel Eldridge, Company D, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Daniel Eldridge.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the charge of desertion to be removed from the records of Daniel Eldridge, late a private in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and cause to be issued to said Daniel Eldridge an honorable discharge.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 236: for the relief of George W. Schachleiter. Chapter 236 27 Stat. 831 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 236.—

An Act for the relief of George W. Schachleiter.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

George W. Schachleiter.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove from the record of George W. Schachleiter, late of Company G. Seventy-fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, any charge of desertion which may exist against him as a member of said company and regiment, and to issue to him a certificate of honorable discharge therefrom, to date July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, that no pay, bounty, or emoluments

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

shall become due by virtue of the provisions of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 237: to pension John S. Dunham Chapter 237 27 Stat. 831 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 237.—

An Act to pension John S. Dunham

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John S. Dunham.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll the name of John S. Dunham, late of Winter’s company, Grundy County Battery, Missouri Militia, and pay him a pension for injury to breast, ribs, collar bone, and right forefinger, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 238: to pension Jacob O'Neal. Chapter 238 27 Stat. 832 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 832

CHAP. 238.—

An Act to pension Jacob O'Neal.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Jacob O’Neal.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Jacob O’Neal, permanently helpless son of Willis O’Neal, deceased, late of Company H, Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteers, and pay to him a pension subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 239: to pension Maud Case, of Dodge County, Minnesota. Chapter 239 27 Stat. 832 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 239.—

An Act to pension Maud Case, of Dodge County, Minnesota.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Maud Case.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to place upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Maud Case, the dependent and totally blind daughter of Hezekiah Case, deceased, late private of Company H, Thirty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 240: to pension Sophia Kagwaich. Chapter 240 27 Stat. 832 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 240.—

An Act to pension Sophia Kagwaich.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sophia Kagwaich.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensions rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensions laws, the name of Sophia Kagwaich, mother of Samuel Kagwaich, alias Kagnatz, late private in Company K, First Regiment Michigan Sharpshooters.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 241: to pension Martin McDermott. Chapter 241 27 Stat. 832 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 241.—

An Act to pension Martin McDermott.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Martin McDermott.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to place upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martin McDermott, who is the dependant and totally blind son of Michael McDermott, deceased, late private of Company I, one hundred and sixtieth New York Infantry.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 242: to pension Ida Cassell Chapter 242 27 Stat. 832 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 242.—

An Act to pension Ida Cassell

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ida Cassell.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Ida Cassell, imbecil daughter of Appollas Cassell, late a private in Company G. eighteenth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, and pay to her legally constituted gardian a pension at the rate of fourteen dollars per month.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 243: granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss. Chapter 243 27 Stat. 833 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 833

CHAP. 243.—

An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Voss.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitation of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Voss, widow of Jacob Imsun, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment of Iowa Infantry.

Chap. 244: granting a pension to Mary Catherine Reardon. Chapter 244 27 Stat. 833 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 244.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Catherine Reardon.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Catherine Reunion.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Mary Catherine Reardon, an army nurse during the late civil war, and pay her at the rate of twelve dollars a month,

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 245: granting a pension to Thomas T. Prather. Chapter 245 27 Stat. 833 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 245.—

An Act granting a pension to Thomas T. Prather.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas T. Prather.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas T. Prather, late private in company F, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteer Militia and pay him a pension proportionate to the degree of his disability from gunshot wound of right arm and shoulder.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 246: granting a pension to Honora Shea. Chapter 246 27 Stat. 833 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 246.—

An Act granting a pension to Honora Shea.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Honora Shea.

Pension.

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 Shea, mother of M. J. Shea, of Company II, Fifth United States Artillery, at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this bill.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 247: granting a pension to Bridget Brennan widow of Thomas Brennan, late of Companies C and G. Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers. Chapter 247 27 Stat. 833 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 247.—

An Act granting a pension to Bridget Brennan widow of Thomas Brennan, late of Companies C and G. Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bridget Brennan.

Pension.

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 act of

Vol. 26, p. 132.

June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Bridget Brennan, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, widow of Thomas Brennan, late of Companies C and G, Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 248: granting a pension to Thomas S Kennedy. Chapter 248 27 Stat. 834 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 834

CHAP. 248.—

An Act granting a pension to Thomas S Kennedy.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas S. Kennedy.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, the name of Thomas S Kennedy, who served as a soldier in the Mexican war, at the rate of twelve dollars per month from the date of the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 249: granting a pension to John Fields. Chapter 249 27 Stat. 834 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 249.—

An Act granting a pension to John Fields.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

John Field.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of John Field of Allegany city Pennsylvania who was a private in company E, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, enrolled Nov 15—1837—and discharged Nov 15—1840 and who while in the discharge of his duties contracted Rheumistm by which he has since been and is still disable

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 250: granting a pension to Mary Danahay, mother of Daniel Danahay, late a private Company H, Eighteenth New York Cavalry. Chapter 250 27 Stat. 834 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 250.—

An Act granting a pension to Mary Danahay, mother of Daniel Danahay, late a private Company H, Eighteenth New York Cavalry.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mary Danahay.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls the name of Mary Danahay, mother of Daniel Danahay, late a private of Company H, Eighteenth Rigiment New York Cavalry, and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 251: granting a pension to Mrs. Phoebe Sigler Chapter 251 27 Stat. 834 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 251.—

An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Phoebe Sigler

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Phoebe Sigler.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Phoebe Sigler, widow of Isaac M Sigler, late of Company E, First Rigiment Indiana Volunteers, old war, at the rate of eight dollars per month.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 252: granting a pension to Susannah Chadwick. Chapter 252 27 Stat. 834 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 252.—

An Act granting a pension to Susannah Chadwick.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Susannah Chadwick.

Pension.

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 Susannah Chadwick, now seventy eight years of age, dependent daughter of Elihu Chadwick, who served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty- five dollars per month from the passage of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 253: to remove the charge of desertion against Charles H. Behle. Chapter 253 27 Stat. 835 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 835

CHAP. 253.—

An Act to remove the charge of desertion against Charles H. Behle.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles H. Behle.

Charge of desertion removed.

That the Secretary of War of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to remove the charge of desertion against Charles H. Behle, a former musician of Company K, One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteers, and issue to him an honorable discharge from the Army of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 254: to increase the pension of W. H. Philpot, a pensioner of the Mexican war. Chapter 254 27 Stat. 835 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 254.—

An Act to increase the pension of W. H. Philpot, a pensioner of the Mexican war.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

W. H. Philpot.

Pension increased.

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 regulations of the pension laws, the name of W. H. Philpot, of Talbot County, Georgia, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now received by him.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 255: to increase the pension of Captain E. R. Chase from twenty dollars to seventy-two dollars a month. Chapter 255 27 Stat. 835 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 255.—

An Act to increase the pension of Captain E. R. Chase from twenty dollars to seventy-two dollars a month.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

E. R. Chase.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, an he is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension of Captain E. R. Chase, late captain of Company F, Eleventh Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, from twenty dollars to seventy-two dollars per month.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 256: to grant a pension to Harriet Cota. Chapter 256 27 Stat. 835 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 256.—

An Act to grant a pension to Harriet Cota.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Harriet Cota.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harriet Cota, permanently helpless daughter of John S. Cota, late a private of Company II, One hundred and sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 257: to increase the pension of William G. Smith. Chapter 257 27 Stat. 835 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 257.—

An Act to increase the pension of William G. Smith.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William G. Smith.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and required to increase the pension of William G. Smith, of Huntington, Indiana, late a private in Company C, Thirty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion, and to pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per mouth.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 259: to place upon the pension rolls of the United States the name of Thomas F Sheldon, late captain Company A. One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Infantry. Chapter 259 27 Stat. 836 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private 836

CHAP. 259.—

An Act to place upon the pension rolls of the United States the name of Thomas F Sheldon, late captain Company A. One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Infantry.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas F. Sheldon.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls of the United States, subject to the provisions and limitations of law, the name of Thomas F. Sheldon, late captain Company A. One hundred and twenty-fifth Regiment, New York Infantry and pay him a pension of seventy-two dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 259: to place the name of Sarah L. Van Nest on the pension list. Chapter 259 27 Stat. 836 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 259.—

An Act to place the name of Sarah L. Van Nest on the pension list.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sarah L. Van Neat.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the

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pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Sarah L. Van Nest, widow of Franklin Van Nest, deceased, late of Company A. Ninth Regiment Michigan Cavalry.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 260: to place the name of Sabra A. Wolcott upon the pension rolls. Chapter 260 27 Stat. 836 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 260.—

An Act to place the name of Sabra A. Wolcott upon the pension rolls.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Sabra A. Wolcott.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior hereby is authorized and directed to place the name of Sabra A. Wolcott upon the pension rolls, and that she be granted a pension as the widow of Foster Ames, late of Company E, Seventeenth Michigan Infantry, in accordance with the provisions of law now in force, as though she, the said Sabra A Wolcott, had always remained the widow of the said Foster Ames.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 261: granting an increase of pension to Ellis P. Phipps, late lieutenant in Company A. Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, invalid certificate numbered thirty five thousand six hundred and nineteen. Chapter 261 27 Stat. 836 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 261.—

An Act granting an increase of pension to Ellis P. Phipps, late lieutenant in Company A. Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, invalid certificate numbered thirty five thousand six hundred and nineteen.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ellis P. Phipps.

Pension increased.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ellis P. Phipps, late lieutenant Company A, Twelfth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 262: for the relief of the personal representatives of Adelicia Cheatham, deceased. Chapter 262 27 Stat. 836 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 262.—

An Act for the relief of the personal representatives of Adelicia Cheatham, deceased.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Adelicia Cheatham.

Refund of cotton tax to representatives of.

That 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 personal representatives of Adelicia Cheatham, deceased, the sum of thirty-two thousand and seventy-four dollars, in full discharge of all claims 837 for money illegally assessed on the tenth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and again on the fifteenth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, by the assessor for the fifth collection district of the State of Tennessee, under the internal-revenue law of the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, chapter one hundred and seventy-three, on crops of cotton raised in Louisiana during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Received by the President, February 20, 1893.

[Note by the Department of 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.]

Chap. 263: for the relief of Mary A. Lewis. Chapter 263 27 Stat. 837 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 263.—

An Act for the relief of Mary A. Lewis.

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Joseph N. Lewis.

Payment to widow of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Mrs, Mary A Lewis, widow of Joseph N. Lewis, the sum of four hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-two cents, to be in full remuneration of the payment made by said Joseph N. Lewis, out of his own private funds, for account of the Government of the United States, while he was acting as its Commercial agent at Port-au-Prince Haiti, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five; Provided, That the said Mary

Proviso.

Release from personal representative.

A. Lewis procure the release of the personal representative of the said Joseph N. Lewis and file the same in the Treasury of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

Chap. 264: for the relief of J. P. Randolph administrator of J. G. Randolph deceased Chapter 264 27 Stat. 837 1893-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 2 private

CHAP. 264.—

An Act for the relief of J. P. Randolph administrator of J. G. Randolph deceased

March 3, 1893

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

J. G. Randolph.

Payment to administrator of.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed and to pay to J P Randolph of Chester County Tennessee, Administrator of J. G. Randolph deceased, the sum of two hundred and forty six dollars and seventy cents out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the same being for subsistence supplies furnished the United States Army during the late war and to be received in full satisfaction of said claim.

Approved, March 3, 1893.

RESOLUTIONS. No. 3: authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Francisco Alcantara, of Venezuela. Private Resolution 3 27 Stat. 838 1892-12-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private [No. 3.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Francisco Alcantara, of Venezuela.

December 22, 1892.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Francisco Alcantara, of Venezuela, admitted to West Point.

Provisos.

No expense.

Oath and service.

R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227.

That the Secretary of War be and he hereby is authorized to permit Francisco Alcantara of Venezuela, to receive instructions at the Military Academy at West Point; Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided further, That in the case of the said Alcantara the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.

Approved, December 22, 1892.

No. 18: authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction, at the Military Academy at West Point, Alberto Guirola, of Salvador. Private Resolution 18 27 Stat. 838 1893-08-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 private [No. 18.]

Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction, at the Military Academy at West Point, Alberto Guirola, of Salvador.

February 28, 1893.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alberto Guirola. of Salvador, admitted to West Point.

Provisos.

No expense.

Oath and service.

R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Alberto Guirola, of Salvador, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided further, That in the case of the said Guirola the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.

Approved, February 28, 1893.

(838) TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
concluded by the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
with
FOREIGN NATIONS. (839) TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS. November 26, 1888 Convention 27 Stat. 841 CONVENTION—REPUBLIC OF SALVADOR. Nov. 26, 1888. Parcels Post Contention between the United States of America and the Republic of Salvador.

The undersigned,

Don M. Dickinson, Postmaster General of the United States of America, and Santiago Perez Triana, Vice Consul of the Republic of Salvador in New York, duly empowered thereto, for the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the United States of America and the Republic of Salvador, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a Parcels-Post system of exchanges between the two countries.

Article I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to parcels of mail matter to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles.

Article II. 1.

There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention. articles of merchandise and mail matter except letters, postcards, and written matter of all kinds that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed (841) 842 11 pounds (or 5 kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, 105 centimeters (or 3 feet 6 inches); greatest length and girth combined 180 centimeters (or six feet); and must be so wrapped or inclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited:

Publications which violate the copy right laws of the country of destination; liquids, poisons, explosive or inflammable substances, fatty substances, those which easily liquefy, live or dead animals, not dried, insects and reptiles, confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor, lottery tickets or circulars, all obscene or immoral articles, other articles which may destroy or in any way damage the mails, or injure the persons handling them.

2. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, whether by land or sea conveyance, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collections of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively.

Article III. 1. A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany be written on, or enclosed with any parcel. 2. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage ac- 843 cording to the Universal Postal Union Convention. 3. No parcel may contain parcels intended for delivery at an address other than the one borne by the parcel itself. If such enclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcels post rates.

Article IV. 1. The following rates of postage shall in all cases be required to be fully prepaid with postage-stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. For a parcel not exceeding 453 grains (one pound) in weight, sixty centimes (twelve cents); and for each additional 453 grams (one pound), or fraction thereof, sixty centimes (twelve cents). 3. The packages shall be promptly deliverd to addressees at the post offices of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage; but the country of desnation may at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding twenty-five centimes (five cents) on each single parcel of whatever weight; and if the weight exceeds 453 grams (one pound), a charge equal to five centimes (one cent) for each 113 grams (four ounces), of weight, or fraction thereof.

Article V. 1. The sender will at the time of mailing the package, receive a receipt of mailing from the post office where the package is mailed, on a form like Model 1 annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered by paying the registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents, (25 centimes). 844 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the post office of destination.

Article VI. 1. The sender of each package shall make a Customs Declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special Form provided for the purpose (see Model 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address. The Customs Declaration herein provided shall be omitted in the country of origin during such period as the Postmaster General of the country of destination shall request such omission. 2. The packages in question shall be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its Customs Revenues; and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination.

Article VII. Each country shall retain to its own use, the whole of the postages, registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article VIII. 1. The packages shall be considered as a component part of the mails exchanged between the United States of America and the Republic of Salvador, to be despatched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as it provides, in ordinary 845 mail sacks to be marked “Parcels-Post” and to be securely sealed with wax or otherwise as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall return to the despatching office by next mail, all bags or sacks used in the exchange of parcels. 3. Although articles admitted under this Convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a parcel post mail must be accompanied by a descriptive list in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with ad dress of destination; and must be enclosed in one of the sacks of such despatch under the Form of Model 3, annexed hereto.

Article IX. Exchanges of mails under this Convention from any place in either country to any place in the other, whether by sea or overland, shall be effected through the post offices of both countries already designated as Exchange Post offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges, as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the Customs Revenues.

Article X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the exchange office of designation, that office shall check the contents of the mail. 846 2. In the event of the Parcel-Bill

Receipt of mails.

not having been received, a substitute should at once be prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on

Parcel bill.

the Parcel Bill which may be discovered, shall, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a Form, “Verification Certificate”, which shall be sent in the special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the

Errors.

bill be not received, after the nonreceipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once. 5. Should a parcel be received

Non-receipt of parcels.

in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars shall be reported on the same form. 6. If no Verification Certificate

Damaged parcels.

or note of error be received, a parcel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article XI. If the packages cannot be delivered

Correct mails.

as addressed, or if they are refused, they should be reciprocally returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from their receipt at the office of destination, and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed.

Article XII. The Post Office Department of

Failure to deliver.

either of the contracting countries will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any package, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

847

Article XIII. The Postmaster-General of the United States of America, and the Director-General of Posts of the Republic of Salvador, may by agreement, exempt on account of insecurity in the conveyance, or other causes, certain post offices in either country, from receiving or despatching packages of merchandise as provided for by this Convention, and shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail, as may be found necessary to carry out the present Covention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this Convention.

Article XIV.

This Convention shall be ratified by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged at the city of Washington as early as possible. Once ratified, and its ratifications exchanged, it shall take effect, and operations thereunder shall begin on the 1st day of February 1889, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate and signed at Washington the twenty-sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

Los infrascritos,

Don M. Dickinson, Director

November 26, 1888

. General de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América, i Santiago Perez Triana, Vice Consul de la República del Salvador en New York, competentemente autorizados, con el objeto de establecer mejores arreglos postales entre los Estados Unidos de América i la República del Salvador, han acordado los siguientes artículos de convenio para la adopción de un sistema de canje de Fardos Postales entre ambos países.

Artículo I. Las disposiciones de esta Convención

Preamble.

se referirán únicamente á fardos postales, los cuales deberán canjearse segun el sistema por los presentes establecido, i en nada afectarán los arreglos actualmente existentes de la Convencion de la Union Postal Universal que continuarán como hasta aquí; entendiéndose que todos los arreglos á que estos artículos se refieren serán aplicables exclusivamente á las malas canjeadas según los mismos artículos.

Artículo II. 1.

Se admitirán al canje de malas

Extent of convention.

en los términos de esta Convencion, artículos de mercaderías i paquetes postales exceptuando cartas, tarjetas postales, i toda clase de escritos que se admitan bajo cualquiera condicion en los correos domésticos del país de origen, con tal de que el peso de los paquetes (841) 842 no exceda de 11 libras (ó 5 kilogramos), ni de que las dimensiones sean mayores que las siguientes: mayor longitud en cualquiera direccion 105 centimetros (ó 3 pies 6 pulgadas); mayor longitud i grosor combinados 180 centimetros (ó seis pies), debiendo estar de tal manera envueltos ó cerrados que permitan el fácil examen del contenido por los Directores de Correos i empleados de aduana; exceptuándose, ademas los artículos que siguen i cuya admisión queda prohibida en el canje de malas establecido por la presente Convention, á saber:

Publicaciones que violen las leyes de Imprenta del país de destino, líquidos, venenos, sustancias explosivas ó inflamables, sustan cías grasas, sustancias de fácil derretimiento, animales vivos ó muertos no disecados, insectos ó reptiles, dulces, pastas, frutas i legumbres de fácil descomposición, i sustancias que exhalen mal olor, billetes ó circulares de lotería, toda clase de artículos obscenos é inmorales, i cuantos otros puedan destruir ó de alguna manera dañar las malas ó perjudicar á las personas que las manejen.

2. Todos los artículos de mercaderías admisibles dirijidos por un país al otro ó recibidos en un país de procedencia del otro, yá sea por conducto terrestre ó marítimo, estarán exentos de detencion ó inspeccion de cualquiera natura leza, con excepcion de aquellos que requieran el cobro de derechos de aduana i serán despachados por las vias mas expeditas á su destino, quedando sujetos en su trasmision á las leyes i reglamentos de cada país, respectivamente.

Artículo III. 1. Ninguna carta ó comunicacion que tenga el carácter de correspondencia personal debe acompañar los fardos ni llevarlas adheridas ó adjuntas. 2. En caso de descubrirse tales comunicaciones se incluirán en las malas, caso de ir separadas, i si no fuere posible separarlas, se rehusará la admision del fardo que las contenga. Si no obstante la anterior disposicion, se diese curso inadvertidamente á algun paquete, 843 el país de destino cobrará doble porte, según la Convención de la Union Postal Universal, del destinano. 3. Ningún fardo podra contener

Letters accompanying parcels.

paquetes destinados á ser entregados á otra direccion que la que el mismo fardo lleve. Si algunos paquetes se descubriesen, se remi tiran separadamente, cobrando por cada uno de ellos nueva i distinta tasa postal.

Artículo IV. 1. Los siguientes portes se cobrarán

Address.

siempre adelantados, en estampillas postales del pais de origen, á saber: 2. Por un fardo cuyo peso no pase de 453 gramos (una libra), sesenta céntimos (doce centavos); i por cada 453 gramos (una libra) ó fracción adicional, sesenta céntimos (doce centavos).

Rates of postage.

3. Los paquetes serán entregados prontamente á sus destinatarios en la oficina de correos que se indique en la direccion, en el país de destino i libres de porte; pero este último puede, si lo juzga con veniente, cobrar al destinatario un

Delivery.

sobre porte que no pase de 25 céntimos (cinco centavos) por cada paquete de cualquier peso que sea, para cubrir los gastos del servicio interior; i si el peso excediese de 453 gramos (una libra) podrá cobrar cinco centimos (un centavo) por cada 113 gramos (cuatro onzas) ó fracción adicional.

Artículo V. 1. El remitente recibirá una certificación

Charge.

al depositar un fardo en la administración de correos, segun el Modelo No. 1” anexo al presente convenio. 2. El remitente de un fardo

Receipt.

puede hacerlo registrar pagando los derechos que se acostumbra cobrar en el país de origen. 3. Si el remitente lo solicitare

Registry.

se le dará al recibirse, una constancia de entrega del artículo registrado; pero ambos países pueden anticipadamente exigir del remitente por este servicio una tasa que no exceda de cinco centavos (25 centimos). 844 4. Las administraciones de correos de destino tienen obligacion de avisar á los destinatarios de la llegada de artículos registrados dirijidos á ellos.

Artículo VI. 1. El remitente de un fardo debe hacer una Declaración de Aduana que adherirá ó atará al tardo en un machote especial que se le dará con ese objeto (Modelo No. 2), en el que hará una descripcion sumaria del fardo, una constancia detallada de su contenido i valor, fecha de deposito, su firma, lugar de residencia i dirección. La Declaracion de aduana de que se hace mencion en este artículo, podrá omitirse en el país de origen durante el tiempo que el Director General de correos del país de destino así lo pida. 2. Los fardos en cuestion estarán sujetos en el país de destino á todos los derechos de importacion i leyes de aduana vigentes en el país, i los derechos de aduana que deben pagar deberán recojerse del destinatario á la entrega del fardo según las leyes del país de destino; però ni el remitente ni el destinatario podrán ser obligados á pagar multas ó sufrir cualquier otro castigo por la falta de cumplimiento de otras leyes aduaneras que no sean las de su país.

Artículo VII. Cada país percibirá para su propio uso el valor total de los portes i derechos de registro i entrega, que recoja por dichos fardos; por consiguiente este convenio no dará lugar á la creación de nuevas cuentas entre los dos países.

Artículo VIII. 1. Los fardos se considerarán como parte componente de las malas canjeadas directamente entre los Estados Unidos de América i la República del Salvador para ser despachados por el país de origen al de destino por su cuenta i por los medios que esten 845 a su alcance; pero deben remitirse á opcion de las oficinas espedidoras, en cajas preparadas espresamente al efecto ó en sacos ordinarios de correo que serán marcados con las palabras “Fardos Postales” i debidamente ase curados con lacre ó de otra manera, segun se disponga mutua mente en el presente convenio. 2. Cada país devolverá á la oficina

Transportation.

de origen, á vuelta de correo, todos los sacos i cajas. 3. Aunque los artículos admitidos

Return of sacks, etc.

segun este convenio deberán trasmiterse como queda dicho, entre las oficinas principales de ambos países, deben estar tan bien empacados que puedan mandarse por los correos interiores con toda seguridad tanto á la oficina de canje de origen como á la oficina de direccion en el país de destino. 4. Cada parte de correo de fardos

Packing.

postales debe ir acompanada de una lista descriptiva, por duplicado, de todos los paquetes que se envíen: de modo que la lista contenga distintamente el número de cada paquete, el nombre del remitente i el nombre del destina tario con la direccion de destino; cuya lista debe ir dentro de una de las cajas ó sacos á que se refiere el parte. (Modelo No. 3.)

Artículo IX. Todo canje de malas según este

Descriptive list.

Convenio de cualquier lugar de un país á cualquier lugar del otro, yá sea por mar ó por tierra, se deberá hacer por medio de las oficinas postales de ambos países yá designadas como oficinas de canje, ó por medio de otras que en lo sucesivo se disponga designar segun las disposiciones relativas á los detalles de canje que mutuamente se determinen como esenciales á la seguridad i expedición de las malas i á la proteccion de las rentas aduaneras.

Artículo X. 1. Tan luego como la mala haya

Exchange offices.

llegado á la oficina de canje de destino, esa oficina confrontará su contenido. 846 2. En el caso de que algun parte de fardos postales no haya sido recibido, se preparará inmediatamente un sustituto. 3. Cualquier error de asiento en un parte de fardos postales que se descubra deberá ser corregido por un segundo oficial i anotado para dar cuenta del mismo á la Administración remitente en un machote llamado Certificado de Verificacion que se enviará bajo cubierta especial. 4. Si no se recibiere algún paquete registrado en el parte, despues de haber verificado la no recepción por medio de un segundo oficial, el asiento en el parte será cancelado i se dará cuenta en el acto de este hecho. 5. Si se recibiere algun paquete averiado ó en mala condicion, se dará cuenta detallada de lo ocurrido en el mismo machote. 6. Si no se recibiere certificado alguno de verificación ó nota de error, el envio (ó la mala) de fardos postales se considerará como entregado en regla i correcto en todo respecto.

Artículo XI. Si los paquetes no pueden ser entregados á sus respectivas direcciones ó si sus destinatarios rehusaren recibirlos, serán devueltos de una i otra parte sin sobre porte i directamente á las oficinas de canje expedidoras, al expirar el término de treinta dias á contar de la fecha en que fueron recibidos en la oficina de destino, pudiendo el país de origen cobrar al remitente por la devolucion del paquete, una suma igual al porte que pago por remitirlo.

Artículo XII. Las oficinas de correos de ambos países contratantes no serán responsables por la perdida ó daño de cualquier paquete, i por consiguiente no se atenderán los reclamos en uno ú otro país que hicieren el remitente ó el destinatario.

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Artículo XIII. El Director General de Correos

No responsibility for loss or damage.

de los Estados Unidos de América, i el Director General de Correos de la República del Salvador, pueden convenir en exceptuar ciertas oficinas postales de recibir ó despachar paquetes de mercaderías segun el presente Convenio por falta de seguridad en la conducion ú otras causas, i tendran

Exemption of certain post-offices.

autoridad para hacer de comun acudero aquellas reglamentaciones de órden i detalle que crean necesarias de tiempo en tiempo para cumplir debidamente las prescripciones del presente Convenio, asi como convenirse en la admision en las malas de cualquiera de los artículos prohibidos en el II Artículo de esta Convencion.

artículo XIV.

Esta Convencion se ratificará

Further regulations.

por los países contratantes de acuerdo de con sus respectivas leyes, i sus ratificaciones se canjearán en la ciudad de Washington, lo mas pronto que fixere posible. Una vez ratificada i conjeadas sus ratificaciones, comenzará á tener efecto el 1^o de Febrero de 1889, i continuará en vigor hasta que se termine por consentemiento mutuo: pero podra anularse, con la notificacion de uno de los Departamentos de Correos hecha al otro, con seis meses de anticipación.

Hecho por duplicado i firmado en Washington el dia veinte seis de Noviembre de mil ochocientos ochenta i ocho.

[seal] Don M. Dickinson,

Ratification.

Postmaster General of the United States of America. Santiago Perez Triana, Vice Consul of the Republic of Salvador.

The foregoing Parcels-Post Convention between the United States

Signatures.

of America and the Republic of Salvador, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof I have caused the great seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington, D. C., June 21, 1889. 848

National Palace,

San Salvador, January 4, 1889.

Having examined the preceding

Approval by President of United States.

Convention, concluded at New York, on the 26th day of November 1888, between Don Santiago Perez Triana, duly authorized thereto by this government, and Don M. Dickinson, Postmaster General of the United States, for the adoption of a system of exchange, of postal parcels between the two countries; and having found that Señor Triana has followed the instructions given him for concluding said convention; the Executive Power agrees to approve the fourteen articles composing the Convention in question.

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Palacio Nacional.

San Salvador, Enero 4 de 1889.

Vista la Convención que antecede, celebrada en Nueva York, el dia 26 de Noviembre de 1888, entre los Señores Don Santiago Perez Triana, autorizado debidamente por este Gobierno, y Don M. Dickinson, Director General de Correos de los Estados Unidos, para la adopcion de un sistema de canje de fardos postales entre ambos países, y encontrando que el Señor Triana se ha sujetado á las instrucciones que para celebrar dicho convenio, se le dieron, el Poder Ejecutivo acuerda: aprobar los catorce artículos de que consta la Convención referida.

El Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores:

[seal] Delgado. 849

Approval by Government of Salvador.

Form No. 1

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

January 18, 1889 Convention 27 Stat. 851 CONVENTION—REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. January 18, 1889. 851 Parcels Post Contention between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia.

January 18, 1889

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the United States of America and the Republic of Columbia, the undersigned, Don M. Dickinson, Postmaster-General of the United States of America, by virtue of authority vested in him by law, and Rufino Gutierrez, Director General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Republic of Columbia, duly empowered thereto by the President of the Republic of Columbia, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a parcels post system of exchanges between the two countries.

Article I. 1. There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention, articles of merchandise and mail matter, except letters, post cards, and written matter, of all kinds that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed five kilograms or eleven pounds in weight, nor the following dimensions: greatest length in any direction sixty centimeters, or two feet; greatest girth one hundred and twenty centimeters or four feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers. 2.

The following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention:

Publications which violate the copy right laws of the country of destination, liquids, poisons, explosive or inflammable substances, fatty substances, those which easily 852 liquefy, live or dead animals, not dried, insects and reptiles, confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor, lottery tickets or circulars, all obscene or immoral articles, other articles which may destroy or in any way damage the mails, or injure the persons handling them.

3. All admissible articles of

Articles prohibited.

Freedom from inspection

merchandise mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively.

Article II. 1. A letter or communication of

Letters accompanying parcels.

the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany, be written on, or enclosed with any parcel. 2. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention. 3. No parcel may contain parcels

Address.

intended for delivery at an address other than the one borne by the parcel itself. If such enclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcel post rates.

Article III. 1. The following rates of postage

Rates of postage.

shall in all eases be required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. For a parcel not exceeding four hundred and sixty grams or 853 one pound in weight, twelve cents; and for each additional four hundred and sixty grams or one pound, or fraction thereof, twelve cents. 3. The packages shall be promptly delivered to addressees at the post offices of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage; but the country of destination may at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding five cents on each single parcel of whatever weight; and if the weight exceeds four hundred and sixty grams or one pound, a charge equal to one cent for each one hundred and fifteen grams or four ounces of weight, or fraction thereof.

Article IV. 1. The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a receipt of mailing from the post office where the package is mailed, on a form like Model I annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered by paying the registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents. 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the post office of destination.

Article V. 1. The sender of each package shall make a Customs Declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special Form provided for the purpose (See Model 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, 854 and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The packages in question shall

Collection of duties.

be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its Customs Revenues; and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination.

Article VI. Each country shall retain to its

Fees to be retained.

own use the whole of the postages, registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article VII. 1. The packages shall be considered

Transportation.

as a component part of the mails exchanged direct between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia, to be despatched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as it provides, in ordinary mail sacks to be marked “Parcel Post” and to be securely sealed with wax or otherwise as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall return to

Return of sacks.

the despatching office by next mail, all bags or sacks used in the exchange of parcels. 3. Although articles admitted

Packing.

under this Convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a parcel

Descriptive list.

post mail must be accompanied by 855 a descriptive list in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination: and must be enclosed in one of the sacks of such despatch under the Form of Model 3, annexed hereto.

Article VIII. Exchanges of mails under this Convention from any place in either country to any place in the other, shall be effected through the post offices of both countries already designated as Exchange Post Offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges, as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the Customs Revenues.

Article IX. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the exchange office of destination, that office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. In the event of the Parcel Bill not having been received, a substitute should be at once prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the Parcel Bill which may be dis covered, shall, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a Formt “Verification Certificate,” which shall be sent in the special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once. 5. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars shall be reported on the same form. 856 6. If no Verification Certificate

Correct mails.

or note of error be received, a parcel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article X. If the packages cannot be delivered

Failure to deliver.

as addressed, or if they are refused they should be reciprocally returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of ninety days from their receipt at the office of destination, and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed.

Article XI. The Post Office Department of

No responsibility for loss or damage.

either of the contracting countries will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any package, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

Article XII. The Postmaster General of the

Further regulations.

United States of America, and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Republic of Colombia, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail, as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article I.

Article XIII.

This Convention shall be ratified

Ratification.

by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged at the city of Washington as early as possible. Once 857 ratified, and its ratifications exchanged, it shall take effect, and operations thereunder shall begin on the first day of April 1889, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the 18th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and at Bogota the 30th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

Con objeto de establecer mejores

March 30, 1889

. arreglos postales entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Colombia, los infrascritos, Don M. Dickinson, Administrador General de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América, en ejercicio de las facultades que le concede la Ley, y Rufino Gutierrez, Director General de Correos y Telégrafos de la República de Colombia, debidamente autorizado para ello por el Presidente de la República de Colombia, han convenido en los siguientes artículos para el establecimiento de un sistema de Paquetes Postales, entre los dos países.

Artículo I. 1. Se admitirán en las balijas

Preamble.

que se cambien conforme á est a Convención, mercancías y objetos trasmisibles por el correo, de cualquiera género que sean, exceptuando cartas, tarjetas postales y todo papel escrito, que se admitan conforme á los reglamentos que rigen respecto de las balijas domésticas del país de origen, con tal de que ningun paquete exceda de cinco kilógramos ú once libras de peso, ni de las dimensiones siguientes: máximo de largo en cualquiera direccion, sesenta centímetros ó dos pies; máximo de perimetro, un metro veinte centímetros ó cuatro pies; y debera envolverse ó cubrirse de manera que permita que su contenido sea facilmente examinado por los empleados del correo y de la aduana. 2.

Será prohibida la admision en

Articles admitted to mails.

las balijas que se cambien entre los dos países, conforme á esta Convencion, de los objetos siguientes:

Publicaciones que violen las leyes de propiedad literaria del país de destino, líquidos, venenos, materias esplosivasó inflamables, sustancias grasosas, las facilmente liquidables, 852 animales vivos ó muertos, no disecados, insectos y reptiles, dulces, pastas, frutas y vegetales que puedan descomponerse facilmente, sustancias que exhalen mal olor, billetes ó circulares de lotería, todo objeto obsceno ó inmoral, y otros artículos que puedan destruir o de alguna manera dañar las balijas, ó causar perjuicio á las personas que las manejen.

3. Todos los paquetes de mercancías admisibles que se depositen en el correo de un país con destino al otro, ó que se reciban en un país proceden tes del otro, seran libres de toda detencion ó inspeccion de cualquiera género que sea, exceptuando solamente la que fuere necesaria para cobrar los derechos aduanales, y se despacharán á su destino por la via mas rapida, quedando sujetos en su trasmisión á las leyes y reglamentos de cada país respectivamente.

Artículo II. 1. Ninguna carta ó comunicacion que tenga el carácter de correspondencia personal, podrá acompañar al paquete, ya sea que esté escrita sobre él, ó incluida en el mismo. 2. Si se encontrare alguna carta, se pondrá en el correo, si pudiere separarse, y si estuviere adherida de manera que no se pueda separar, se desechará el paquete entero. Sin embargo, si alguna carta fuere enviada inadvertidamente, el país de destino cobrará doble porte por ella, conforme á la Convencion de la Union Postal Universal. 3. Ningun paquete podrá contener bultos que tengan que entregarse á una direccion diferente de la que aparezca sobre el mismo paquete. Si se descubrieren tales bultos, se enviarán uno por uno, cobrandose nuevo y distinto porte por cada uno de ellos.

Artículo III. 1. Se pagarán previamente y en su totalidad, en todo caso, los siguientes portes de correo en estampillas del correo del país de origen, á saber: 2. Por un paquete que no exceda del peso de cuatrocientos sesenta 853 gramos ó una libra, doce centavos, y por cada cuatrocientos sesenta gramos ó una libra adicionales, ó fraccion de este peso, doce centavos. 3. Los paquetes se entregarán

Delivery.

prontamente á las personas á quienes se dirijan, en la oficina de Correos de su direccion, en el país de su destino, libres de todo recargo por porte de correo; pero el país del destino puede, á su opcion, imponer y cobrar á la persona á quien se dirija el paquete, y en compensacion del servicio interior

Charge.

y de entrega, un recargo que no exceda de cinco centavos por cada paquete que no pase de cuatrocientos sesenta gramos, ó una libra, y si el paquete excediese de ese peso, se cobrará un centavo por cada ciento quince gramos ó cuatro onzas de peso, ó fraccion de ese peso.

Artículo IV. 1. Al depositar en el correo un

Receipt.

paquete, se entregará al remitente un recibo que acredite su entrega en la oficina de correo que lo recibió, conforme al modelo anexo No. I. 2. El remitente de un paquete

Registry.

podrá certificarlo, pagando el derecho de certificacion que se cobre en el país de su origen. 3. Se enviará al remitente cuando

Return receipt.

asi lo solicite, un documento que justifique la entrega de un objeto certificado: pero cada país puede exigir del remitente el pago previo de un derecho por ese servicio, que no exceda de cinco centavos.

Notice to addressee.

4. Se informará á las personas á quienes se dirijan artículos certificados de la llegada de un paquete dirigido á ellas, por la oficina de correos de destino.

Artículo V. 1. El remitente de cada paquete

Customs declaration.

hará una declaracion aduanal que se pegará ó agregará al paquete, segun una formula especial que se le facilitará para ese objeto, (Vease el modelo anexo No. 2) que contenga una descripcion general del paquete, una manifestacion exacta de su contenido y valor, fecha del 854 envío, fecha y lugar de residencia del remitente y lugar de su destino. 2. Estos paquetes quedarán sujetos en el país de su destino á todos los reglamentos y derechos aduanales que estuvieren vigentes en el mismo país, para proteger las rentasde sus aduanas; los derechos aduanales que debidamente corresponda cobrar sobre los mismos paquetes, serán cobrados al entregarse estos, de acuerdo con los reglamentos aduanales del país de destino.

Artículo VI. Cada país retendrá para su propio uso, el total del porte de correo, de los derechos de certificación y de entrega que colecte sobre dichos paquetes; y en consecuencia, esta Convencion no motivará cuentas separadas entre los dos países.

Artículo VII. 1. Los paquetes se considerarán como parte componente de las balijas cambiadas directamente entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Colombia, y seran despachados por el país de su origen al otro, á su costo y por los medios que él provea, en sacos ordinarios de correspondencia que se marcarán: “Paquetes Postales” y se sellarán con la seguridad debida, con lacre, ó de alguna otra manera que se determine mutuamente por los reglamentos respectivos. 2. Cada país devolverá á la oficina de correo que los despache, por el próximo correo, todos los sacos usados en el cambio de paquetes. 3. Aunque los objetos admitidos conforme á esta Convencion se trasmitirán en la forma designada, entre las oficinas de cam bio deberán empacarse cuidadosamente, á fin de que puedan trasmitirse en balijas abiertas de un país, tanto á la oficina de correos de cambio en el país de su origen, como á la oficina de correos á donde se dirijan, en el país de su destino. 4. Cada envío de paquetes postales irá acompañado de una lista 855 descriptiva, hecha por duplicado, de todos los paquetes enviados, que demuestre distintamente el número de lista de cada paquete, el nomine del remitente, el nom bre de la persona á quien se dirije con la dirección de su destino, y deberá incluirse en uno de los sacos del mismo envio, de acuerdo con el modelo número 3, anexo á esta Convención.

Artículo VIII. El cambio de balijas conforme á

Exchange offices.

esta Convencion, de cualquiera lugar de un país á cualquiera lugar del otro, se verificara por las oficinas de correos de ambos pai ses, ya designadas como oficinas de correos de cambio, ó por aquellas otras que pueda convenirse mas adelante, conforme con los reglamentos relativos á los detalles de los cambios que se acuerden mutuamente como esenciales á la seguridad y celeridad de las balijas y á la proteccion de los derechos aduanales.

Artículo IX. 1. La oficina de correos del país

Receipt of mail.

del destino, anotará el contenido de la balija, tan luego como la reciba. 2. En el caso de que no se recibiere

Parcel bill.

una lista de los paquetes enviados por el correo, se hará desde luego una que la sustituya. 3. Los errores que puedan haberse

Errors.

cometido y se descubrieren en la lista de los paquetes enviados por el correo, se corregiran despues de haber sido rectificados por un segundo empleado, y se comunicarán á la oficina que envío los paquetes, en la forma de “Certificado de Comprobación”, que se enviará en cubierta especial. 4. Si no se recibiere algun paquete

Nonreceipt of parcels.

de los contenidos en la lista, despues de haberse certificado este hecho por un segundo empleado, se. cancelará la anotación respectiva de la lista, y se dará cuenta de este hecho desde luego. 5. Cuando se recibiere un paquete

Damaged parcels.

averiado ó en un estado imperfecto, se comunicarán en la misma forma detalles completos sobre su estado. 856 6. Si no se recibiere “Certificado de Comprobacion”, ó noticia de error, se considerará que la balija de paquetes fue debidamente recibida y que habiendo sido examinada, se encontró exacta bajo todos aspectos.

Artículo X. Si no pudiere entregarse un paquete á la persona á quien se dirije, ó si ésta se rehusare á recibirlo, se devolverá reciprocamente, sin recargo, y directamente á la oficina que lo despachó, á la espiracion de noventa dias contados desde su recibo, por la oficina de destino, y el país de origen puede cobrar al remitente por la devolucion del paquete, una suma igual al porte que causó cuando se puso por primera vez en el correo.

Artículo XI. El Departamento de Correos de cada uno de los países contratantes, no será responsable por la pérdida ó avería que sufra algun paquete, y no podrá reclamarse, por lo mismo, en ninguno de los dos países, indemnización alguna por quien lo envíe, ni por la persona á quien vaya dirigido.

Artículo XII. El Administrador General de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América y el Director General de Correos y Telégrafos de la República de Colombia, quedan autorizados para hacer de tiempo en tiempo y de común acuerdo, los reglamentos posteriores de órden y detalle que consideren necesarios para poner en ejecución esta Convencion, y podrán, por mùtuo consentimiento, establecer condiciones para la admision en las balijas de cualquiera de los objetos prohibidos por el Artículo 1.

Artículo XIII.

Esta Convencion se ratificará por los países contratantes de acuerdo con sus respectivas leyes, y sus ratificaciones se canjearán en la ciudad de Washington, lo mas pronto que fuere posible.

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Una vez ratificada y canjeadas sus ratificaciones, comenzará á tener efecto el 1 de Abril de 1889, y continuará en vigor hasta que se termine por consentimiento mùtuo; pero podrá anularse, con la notificación de uno de los Departamentos de Correos hecha al otro, con seis meses de anticipacion.

Hecho por duplicado y firmado en Washington el diez y ocho de Enero, mil ochocientos ochenta y nueve, y en Bogotá el treinta de Marzo de mil ochocientos ochenta y nueve.

[seal.] Don M. Dickinson,

Signatures.

Postmaster-General of the United States of America. [seal.] Rufino Gutiérrez, Director General de Correos y Telégrafos de la República de Colombia.

The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States

Approval by President of United States.

of America and the Republic of Colombia, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal.] Grover Cleveland. By the President: T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State. Washington, D. C., January 19th, 1889.

Gobierno Ejecutivo,

Bogotá, 9 de Abril de 1889.

Apruébase y ratificase la precedente Convención para el cambio de

Approval by President of Colombia.

paquetes postales entre la República de Colombia y los Estados Unidos de América, celebrada de acuerdo con la autorización y instrucciones comunicadas sobre el partículo al Director General de Correos y Telégrafos.

[Seal of the Republic of Colombia.] Carlos Holguin. El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Vicente Restupo. 858

Form No. 1.

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

April 3, 1889 Convention 27 Stat. 860 860 CONVENTION—LEEWARD ISLANDS. April 3, 1889. Parcels post convention between the United States of America and the Leeward Islands.

April 3, 1889

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the

Preamble.

United States of America and the Leeward Islands, the undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General of the United States of America. and the Honorable Henry George Edwardes, Her Britannic Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires, Secretary of Legation at Washington, by virtue of authority vested in them by law, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a parcels post system of exchange between the two countries.

Article I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to parcels of mail matter

Extent of convention.

to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles, directly between the office of New York, and such other offices within the United States as may be hereafter designated by the Postmaster-General of the United States, and the office of Antigua, and such other offices within the Leeward Islands, as may be hereafter designated by the Governor of the Leeward Islands; such matter to be admitted to the mails under these articles as shall be sent through such exchange offices from any place in either country to any place in the other.

Article II.

There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this convention,

Articles admitted to the mails.

articles of merchandise and mail matter except letters, post cards, and written matter of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed 11 pounds or 5 kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction three feet six inches; greatest length and girth combined, six feet; and must be so ‘ wrapped or inclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited:

Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of

Articles prohibited.

destination; poisons, and explosive or inflammable substances; fatty substances, liquids, and those which easily liquefy, confections and pastes; live or dead animals, except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables, and substances which exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements, or lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mails, or injure the persons handling them.

Article III.

A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence

Letters accompanying parcels.

must not accompany, be written on, or inclosed with any parcel.

If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, 861 and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention.

No parcel may contain parcels intended for delivery at an address

Address.

other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such inclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcel-post rates.

Article IV.

The packages in question shall be subject in the country of destination

Rates of postage.

to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues, and to the following rates of postage, which shall in all cases be required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz:

In the United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, 12 cents.

In the Leeward Islands, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, six pence; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, six pence.

Article V.

The sender of each package must make a Customs Declaration, pasted

Customs declaration.

upon or attached to the package, upon a special form provided for the purpose (see Form 1, “A,” annexed hereto), giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address.

The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a certificate

Receipt.

of mailing from the post-office where the package is mailed, on a form like Form 2, annexed hereto.

The sender of a package may have the same registered by paying the

Registry.

registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin, and will receive the return receipt without special charge therefor.

Article VI.

The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival

Notice to addressee

of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the post-office of destination.

The packages shall be delivered to addressees in the country of destination

Delivery.

free of charge for postage; but the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; and the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the addressee

Charge.

for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding five cents in the United States and two and a half pence in the Leeward Islands on each single parcel of whatever weight; and if the weight exceeds one pound, a charge equal to one cent or one halfpenny for each four ounces of weight or fraction thereof.

Article VII.

The packages shall be considered as a component part of the mails

Transportation.

exchanged direct between the United States and the Leeward Islands, to be dispatched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as it provides, but must be forwarded, at the option of the dispatching office, either in boxes prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, to be marked “Parcel Post,” and not to 862 contain any other articles of mail matter, and to be securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder.

Each country shall promptly return empty to the dispatching office

Return of sacks, etc.

by next mail, all such bags and boxes, but subject to other regulations between the two administrations.

Although articles admitted under this Convention will be transmitted

Packing.

as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination.

Each dispatch of a parcel post mail must be accompanied by a descriptive

Descriptive list.

list, in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination, and the declared contents and value; and must be inclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such dispatch. (See Form 3 annexed hereto.)

Article VIII.

As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, that

Receipt of mail.

office shall check the contents of the mail.

In the event of the parcel bill not having been received a substitute

Parcel bill.

should be at once prepared.

Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered,

Errors.

should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the dispatching office on a form. “Verification Certificate,” which should be sent in the special envelope.

If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt

Non-receipt of parcels.

has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once.

If a parcel be observed to be insufficiently prepaid, it must not be

Insufficient postage.

taxed with deficient postage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification certificate form.

Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition,

Damaged parcels.

full particulars should be reported on the same form.

If no verification certificate or note of error be received, a parcel mail

Correct mails.

shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article IX.

If a package cannot be delivered as addressed, or is refused, the

Failure to deliver.

sender will be communicated with through the central administration of the office of destination, as to the manner in which he desires the package to be disposed of, and if no reply is received from him within a period of three months from the date of the notice, the package may be sold for the benefit of whom it may concern.

An order for redirection or reforwarding must be accompanied by

Redirection, etc.

the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the office of origin, at the ordinary parcel rates.

When the contents of a parcel which cannot be delivered are liable

Disposition of perishable contents.

to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at once, if necessary, or if expedient, sold, without previous notice or judicial formality, for the benefit of the right person, the particulars of each sale being noticed by one post-office to the other.

Article X. The Post-Office Department of either of the contracting countries

No responsibility for loss or damage.

will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any package, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

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Article XI. Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages,

Fees to be retained.

registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages: consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article XII. The Postmaster General of the United States of America, and the

Further regulations.

Governor of the Leeward Islands, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may, by agreement, prescribe conditions for the admission in packages exchanged under this Convention of any of the articles prohibited by Article II.

Article XIII.

This Convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall

Commencement.

begin on the first day of June, 1889, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months’ previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington, the third day of April, 1889.

{	Seal of Post-Office	}	Jno. Wanamaker,
{	Dep’t of U. S.	}	Postmaster-General of the United States.
			H. G. Edwardes, Signatures.
			Her Britannic Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires,
			Secretary of Legation.

The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States

Approval.

of America and the Leeward Islands, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington, April 5th, 1889. 864

Form No. 1.

Customs declaration.

865

Form No. 2.

Receipt.

Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

January 4, 1890 Convention 27 Stat. 866 866 CONVENTION—COSTA RICA. January 4, 1890. Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and Costa Rica.

January 4, 1890

For the purpose of making better

Preamble.

postal arrangements between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica, the undersigned, John Wanamaker, Post master General of the United States of America, by virtue of authority vested in him by law, and Federico Volio, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Republic of Costa Rica at Washington, duly empowered thereto by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a parcels post system of exchanges between the two countries.

Article I. The provisions of this convention

Extent of convention.

relate only to parcels of mail matter to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union Convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the arrangements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles.

Article II. 1. There shall be admitted to

Articles admitted to the mails.

the mails exchanged under this Convention, articles of merchandise and mail matter, except letters, postcards, and written matter, of all kinds that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet must exceed five kilograms or eleven pounds in weight, nor the follow- 867 ing dimensions: greatest length in any direction sixty centimeters, or two feet; greatest girth one hundred and twenty centimeters, or four feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers. 2.

The following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention:

Publications which violate the copy right laws of the country of destination; liquids, poisons, explosive or inflammable substances, fatty substances, those which easily liquefy; live or dead animals, not dried, insects, and reptiles; confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale, a bad odor; lottery tickets or circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; other articles which may destroy or in any way damage the mails, or injure the persons handling them.

3. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively.

Article III. 1. A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany, be written on, or enclosed with any parcel. 2. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination 868 will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention. 3. No parcel may contain parcels

Address.

Article IV. 1. The following rates of postage

Rates of postage.

shall in all cases be required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. In the United States: for a parcel not exceeding four hundred and sixty grams or one pound in weight, twelve cents; and for each additional four hundred and sixty grams or one pound, or fraction thereof, twelve cents: and in Costa Rica: for a parcel not exceeding four hundred and sixty grams or one pound in weight, twenty cents; and for each additional four hundred and sixty grams or one pound, or fraction thereof, twenty cents. 3. The packages shall be

Delivery.

promptly delivered to addressees at the post offices of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage: but the country of destination may at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge not exceeding

Charge.

five cents on each single parcel of whatever weight; and if the weight exceeds four hundred and sixty grams or one pound, a charge equal to one cent for each one hundred and fifteen grams or four ounces, of weight, or fraction thereof.

Article V. 1. The sender will, at the time

Receipt.

of mailing the package, receive a receipt of mailing from the post office where the package is mailed, 869 on a form like Form I annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered by paying the registration fee required for registered articles in the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents. 4. The addressees of registered

Return receipt.

articles shall be advised of the arrival of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the post office of destination.

Article VI. 1. The sender of each package

Notice to addressee.

shall make a Customs Declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special Form provided for the purpose (See Form 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The packages in question shall

Customs declaration.

Article VII. Each country shall retain to its

Collection of duties.

own use, the whole of the postages, registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article VIII. 1. The packages shall be considered

Fees to be retained.

as a component part of the 870 mails exchanged direct between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica, to be despatched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as it provides, in ordinary mail sacks to be marked “Parcels Post” and to be securely sealed with wax or otherwise as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall return to

Return of sacks, etc.

the dispatching office by next mail, all bags or sacks used in the exchange of parcels. 3. Although articles admitted

Packing.

Descriptive list.

post mail must be accompanied by a descriptive list in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination; and must be enclosed in one of the sacks of such despatch under the Form of Form 3, annexed hereto.

Article IX. Exchanges of mails under this

Exchange offices.

Convention shall, until otherwise mutually agreed upon, be effected through the Exchange Post Offices at New Orleans and Port Limon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exchanges, as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the Customs Revenues.

Article X. 1. As soon as the mail shall

Receipt of mail.

have reached the exchange office of destination, that office shall check the contents of the mail. 871 2. In the event of the Parcel Bill not having been received, a substitute should at once be prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the Parcel Bill which may be discovered. shall, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a Form, “Verification Certificate,” which shall be sent in a special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non-receipt has been verified by a second officer the entry on the bill should be cancelled and the fact reported at once. 5. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars shall be reported on the same form. 6. If no “Verification certificate” or note of error be received, a parcel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article XI. If the packages cannot be delivered as addressed, or if they are refused they should be reciprocally returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from their receipt at the office of destination, and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed.

Article XII. The Post Office Department of either of the contracting countries will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any package, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

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Article XIII. The Postmaster General of the

Further regulations.

United States of America, and the Director General of Posts of the Republic of Costa Rica, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail, as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II.

Article XIV.

This Convention shall be ratified

Ratification.

by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged at the City of Washington as early as possible. Once ratified, and its ratifications exchanged, it shall take effect, and operations thereunder shall begin within thirty days after the exchange, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the 4th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Con objeto de establecer mejores arreglos postales entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Costa Rica, los in frascritos, John Wanamaker, Administrador General de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América, en ejercicio de las facultades que le concede la Ley, y Federico Volio, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de la República de Costa Rica en Washington, debidamente autorizado para ello por el Presidente de la República de Costa Rica, han convenido en los siguientes artículos para el establecimiento de un sistema de Paquetes Postales entre los dos países.

Artículo I. Las estipulaciones de esta Convencion se refieren tan solo á los paquetes de objetos enviados por el correo, que se cambien por el sistema que ella establece, y en nada afectarán los arreglos que ahora existen conforme á la Convencion de la Union Postal Universal que continuarán vijentes como lo están ahora; y todas las estipulaciones contenidas en la presente Convencion se aplicarán exclusivamente á las balijas que se cambien conforme á estos artículos.

Artículo II. 1. Se admitirán en las balijas que se cambien conforme á esta Convencion, mercancías y objetos trasmisibles por el correo, de cualquiera género que, sean, exceptuando cartas, tarjetas postales y todo papel escrito, que se admitan conforme á los reglamentos que rigen respecto de las balijas domésticas del país de origen, con tal de que ningun paquete exceda de 867 cinco kilógramos, ú once libras de peso, ni de las dimensiones siguientes: máximo de largo en cualquiera direccion, sesenta centímetros ó dos pies; máximo de perimetro, un metro veinte centimetros ó cuatro piés; y debera envolverse ó cubrirse de manera que permita que su contenido sea facilmente examinado por los empleados del correo y de la aduana. 2.

Será prohibida la admision

Articles prohibited.

en las balijas que se cambien entre los dos países, conforme á esta Convencion, de los objetos siguientes:

Publicaciones que violen las leyes de propiedad literaria del país de destino; líquidos, venenos, materias explosivas ó inflamables, sustancias grasosas, las facilmente liquidables; animales vivos ó muertos, no disecados, insectos y reptiles; dulces, pastas, frutas y vegetales que puedan descomponerse facilmente, sustancias que exhalen mal olor; billetes ó circulares de lotería; todo objeto obsceno ó inmoral; y otros artículos que puedan destruir ó de alguna manera dañar las balijas, ó causar perjuicio á las personas que los manejen.

3. Todos los paquetes de mercancías

Freedom from inspection, etc.

admisibles que se depositen en el correo de un país con destino al otro, ó que se reciban en un país procedentes del otro, seran libres de toda detencion ó inspeccion de cualquiera género que sea, exceptuando solamente la que fuere necesaria para cobrar los derechos aduanales, y se despacharán á su destino por la via mas rapida, quedando sujetos en su trasmision á las leyes y reglamentos de cada pais respectivamente.

Artículo III. 1. Ninguna carta ó comunicacion

Letters accompanying parcels.

que tenga el carácter de correspondencia personal, podrá acompañar al paquete, ya sea que esté escrita sobre él, ó incluida en el mismo. 2. Si se encontrare alguna carta, se pondrá en el correo, si pudiere separarse, y si estuviere adherida de manera que no se pueda separar, se desechará el paquete entero. Sin embargo, si alguna carta fuere enviada inad- 868 vellidamente, el pais de destino cobrará doble porte por ella, conforme á la Convención de la Union Postal Universal. 3. Ningun paquete podrá contener bultos que tengan que entregarse á una direccion diferente de la que aparezca sobre el mismo paquete. Si se descubrieren tales bultos, se enviarán uno por uno cobrandose nuevo y distinto porte por cada uno de ellos.

Artículo IV. 1. Se pagarán previamente y en su totalidad, en todo caso, los siguientes portes de correo en estampillas del correo del país de origen, á saber: 2. En los Estados Unidos; por un paquete que no exceda del peso de cuatrocientos sesenta gramos ó una libra, doce centavos, y por cada cuatrocientos sesenta gramos ó una libra adicionales, ó fraccion de este peso, doce centavos; y en Costa Rica, por un paquete que no exceda del peso de cuatrocientos sesenta gramos ó una libra, veinte centavos, y por cada cuatrocientos sesenta gramos ó una libra ad cionales, ó fracción de este peso, veinte centavos. 3. Los paquetes se entregarán prontamente á las personas á quienes se dirijan, en la oficina de Correos de su dirección, en el país de su destino, libres de todo recargo por porte de correo; pero el país del destino puede, à su opcion, imponer y cobrar á la persona á quien se dirija el paquete, y en compensación del servicio interior y de entrega, un recargo que no exceda de cinco centavos por cada paquete que no pase de cuatrocientos sesenta gramos, ó una libra, y si el paquete excediere de ese peso, se cobrará un centavo por cada ciento quince gramos ó cuatro onzas de peso, ó fracción de ese peso.

Artículo V. 1. Al depositar en el correo un paquete, se entregará al remitente un recibo que acredite su entrega en la oficina de correo que lo re- 869 cibió, conforme al modelo anexo No. I. 2. El remitente de un paquete

Registry.

podrá certificarlo, pagando el derecho de certificación que se cobre en el país de su origen. 3. Se enviará al remitente cuando

Return receipt.

así lo solicite, un documento que justifique la entrega de un objeto certificado; pero cada país puede exigir del remitente el pago previo de un derecho por ese servicio, que no exceda de cinco centavos. 4. Se informará á las personas

Notice to addressee.

á quienes se dirijan artículos certificados de la llegada de un pa quete dirigido á ellas, por la oficina de correos de destino.

Artículo VI. 1. El remitente de cada paquete

Customs declaration.

hará una declaracion aduanal que se pegará ó agregará al paquete, segun una formula especial que se le facilitará para ese objeto, (Véase el modelo anexo No. 2) que con tenga una descripcion general del paquete, una manifestación exacta de su contenido y valor, fecha del envio, fecha y lugar de residencia del remitente y lugar de su destino. 2. Estos paquetes quedarán sujetos

Collection of duties.

en el país de su destino á todos los reglamentos y derechos aduanales que estuvieren vigentes en el mismo país, para proteger las rentas de sus aduanas; los derechos aduanales que debidamente corresponda cobrar sobre los mismos paquetes, serán cobrados al entregarse estos, de acuerdo con los reglamentos aduanales del país de destino.

Artículo VII. Cada país retendrá para su propio

Fees to be retained.

uso, el total del porte de correo, de los derechos de certificación y de entrega que colecte, sobre dichos paquetes; y en consecuencia, esta Convención no motivará cuentas separadas entre los dos paises.

Artículo VIII. 1. Los paquetes se considerarán

Transportation.

como parte componente de las bali- 870 jas cambiadas directamente entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Costa Rica, y seran despachados por el país de su origen al otro, á su costo y por los medios que el provea, en sacos ordinarios de correspondencia que se marcarán: “Paquetos Postales” y se sellarán con la seguridad debida, con lacre, ó de alguna otra manera que se determine mutuamente por los reglamentos respectivos. 2. Cada país devolverá á la oficina de correo que los despache, por el próximo correo, todos los sacos usados en el cambio de paquetes. 3. Aunque los objectos admitidos conforme á esta Convención se transmitirán en la forma designada, entre las oficinas de cambio, deberán empacarse cuidadosamente, á fin de que puedan trasmitirse en balijas abiertas de un país, tanto á la oficina de correos de cambio en el pais de su origen, como á la oficina de correos á donde se dirijan, en el país de su destino. 4. Cada envio de paquetes postales irá acompañado de una lista descriptiva, hecha por duplicado, de todos los paquetes enviados, que demuestre distintamente el número de lista de cada paquete, el nombre del remitente, el nombre de la persona á quien se dirije con la dirección de su destino, y deberá incluirse en uno de los sacos del mismo envio, de acuerdo con el modelo número 3, anexo á esta Convencion.

Artículo IX. El cambio de balijas conforme á esta Convencion, se verificará hasta que se acuerda otra cosa por las oficinas de correos de cambio de Nueva Orleans y Limón, conforme con los reglamentos relativos á los detalles de los cambios que se acuerden mutuamente como esenciales á la seguridad y celeridad de las balijas y á la protección de los derechos aduanales.

Artículo X. 1. La oficina de correos del país del destino, anotará el contenido de la balija, tan luego como la reciba. 871 2. En el caso de que no se recibiere

Parcel bill.

una lista de los paquetes enviados por el correo, se hará desde luego una que la sustituya. 3. Los errores que puedan haberse

Errors.

cometido y se descubrieren en la lista de los paquetes enviados por el correo, se corregirán despues de haber sido rectificados por un segundo empleado, y se comunicarán á la oficina que envio los paquetes, en la forma de “Certificado de Comprobacion”, que se enviará en cubierta especial. 4. Si no se recibiere algun paquete

Nonreceipt of parcels.

de los contenidos en la lista, despues de haberse certificado este hecho por un segundo empleado, se cancelará la anotacion respectiva de la lista, y se dará cuenta de este hecho desde luego. 5. Cuando se recibiere un paquete

Damaged parcels.

averiado ó en estado imperfecto, se comunicarán en la misma forma detalles completos sobre su estado. 6. Si no se recibiere “Certificado

Correct mails.

de Comprobacion,” ó noticia de error, se considerará que la balija de paquetes fue debidamente recibida y que habiendo sido examinada, se encontró exacta bajo todos aspectos.

Artículo XI. Si no pudiere entregarse un paquete

Failure to deliver.

á la persona á quien se dirije, ó si esta se rehusare á recibirlo, se devolverá reciprocamente, sin recargo, y directamente á la oficina que lo despachó, á la espiracion de treinta dias contados desde su recibo, por la oficina de destino, y el país de origen puede cobrar al remitente por la devolucion del paquete, una suma igual al porte que causó cuando se puso por primera vez en el correo.

Artículo XII. El Departamento de Correos de

No responsibility for loss or damage.

cada uno de los países contratantes, no será responsable por la pérdida ó averia que sufra algun paquete, y no podrá reclamarse, por lo mismo, en ninguno de los dos países, indemnizacion alguna por quien lo envie, ni por la persona á quien vaya dirigido.

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Artículo XIII. El Administrador general de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América y el Administrador general de Correos de la República de Costa Rica quedan autorizados para hacer de tiempo en tiempo y de comun acuerdo, los reglamentos posteriores de orden y detalle que consideren necesarios para poner en ejecucion esta Convencion, y podrán, por mutuo consentimiento, establecer condiciones para la admision en las balijas de cualquiera de los objetos prohibidos por el Artículo II.

Artículo XIV.

Esta Convencion se ratificará por los países contratantes de acuerdo con sus respectivas leyes, y sus ratificaciones se canjearán en la ciudad de Washington, lo mas pronto que fuere posible. Una vez ratificado y canjeadas sus ratificaciones comenzará á tener efecto dentro de treinta dias despues del canje, y continuará en vigor hasta que se termine por consentimiento mùtuo; pero podrá anularse, con la notificacion de uno de los Departamentos de Correos hecha al otro, con seis meses de anticipation.

Hecho por duplicado y firmado en Washington el dia 4” de Enero, mil ochocientos y noventa.

[seal.] Jno. Wanamaker,

Signatures.

Postmaster-General of the United States of America. [seal.] Federico Volio, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de la República de Costa Rica.

The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States

Approval by President of United States.

of America and the Republic of Costa Rica, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington, D. C., March 27, 1890.

Palacio Nacional,

San José, tres de Febrero de mil ochocientos noventa.

Encontrándose la presente Convención de paquetes postales

Approval by acting President of Costa Rica.

de acuerdo con las instrucciones dadas al señor don Federico Volio, 873 Encargado de Negocios de Costa Rica en los Estados Unidos de América, el señor Designado en ejercicio de la Presidencia de la República.

Acuerda: Aprobarla y ratificarla en todas sus partes.

Carlos Donan.

El Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores:

[Seal of the Republic of Costa Rica.] Ricardo Jimenez.

The undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General of the United States, of America, and Federico Volio, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Republic of Costa Rica at Washington, having met together in the Post office Department for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of the Parcels Post Convention concluded between the United States of America, and the Republic of Costa Rica, and signed at Washington on the 4th day of January 1890, and having carefully compared the ratifications of said Convention, and found them exactly conformable to each other, the exchange took place this day in the usual form.

In witness whereof, they have signed the present protocol of exchange, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at Washington this first day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Habiéndose reunido los infrascritos,

Exchange of ratifications.

John Wanamaker, Administrador General de Correos de los Estados Unidos de América, y Federico Volio, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de la República de Costa Rica en Washington, en la Administracion General de Correos, con objeto de canjear las ratificaciones de la Convencion de paquetes postales celebrada entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Costa Rica, firmada en Washington el dia 4º de Enero de 1890, y habiendo comparado cuidadosamente las ratificationes de dicha Convención y encontrándolas exactas la una con la otra, tuvo lugar el canje en la forma usual.

En testimonio de lo cual han firmado el presente protocolo y lo han sellado con sus respectivos sellos de armas.

Hecho en la ciudad de Washington el dia primera de Abril de mil ochocientos v noventa.

[Seal of Post office Dep. of U. S.] Jno. Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America. [Seal of Costa Rican Legation.] Federico Volio, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de la República de Costa Rica. 874

Form No. 1.

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

May 7, 1890 Convention 27 Stat. 876 876 CONVENTION—DANISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS. May 7, 1890. Parcels Post Convention between the United States of America and the Danish West India Islands.

May 7, 1890

For the purpose of making

Preamble

better Postal Arrangements between the United States of America and the Danish West India Islands, the undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America, by virtue of authority vested in him by law, and Count de Sponneck, Royal Danish Minister Resident at Washington, duly empowered thereto by His Majesty the King of Denmark, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a Parcels Post System of Exchanges between the United States and the above named islands.

Article I. The provisions of this convention

Extent of convention.

relate only to Parcels of mail matter to be exchanged by the system herein provided for, and do not affect the arrangements now existing under the Universal Postal Union convention, which will continue as heretofore; and all the agreements hereinafter contained apply exclusively to mails exchanged under these articles.

Article II. 1.

There shall be admitted to

Articles admitted to the mails.

the mails exchanged under this Convention, articles of merchandise and mail matter—except letters, post cards, and written matter—of all kinds that are admitted under any condition to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet may exceed eleven pounds (or five kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: greatest length in any direction one 877 hundred and five centimeters (or three feet, six inches); greatest length and girth combined one hundred and eighty centimeters (or six feet); and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and Customs Officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention:

Publications which violate the

Articles admitted to the mails.

copyright laws of the country of destination; liquids, poisons, explosive or inflammable substances, fatty substances, those which easily liquefy; live or dead animals, not dried, insects, and reptiles: confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets or circulars; all obscene and immoral articles; other articles which may destroy or in any way damage the mails, or injure the persons handling them.

2 All admissible articles of

Articles prohibited.

Article III. 1. A letter or communication of

Freedom from inspection, etc.

the nature of personal correspondence must not accompany, be written upon, or enclosed with any parcel. 2.

If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected.

If, however, any such should be inadvertently forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention.

3. No parcel may contain par- 878 cels intended for delivery at an address other than the one borne by the parcel itself. If such enclosed parcels be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct Parcels Post rates.

Article IV. 1. The following rates of postage

Rates of postage.

shall in all cases be required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. In the United States: for a parcel not exceeding 453 grams (1 pound) in weight, 60 centimes (12 cents), and for each additional 453 grams (1 pound), or fraction thereof, 60 centimes (12 cents); and in the Danish West India Islands: for a parcel not exceeding 906 grams (2 pounds) in weight, 1 franc 25 centimes (25 cents), and for each additional 453 grains (1 pound), or fraction thereof, 60 centimes (12 cents). 3. The packages shall be

Delivery.

promptly delivered to addressees at the Post Offices of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage; but the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the

Charge.

addressee for interior service and delivery a charge the amount of which is to be fixed according to its own regulations, but which shall in no case exceed 50 centimes (10 cents) for each parcel, whatever its weight.

Article V. 1. The sender will, at the time of

Receipt.

mailing the package, receive a Certificate of Mailing from the Post Office where the package is mailed, on a Form like Form 1 annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may

Registry.

have the same registered in accordance with the regulations of the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the

Return receipt.

delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment 879 of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents (25 centimes). 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the Post Office at destination.

Article VI. 1. The sender of each package shall make a Customs Declaration, pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special Form provided for the purpose (see Form 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of its contents and value, date of mailing, and the senders signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The packages in question shall be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues; and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; but neither sender nor addressee shall be subject to the payment of any charge for fines or penalties on account of failure to comply with any customs regulation.

Article VII. Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages, registration and delivery fees, it collects on said packages; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article VIII. 1. The packages shall be considered as a component part of the mails exchanged direct between the United States of America and the Danish West India Islands, to be despatched by the country of origin to the other at its cost and by such means as it provides; but must be forwarded, at the option of the despatching office, either in 880 boxes prepared expressly for the purpose, or in ordinary mail sacks, to be marked “Parcels Post” and to be securely sealed with wax or otherwise as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall return to

Return of sacks, etc.

the despatching office by next mail, all such bags and boxes. 3. Although articles admitted

Packing.

under this convention will be transmitted as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a Parcels-Post

Descriptive list.

mail must be accompanied by a descriptive list in duplicate, of all the packages sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, and the name of the addressee with address of destination; which list must be enclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such despatch (under the Form of Form 3 annexed hereto).

Article IX. Exchanges of mails under this

Exchange offices.

Convention from any place in either country to any place in the other, shall be affected through the post offices of both countries already designated as exchange post offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon; under such regulations relative to the details of the exchange as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues.

Article X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have

Receipt of mail.

reached the exchange office of destination, that office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. In the event of the parcel

Parcel bill.

bill not having been receded, a 881 subsitute should be at once prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered, shall, alter verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a Form, “Verification Certificate,” which shall be sent in a special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received, after the non receipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once. 5. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition, full particulars shall be reported on the same Form. 6. If no “Verification certificate” or note of error be received, a parcel mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article XI. If the packages cannot be de livered as addressed, or if they are refused, they should be reciprocally returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from their receipt at the office of destination; and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed.

Article XIII. The Postmaster General of the United States of America, and His Majesty’s Governor of the Danish West India Islands, shall 882 have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail, as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this Convention.

Article XIV. 1. The present Convention shall

Ratification.

be ratified by the contracting countries in accordance with their respective laws, and its ratifications shall be exchanged in the City of Washington as early as possible. 2.

The Convention shall take

Commencement.

effect, and operations thereunder shall begin upon the ninetieth day after the exchange of the Ratifications, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement; but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington the seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Undertegnede, John Wanamaker, Generalpostmester i de Forenede Stater af Amerika, i Kraft af den ham ved Loven givne Myndighed, og Greve Sponneck, Kongelig Dansk Ministerresident i Washington tilborlig befuldmægtiget af Hans Majestæt Kongen af Danmark, ere, for at forbedre Postordningen mellem de Forenede Stater af Amerika og de dansk vestindiske Oer, blevne enige om folgende Bestemmelser angaaende Indretningen af en Pakkepostudvexling mellem de Forenede Stater og de nævnte Oer.

Artikel I. Denne Konventions Bestemmelser angaa alene Postpakker, der udvexles i Henhold til de i Konventionen givne Regler og berore ikke den Ordning. der nu bestaar overensstemmende med Verdenspostkon ventionen, h vi1 ken Ordning forbliver i Kraft som hidtil; enhver af de folgende Bestemmelser sigter udelukkende til Udvexling af Post i Overensstemmelse med de nedenanforte Regler.

Artikel II. 1.

Med Undtagelse af Breve, Brevkort og skrevne Sager skal til Postudvexling i Henhold til denne Konvention modtages Valer og Postsager af enhver Art, som overhovedet modtages til Postbefordring i Afsendelseslandet—dog at ingen Pakke maa veje mere end elleve engelske Fund (5 Kilogram) eller være storre end tre Fod. sex Tommer engelsk Maal (105 Centimeter) paa enhver Led og saaledes, at 877 Længde og Bredde tilsammen ikke udgjor mere end 180 Centimeter (6 Fod engelsk Maal); Pakkerne skulle derhos være indpakkede eller tillukkede saaledes, at deres Indhold let kan anderstes af Post og Tcldvæsenets Funktionærer, hvorhos folgende Gjenstande ere udelukkede fra den heromhandlede Postudvexling:

Tryksager, der krænke Bestemmelseslandets

Articles prohibited.

Eftertrykslove; flydende Sager, Gifte, exploderendc og let antændelige Stoffer, Fedtstoffer, let smeltende Stoffer; levende og dode Dyr, ikke tor rede, Insekter og Krybdyr; Sukkervarer, klæbrige Sager, Frugter og Vegetabilier, der let gaa i Forraadnelse, ildelugtende Sager; Lotterisedler eller Cirkulaerer; alle utugtige og umoralske Gjenstande; saa og Sager, som paa en eller anden Maade kunne odelægge eller beskadige Posten eller forulempe dem, der have med demie at gjóre.

2. Alle tilladelige Varer, der

Freedom from inspection, etc.

afsendes eller modtages med Posten fra det ene Land til det andet skulle være fri for Tilbage holdelse og Undersogelse af enhver Art med Undtagelse af den for Toldintradernes Oppeborsel fornodne; de skulle befordres hurtigst muligen til deres Bestemmelsted og ere ved deres Forsendelse de paagjeldende Landes Love og Anordninger undergivne.

Artikel III. 1. Breve eller private Meddelelser

Letters accompanying parcels.

maa ikke ledsage, være skrevne paa eller indlagte i nogen Pakke. 2.

Findes saadanne Breve eller Meddelelser, ville de, hvis de kunne udsondres, blive overgivne til Brevposten, hvis ikke, vil hele Pakken blive naegtet Befordring.

Hvis alligevel sligt feilagtigen blive befordret, skal Bestemmelseslandet opkræve dobbelt Porto overensstemmende med Verdenspostkonventionen.

3. Ingen Pakke maa indeholde

Address.

878 Pakker bestermte til Udlevering efter anden Adresse end Postpakkens egen. Dersom saadanne indlagte Pakker opdages, skulle de forsendes enkeltvis med Beregning af ny Porto for hver enkelt Pakke.

Artikel IV. 1. Folgende Portobelob ville i alle Tilfaelde være at opkræve og fuldt ud at forudbetale med Afsendelseslandets Postfrimærker, nemlig: 2. I de Forenede Stater for en Pakke, der ikke vejer over 453 Gram (1 engelsk Pund), 60 centimes (12 cents) og for hver yderligere 453 Gram (1 engelsk Pund) eller Del deraf, 60 centimes (12 cents), og paa de dansk vestindiske Oer for en Pakke, der ikke vejer over 906 Gram (2 engelske Pund), 1 Franc 25 centimes (25 cents), og for hver yderligere 453 grams (1 engelsk Pund) eller Del deraf, 60 centimes (12 cents). 3. Pakkerne skulle uden Ophold og uden at være belastede med nogen Porto udleveres til Adressaterne ved det i Adressen angivne Postkontor i Bestemmelseslandet; dog kan dette frit tage Beslutning om, at der for indre Tjeneste og Udlevering skal paalægges og hos Adressaten opkræves en Afgift, der fastsættes overensstemmende med Landets egne Anordninger, men ej i noget Tilfælde maa overstige 50 centimes (10 cents) for hver Pakke uden Hensyn til dens Vægt.

Artikel V. 1. Afsenderen modtager, naar han afgiver sin Pakke til Postbefordring, af Indleveringskontoret et Postbevis, affattet overensstemmende med den vedfojede Formular 1. 2. Afsenderen af en Pakke kan faa denne anbefalet overensstemmende med Afsendelseslandets Love. 3. En Tilstaaelse for Udleveringen af en anbefalet Forsendelse vil paa Forlangende blive tilstillet Afsenderen, men ethvert af de kontraherende Lande kan herfor 879 hos Afsenderen forud opkræve et Gebyr af ikke over 25 centimes (5 cents). 4. Om Ankomsten af en anbefalet

Notice to addressee.

Forsendelse skal Adressaten underrettes ved en Meddelelse fra Bestemmelsesstedets Postkontor.

Artikel VI. 1. Afsenderen af enhver Pakke skal

Customs declaration.

udstede en Tolddeklaration, paaklæbet eller vedhæftet Pakten, aftattet i den herfor bestermte Form (se den vedfojede Formular 2) og indeholdende en fuldstændig Beskrivelseaf Pakken, en nojagtig Angivelse af dens Indhold og Verdi, Datum for dens Indlevering til Postbesorgelse samt Afsenderens Underskrift og Bopael tilligemed Pakkens Adresse. 2. Pakkerne skulle i Bestemmelseslandet

Collection of duties, etc.

svare all Toldafgifter og ere undergivne alle de Regler, der sigte til disse Afgifters rette Erlæggelse; den Pakkerne lovlig paahvilende Told skal opkræves ved Pakkernes Udlevering overensstemmende med Bestemmelseslandets Toldforskrifter, men der skal hverken kunne paalægges Afsender eller Adressat nogen Mulkt eller Bode for For seelse mod Toldanordningerne.

Artikel VII. Porto Anbefalings og Udleverings-Gebyr

Fees to be retained.

for Pakkerne tilkomme med det fulde Bclob det Land, livori de opkræves; folgelig vil denne Konvention ikke give Anledning til nogen særskilt Afregning mellem de tvende Lande.

Artikel VIII. 1. Pakkerne skulle betragtes

Transportation.

som en Bestand del af de Poster, der udvexles direkte mellem de Forenede Stater af Amerika og de dansk vestimiiske Oer; de skulle af Afsendelseslandet paa dettes Bekostning og paa den Maade, dette bestemmer, befordres til det andet Land, men Befordringen skal, efter Afsendelsespostkontorets Valg ske 880 enten i særlig dertil bestermte Kasser eller i almindelige Postsække mærkede “Pakkepost” og behorig forseglede med Lak eller paa anden Maade efter heroin gjensidig truffen Overenskomst. 2. Ethvert Land skal med forste Post sende alle saadanne Sække og Kasser tilbage til Afsendelsespostkontoret. 3. Endskjont Gjenstande, der falde ind under demie Konvention, ville blive forsendte paa foranforte Maade mellem Udvexlingspostkontorerne, skulle de dog vaere saa omhyggelig indpakkede, at de sikkert kunde forsendes i hvert Lands aabne Poster under Befordringen til Afsendelseslandets Udvexlingskontor og fra Bestemmel seslandets Udvexlingskontor til Udleveringskontoret. 4. Enhver Pakkepost skal ledsages af on Fortegnelse in duplo over alle de afsendte Pakker med tydelig Angivelse af hver Pakkes Lobe-Nº, Afsenderens og Adressatens Navne samt Pakkens Bestemmelsessted. Demie Fortegnelse skal være nedlagt i en af de Kasser eller Sække, livori Forsendelsen foregaar (se den vedfojede Formular 3).

Artikel IX. Postndvexling i Medfor af denne Konvention fra Steder i det ene til Steder i det andet af de to Lande skal ske gjennem de Postkontorer i hvert Land, der allerede ere eller senere maatte blive bestemte til Udvexlingskontorer under lagttagelse af saadanne Regler med Hensyn til Udvexlingens Enkeltheder, som gjensidig maate blive fastsatte som vaesentlige for den sikre Expedition af Posten og Erlæggelse af Tolden.

Artikel X. 1. Saasnart Posten har naaet Bestemmelseslandets Udvexlingskontor, skal dette efterse Postens Indhold. 2. Hvis Fortegnelsen over Pakkerne ikke modtages, vil der strax 881 i dens Sted vaere at udfaerdige en tilsvarende Fortegnelse. 3. Mulige Feil veil Udfyldnin

Errors.

gen af Fortegnelsen, skulle, efter at de ved Tilkaldelsen af endnu en Postfunktionaer ere bevidnede, rettes og noteres til Underretning for Afsendelseskontoret i Form af et “Verifikations Certifikat,” som skal seniles i saerligt Omslag. 4. Dersom en Pakke der er op tagen

Non-receipt of parcels.

paa Fortegnelsen, ikke modtages, skal, etter at IkkeModtagelsen ved Tilkaldelsen af endnu en Postfunktionaerer bevidnet, den paa Fortegnelsen om Pakkenskete Tilforsel overstreges og Meddelelse heroin strax gives. 5. Modtages en Pakke i beskadi

Damaged parcels.

get eller ufuldkommen Stand, skal fuldstaendig Underretning gives paa den ovenfor angivne Maade. 6. Dersom intet “Verifikations

Correct mails.

Certifikat” eller ingen Meddelelse om forefundne Feil modtages, ansees en Pakkepost som rigtig afleveret og som efter stedfunden t’nderspgelse i alle Maader rigtig befunden.

Artikel XI. Dersom en Pakke ikke kan

Failure to deliver.

udleveres efter Adressen eller dersom den naegtes Modtagelse skal den 30 Dage efter dens Modtagelse ved Udleveringskontoret tilbagesendes portofrit og direkte til det Udvexlingskontor, hvorfra den oprindelig er kommen; for Tilbagesendelsen af Pakken kan Afsendelseslandet. hos Attenderen opkræve et Belob svarende til den Porto, der er erlagt ved Pakkens Indlevering til Postbesorgelse.

Artikel XII. Ingen af de kontraherende

No responsibility for loss or damage.

Landes Postbestyrelser vil være ansvarlig for Tab eller Beskadigelse af en Postpakke, og Skadeserstatning kan folgelig hverken af Afsenderen eller Adressaten for langes i noget af de tvende Lande.

Artikel XIII. Generalpost mesteren i de Forenede

Further regulations.

Stater af Amerika, og Gouverneuren for de dansk vestindiske Oer, ere bemyndigede 882 til i Forening at fastsætte saadanne yderligere—nærmere og i Enkelthederne gaaende—Regler, som fra Tid til anden maatte ansees nodvendige for demie Konventions Virksomhed; de kunne derhos i Forening give Regler for Modtagelsen til Postbefordring af nogle af de i Artikel II son. “udelukkede fra Befordring” naevnte Gjenstande.

Artikel XIV. 1. Denne Konvention skal rati ficeres af de kontraherendc Lande i Overensstemmelse med disses Love, og Ratifikationerne skulle udvexles i Washington saa snart som muligt. 2.

Konventionen skal trade i Kraft, og Udvexlingen i Henhold til den tage sin Begyndelse paa den halvfemsindsty vende Dag efter Ratifikationernes Udvexling; den skal forblive i Kraft indtil den efter gjensidig Ovorenskomst bringes til Ophor; men den kan opsiges med sex Maaneders Varsel fra hver af Siderne.

Udfærdiget in duplo og underskreveti Washington den syvende Mai Et tusend otte hundrede og halvfemsindstyve.

[seal] John Wanamaker,

Signatures.

Postmaster General of the United States of America. [seal] W. Sponneck, Kongelig Dansk Ministerresident.

The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States

Approval by President of the United States.

of America and the Danish West India Islands, has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof, 1 have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal] Benj. Harrison. By the President: J. B. Moore, Acting Secretary of State. Washington, D. C., July 23d, 1890.

Foranstaaende Pakkepostkonvention mellem de Forenede Stater

Approval by King of Denmark.

af Amerika og de dansk vestindiske Øer er bleven forhandlet og afsluttet med Vort Raad og Samtykke, og bliver herved bifaldet, stadfæstet og ratificeret.

Til yderligere Vished have Vi denne Ratifikation egenhændigen underskrevet og ladet samme Vort store Kongelige Segl paatrykke. 883 Givet i Vor Moved og Residentsstad Kjobenhavn den 5^te Juni 1890, i Vor Regjerings det 27^de Aar.

I Kongens Navn

[seal] Frederik, Kronprinds. O. D. Rosenørn Lehn.

The undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America, and Count do Sponneck, Minister Resident of Denmark at Washington, having met together in the Post Office Department for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of the Parcels Post Convention concluded between the United States of America and the Danish West India Islands, and signed at Washington on the seventh day of May 1890; and having carefully compared the ratifications of said Convention, and found them exactly conformable to each other, the exchange took place this day in the usual form; and pursuant to article XIV, the Convention will go into operation on both sides on the fifth day of January 1891.

In witness whereof, they have signed the present protocol of exchange, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at Washington this seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

De undertegnede, John Wanamaker,

Exchange of ratifications.

Generalpostmester i de Forenede Stater af Amerika, og Greve Sponneck, Kongelig Dansk Ministerresident i Washington, modte i Generalpostamtet for at udvexle Ratifikationerne af Pakkepostkonventionen afsluttet mellem de Forenede Stater af Amerika og de dansk vestindiske Oer, og undertegnet i Washington den syvende Mai 1890; og efter at de havde omhyggeligt, sammenlignet denne Konventions Ratifikationer, og fandet at de ere noiagtigt overensstemmende fandt Udvexlingen Sted idag i saedvan lig Form; og ifolge Artikel XIV, skal Konventionen træde i Kraft fra begge Sider den feimte Januar, 1891.

Til Bekraeftelse herpaa have de nndertegnet denne Udvexlingsprotokol og paasat samme deres Segl.

Givet i Washington den syvende Oktober Et tusend otte hun drede og halvfemsindstyve.

[seal] John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America. [seal] W. Sponneck, Kongelig Dansk Ministerresident. 884

Form No. 1.

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

July 2, 1890 Act 27 Stat. 886 886 GENERAL ACT—SLAVE TRADE. July 2, 1890. General act between the United States of America and other powers for the repression of the African slave trade and the restriction of the importation into, and sale in, a certain defined zone of the African continent, of firearms, ammunition and spirituous liquors. Signed July 2, 1890; ratification advised by the Senate January 11, 1892; ratification of protocol advised by the Senate January 11, 1892; ratified by the President January 19, 1892; ratification deposited with the Government of the King of the Belgians February 2, 1892; proclaimed April 2, 1892; act to take effect April 2, 1892.

July 2, 1890

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a General Act for the repression of the African slave trade

Preamble.

and the restriction of the importation into, and sale in, a certain defined zone of the African continent, of firearms, ammunition and spirituous liquors, was concluded and signed on the 2nd day of July, 1890, by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Germany, Austria Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Independent State of the Congo, the French Republic, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and Norway, the Ottoman Empire and Zanzibar, the original of which Act, being in the French language, is word for word as follows:

Au Nuom de Dieu Tout-Puissant.

Contracting parties.

Le Président des États-Unis d’Amérique;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur d’Allemagne, Roi de Prusse, au nom de l’Empire Allemand;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur d’Autriche, roi de Bohême, etc., et Roi Apostolique de Hongrie;

Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Danemark;

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Espagne et en Son Nom Sa Majesté la Reine Régente du Royaume;

Sa Majesté le Roi Souverain de l’État Indépendant du Congo;

Le Président de la République Française;

Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume-

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Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande, Impératrice des Indes;

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Italie;

Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Grand Due. de Luxembourg, etc.;

Sa Majesté le Shah de Perse;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal et des Algarves, etc., etc.;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur de toutes les Russies;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Suède et de Norvège, etc., etc.;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur des Otto mans et

Sa Hautesse le Sultan de Zanzibar;

Également animés de la terme volonté de mettre un terme aux crimes et aux dévastations qu’engendre la traite des esclaves africains, de protéger efficacement les populations aborigènes del’ Afrique et d’assurer à ce vaste continent les bienfaits de la paix et de la civilisation;

Voulant donner une sanction nouvelle aux décisions déjà prises dans le même sens et à diverses époques par les Puissances, compléter les résultats qu’elles ont obtenus et arrêter un ensemble de mesures qui garantissent l’accomplissement de l’œuvre qui fait l’objet de leur commune sollicitude;

Ont résolu, sur l’invitation qui leur a été adressée par le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, d’accord avec le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté la Reine du RoyaumeUni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande, Impératrice des Indes, de réunir à cet effet une Conférence à Bruxelles, et ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Le Président des États-Unis d’Amérique,

le Sieur Edwin H. Terrell, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire des États-Unis d’Amérique près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

le Sieur Henry Shelton Sanford;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur d’Allemagne, Roi de Prusse, au nom de l’Empire Allemand,

le Sieur Frédéric Jean Comte d’Alvensleben, Son Chambel- 888 lan et Conseiller intime actuel, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

le Sieur Guillaume Göhring, Son Conseiller intime de légation, Consul Général de l’Empire d’Allemagne, a Amsterdam;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur d’Autriche, Roi de Bohême et Roi Apostolique de Hongrie,

le Sieur Rodolphe Comte KhevenhüllerMetsch, Son Chain bellan, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

le Sieur Auguste Baron Lambermont, Son Ministre d’Etat, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire, et

le Sieur Émile Banning, Directeur Général au Ministère des Affaires Étrangères de Belgique;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Dane mark,

le Sieur FrédéricGeorge Schack de Brockdorff, Consul Général de Danemark à Anvers;

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Espagne, et en Son Nom Sa Majesté la Reine Régente du Royaume,

Don José Gutierrez de Agüera, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Majesté le RoiSouverain de l’État Indépendant du Congo,

le Sieur Edmond Van Eetvelde, Administrateur Général du Département des Affaires Étrangères de l’État Indépendant du Congo,

le Sieur Auguste Van Maldeghem, Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation de Belgique;

Le Président de la République Française,

le Sieur Albert Bourée. Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire de la République 889 Française près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

le Sieur George Cogordan, Ministre Plénipotentiaire, Directeur du Cabinet du Ministre des Allaires Etrangères de France;

Sa Majesté la Reine du RoyaumeUni de la Grande Bretagne et d’Irlande, Impératrice des Indes,

Lord Vivian, Pair du RoyaumeUni, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

Sir John Kirk;

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Italie.

le Sieur François de Renzis, Baron de Montanaro, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

le Sieur Thomas Catalani, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire;

Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays Bas, GrandDuc de Luxembourg,

le Sieur Louis Baron Gericke de Herwynen, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Majesté Impériale le Shah de Perse,

le Général Nazare Aga, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal et des Algarves,

le Sieur Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho, Membre de Son Conseil, Pair du Royaume, Ministre et Secrétaire d’Etat honoraire, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur de toutes les Russies,

le Sieur Léon Prince Ouroussoff, Maître de Sa Cour, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

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le Sieur Frédéric de Martens, Son Conseiller d’État actuel, Membre permanent du Con seil du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères de Russie;

Sa Majesté le Roi de Suède et de Norvège,

le Sieur Charles de Burenstam, Son Chambellan, Son Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Ma jeste le Roi des Belges et près Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas;

Sa Majesté l’Empereur des Ottomans,

Étienne Carathéodory Efendi, Haut Dignitaire de Son Empire, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges;

Sa Hautesse le Sultan de Zanzibar,

Sir John Kirk,

le Sieur Guillaume Göhring;

Lesquels, munis de pleins pouvoirs qui ont été trouvés en bonne et due forme, ont adopte les dispositions suivantes:

Chapitre I. Pays de traite.—Mesures à prendre aux lieux d’ origine.

Article I. Les Puissances déclarent que

Means to repress slave trade.

les moyens les plus efficaces pour combattre la traite à l’intérieur de l’Afrique sont les suivants: 1º Organisation progressive des

Protectorate establishments.

services administratifs, judiciaires, religieux et militaires dans les territoires d’Afrique placés sous la souveraineté ou le protectorat des nations civilisées; 2º Établissement graduel, à l’intérieur,

Fortified stations.

par les Puissances de qui relèvent les territoires, de stations fortement occupées, de manière que leur action protectrice ou répressive puisse se faire sentir avec efficacité dans les territoires dévastés par les chasses à l’homme; 3º Construction de routes et notamment

Construction of roads.

de voies ferrées reliant les stations avancées à la côte et permettant d’accéder aisément aux eaux intérieures et sur le cours supérieur des fleuves et rivières qui seraient coupés par des rapides et 891 des cataractes, en vue de substituer des moyens économiques et accélérés de transport au portage actuel par l’homme; 4º Installation de bateaux à vapeur sur les eaux intérieures navigables et sur les lacs, avec l’appui de postes fortifiés établis sur les rives; 5º Etablissement de lignes télégraphiques assurant la communication des postes et des stations avec la côte et les centres d’administration; 6º Organisation d’expéditions et de colonnes mobiles, qui maintiennent les communications des stations entre elles et avec la côte, en appuient l’action répressive et assurent la sécurité des routes de parcours; 7º Restriction de l’importation des armes à feu, au moins des armes perfectionnées, et des munitions dans toute l’étendue des territoires atteints par la traite.

Article II. Les stations, les croisières intérieures organisées par chaque Puissance dans ses eaux et les postes qui leur servent de ports d’attache, indépendamment de leur mission principale, qui sera d’empêcher la capture d’esclaves et d’intercepter les routes de la traite, auront pour tâche subsidiaire: 1º Deservir de point d’appui et au besoin de refuge aux populations indigènes placées sous la souveraneté ou le protectorat de l’Etat de qui relève la station, aux populations indépendantes, et temporairement à toutes autres en cas de danger imminent; de mettre les populations de la première de ces categories à même de. concourir à leur propre défense; de diminuer les guerres intestines entre les tribus par la voie de l’arbitrage; de les initier aux travaux agricoles et aux arts professionnels, de façon à accroître leur bienêtre, à les clever à la civilisation et à amener l’extinction des coutumes barbares, telles que le cannibalisme et les sacrifices humains; 2º De prêter aide et protection aux entreprises du commerce, d’en 892 surveiller la légalité en contrôlant notamment les contrats de service avec les indigènes et de préparer la fondation de centres de cultures permanents et d’établissements commerciaux; 3º De protéger, sans distinction

Protection of missions.

de culte, les missions établies ou à établir; 4º De pourvoir au service sanitaire

Hospitals, etc.

et d’accorder l’hospitalité et des secours aux explorateurs et à tous ceux qui participent en Afrique à l’œuvre de la répression de la traite.

Article III. Les Puissances qui exercent une

Measures by powers exercising sovereignty.

souveraineté ou un protectorat en Afrique, confirmant et précisant leurs déclarations antérieures, s’engagent à poursuivre graduelle ment, suivant que les circonstances le permettront, soit par les moyens indiqués cidessus, soit par tous autres qui leur paraîtront convenables, la repression de la traite, chacune dans ses possessions respectives et sous sa direction propre. Toutes les fois qu’elles le jugeront possible, elles prêteront leurs bons offices aux Puissances qui, dans un but purement humanitaire, accompliraient en Afrique une mission analogue.

Article IV.

Les Puissances exerçant des pouvoirs

Delegation of powers to commercial companies.

souverains ou des protectorats en Afrique pourront toutefois déléguer à des compagnies munies de chartes, tout ou partie des engagements qu’elles assument en vertu de l’article III. Elles demeurent néanmoins directement responsables des engagements qu’elles contractent par le présent Acte général et en garantissent l’exécution.

Les Puissances promettent accueil, aide et protection aux associations nationales et aux initiatives individuelles qui voudraient coopérer dans leurs possessions à la répression de la traite, sous la réserve de leur autorisation préalable et révocable en tout temps, de leur direction et contróle, et à 893 l’exclusion de tout exercice des droits de la souveraineté.

Article V.

Les Puissances contractantes s’obligent, à moins qu’il n’y soit pourvu déjà par des lois conformes à l’esprit du présent article, à édicter ou à. proposer à leurs législatures respectives, dans le délai d’un an au plus tard à partir de la date de la signature du présent Acte général, une loi rendant applicables, d’une part, les dispositions de leur législation pénale qui concernent les attentats graves envers les personnes, aux organisateurs et coopérateurs des chasses à l’homme, aux auteurs de la mutilation des adultes et enfants mâles et à tous individus participant à la capture des esclaves par violence;—et, d’autre part, les dispositions qui concernent les attentats à la liberté individuelle, aux convoyeurs, transporteurs et marchands d’esclaves.

Les coauteurs et complices des diverses catégories spécifiées cidessus de capteurs et trafiquants d’esclaves seront punis de peines proportionnées à celles encourues par les auteurs.

Les coupables qui se seraient soustraits â la jurisdiction des autorités du pays où les crimes ou délits auraient été commis seront mis en état d’arrestation, soit sur communication des pièces de l’instruction de la part des autorités qui ont constaté les infractions, soit sur toute autre preuve de culpabilité, par les soins de la Puissance sur le territoire de laquelle ils seront découverts, et tenus sans autre formalité à la disposition des tribunaux compétents pour les juger.

Les Puissances se communiqueront, dans le plus bref délai possible, les lois ou décrets existants ou promulgués en exécution du présent article.

Article VI. Les esclaves libérés à la suite de l’arrestation ou de la dispersion d’un convoi à l’intérieur du continent seront renvoyés, si les circonstances le permettent, dans leur 894 pays d’origine; sinon, l’autorité locale leur facilitera, autant que possible, les moyens de vivre, et, s’ils le désirent, de se fixer dans la contrée.

Article VII. Tout esclave fugitif qui, sur le

Protection of escaped slaves.

continent, réclamera la protection des Puissances signataires, devra l’obtenir et sera reçu dans les campset stations officiellement éta blis par elles, ou à bord des bâti meats de l’Etat naviguant sur les lacs et rivières. Les stations et les bateaux privés ne sont admis à exercer le droit d’asile que sous la réserve du consentement préalable de l’Etat.

Article VIII. L’expérience de toutes les nations

Restriction of trade in firearms, etc.

qui out des rapports avec l’Afrique ayant démontré le rôle pernicieux et prépondérant des armes à feu dans les opérations de traite et dans les guerres intestines entre tribus indigènes, et cette même expérience ayant prouvé manifestement que la conservation des populations africaines, dont les Puissances ont la volonté expresse de sauvegarder l’existence, est une impossibilité radicale si des mesures restrictives du commerce des armes à feu et des munitions ne sont établies, les Puissances décident, pour autant que le permet l’état actuel de leurs frontières, que l’importation des armes à feu, et spécialement des armesrayées et perfectionnées, ainsi que de la pondre, des balles et des carton ches, est, sauf dans les cas et sons les conditions prévus â l’article sui vaut, interdite dans les territoires compris entre le 20^e parallèle nord et le 22^e parallèle sud, et aboutissant vers l’ouest à l’océan Atlantique, vers l’est à l’océan Indien et ses dépendances, y compris les îles adjacentes an littoral jusqu’à 100 milles marins de la côte.

Article IX.

L’introduction des armes à feu

Authorized introduction of firearms

et de leurs munitions, lorsqu’il y aura lieu de l’autoriser dans les 895 possessions des Puissances signataires qui exercent des droits de souveraineté ou de protectorat en Afrique, sera réglée, à moins qu’un régime identique ou plus rigoureux n’y soit déjà appliqué, de la maniere suivante, dans la zone déterminée à l’article VIII.

Toutes armes à feu importées devront être déposées, aux frais, risques et périls des importateurs, dans un entrepôt public, placé sous le contrôle de l’administration de l’Etat. Aucune sortie d’armes à feu ni de munitions importées ne pourra avoir lieu des entrepôts sans l’autorisation préalable de l’administration. Cette autorisation sera, sauf les cas spécifiés ciaprès, refusée pour la sortie de toutes armes de précision telles que fusils rayés, à magasin ou se chargeant par la culasse, entières ou en pièces détachées, de leurs cartouches, des capsules ou d’au tres munitions destinées à les approvisionner.

Dans les ports de mer et sous les conditions offrant les garanties nécessaires, les Gouvernements respectifs pourront admettre aussi les entrepôts particuliers, mais seulement pour la poudre ordinaire et les fusils à silex et à l’exclusion des armes perfectionnées et de leurs munitions.

Indépendamment des mesures prises directement par les Gouvernements pour l’armement de la force publique et l’organisation de leur défense, des exceptions pourront être admises, à titre individuel, pour des personnes offrant une garantie suffisante que l’arme et les munitions qui leur seraient délivrées ne seront pas données, cédées ou vendues à des tiers, et pour les voyageurs munis d’une declaration de leur Gouvernement constatant que l’arme et ses munitions sont exclusivement destinées à leur défense personnelle.

Toute arme, dans les cas prévus par le paragraphe précédent, sera enregistrée et marquée par l’autorité préposée au contrôle, qui dèli vrera aux personnes dont il s’agit des permis de ports d’armes, indiquant le nom du porteur et l’estampille de laquelle l’arme est marquée. Ces permis, révocables en cas d’abus constaté, ne seront 896 délivrés que pour cinq ans, mais pourront être renouvelés.

La règle cidessus établie de

Warehousing powder.

I’entrée en entrepôt s’appliquera également à la poudre.

Ne pourront être retirés des

Class of guns, etc., which may be sold.

en trepóts pour être mis en vente que les fusils à silex non rayés ainsi que les poudres communes dites de traite. A chaque sortie d’armes et de munitions de cette nature destinées à la vente, les autorités locales détermineront les régions où ces armes et munitions pourront être vendues. Les régions atteintes par la traite seront toujours exclues. Les personnes autorisées à faire sortir des armes ou de la poudre des entrepôts s’oblige ront à présenter à l’administration, tous les six mois, des listes détailées indiquant les destinations qu’ont reçues les dites armes à feu et les poudres déjà vendues, ainsi que les quantités qui restent en magasin.

Article X.

Les Gouvernements prendront

Government provisions to be made.

toutes les mesures qu’ils jugeront nécessaires pour assurer l’exécution aussi complète que possible des dispositions relatives à l’importation, à la vente et au transport des armes à feu et des munitions, ainsi que pour en empêcher soit l’entrée et la sortie par leurs frontières intérieures, soit le passage vers les régions où sévit la traite.

L’autorisation de transit, dans

Transit of arms, etc.

les limites de la zone spécifiée à l’article VIII, ne pourra être refusée lorsque les armes et munitions doivent passer à travers le territoire d’une Puissance signa taire ou adhérente occupant la côte, vers des territoires à l’inté rieur placés sous la souveraineté ou le protectorat d’une autre Puissance signataire ou adhérente, à moins que cette dernière Puissance n’ait un accès direct à la mer par son propre territoire. Si cet accès était complètement interrompu, l’autorisation de transit ne pourra non plus être refusée. Tonte demande de transit doit être accompagnée d’une déclaration émanée 897 du Gouvernement de la Puissance ayant des possessions à 1’interieur, et certifiant que les dites armes et munitions ne sont pas destinées à la vente, mais à l’usage des autorités de la Puissance ou de la force militaire nécessaire pour la protection des stations de missionnaires ou de commerce, ou bien des personnes désignées nominativement dans la déclaration. Toutefois, la Puissance territoriale de la côte se réserve le droit d’arrêter, exceptionnellement et provisoirement, le transit des armes de précision et des munitions à travers son territoire si, par suite de troubles à l’intérieur ou d’autres graves dangers, il y avait lieu de craindre que l’envoi des armes et munitions ne pût compromettre sa propre sûreté.

Article XI. Les Puissances se communiqueront les renseignements relatifs au trafic des armes à feu et des munitions, aux permis accordés ainsi qu’aux mesures de répression appliquées dans leurs territoires respectifs.

Article XII. Les Puissances s’engagent à adopter ou à proposer à leurs législatures respectives les mesures nécessaires afin que les contrevenants aux défenses établies par les articles VIII et IX soient partout punis, ainsi que leurs complices, outre la saisie et la confiscation des armes et munitions prohibées, soit de l’amende, soit de l’emprisonnement, soit de ces deux peines réunies, proportionnellement à l’importance de l’infraction et suivant la gravité de chaque cas.

Article XIII. Les Puissances signataires qui ont en Afrique des possessions en contact avec la zone spécifiée a l’article VIII, s’engagent à prendre les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher l’introduction des armes à feu et des munitions, par leurs frontières intérieures, dans les régions de la dite zone, tout au moins celle des armes perfectionnées et des cartouches.

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Article XIV. Le régime stipulé aux articles

Duration of stipulations.

VIII à XIII inclusivement restera en vigueur pendant douze ans. Dans le cas où aucune des Parties contractantes n’aurait, douze mois avant l’expiration de cette période, notifié sou intention d’en taire cesser les effets, ni demandé la révision, il continuera de rester obligatoire pendant deux ans, et ainsi de suite, de deux en deux ans.

Chapitre II. Route des caravanes et transports d’esclaves par terre.

Article XV. Indépendamment de leur action

Stoppage of convoys, etc.

répressive ou protectrice aux foyers de la traite, les stations, croisières et postes dont l’établissement est prévu à l’article II et toutes antres stations établies ou reconnues aux termes de l’article IV par chaque Gouvernement dans ses possessions, auront en outre pour mission de surveiller, autant que les circonstances le permettront, et au fur et à mesure du progrès de leur organisation administrative, les routes suivies sur leur territoire par les trafiquants d’esclaves, d’y arrêter les convois en marche ou de les poursuivre partout où leur action pourra s’exercer légalement.

Article XVI. Dans les régions du littoral connues

Posts on caravan routes.

comme servant de lieux habituels de passage ou de points d’aboutissement aux transports d’esclaves venant de l’intérieur, ainsi qu’aux points de croisement des principales routes de caravanes traversant la zone voisine de la côte déjà soumise à l’action des Puissances souveraines ou protectrices, des postes seront établis dans les conditions et sous les réserves mentionnées à l’article III. par les autorités dont relèvent les territoires, à l’effet d’intercepter les convois et de libérer les esclaves.

Article XVII.

Une surveillance rigoureuse sera

Prevention of sales, etc., on the coast.

organisée par les autorités locales 899 dans les ports et les contrées avoisinant la côte, à l’effet d’empêcher la mise en vente et l’embarquement des esclaves amenés de l’intérieur, ainsi que la formation et le départ vers l’intérieur de bandes de chasseurs à l’homme et de marchands d’esclaves.

Les caravanes débouchant à la côte ou dans son voisinage, ainsi que celles aboutissant à l’intérieur dans une localité occupée par les autorités de la Puissance territoriale, seront, dès leur arrivée, soumises à un contrôle minutieux quant à la composition de leur personnel. Tout individu qui serait reconnu avoir été capturé ou enlevé de force ou mutilé, soit dans son pays natal, soit en route, sera mis en liberté.

Article XVIII. Dans les possessions de chacune des Puissances contractantes, l’administration aura le devoir de protéger les esclaves libérés, de les repatrier, si c’est possible, de leur procurer des moyens d’existence et de pourvoir eu particulier à l’éducation et à l’établissement des enfants délaissés.

Article XIX.

Les dispositions pénales prévues à l’article V seront rendues applicables à tous les actes criminels ou délictueux accomplis au cours des opérations qui ont pour objet le transport et le trafic des esclaves par terre, à quelque moment que ces actes soient constatés.

Tout individu qui aurait encouru nue pénalité, à, raison d’une infraction prévue par le présent Acte général, sera soumis à l’obligation de fournir un cautionnement avant de pouvoir entreprendre une opération commerciale dans les pays où se pratique la traite.

Chapitre III. Répression de la traite sur mer.

I.—Dispositions Générales.

Article XX. Les Puissances signataires reconnaissent l’opportunité de prendre 900 d’un commun accord des dispositions ayant pour objet d’assurer plus efficacement la repression de la traite dans la zone maritime où elle existe encore.

Article XXI. Cette zone s’étend entre, d’une

Extent of maritime zone affected.

part, les côtes de l’océan Indien (y compris celles du golfe Persique et de la mer Rouge), depuis le Belouchistan jusqu’à la pointe de Tangalane (Quilimane), et, d’autre part, une ligne conventionnelle qui suit d’abord le méridien de Tangalane jusqu’au point de rencontre avec le 26^e degré de latitude sud; se confond ensuite avec ce parallèle, puis contourne File de Madagascar par l’est en se tenant à 20 milles de la côte orientale et septentrionale, jusqu’à son intersection avec le méridien du cap d’Ambre. De ce point, la limite de la zone est déterminée par une ligne oblique qui va rejoindre la côte du Belouchistan, en passant à 20 milles au large du cap Raz-el-Had.

Article XXII. Les Puissances signataires du

Restriction of right of search, etc.

présent Acte général, entre lesquelles il existe des conventions particulières pour la suppression de la traite, se sont mises d’accord pour restreindre les clauses de ces conventions concernant le droit réciproque de visite, de recherche et de saisie des navires en mer, à la zone susdite.

Article XXIII.

Les mêmes Puissances sont

Vessels of less than 500 tons only liable.

également d’accord pour limiter le droit susmentionné aux navires d’un tonnage intérieur à 500 tonneaux.

Cette stipulation sera revisée dès que l’expérience en aura démontré la nécessité.

Article XXIV. Toutes les autres dispositions des

Special conventions to remain in force.

conventions conclues entre les dites Puissances pour la suppression de la traite, restent en vigueur pour autant qu’elles ne sont pas modifiées par le présent Acte général. 901 Article XXV. Les Puissances signataires s’engagent à prendre des mesures efficaces pour prévenir l’usurpation de leur pavillon et pour empêcher le transport des esclaves sur les bâtiments autorisés à arborer leurs couleurs.

Article XXVI. Les Puissances signataires s’engagent à prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires pour faciliter le prompt échange des renseignements propres à amener la découverte des personnes qui se livrent aux opérations de la traite.

Article XXVII. Un bureau international au moins sera créé; il sera établi à Zanzibar. Les Hautes Parties contractantes s’engagent à lui faire parvenir tous les documents spécifiés à l’article XLI, ainsi que les renseignements de toute nature susceptibles d’aider â la répression de la traite.

Article XXVIII. Tout esclave qui se sera réfugié à bord d’un navire de guerre sous pavillon d’une des Puissances signataires sera immédiatement et définitivement affranchi, sans que cet affranchissement puisse le soustraire à la juridiction compétente, s’il a commis un crime ou délit de droit commun.

Article XXIX.

Tout esclave retenu contre son gré à bord d’un bâtiment indigène aura le droit de réclamer sa liberté.

Son affranchissement pourraêtre prononcé par tout agent d’une des Puissances signataires, à qui le présent Acte général confère le droit de contrôler l’état des personnes à bord des dits bâtiments, sans que cet affranchissement puisse le soustraire à la juridiction compétente, si un crime ou délit de droit commun a été commis par lui.

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§ II.—Règlement concernant l’usage du pavilion et la surveillance des croiseurs. 1.— Règles pour la concession du pavillon aux bâtiments indigènes, le rôle d’équipage et le manifeste des passagers noirs.

Article XXX. Les Puissances signataires s’engagent

Control over native vessels under flag of powers.

à exercer une surveillance rigoureuse sur les bâtiments indigènes autorisés à porter leur pavillon dans la zone indiquée à l’article XXI, et sur les opérations commerciales effectuées par ces bâtiments.

Article XXXI.

La qualification de bâtiment

Definition of native vessel.

indigène s’applique aux navires qui remplissent une des deux conditions suivantes:

1º Présenter les signes extérieurs d’une construction ou d’un gréement indigène;

2º Être montés par un équipage dont le capitaine et la majorité des matelots soient originaires d’un des pays baignés par les eaux de l’océan Indien, de la mer Rouge ou du golfe Persique.

Article XXXII. L’autorisation d’arborer le pavillon

Authorized carrying of flag of powers by native vessels.

d’une des dites Puissances ne sera accordée à l’avenir qu’aux bâtiments indigènes qui satisferont à la fois aux trois conditions suivantes: 1º Les armateurs ou propriétaires

Conditions.

devront être sujets ou protégés de la Puissance dont ils demandent à porter les couleurs; 2º Ils seront tenus d’établir qu’ils possèdent des biensfonds dans la circonscription de l’autorité à qui est adressée leur demande, ou de fournir une caution solvable pour la garantie des amendes qui pourraient être éventuellement encourues; 3º Les dits armateurs ou propriétaires, ainsi que le capitaine du bâtiment, devront fournir la preuve qu’ils jouissent d’une bonne réputation et notamment n’avoir jamais 903 été l’objet d’une condamnation pour faits de traite.

Article XXXIII. L’autorisation accordée devra être renouvelée chaque année. Elle pourra toujours être suspendue ou retirée par les autorités de la Puissance dont le bâtiment porte les couleurs.

Article XXXIV. L’acte d’autorisation portera les indications nécessaires pour établir l’identité du navire. Le capitaine en sera détenteur. Le nom du bâtiment indigène et l’indication de son tonnage devront être incrustés et peints en caractères latins à la poupe, et la ou les lettres initiales de son port d’attache, ainsi que le numéro d’enregistrement dans la série des numéros de ce port, seront imprimés en noir sur les voiles.

Article XXXV. Un rôle d’équipage sera délivré au capitaine du bâtiment au port de départ par l’autorité de la Puissance dont il porte le pavillon. Il sera renouvelé à chaque armement du bâtiment ou, au plus tard, au bout d’une année, et conformément aux dispositions suivantes: 1º Le rôle sera, au moment de départ, visé par l’autorité qui l’a délivré; 2º Aucun noir ne pourra être engagé comme matelot sur un bâtiment sans qu’il ait été préalablement interrogé par l’autorité de la Puissance dont ce bâtiment porte le pavillon ou, à défaut de celleci, par l’autorité territoriale, à l’effet d’établir qu’il contracte un engagement libre; 3º Cette autorité tiendra la main â ce que la proportion des matelots ou mousses ne soit pas anormale par rapport au tonnage ou au gréement des bâtiments: 4º L’autorité qui aura interrogé les hommes préalablement â leur départ les inscrira sur le rôle d’équipage, où ils figureront avec 904 le signalement sommaire de chacun d’eux en regard de son nom; 5º Afin d’empêcher plus sûrement les substitutions, les matelots pourront, en outre, être pourvus d’une marque distinctive.

Article XXXVI. Lorsque le capitaine d’un bâtiment

Carriage of negro passengers.

désirera embarquer des passagers noirs, il devra en faire la déclaration à l’autorité de la Puissance dont il porte le pavillon ou, à défaut de celleci, à l’autorité territoriale. Les passagers seront interrogés et, quand il aura été constaté qu’ils s’embarquent librement, ils seront inscrits sur un manifeste spécial donnant le signalement de chacun d’eux en regard de son nom, et indiquant notamment le sexe et la taille. Les enfants noirs ne pourront être admis comme passagers qu’autant qu’ils seront accompagnés de leurs parents ou de personnes dont l’honorabilité serait notoire. Au départ, le manifeste des passagers sera visé par l’autorité indiquée cidessus, après qu’il aura été procédé à un appel. S’il n’y a pas de passagers à bord, mention expresse en sera faite sur le rôle d’équipage.

Article XXXVII. A l’arrivée dans tout port de relâche

Entry of vessels.

ou de destination, le capitaine du bâtiment produira devant l’autorité de la Puissance dont il porte le pavillon ou, à défaut de celleci, devant l’autorité territoriale, le rôle d’équipage et, s’il y a lieu, les manifestes de passagers antérieurement délivrés. L’autorité contrôlera les passagers arrivés à destination ou s’arrêtant dans un port de relâche, et fera mention de leur débarquement sur le manifeste. Au départ, la même autorité apposera de nouveau son visa au rôle et au manifeste, et fera l’appel des passagers.

Article XXXVIII.

Sur le littoral africain et dans

No negro passengers allowed on native vessels.

les îles adjacentes, aucun passager noir ne sera embarqué à bord d’un bâtiment indigène en dehors des 905 localités où réside une autorité relevant d’une des Puissances signataires.

Dans toute l’étendue de la zone prévue à l’article XXI, aucun passager noir ne pourra être débarqué d’un bâtiment indigène hors d’une localité où réside une autorité relevant d’une des Hautes Parties contractantes et sans que cette autorité assiste au débarquement.

Les cas de force majeure qui auraient déterminé l’infraction à ces dispositions devront être examinés par l’autorité de la Puissance dont le bâtiment porte les couleurs, on, à défaut de celleci, par l’autorité territoriale du port dans lequel le bâtiment inculpé fait relâche.

Article XXXIX. Les prescriptions des articles XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII et XXXVIII ne sont pas applicables aux bateaux non pontés entièrement, ayant un maximum de dix hommes d’équipage et qui satisferont à l’une des deux conditions suivantes: 1º S’adonner exclusivement à la pêche dans les eaux territoriales; 2º

Se livrer au petit cabotage entre les différents ports de la même Puissance territoriale, sans s’éloigner de la côte à plus de 5 milles.

Ces différents bateaux recevront, suivant les cas, de l’autorité territoriale ou de l’autorité consulaire, une licence spéciale renouvelable chaque année et révocable dans les conditions prévues à l’article XL, et dont le modèle uniforme, annexé au présent Acte général, sera communiqué au Bureau international de renseignements.

Article XL. Tout acte ou tentative de traite, légalement constaté à la charge du capitaine, armateur ou propriétaire d’un bâtiment autorisé â porter le pavillon d’une des Puissances signataires, ou ayant obtenu la licence prévue â l’article XXXIX, entraînera le retrait immédiat de cette 906 autorisation ou de cette licence. Toutes les infractions aux prescriptions du paragraphe 2 du chapitre III seront punies en outre des pénalités édictées par les lois et ordonnances spéciales à chacune des Puissances contractantes.

Article XLI. Les Puissances signataires s’engagent

Specimen forms to be deposited.

à déposer au Bureau international de renseignements les modèles types des documents ciaprès: 1º Titre autorisant le port du pavillon; 2º Rôle d’équipage; 3º

Manifeste des passagers noirs.

Ces documents, dont la teneur peut varier suivant les règlements propres à chaque pays, devront renfermer obligatoirement les renseignements suivants, libellés dans une langue européenne:

I. En ce qui concerne l’autorisation

License to carry flag.

de porter le pavillon: a) Le nom, le tonnage, le gréement et les dimensions principales du bâtiment; b) Le numéro d’inscription et la lettre signalétique du port d’attache; c) La date de l’obtention du permis et la qualité du fonctionnaire qui l’a délivré. II. En ce qui concerne le rôle

Crew list.

d’équipage: a) Le nom du bâtiment, du capitaine et de l’armateur ou des propriétaires; b) Le tonnage du bâtiment; c) Le numéro d’inscription et le port d’attache du navire, sa destination, ainsi que les renseignements spécifiés à l’article XXV. III.

En ce qui concerne le manifeste

Negro passenger list.

des passagers noirs:

Le nom du bâtiment qui les transporte et les renseignements indiqués à l’article XXXVI. et destinés à bien identifier les passagers.

Les Puissances signataires prendront les mesures nécessaires pour que les autorités territoriales ou leurs consuls envoient au même Bureau des copies certifiées de toute autorisation d’arborer leur 907 pavillon, dès qu’elle aura été accordée, ainsi que l’avis du retrait dont ces autorisations auraient été l’objet.

Les dispositions du présent article ne concernent que les papiers destinés aux bâtiments indigènes.

2.— De l’arrêt des bâtiments suspects.

Article XLII.

Lorsque les officiers commandant les bâtiments de guerre de l’une des Puissances signataires auront lieu de croire qu’un bâtiment d’un tonnage inférieur à 500 tonneaux et rencontré dans la zone cidessus indiquée, se livre à la traite ou est coupable d’une usurpation de pavillon, ils pourront recourir à la vérification des papiers de bord.

Le présent article n’implique aucun changement à l’état de choses actuel en ce qui concerne la juridiction dans les eaux territoriales.

Article XLIII.

Dans ce but, un canot, commandé par un officier de vaisseau en uniforme, pourra être envoyé à bord du navire suspect, après qu’on l’aura hélé pour lui donner avis de cette intention.

L’officier envoyé à bord du navire arrêté devra procéder avec tous les égards et tous les ménagements possibles.

Article XLIV. La vérification des papiers de bord consistera dans l’examen des pièces suivantes: 1º En ce qui concerne les bâtiments indigènes, les papiers mentionnés à l’article XLI; 2º

En ce qui concerne les autres bâtiments, les pièces stipulées dans les différents traités ou conventions maintenus en vigueur.

La vérification des papiers de bord n’autorise l’appel de l’équipage et des passagers que dans les cas et suivant les conditions prévus à l’article suivant.

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Article XLV. L’enquête sur le chargement du

Examination of cargo.

bâtiment ou la visite ne peut avoir lieu qu’à l’égard des bâtiments naviguant sous le pavillon d’une des Puissances qui ont conclu ou viendraient à conclure les conventions particulières visées à l’article XXII, et conformément aux prescriptions de ces conventions.

Article XLVI.

Avant de quitter le bâtiment arrêté,

Minute by boarding officer.

l’officier dressera un procès-verbal suivant les formes et dans la langue en usage dans le pays auquel il appartient.

Ce procès-verbal doit être daté et signé par l’officier, et constater les faits.

Le capitaine du navire arrêté, ainsi que les témoins, auront le droit de faire ajouter au procès-verbal toutes explications qu’ils croiront utiles.

Article XLVII. Le commandant d’un bâtiment

Report of each detention.

de guerre qui aurait arrêté un navire sous pavillon étranger doit, dans tous les cas, faire un rapport à son gouvernement en indiquant les motifs qui l’ont fait agir.

Article XLVIII. Un résumé de ce rapport, ainsi

Summary of report to international office.

qu’une copie du procès-verbal dressé par l’officier envoyé à bord du navire arrêté, seront, le plus tôt possible, expédiés au Bureau international de renseignements, qui en donnera communication à l’autorité consulaire ou territoriale la plus proche de la Puissance dont le navire arrêté en route a arboré le pavillon. Des doubles de ce document seront conservés aux archives du Bureau.

Article XLIX.

Si, par suite de l’accomplissement

Disposition of seized vessel.

des actes de contrôle mentionnés dans les articles précédents, le croiseur est convaincu qu’un tait de traite a été commis à bord durant la traversée ou qu’il existe des preuves irrécusables 909 contre le capitaine ou l’armateur pour l’accuser d’usurpation de pavillon, de fraude ou de participation à la traite, il conduira le bâtiment arrêté dans le port de la zone le plus rapproché où se trouve une autorité compétente de la Puissance dont le pavillon a été arboré.

Chaque Puissance signataire s’engage â désigner dans la zone et à faire connaître au Bureau international de renseignements les autorités territoriales ou consulaires, ou les délégués spéciaux qui seraient compétents dans les cas visés cidessus.

Le bâtiment soupçonné peut également être remis â un croiseur de sa nation, si ce dernier cousent à en prendre charge.

3.— De l’enquête et du jugement des bâtiments saisis.

Article L. L’autorité visée â l’article précédent, à laquelle le navire arrêté a été remis, procédera à une enquête complète, selon les lois et règlements de sa nation, en présence d’un officier du croiseur étranger.

Article LI. S’il résulte de cette enquête qu’il y a eu usurpation de pavillon, le navire arrêté restera à la disposition du capteur.

Article LII.

Si l’enquête établit un fait de traite défini par la présence à bord d’esclaves destinés à être vendus ou d’autres faits de traite prévus par les conventions particulières, le navire et sa cargaison demeurent sous séquestre, à la garde de l’autorité qui a dirigé l’enquête.

Le capitaine et l’équipage seront déférés aux tribunaux désignés aux articles LIV et LVI. Les esclaves seront mis en liberté après qu’un jugement aura été rendu.

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Dans les cas prévus par cet article,

Disposal of liberated slaves.

il sera disposé des esclaves libérés conformément aux conventions particulières conclues ou à conclureentre les Puissances signataires. A défaut de ces conventions. les dits esclaves pourront être remis à l’autorité locale, pour être renvoyés, si c’est possible, dans leur pays d’origine; sinon cette autorité leur facilitera, autant qu’il dépendra d’elle, les moyens de vivre, et, s’ils le désirent, de se fixer dans la contrée.

Article LIII.

Si l’enquête prouve que le bâtiment

Indemnity for illegal arrest.

est arrêté illégalement, il y aura lieu de plein droit à une indemnité proportionnelle au préjudice éprouvé par le bâtiment détourné de sa route.

La quotité de cette indemnité sera fixée par l’autorité qui a dirigé l’enquête.

Article LIV.

Dans le cas ou l’officier du navire

Dispute of decision of inquiry.

capteur n’accepterait pas les conclusions de l’enquête effectuée en sa présence, la cause serait, de plein droit, déférée au tribunal de la nation dont le bâtiment capturé aurait arboré les couleurs.

Il ne sera fait d’exception à cette règle que dans le cas où le différend porterait sur le chiffre de l’indemnité stipulée à l’article LUI, lequel sera fixé par voie d’arbitrage, ainsi qu’il est spécifié à l’article suivant.

Article LV.

L’officier capteur et l’autorité

Arbitration.

qui aura dirigé l’enquête désigneront, chacun dans les quarantehuit heures, un arbitre, et les deux arbitres choisis auront euxmêmes vingtquatre heures pour désigner un surarbitre. Les arbitres devront être choisis, autant que possible, parmi les fonctionnaires diplomatiques, consulaires ou judiciaires des Puissances signataires. Les indigènes se trouvant à la solde des Gouvernements contractants 911 sont formellement exclus. La décision est prise à la majorité des voix. Elle doit être reconnue comme définitive.

Si la juridiction arbitrale n’est pas constituée dans les délais indiqués, il sera procédé, pour l’indemnité comme pour les dommagesintérêts, conformément aux dispositions de l’article LVIII, paragraphe 2.

Article LVI. Les causes sont déférées, dans le plus bref délai possible, au tribunal de la nation dont les prévenus ont arboré les couleurs. Cependant les consuls on toute autre autorité de la même nation que les prévenus, spécialement commissionnés à cet effet, peuvent être autorisés par leur gouvernement à rendre les jugements aux lieu et place des tribunaux.

Article LVII. La procédure et le jugement des infractions aux dispositions du chapitre III auront toujours lieu aussi sommairement que le permettent les lois et règlements en vigueur dans les territoires soumis à l’autorité des Puissances signataires.

Article LVIII.

Tout jugement du tribunal national ou des autorités visées à l’article LVI déclarant que le navire arrêté ne s’est point livré à la traite sera exécuté surle-champ, et pleine liberté sera rendue au navire de continuer sa route.

Dans ce cas, le capitaine ou l’armateur du na vire arrêté sans motif légitime de suspicion ou ayant été soumis à des vexations, aura le droit de réclamer des dommages intérêts dont le montant serait fixé de commun accord entre les gouvernements directement intéressés ou par voie d’arbitrage, et payé dans le délai de six mois à partir de la date du jugement qui a acquitté la prise.

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Article LIX.

En cas de condamnation, le navire

Seized vessels.

séquestré sera déclaré de bonne prise au profit du capteur.

Le capitaine, l’équipage et toutes

Punishment of captain, crew. etc.

autres personnes reconnues coupables seront punis, selon la gravité des crimes ou délits commis par eux, et conformément à l’article V.

Article LX. Les dispositions des articles L à

Jurisdiction of special tribunals not affected.

LIX ne portent aucune atteinte ni à la compétence, ni à la procédure des tribunaux spéciaux existants ou de ceux à créer pour connaître des faits de traite.

Article LXI. Les Hautes Parties contractantes

Instructions to be communicated to other lowers.

s’engagent à se communiquer réciproquement les instructions qu’elles donneront, en exécution des dispositions du chapitre Ill, aux commandants de leurs bâtiments de guerre naviguant dans les mers de la zone indiquée.

Chapitre IV. Pays de destination dont les institutions comportent l’existence de l’esclavage domestique.

Article LXII. Les Puissances contractantes

Slave-holding countries to prohibit importation, etc.

dont les institutions comportent l’existence de l’esclavage domestique et dont, par suite de ce fait, les possessions situées dans ou hors l’Afrique servent, malgré la vigilance des autorités, de lieux de destination aux esclaves africains, s’engagent â en prohiber l’importation, le transit, la sortie ainsi que le commerce. La surveillance la plus active et la plus sévère possible sera organisée par elles sur tous les points où s’opèrent l’entrée, le passage et la sortie des esclaves africains.

Article LXIII. Les esclaves libérés en exécution

Disposition of liberated slaves.

de l’article précédent seront, si les 913 circonstances le permettent, rEnvoyés dans leur pays d’origine. Dans tous les cas, ils recevront des lettres d’affranchissement des autorités compétentes et auront droit à leur protection et à leur assistance afin de trouver des moyens d’existence.

Article LXIV. Tout esclave fugitif arrivant à la frontière d’une des Puissances mentionnées a l’article LXII sera réputé libre et sera en droit de réclamer des autorités compétentes des lettres d’affranchissement.

Article LXV. Toute vente ou transaction dont les esclaves visés aux articles LXIII et LXIV auraient été l’objet par suite de circonstances quelconques, sera considérée comme nulle ou non avenue.

Article LXVI. Les navires indigènes portant le pavillon d’un des pays mentionnés à l’article LXII, s’il existe des indices qu’ils se livrent à des opérations de traite, seront soumis par les autorités locales, dans les ports qu’ils fréquentent, à une vérification rigoureuse de leur équipage et des passagers, tant à l’entrée qu’à la sortie. En cas de présence à bord d’esclaves africains, il sera procédé judiciairement contre le bâtiment et contre tontes personnes qu’il y aura lieu d’inculper. Les esclaves trouvés à bord recevront des lettres d’affranchissement par les soins des autorités qui auront opéré la saisie des navires.

Article LXVII. Des dispositions pénales en rapport avec celles prévues par l’article V seront édictées contre les importateurs, transporteurs et marchands d’esclaves africains, contre les auteurs de mutilation d’enfants ou d’adultes mâles et ceux qui en trafiquent, ainsi que contre leurs coauteurs et complices.

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Article LXVIII. Les Puissances signataires reconnaissent

Turkish law.

la haute valeur de la loi sur la prohibition de la traite des noirs, sanctionnée par Sa Majesté l’Empereur des Ottomans le 4/16 décembre 1889 (22 Rebiul Akhir 1307), et elles sont assurées qu’une surveillance active sera organiséepar les autorités ottomanes, particulièrement sur la côte occidentale de l’Arabie et sur les routes qui mettent cette côte en communication avec les autres possessions de Sa Majesté impériale eu Asie.

Article LXIX. Sa Majesté le Shah de Perse cousent

Assistance by Shah of Persia.

à organiser une surveillance active dans les eaux territoriales et sur celles des côtes du golfe Persique et du golfe d’Oman qui sont placées sous sa souveraineté, ainsi que sur les routes intérieures qui servent au transport des esclaves. Les magistrats et les autres autorités recevront à cet effet les pouvoirs nécessaires.

Article LXX. Sa Hautesse le Sultan de Zanzibar

Assistance by Sultan of Zanzibar.

consent à prêter son concours le plus efficace pour la répression des crimes et délits commis par les trafiquants d’esclaves africains sur terre comme sur mer. Les tribunaux institués à cette tin dans le Sultanat de Zanzibar appliqueront strictement les dispositions pénales prévues à l’article V. Afin de mieux assurer la liberté des esclaves libérés, tant en vertu des dispositions du présent Acte général que des décrets rendus en cette matière par Sa Hautesse et ses prédécesseurs, un bureau d’affranchissement sera établi à Zanzibar.

Article LXXI. Les agents diplomatiques et consulaires,

Assistance of diplomatic and consular officers.

et les officiers de marine des Puissances contractantes prêteront, dans les limites des conventions existantes, aux autorités locales leur concours, afin d’aider à réprimer la traite là où elle existe 915 encore; ils auront le droit d’assister aux procès de traite qu’ils auront provoqués, sans pouvoir prendre part à la délibération.

Article LXXII. Des bureaux d’affranchissement ou des institutions qui en tiennent lieu seront organisés par les administrations des pays de destination des esclaves africains, aux fins déterminées à l’article XVIII.

Article LXXIII. Les Puissances signataires s’étant engagées à se communiquer tous les renseignements utiles pour combattre la traite, les Gouvernements que concernent les dispositions du présent chapitre échangearront périodiquement avecles autres Gouvernements les données statistiques relatives aux esclaves arrêtés et libérés, ainsi que les mesures législatives ou administratives prises afin de réprimer la traite.

Chapitre V. Institutions destinées à assurer l’exécution de l’Acte général.

§ I.—Du bureau international maritime.

Article LXXIV. Conformément aux dispositions de l’article XXVII, il est institué à Zanzibar un bureau international où chacune des Puissances signataires pourra se faire représenter par un délégué.

Article LXXV.

Le Bureau sera constitué dès que trois Puissances auront désigné leur représentant.

Il élaborera un règlement fixant le mode d’exercice de ses attributions. Ce règlement sera immédiatement soumis à la sanction des Puissances signataires qui auront notifié leur intention de s’y faire représenter et qui statueront à cet égard dans le plus bref délai possible.

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Article LXXVI. Les frais de cette institution

Expenses.

seront répartis, à parts égales, entre les Puissances signataires mentionnées à l’article précédent.

Article LXXVII. Le Bureau de Zanzibar aura permission

Objects.

de centraliser tous les documents et renseignements qui seraient de nature à faciliter la répression de la traite dans la zone maritime. A cet effet, les Puissances signataires s’engagent à lui faire parvenir, dans le plus bref délai possible: 1º Les documents spécifiés à l’article XLI; 2º Le résumé des rapports et la copie des procèsverbaux visés à l’article XLVIII; 3º La liste des autorités territoriales ou consulaires et des délégués spéciaux compétents pour procéder à l’égard des bâtiments arrêtés, aux termes de l’article XLIX; 4º La copie des jugements et arrêts de condamnation rendus conformément à l’article LVIII; 5º Tous les renseignements propres à amener la découverte des personnes qui se livrent aux opérations de la traite dans la zone susdite.

Article LXXVIII.

Les archives du Bureau seront

Archives.

toujours ouvertes aux officiers de la marine des Puissances signataires autorisés à agir dans les limites de la zone définie à l’article XXI de même qu’aux autorités territoriales ou judiciaires et aux consuls spécialement désignés par leurs gouvernements.

Le Bureau devra fournir aux

Translations.

officiers et agents étrangers autorisés à consulter ses archives, les traductions en une langue européenne des documents qui seraient rédigés dans une langue orientale.

Il fera les communications prévues à l’article XLVIII.

917 Article LXXIX.

Des Bureaux auxiliaires en rapport avec le Bureau de Zanzibar pourront être établis dans certaines parties de la zone, en vertu d’un accord préalable entre les Puissances intéressés.

Ils seront composés des délégués de ces Puissances et établis con formément aux articles LXXV. LXXVI et LXXVIII.

Les documents et renseignements spécifiés à l’article LXXVII, en tant qu’ils concernent la partie afférente de la zone, leur seront envoyés directement par les autorités territoriales et consulaires de cette région, sans préjudice de la communication au Bureau de Zanzibar prévue par le même article.

Article LXXX. Le Bureau de Zanzibar dressera, dans les deux premiers mois de chaque année, un rapport sur ses opérations et celles des bureaux auxiliaires pendant l’année écoulée.

§ II.—De Véchange entre les gouvernements des documents et renseignements relatifs a la traite.

Article LXXXI. Les Puissances se communiqueront, dans la plus large mesure et le plus bref délai qu’elles jugeront possibles: 1º Le texte des lois et règlements d’administration existants ou édictés par application des clauses du présent Acte général; 2º Les renseignements statistiques concernant la traite, les esclaves arrêtés et libérés, le trafic des armes, des munitions et des alcools.

Article LXXXII. L’échange de ces documents et renseignements sera centralisé dans un bureau spécial rattaché au département des Affaires Étrangères à Bruxelles.

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Article LXXXIII. Le Bureau de Zanzibar lui fera

Report from Zanzibar office.

parvenir, chaque année, le rapport mentionné â l’article LXXX sur ses opérations pendant l’année écoulée et sur celles des bureaux auxiliaires qui viendraient à être établis conformément à l’article LXXIX.

Article LXXXIV. Les documents et renseignements

Publication.

seront réunis et publiés périodiquement et adressés à toutes les Puissances signataires. Cette publication sera accompagnée, chaque année, d’une table analytique des documents législatifs, administratifs et statistiques mentionnés aux articles LXXXI et LXXXIII.

Article LXXXV. Les frais de bureau, de correspondance,

Expenses.

de traduction et d’impression qui eu résulteront, seront supportés par toutes les Puissances signataires et recouvrés par les soins du département des Affaires Étrangères à Bruxelles.

§ III.—De la protection des esclaves libérés.

Article LXXXVI. Les Puissances signataires ayant

Establishment of offices for liberation of slaves.

reconnu le devoir de protéger les esclaves libérés dans leurs possessions respectives s’engagent à établir, s’il n’en existe déjà, dans les ports de la zone déterminée à l’article XXI et dans les endroits de leurs dites possessions qui seraient des lieux de capture, de passage et d’arrivée d’esclaves africains, des bureaux ou des institutions en nombre jugé suffisant par elles et qui seront chargés spécialement de les affranchir et de les protéger, conformément aux dispositions des articles VI, XVIII, LII. LXIII et LXVI.

Article LXXXVII.

Les bureaux d’affranchissement

Registry of releases.

ou les autorités chargées de ce ser- 919 vice délivreront les lettres d’affranchissement et eu tiendront registre.

En cas de dénonciation d’un fait de traite ou de détention illégale, ou sur le recours des esclaves euxmêmes, les dits bureaux ou autorités feront toutes les diligences nécessaires pour assurer la libération des esclaves et la punition des coupables.

La remise des lettres d’affranchissement ne saurait, eu aucun cas, être retardée, si l’esclave est accusé d’un crime ou délit de droit commun. Mais, après la délivrance des dites lettres, il sera procédé à l’instruction en la forme établie par la procédure ordinaire.

Article LXXXVIII. Les Puissances signataires favoriseront, dans leurs possessions, la fondation d’établissements de refuge pour les femmes et d’éducation pour les enfants libérés.

Article LXXXIX.

Les esclaves affranchis pourront toujours recourir aux Bureaux pour être protégés dans la jouissance de leur liberté.

Quiconque aura usé de fraude ou de violence pour enlever à un esclave libéré ses lettres d’affranchissement, ou pour le priver de sa liberté, sera considéré comme marchand d’esclaves.

Chapitre VI. Mesures restrictives du trafic des spiritueux.

Article XC. Justement préoccupées des conséquences morales et matérielles qu’entraîne pour les populations indigènes l’abus des spiritueux, les Puissances signataires sont convenues d’appliquer les dispositions des articles XCI, XCII et XCIII dans une zone délimitée par le 20^edegré latitude nord et par le 22^edegré latitude sud, et aboutissant vers l’ouest à l’océan Atlantique et vers l’ést à l’océan Indien et à ses dépendances, y compris les îles adjacentes au littoral jusqu’à 100 milles marins de la côte.

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Article XCI.

Dans les régions de cette zone

Localities where liquor traffic is prohibited.

oil il sera constaté que, soit à rai son des croyances religieuses, soit pour d’autres motifs, l’usage des boissons distillées n’existe pas ou ne s’est pas développé, les Puissances en prohiberont l’entrée. La fabrication des boissons distillées y sera également interdite.

Chaque Puissance déterminera les limites de la zone de prohibition des boissons alcooliques dans ses possessions ou protectorats, et sera tenue d’en notifier le tracé aux autres Puissances dans un délai de six mois.

Il ne pourra être dérogé à la susdite prohibition que pour des quantités limitées, destinées à la consommation des populations non indigènes et introduites sous le régime et dans les conditions déterminées par chaque gouvernement.

Article XCII.

Les Puissances ayant des possessions

Localities where duty is to be enforced.

ou exerçant des protectorats dans les régions de la zone qui ne sont pas placées sous le régime de la prohibition et où les spiritueux sont actuellement importés librement ou soumis à un droit d’importation inférieur à 15 francs par hectolitre à 50° centigrades, s’engagent à établir sur ces spiritueux un droit d’entrée qui sera de 15 francs par hectolitre à 50° centigrades, pendant les trois années qui suivront la mise en vigueur du présent Acte général. A l’expiration de cette période, le droit pourra ètra porté à 25 francs pendant une nouvelle période de trois années. Il sera, à la tin de la sixième année, sounds à révision, en prenant pour base une étude comparative des résultats produits par ces tarifications, à l’effet d’arrêter alors, si faire se peut, une taxe minima dans toute l’étendue de la zone où n’existerait pas le régime de la prohibition visé à l’article XCI.

Les Puissances conservent le droit de maintenir et d’élever les taxes au delà du minimum fixé par le présent article dans les régions où elles le possèdent actuellement.

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Article XCIII.

Les boissons distillées qui seraient fabriquées dans les régions visées à l’article XCII et destinées à être livrées à la consommation intérieure, seront grevées d’un droit d’accise.

Ce droit d’accise, dont les Puissances s’engagent à assurer la perception dans la limite du possible, ne sera pas inférieur au minimum des droits d’entrée fixé par Particle XCII.

Article XCIV. Les Puissances signataires qui ont en Afrique des possessions en contact avec la zone spécifiée à l’article XC s’engagent à prendre les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher l’introduction des spiri tueux, par leurs frontières intérieures, dans les territoires de la dite zone.

Article XCV. Les Puissances se communiqueront, par l’entremise du Bureau de Bruxelles, dans les conditions indi quées au chapitre V, les renseignements relatifs au trafic des spiritueux dans leurs territoires respectifs.

Chapitre VII. Dispositions finales.

Article XCVI. Le présent Acte général abroge toutes stipulations contraires des conventions antérieurement conclues entre les Puissances signataires.

Article XCVII. Les Puissances signataires, sans préjudice, de ce qui est stipulé aux articles XIV, XXIII et XCII, se réservent d’introduire au présent Acte général, ultérieurement et d’un commun accord, les modifications ou améliorations dont l’utilité serait démontrée par l’expérience.

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Article XCVIII.

Les Puissances qui n’ont pas

Adherence of other powers.

signé le présent Acte général pourront être admises à y adhérer.

Les Puissances signataires se réservent de mettre à cette adhésion telles conditions qu’elles jugeraient nécessaires.

Si aucune condition n’est stipulée,

Unconditional adhesion.

l’adhésion emporte de plein droit l’acceptation de toutes les obligations et l’admission à tous les avantages stipulés par le présent Acte général.

Les Puissances se concerteront

Securing adhesion by other countries.

sur les démarches à faire pour amener l’adhésion des États dont le concours serait nécessaire ou utile pour assurer l’exécution complète de l’Acte général.

L’adhésion se fera par un acte

Manner of adhesion.

séparé. Elle sera notifiée par la voie diplomatique au Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, et par celuici à tous les États signataires et adhérents.

Article XCIX.

Le présent Acte général sera

Ratification.

ratifié dans un délai qui sera le plus court possible et qui, en aucun cas, ne pourra excéder un an.

Chaque Puissance adressera sa ratification au Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, qui en donnera avis à toutes les autres Puissances signataires du présent Acte général.

Les ratifications de toutes les Puissances resteront déposées dans les archives du royaume de Belgique.

Aussitôt que toutes les ratifications auront été produites, ou au plus tard un an après la signature du présent Acte général, il sera dressé acte du dépôt dans un Protocole qui sera signé par les Représentants de toutes les Puissances qui auront ratifié.

Une copie certifiée de ce Protocole sera adressée à toutes les Puissances intéressées.

Article C.

Le présent Acte général entrera

Duration.

en vigueur dans toutes les posses- 923 sions des Puissances contractantes le soixantième jourà partir de celui ou aura été dressé le protocole de dépôt prévu à l’article précédent.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé le présent Acte général et y ont apposé leur cachet.

Fait à Bruxelles, le deuxième jour du mois de juillet mil huit cent quatrevingt-dix.

[L. S.] Edwin H. Terrell.

Signatures.

[L. S.] H. S. Sanford. [L. S.] Alvensleben. [L. S.] Göhring. [L. S.] R. Khevenhüller. [L. S.] Lambermont. [L. S.] E. Banning. [L. S.] Schack de Brockdorff. [L. S.] J. G. de Agüera. [L. S.] Edm. Van Eetvelde. [L. S.] A. Van Maldeghem. [L. S.] A. Bourée. [L. S.] G. Cogordan. [L. S.] Vivian. [L. S.] John Kirk. [L. S.] F. de Renzis. [L. S.] T. Catalani. [L. S.] L. Gericke. [L. S.] Nazare Aga. [L. S.] Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho. [L. S.] L. Ouroussoff. [L. S.] Martens. [L. S.] Burenstam. [L. S.] Et. Carathéodory. [L. S.] John Kirk. [L. S.] Göhring. 924

ANNEXE à l'acte général. (Article XXXIX.) License.		Autorisation de narigner an petit cabotage sur la cóte orientate d'Afrique conformément à Particle XXXIX.		Observations generales.		La présente autorisation doit étre renonvelée le ——.	Qualité du fonctionnaire qui a deliver le permis: ——.
				Parages dans lesquels le bateau doit naviguer.
				Nombre maximum de passagers.
				Nombre des hommes d'équipage.
				Nom du capitaine.
				Port d'attache.
				Tonnage.
				Nationalite.
				Nom du batean avee indication du genre de construction et de gréement.

[Translation.]

In the Name of God Almighty.

The President of the United States of America;

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire;

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Majesty the King of Denmark;

His Majesty the King of Spain, and in his name Her Majesty the Queen Regent of the Kingdom;

His Majesty the Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo;

The President of the French Republic;

Her Majesty the Queen of the 887 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India;

His Majesty the King of Italy;

His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg;

His Majesty the Shah of Persia;

His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias;

His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; and

His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar;

Being equally actuated by the firm intention of putting an an end to the crimes and devastations engendered by the traffic in African slaves, of efficiently protecting the aboriginal population of Africa, and of securing for that vast continent the benefits of peace and civilization;

Wishing to give fresh sanction to the decisions already adopted in the same sense and at different times by the powers, to complete the results secured by them, and to draw up a body of measures guaranteeing the accomplishment of the work which is the object of their common solicitude;

Have resolved, in pursuance of the invitation addressed to them by the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, in agreement with the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, to convene for this purpose a conference at Brussels, and have named as their plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America,

Plenipotentiaries.

Mr. Edwin H. Terrell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and

Mr. Henry Shelton Sanford;

His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, in the Name of the German Empire,

Frederic John, Count of Alvensleben, His Chamberlain and 888 Actual Privy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and

Mr. William Goehring, His Privy Councillor of Legation, Consul General of the German Empire at Amsterdam;

His Majesty The Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia and Apostolic King of Hungary,

Rodolphe Count KhevenhullerMetsch, His Chamberlain, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near his Majesty the King of the Belgians,

His Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Auguste Baron Lambermont, His Minister of State, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and

M. Emile Banning, Director General in the Department of Foreign Affairs of Belgium;

His Majesty the King of Denmark,

Mr. Frederic George Schack de Brockdorff, Consul General of Denmark at Antwerp;

His Majesty the King of Spain, and in His Name Her Majesty the Queen Regent of the Kingdom,

Don José Gutierrez de Agüera, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Majesty the Sovereign-King of the Independent State of the Congo,

Mr. Edmund Van Eetvelde, Administrator-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Independent State of the Congo and

Mr. Auguste Van Maldeghem, Councillor in the Belgian Court of Cassation;

The President of the French Republic,

M. Albert Bourée, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Re- 889 public near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and

M. George Cogordan, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France;

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India,

Lord Vivian, Peer of the United Kingdom, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and

Sir John Kirk;

His Majesty the King of Italy, Francisde Renzis, Baron of Montanaro, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and

Mr. Thomas Catalani, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;

His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg,

Louis Baron Gerickedel Herwynen, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia,

General Nazare Aga, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves,

Mr. Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho, Member of His Council, Peer of the Kingdom, Min ister and Honorary Secretary of State, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,

Leon Prince Ouroussoff, Master of His Court, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and.

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Mr. Frederic de Martens, His Actual Councillor of State, Permanent Member of the Council of Foreign Affairs of Russia;

His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway,

Mr. Charles de Burenstam, His Chamberlain, His Minister Plenipotentiary near His Maj esty the King of the Belgians and near His Majesty the King of the Netherlands;

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans,

Étienne Carathéodory Efendi, High Dignitary of His Empire, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians;

His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar,

Sir John Kirk, and

Mr. William Goehring;

Who, being furnished with full powers, which have been found to be in good and due form, have adopted the following provisions:

Chapter 1. Slave-trade countries.—Measures to be taken in the places of origin.

Article I. The powers declare that the most effective means of counteracting the slave-trade in the interior of Africa are the following: 1. Progressive organization of the administrative, judicial, religious, and military services in the African territories placed under the sovereignty or protectorate of civilized nations. 2. The gradual establishment in the interior, by the powers to which the territories are subject, of strongly occupied stations, in such a way as to make their protective or repressive; action effectively felt in the territories devastated by slave, hunting. 3. The construction of roads, and in particular of railways, connecting the advanced stations with the coast, and permitting easy access to the inland waters, and to such of the upper courses of the rivers and streams as are broken 891 by rapids and cataracts, with a view to substituting economical and rapid means of transportation for the present system of carriage by men. 4. Establishment of steam-boats

Steamboat service.

on the inland navigable waters and on the lakes, supported by fortified posts established on the banks. 5. Establishment of telegraphic

Telegraph lines.

lines, insuring the communication of the posts and stations with the coast and with the administrative centres. 6. Organization of expeditions

Expeditions.

and Hying columns, to keep up the communication of the stations with each other and with the coast, to support repressive action, and to insure the security of high roads. 7. Restriction of the importation

Restraining sale of firearms.

of fire arms, at least of those of modern pattern, and of ammunition throughout the entire extent of the territory in which the slave-trade is carried on.

Article II. The stations, the inland cruisers

Duties of establishments, etc.

organized by each power in its waters, and the posts which serve as ports of register for them shall, independently of their principal task, which is to prevent the capture. of slaves and intercept the routes of the slave trade, have the following subsidiary duties: 1. To support and, if necessary,

Protection and care of natives.

to serve as a refuge for the native population, whether placed under the sovereignty or the protectorate of the State to which the station is subject, or independent, and temporarily for all other natives in case of imminent danger; to place the population of the first of these categories in a position to cooperate for their own defense; to diminish intestine wars between tribes by means of arbitration; to initiate them in agricultural labor and in the industrial arts so as to increase their welfare; to raise them to civilization and bring about the extinction of barbarous customs, such as cannibalism, and human sacrifices. 2. To give aid and protection to

Aid to commerce.

commercial enterprises; to watch 892 over their legality by especially controlling contracts for service with natives, and to prepare the way for the foundation of permanent centres of cultivation and of commercial settlements. 3. To protect, without distinction of creed, the missions which are already or that may hereafter be established. 4. To provide for the sanitary service and to extend hospitality and help to explorers and to all who take part in Africa in the work of repressing the slave-trade.

Article III. The powers exercising a sovereignty or a protectorate in Africa confirm and give precision to their former declarations, and engage to proceed gradually, as circumstances may permit, either by the means above indicated or by any other means that they may consider suitable, with the repression of the slave-trade, each State in its respective possessions and under its own direction. Whenever they consider it possible, they shall lend their good offices to such powers as, with a purely humanitarian object, may be engaged in Africa in the fulfillment of a similar mission.

Article IV. The States exercising sovereign powers or protectorates in Africa may in all cases delegate to companies provided with charters all or a portion of the engagements which they assume in virtue of article 111. They remain, nevertheless, directly responsible for the engagements which they contract by the present act, and guarantee the execution thereof. The powers promise to encourage, aid and protect such national associations and enterprises due to private initiative as may wish to co-operate in their possessions in the repression of the slave-trade, subject to their receiving previous authorization, such authorization being revocable at any time, subject also to their being directed and controlled, and to the 893 exclusion of the exercise of rights of sovereignty.

Article V.

The contracting powers pledge

Legislation to prevent slave-hunting, etc.

themselves, unless this has already been provided for by laws in accordance with the spirit of the present article, to enact or propose to their respective legislative bodies, in the course of one year at the latest from the date of the, signing of the present general act, a law rendering applicable, on the one hand, the provisions of their penal laws concerning grave offenses against the person, to the organizers and abettors of slave-hunting, to those guilty of mutilating male adults and children, and to all persons taking part in the capture of slaves by violence; and, on the other hand, the provisions relating to offenses against individual liberty, to carriers and transporters of, and to dealers in, slaves.

The accessories and accomplices

Punishment of accomplices.

of the different categories of slave captors and dealers above specified shall be punished with penalties proportionate to those incurred by the principals.

Guilty persons who may have

Arrest of fugitive offenderà.

escaped from the jurisdiction of the authorities of the country where the crimes or offenses have been committed shall be arrested either on communication of the incriminating evidence by the authorities who have ascertained the violation of the law, or on production of any other proof of guilt by the power in whose territory they may have been discovered, and shall be kept, without other formality, at the disposal of the tribunals competent to try them.

The powers shall communicate

Communication of laws.

to one another, with the least possible delay, the laws or decrees existing or promulgated in execution of the present Article.

Article VI. Slaves liberated in consequence

Return of slaves set free.

of the stoppage or dispersion of a convoy in the interior of the continent, shall be sent back, if circumstances permit, to their country 894 of origin; if not. the local authorities shall facilitate, as much as possible, their means of living, and if they desire it, help them to settle on the spot.

Article VII. Any fugitive slave claiming, on the continent, the protection of the signatory powers, shall receive it, and shall be received in the camps and stations officially established by said powers, or on board of the vessels of the State plying on the lakes and rivers. Private stations and boats are only permitted to exercise the right of asylum subject to the previous consent of the State.

Article VIII. The experience of all nations that have intercourse with Africa having shown the pernicious and preponderating part played by firearms in operations connected with the slave-trade as well as internal wars between the native tribes; and this same experience having clearly proved that the preservation of the African population whose existence it is the express wish of the powers to protect, is a radical impossibility, if measures restricting the trade in firearms and ammunition are not adopted, the powers decide, so far as the present state of their frontiers permits, that the importation of firearms, and especially of rifles and improved weapons, as well as of powder, ball and cartridges, is, except in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the following Article, prohibited in the territories comprised between the 20th parallel of North latitude and the 22d parallel of South latitude, and extending westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indian Ocean and its dependencies, including the islands adjacent to the coast within 100 nautical miles from the shore.

Article IX.

The introduction of fire arms and ammunition, when there shall be occasion to authorize it in the pos- 895 sessions of the signatory powers that exercise rights of sovereignty or of protectorate in Africa, shall be regulated, unless identical or stricter regulations have already been enforced, in the following manner in the zone defined in Arcle VIII:

All imported fire arms shall be

Place of deposit

deposited, at the cost, risk and peril of the importers, in a public warehouse under the supervision of the State government. No withdrawal of firearms or imported ammunition shall take place from such warehouses without the previous authorization of the said government. This authorization shall, except in the cases herein after specified, be refused for the withdrawal of all arms for accurate firing, such as rifles, magazine guns, or breech-loaders, whether whole or in detached pieces, their cartridges, caps, or other ammunition intended for them.

In seaports, and under conditions

Private warehouses on seacoast.

affording the needful guarantees, the respective governments may permit private warehouses, but only for ordinary powder and for flintlock muskets, and to the exclusion of improved arms and ammunition therefor.

Independently of the measures

Use by individuals

directly taken by governments for the arming of the public force and the organization of their defence, individual exceptions may be allowed in the case of persons furnishing sufficient, guarantees that the weapon and ammunition delivered to them shall not be given, assigned or sold to third parties, and for travelers provided with a declaration of their government stating that the weapon and am munition are intended for their personal defence exclusively.

All arms, in the cases provided

Registry of arms

for in the preceding paragraph, shall be registered and marked by the supervising authorities, who shall deliver to the persons in question permits to bear arms, stating the name of the bearer and showing the stamp with which the weapon is marked. These permits shall be revocable in case proof is 896 furnished that they have been improperly used, and shall be issued for five years only, but may be renewed.

The above rule as to ware housing shall also apply to gunpowder.

Only flintlock guns, with unrifled barrels, and common gunpowder known as trade powder, may be withdrawn from the warehouses for sale. At each withdrawal of arms and ammunition of this kind for sale, the local authorities shall determine the regions in which such arms and ammunition may be sold. The regions in which the slave-trade. is carried on shall always be excluded. Persons authorized to take arms or powder out of the public warehouses, shall present to the State government, every six months, detailed lists indicating the destinations of the arms and powder sold, as well as the quantities still remaining in the warehouses.

Article X.

The Governments shall take all such measures as they may deem necessary to insure as complete a fulfilment as possible of the provisions respecting the importation, sale and transportation of firearms and ammunition, as well as to prevent either the entry or exit thereof via their inland frontiers, or the passage thereof to regions where the slave-trade is rife.

The authorization of transit within the limits of the zone specified in Article VIII shall not be withheld when the arms and ammunition are to pass across the territory of the signatory or adherent power occupying the coast, towards inland territories under the sovereignty or protectorate of another signatory or adherent power, unless this latter power have direct access to the sea through its own territory. If this access be wholly interrupted, the authorization of transit can not be withheld. Any application for transit must be accompanied by a declaration emanating from the government of the power having 897 the inland possessions, and certifying that the said arms and ammunition are not intended for sale, but are for the use of the authorities of such power, or of the military forces necessary for the protection of the missionary or commercial stations, or of persons mentioned by name in the declaration. Nevertheless, the territorial power of the coast retains the right to stop, exceptionally and provisionally, the transit of improved arms and ammunition across its territory, if, in consequence of inland disturbances or other serious danger, there is ground for fearing lest the despatch of arms and ammunition may compromise its own safety.

Article XI. The powers shall communicate

Information to be communicated.

to one another information relating to the traffic in firearms and ammunition, the permits granted, and the measures of repression in force in their respective territories.

Article XII. The powers engage to adopt or

Legislation to be enacted.

to propose to their respective legislative bodies the measures necessary everywhere to secure the punishment of infringers of the prohibitions contained in Articles VIII and IX, and that of their accomplices, besides the seizure and confiscation of the prohibited arms and ammunition, either by fine or imprisonment, or by both of these penalties, in proportion to the importance of the infraction and in accordance with the gravity of each case.

Article XIII. The signatory powers that have

Preventing importation of firearms by interior frontiers.

possessions in Africa in contact with the zone specified in Article VIII, bind themselves to take the necessary measures for preventing the introduction of firearms and ammunition across their inland frontiers into the regions of said zone, at least that of improved arms and cartridges.

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Article XIV. The system stipulated in Articles VIII to XIII, shall remain in force for twelve years. In case none of the contracting parties shall have given notice twelve months before the expiration of this period, of its intention to put an end to it, or shall have demanded its revision, it shall remain obligatory for two years longer, and shall thus continue in force from two years to two years.

Chapter II. Caravan Routes and Transportation of Slaves by land.

Article XV. Independently of the repressive or protective action which they exercise in the centres of the slave-trade, it shall be the duty of the stations, cruisers and posts, whose establishment is provided for in Article II, and of all other stations established or recognized by Article IV, by each government in its possessions, to watch, so far as circumstances shall permit, and in proportion to the progress of their administrative organization, the roads traveled in their territory by slave-dealers, to stop convoys on their march, or to pursue them wherever their action can be legally exercised.

Article XVI. In the regions of the coasts known to serve habitually as places of passage or terminal points for slave-traffic coming from the interior, as well as at the points of intersection of the principal caravan routes crossing the zone contiguous to the coast already subject to the control of the sovereign or protective powers, posts shall be established under the conditions and with the reservations mentioned in Article III. by the authorities to which the territories are subject, for the purpose of intercepting the convoys and liberating the slaves.

Article XVII.

A strict watch shall be organized by the local authorities at the ports 899 and places near the coast, with a view to preventing the sale and shipment of slaves brought from the interior, as well as the formation and departure landwards of bands of slave-hunters and dealers.

Caravans arriving at the coast

Inspection of caravans.

or in its vicinity, as well as those arriving in the interior at a locality occupied by the territorial power, shall, on their arrival, be subjected to a minute inspection as to the persons composing them. Any such person being ascertained to have been captured or carried off by force, or mutilated, either in his native place or on the way, shall be set free.

Article XVIII. In the possessions of each of the

Disposition of liberated slaves.

contracting powers, it shall be the duty of the government to protect liberated slaves, to return them, if possible, to their country, to procure means of subsistence for them, and, in particular, to take charge of the education and subsequent employment of abandoned children.

Article XIX.

The penal arrangements provided

Application of punishments.

for by Article V shall be applicable to all offences committed in the course of operations connected with the transportation of and traffic in slaves on land whenever such offences may be ascertained to have been committed.

Any person having incurred a penalty in consequence of an offence provided for by the present general act, shall incur the obligation of furnishing security before being able to engage in any commercial transaction in countries where the slave-trade is carried on.

Chapter III. Repression of the Slave-trade by Sea.

Section I. General provisions.

Article XX. The signatory powers recognize

Repression of slave trade by sea.

the desirability of taking steps in 900 common for the more effective Repression of the slave-trade in the maritime zone in which it still exists.

Article XXI. This zone extends, on the one hand, between the coasts of the Indian Ocean (those of the Persian Gulf and of the Red Sea included), from Beloochistan to Cape Tangalane (Quilimane); and. on the other hand, a conventional line which first follows the meridian from Tangalane till it intersects the 26th degree of South latitude; it is then merged in this parallel, then passes round the Island of Madagascar by the east, keeping 20 miles off the east and north shore, till it intersects the meridian at Cape Ambre. From this point the limit of the zone is determined by an oblique line, which extends to the coast of Beloochistan, passing 20 miles off Cape Ras-el-Had.

Article XXII. The signatory powers of the present general act,—among whom exist special conventions for the suppression of the slave-trade, have agreed to restrict the clauses of those conventions concerning the reciprocal right of visit, of search and of seizure of vessels at sea, to the above mentioned zone.

Article XXIII. The same powers also agree to limit the above mentioned right to vessels whose tonnage is less than 500 tons. This stipulation shall be revised as soon as experience shall have shown the necessity thereof.

Article XXIV. All other provisions of the conventions concluded for the suppression of the slave-trade between the aforesaid powers shall remain in force provided they are not modified by the present general act.

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Article XXV. The signatory powers engage to

Unlawful use of flag.

adopt efficient measures to prevent the unlawful use of their flag, and to prevent the transportation of slaves on vessels authorized to fly their colors.

Article XXVI. The signatory powers engage to

Information for discovery of slave-traders.

adopt all measures necessary to facilitate the speedy exchange of information calculated to lead to the discovery of persons taking part in operations connected with the slave-trade.

Article XXVII. At least one international bureau

International bureau at Zanzibar.

shall be created; it shall be established at Zanzibar. The high contracting parties engage to forward to it all the documents specified in Article XLI, as well as all information of any kind likely to assist in the suppression of the slave-trade.

Article XXVIII. Any slave who has taken refuge

Freedom to slaves escaping to ships of war.

on board a ship of war bearing the flag of one of the signatory powers, shall be immediately and definitively set free. Such freedom, however, shall not withdraw him from the competent jurisdiction if he has been guilty of any crime or offense at common law.

Article XXIX. Any slave detained against his

Release of slaves detained on native vessels.

will on board of a native vessel shall have the right to demand his liberty. His release may be ordered by any agent of any of the signatory powers on whom the present general act confers the right of ascertaining the status of persons on board of such vessels, although such release shall not withdraw him from the competent jurisdiction if he has committed any crime or offense at common law.

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Section II. Regulation concerning the use of the flag and supervision by cruisers. 1. Rules for granting the flag to native vessels, and as to crew lists and manifests of black passengers on board.

Article XXX. The signatory powers engage to exercise a strict surveillance over native vessels authorized to carry their flag in the zone mentioned in Article XXI, and over the commercial operations carried on by such vessels.

Article XXXI. The term “native vessel” applies to vessels fulfilling one of the following conditions: 1. It shall present the outward appearance of native build or rigging. 2. It shall be manned by a crew of whom the captain and the majority of the seamen belong by origin to one of the countries on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea. or the Persian Gulf.

Article XXXII. The authorization to carry the flag of one of the said powers shall in future be granted only to such native vessels as shall satisfy at the same time the three following conditions: 1. Fitters-out or owners of ships must be either subjects of or persons protected by the power whose flag they ask to carry. 2. They shall be obliged to prove that they possess real estate situated in the district of the authority to whom their application is addressed, or to furnish bona fide security as a guaranty of the payment of such fines as may be incurred. 3. The above-named fitters-out or owners of ships, as well as the captain of the vessel, shall prove that they enjoy a good reputation, and that in particular they have 903 never been sentenced to punishment for acts connected with the slave-trade.

Article XXXIII. This authorization granted shall

Renewal of authority.

be renewed every year. It may atany time be suspended or with drawn by the authorities of the power whose colors the vessel carries.

Article XXXIV. The act of authorization shall

Act of authority.

contain the statements necessary to establish the identity of the vessel. The captain shall have the keeping thereof. The name of the native vessel and the amount of its tonnage shall be cut and painted in Latin characters on the stern, and the initial or initials of the name of the port of registry, as well as the registration number in the series of the numbers of that port, shall be printed in black on the sails.

Article XXXV. A list of the crew shall be issued

Crew list.

to the captain of the vessel at the port of departure by the authorities of the power whose colors it carries. It shall be renewed at every fresh venture of the vessel, or, at the latest, at the end of a year, and in accordance with the following provisions: 1. The list shall be visaed at the

Visa.

departure of the vessel by the authority that has issued it. 2. No negro can be engaged as a

Examination.

seaman on a vessel without having previously been questioned by the authority of the power whose colors it carries, or, in default thereof, by the territorial authority, with a view to ascertaining the fact of his having contracted a free engagement. 3. This authority shall see that the proportion of seamen and boys is not out of proportion to the tonnage or rigging. 4. The authorities who shall have questioned the men before their departure shall enter them on the list of the crew in which they shall be 904 mentioned with a summary description of each of them alongside his name. 5. In order the more effectively to prevent any substitution, the seamen may. moreover, be provided with a distinctive mark.

Article XXXVI. When the captain of a vessel shall desire to take negro passengers on board, he shall make his declaration to that effect to the authority of the power whose colors he carries, or in default thereof, to the territorial authority. The passengers shall be questioned, and after it has been ascertained that they embarked of their own free will, they shall be entered in a special manifest, bearing the description of each of them alongside of his name, and specially sex and height. Negro children shall not be taken as passengers unless they are accompanied by their relations, or by persons whose respectability is well known. At the departure, the passenger roll shall be visaed by the aforesaid authority after it has been called. If there are no passengers on board, this shall be specially mentioned in the crew-list.

Article XXXVII. At the arrival at any port of call or of destination, the captain of the vessel shall show to the authority of the power whose flag he carries, or, in default thereof, to the territorial authority, the crew-list, and, if need be, the passenger-roll previously delivered. The authority shall check the passengers who have reached their destination or who are stopping in a port of call, and shall mention their landing in the roll. At the departure of the vessel the same authority shall affix a fresh visé to the list and roll, and call the roll of the passengers.

Article XXXVIII.

On the African coast and on the adjacent islands, no negro passengers shall be taken on board of a native vessel, except in localities 905 where there is a resident authority belonging to one of the signatory powers.

Throughout the extent of the

Negro passengers to be landed only at designated places.

zone mentioned in Article XXI no negro passenger shall be landed from a native vessel except at a place in which there is a resident officer belonging to one of the high contracting powers, and unless such officer is present at the landing.

Cases of vis major that may have

Cases of vis major

caused an infraction of these provisions shall be examined by the authority of the power whose colors the vessel carries, or, in default thereof, by the territorial authority of the port at which the vessel in question calls.

Article XXXIX. The provisions of Articles

Exemptions of small vessels.

XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII. and XXXVIII are not applicable to vessels only partially decked, having a crew not exceeding ten men, and fulfilling one of the two following conditions: 1. That it be exclusively used

Fishing vessels.

for fishing within the territorial waters. 2.

That it be occupied in the

Coast-trade vessels.

petty coasting trade between the different ports of the same territorial power, without going further than 5 miles from the coast.

These different boats shall receive,

Special license.

as the case may be, a special license from the territorial or consular authority, which shall be renewed every year, and subject to revocation as provided in Article XL. the uniform model of which license is annexed to the present general act and shall be communicated to the international information office.

Article XL. Any act or attempted act connected

License to be forfeited for slave-trading.

with the slave-trade that can be legally shown to have been committed by the captain, fitter-out, or owner of a ship authorized to carry the flag of one of the signatory powers, or having procured the license provided for in Article 906 XXXIX, shall entail the immediate withdrawal of the said authorization or license. All violations of the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter III shall render the person guilty thereof liable to the penalties provided by the special laws and ordinances of each of the contracting powers.

Article XLI. The signatory powers engage to deposit at the international information office the specimen forms of the following documents: 1. License to carry the flag; 2. The crew-list; 3.

The negro passenger list.

These documents, the tenor of of which may vary according to the different regulations of each country, shall necessarily contain the following particulars, drawn up in one of the European languages:

1. As regards the authorization to carry the flag: (a) The name, tonnage, rig, and the principal dimensions of the vessel; (b) The register number and the signal letter of the port of registry; (c) The date of obtaining the license, and the office held by the person who issued it. 2. As regards the list of the crew: (a) The name of the vessel, of the captain and of the fitter-out or owner; (b) The tonnage of the vessel; (c) The register number and the port of registry, its destination, as well as the particulars specified in Article XXV. 3.

As regards the list of negro passengers:

The name of the vessel which conveys them, and the particulars indicated in Article XXXVI, for the proper identification of the passengers.

The signatory powers shall take the necessary measures so that the territorial authorities or their consuls may send to the same office certified copies of all authorizations to carry their flag as soon as such 907 authorizations shall have been granted, as well as notices of the withdrawal of any such authorization.

The provisions of the present article have reference only to papers intended for native vessels.

2. The stopping of suspected vessels.

Article XLII.

When the officers in command

Examination of papers of suspected vessel.

of war-vessels of any of the signatory powers have reason to believe that a vessel whose tonnage is less than 500 tons, and which is found navigating in the above-named zone, is engaged in the slave-trade or is guilty of the fraudulent use of a flag, they may examine the ship’s papers.

The present article does not imply any change in the present state of things as regards jurisdiction in territorial waters.

Article XLIII.

To this end, a boat commanded

Boarding.

by a naval officer in uniform may be sent to board the suspected vessel after it has been hailed and informed of this intention.

The officers sent on board of the vessel which has been stopped shall act with all possible consideration and moderation.

Article XLIV. The examination of the ship’s

Papers to be examined.

papers shall consist of the examination of the following documents: 1. As regards native vessels, the papers mentioned in Article XLI. 2.

As regards other vessels, the documents required by the different treaties or conventions that are in force.

The examination of the ship’s papers only authorizes the calling of the roll of the crew and passengers in the cases and in accordance with the conditions provided for in the following article.

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Article XLV. The examination of the cargo or the search can only take place in the case of vessels sailing under the flag of one of the powers that have concluded, or may hereafter conclude the special conventions provided for in Article XXII, and in accordance with the provisions of such conventions.

Article XLVI.

Before leaving the detained vessel, the officer shall draw up a minute according to the forms and in the language in use in the country to which he belongs.

This minute shall be dated and signed by the officer, and shall recite the facts.

The captain of the detained vessel, as well as the witnesses, shall have the right to cause to be added to the minutes any explanations they may think expedient.

Article XLVII. The commander of a man-of-war who has detained a vessel under a foreign flag shall, in all cases, make a report thereof to his own government, and state the grounds upon which he has acted.

Article XLVIII. A summary of this report, as well as a copy of the minute drawn up by the officer on board of the detained vessel, shall be sent, as soon as possible, to the international information office, which shall communicate the same to the nearest consular or territorial authority of the power whose flag the vessel in question has shown. Duplicates of these documents shall be kept in the archives of the bureau.

Article XLIX.

If, in performing the acts of supervision mentioned in the preceding articles, the officer in command of the cruiser is convinced that an act connected with the slave-trade has been committed on board during the passage, or that 909 irrefutable proofs exist against the captain, or fitter-out, for accusing him of fraudulent use of the flag, or fraud, or participation in the slave-trade, he shall conduct the arrested vessel to the nearest port of the zone where there is a competent magistrate of the power whose flag has been used.

Each signatory power engages to appoint in the zone, and to make known to the international information office, the territorial or consular authorities or special delegates who are competent in the above-mentioned cases.

A suspected vessel may also be turned over to a cruiser of its own nation, if the latter consents to take charge of it.

3. Of the examination and trial of vessels seized.

Article L. The magistrate referred to in the

Trial of charges against arrested vessel.

preceding article, to whom the arrested vessel has been turned over, shall proceed to make a full investigation, according to the laws and rules of his country, in the presence of an officer belonging to the Foreign cruiser.

Article LI. If it is proved by the inquiry

Disposition of vessel illegally carrying flag.

that the flag has been fraudulently used, the arrested vessel shall remain at the disposal of its captor.

Article LII.

If the examination shows an act

Condemnation of slave-trading vessel.

connected with the slave-trade, proved by the presence on board of slaves destined for sale, or any other offense connected with the slave-trade for which provision is made by special convention, the vessel and cargo shall remain sequestrated in charge of the magistrate who shall have conducted the inquiry.

The captain and crew shall be

Captain and crew.

turned over to the tribunals designated by Articles LIV and LVI. The slaves shall be set at liberty as soon as judgment has been pronounced.

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In the cases provided for by this article, liberated slaves shall be disposed of in accordance with the special conventions concluded, or to be concluded, between the signatory powers. In default of such conventions, the said slaves shall be turned over to the local authority, to be sent back, if possible, to their country of origin; if not, this authority shall facilitate to them, in so far as may be in its power, the means of livelihood, and, if they desire it, of settling on the spot.

Article LIII.

If it shall be proved by the inquiry that the vessel has been illegally arrested, there shall be clear title to an indemnity in proportion to the damages suffered by the vessel being taken out of its course.

The amount of this indemnity shall be fixed by the authority that has conducted the inquiry.

Article LIV.

In case the officer of the capturing vessel does not accept the conclusions of the inquiry held in his presence, the matter shall be turned over to the tribunal of the nation whose flag the captured vessel has borne.

No exception shall be made to this rule, unless the disagreement arises in respect of the amount of the indemnity stipulated in Article LIII, and this shall be fixed by arbitration, as specified in the following article.

Article LV.

The capturing officer and the authority which has conducted the inquiry shall each appoint a referee within forty-eight hours, and the two arbitrators shall have twenty-four hours to choose an umpire. The arbitrators shall, as far as possible, be chosen from among the diplomatic, consular, or judicial officers of the signatory powers. Natives in the pay of the contracting Governments are formally excluded. The decision shall be by 911 a majority of votes, and be considered as final.

If the court of arbitration is not constituted in the time indicated, the procedure in respect of the indemnity, as in that of damages, shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article LVIII, paragraph 2.

Article LVI. The cases shall be brought with

Trial.

the least possible delay before the tribunal of the nation whose flag has been used by the accused. However, the consuls or any other authority of the same nation as the accused, specially commissioned to this end, may be authorized by their Government to pronounce judgment instead of the tribunal.

Article LVII. The procedure and trial of violations

Summary proceedings.

of the provisions of Chapter III shall always be conducted in as summary a manner as is permitted by the laws and regulations in force in the territories subject to the authority of the signatory powers.

Article LVIII.

Any decision of the national tribunal

Enforcement of decisions.

or authorities referred to in Article LVI, declaring that the seized vessel did not carry on the slave-trade, shall be immediately enforced, and the vessel shall be at perfect liberty to continue on its course.

In this case, the captain or owner

Damages fur erroneous seizures.

of any vessel that has been seized without legitimate ground of suspicion, or subjected to annoyance, shall have the right of claiming damages, the amount of which shall be fixed by agreement between the Governments directly interested, or by arbitration, and shall be paid within a period of six months from the date of the judgment acquitting the captured vessel.

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Article LIX.

In case of condemnation, the sequestered vessel shall be declared lawfully seized for the benefit of the captor.

The captain, crew, and all other persons found guilty shall be punished according to the gravity of the crimes or offenses committed by them, and in accordance with Article V.

Article LX. The provisions of Articles L to LIX do not in any way affect the jurisdiction or procedure of existing special tribunals, or of such as may hereafter be formed to take cognizance of offenses connected with the slave-trade.

Article LXI. The high contracting parties engage to make known to one another, reciprocally, the instructions which they shall give, for the execution of the provisions of Chapter III, to the commanders of their men-of-war navigating the seas of the zone referred to.

Chapter IV. Countries to which slaves are sent, whose institutions recognize the existence of domestic slavery.

Article LXII. The contracting powers whose institutions recognize the existence of domestic slavery, and whose possessions, in consequence thereof, in or out of Africa, serve, in spite of the vigilance of the authorities, as places of destination for African slaves, pledge themselves to prohibit their importation, transit and departure, as well as the trade in slaves. The most active and the strictest supervision shall be enforced at all places where the arrival, transit, and departure of African slaves take place.

Article LXIII. Slaves set free under the provisions of the preceding article shall, 913 if circumstances permit, be sent back to the country from whence they came. In all eases they shall receive letters of liberation from the competent authorities, and shall be entitled to their protection and assistance for the purpose of obtaining means of subsistence.

Article LXIV. Any fugitive slave arriving at

Freedom to fugitive slaves.

the frontier of any of the powers mentioned in Article LXII shall be considered free, and shall have the right to claim letters of release from the competent authorities.

Article LXV. Any sale or transaction to which

Sales declared void

the slaves referred to in Articles LXIII and LXIV may have been subjected through circumstances of any kind whatsoever, shall be considered as null and void.

Article LXVI. Native vessels carrying the flag

Examination of native vessels.

of one of the countries mentioned in Article LXII, if there is any indication that they are employed in operations connected with the slave-trade, shall be subjected by the local authorities in the ports frequented by them to a strict examination of their crews and passengers both on arrival and departure. If African slaves are found on board, judicial proceedings shall be instituted against the vessel and against all persons who maybe implicated. Slaves found on board shall receive letters of release through the authorities who have seized the vessels.

Article LXVII. Penal provisions similar to those

Penal punishments

provided for by Article V shall be enacted against persons importing, transporting, and trading in African slaves, against the mutilators of male children or adults, and those who traffic in them, as well as against their associates and accomplices.

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Article LXVIII. The signatory powers recognize the great importance of the law respecting the prohibition of the slave-trade sanctioned by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans on the 4th (16th) of December, 1889 (22 Rebiul-Akhir, 1307), and they are assured that an active surveillance will be organized by the Ottoman authorities, especially on the west coast of Arabia and on the routes which place that coast in communication with the other possessions of His Imperial Majesty in Asia.

Article LXIX. His Majesty the Shah of Persia consents to organize an active surveillance in the territorial waters and those off the coast of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman which are under his sovereignty, and on the inland routes which serve for the transportation of slaves. The magistrates and other authorities shall, to this effect, receive the necessary powers.

Article LXX. His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar consents to give his most effective support to the repression of crimes and offences committed by African slave-traders on land as well as at sea. The tribunals created for this purpose in the Sultanate of Zanzibar shall rigorously enforce the penal provisions mentioned in Article V. In order to render more secure the freedom of liberated slaves, both in virtue of the provisions of the present general act and of the decrees adopted in this matter by His Highness and his predecessors, a liberation office shall Reestablished at Zanzibar.

Article LXXI. The diplomatic and consular agents and the naval officers of the contracting powers shall, within the limits of existing conventions, give their assistance to the local authorities in order to assist in Repressing the slave-trade where it 915 still exists. They shall be entitled to be present at trials for slave trading brought about at their instance, without, however, being entitled to take part in the deliberations.

Article LXXII. Liberation offices, or institutions

Liberation offices.

in lieu thereof, shall be organized by the governments of the countries to which African slaves are sent, for the purposes specified by Article XVIII.

Article LXXIII. The signatory powers having

Exchange of statistics.

undertaken to communicate to one another all information useful for the repression of the slave-trade, the Governments whom the present chapter concerns shall periodically exchange with the other governments statistical data relating to slaves intercepted and liberated, and to the legislative and administrative measures which have been taken for suppressing the slave-trade.

Chapter V. Institutions intended to insure the execution of the General act.

Section I. Of the international maritime office.

Article LXXIV. In accordance with the provisions

International office at Zanzibar.

of Article XXVII, an international office shall be instituted at Zanzibar, in which each of the signatory powers may be represented by a delegate.

Article LXXV.

The office shall be constituted

Organization.

as soon as three powers have appointed their representatives.

It shall draw up regulations fixing the manner of exercising its functions. These regulations shall immediately be submitted to the approval of such signatory powers as shall have signified their intention of being represented in this office. They shall decide in this respect within the shortest possible time.

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Article LXXVI. The expenses of this institution shall be divided in equal parts among the signatory powers mentioned in the preceding article.

Article LXXVII. The object of the office at Zanzibar shall be to centralize all documents and information of a nature to facilitate the repression of the slave-trade in the maritime zone. For this purpose the signatory powers engage to forward within the shortest time possible: 1. The documents specified in Article XL1; 2. Summaries of the reports and copies of the minutes referred to in Article XLVIII; 3. The list of the territorial or consular authorities and special delegates competent to take action as regards vessels seized according to the terms of Article XLIX; 4. Copies of judgments and condemnations in accordance with Article LVIII; 5. All information that may lead to the discovery of persons engaged in the slave-trade in the above-mentioned zone.

Article LXXVIII.

The archives of the office shall always be open to the naval officers of the signatory powers authorized to act within the limits of the zone defined by Article XXI, as well as to the territorial or judicial authorities, and to consuls specially designated by their Governments.

The office shall supply to foreign officers and agents authorized to consult its archives, translations into a European language of documents written in an Oriental language.

It shall make the communications provided for in Article XLVIII.

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Article LXXIX.

Auxiliary offices in communication

Branch offices.

with the office at Zanzibar may be established in certain parts of the zone, in pursuance of a previous agreement between the interested powers.

They shall be composed of delegates of these powers, and established in accordance with Articles LXXV, LXXVI, and LXXVIII.

The documents and information specified in Article LXXVII, so far as they may relate to a part of the zone specially concerned, shall be sent to them directly by the territorial and consular authorities of the region in question, but this shall not exempt the latter from the duty of communicating the same to the office at Zanzibar, as provided by the same article.

Article LXXX. The office at Zanzibar shall pRepare

Annual report.

in the first two months of every year, a report of its own operations and of those of the auxiliary offices, during the past twelve months.

Section II. Of the exchange between the Governments of documents and information relating to the slave-trade.

Article LXXXI. The powers shall communicate

Exchange of information.

to one another, to the fullest extent and with the least delay that they shall consider possible: 1. The text of the laws and administrative regulations, existing or enacted by application of the clauses of the present general act; 2. Statistical information concerning the slave-trade, slaves arrested and liberated, and the traffic in firearms, ammunition, and alcoholic liquors.

Article LXXXII. The exchange of these documents

Central exchange office.

and information shall be centralized in a special office attached to the foreign office at Brussels.

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Article LXXXIII. The office at Zanzibar shall forward to it every year the report mentioned in Article LXXX, concerning its operations during the past year, and concerning those of the auxiliary offices that may have been established in accordance with Article LXXIX.

Article LXXXIV. The documents and information shall be collected and published periodically, and addressed to all the signatory powers. This publication shall be accompanied every year by an analytical table of the legislative, administrative, and statistical documents mentioned in Articles LXXXI and LXXXIII.

Article LXXXV. The office expenses as well as those incurred in correspondence, translation, and printing, shall be shared by all the signatory powers, and shall be collected through the agency of the department of the foreign office at Brussels.

Section III. Of the protection of liberated slaves.

Article LXXXVI. The signatory powers having recognized the duty of protecting liberated slaves in their respective possessions, engage to establish, if they do not already exist, in the ports of the zone determined by Article XXI, and in such parts of their said possessions as may be places for the capture, passage and arrival of African slaves, such offices and institutions as may be deemed sufficient by them, whose business shall specially consist in liberating and protecting them in accordance with the provisions of Articles VI, XVIII, LII, LXIII, and LXVI.

Article LXXXVII.

The liberation offices or the authorities charged with this service 919 shall deliver letters of release and shall keep a register thereof.

In case of the denunciation of an act connected with the slave-trade, or one of illegal detention, or on application of the slaves themselves, the said offices or authorities shall exercise all necessary diligence to insure the release of the slaves and the punishment of the offenders.

The delivery of letters of release shall in no case be delayed, if the slave be accused of a crime or offence against the common law. But after the delivery of the said letters an investigation shall be proceeded with in the form established by the ordinary procedure

Article LXXXVIII. The signatory powers shall favor,

Refuge for women and children.

in their possessions, the foundation of establishments of refuge for women and of education for liberated children.

Article LXXXIX.

Freed slaves may always apply

Protection of freed slaves.

to the offices for protection in the enjoyment of their freedom.

Whoever shall have used fraudulent or violent means to deprive a freed slave of his letters of release or of his liberty, shall be considered as a slave-dealer.

Chapter VI. Measures to restrict the traffic in spirituous liquors

Article XC. Being justly anxious concerning

Control of liquor traffic in central Africa.

the moral and material consequences to which the abuse of spirituous liquors subjects the native population, the signatory powers have agreed to enforce the provisions of Articles XCI. XCII and XCIII within a zone extending from the 20th degree of North latitude to the 22d degree of South latitude, and bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the Indian Ocean and its dependencies, including the islands adjacent to the mainland within 100 nautical miles from the coast.

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Article XCI.

In the districts of this zone where it shall be ascertained that, either on account of religious belief or from some other causes, the use of distilled liquors does not exist or has not been developed, the powers shall prohibit their importation. The manufacture of distilled liquors shall be likewise prohibited there.

Each power shall determine the limits of the zone of prohibition of alcoholic liquors in its possessions or protectorates, and shall be bound to make known the limits thereof to the other powers within the space of six months.

The above prohibition can only be suspended in the case of limited quantities intended for the consumption of the nonnative population and imported under the regime and conditions determined by each Government.

Article XCII.

The powers having possessions or exercising protectorates in those regions of the zone which are not subjected to the regime of the prohibition, and into which alcoholic liquors are at present either freely imported or pay an import duty of less than 15 francs per hectolitre at 50 degrees centigrade, engage to levy on such alcoholic liquors an import duty of 15 francs per hectolitre at 50 degrees centigrade, for three years after the present General act comes into force. At the expiration of this period the duty may be increased to 25 francs during a fresh period of three years. At the end of the sixth year it shall be submitted to revision, the average results produced by these tariffs being taken as a basis, for the purpose of then fixing, if possible, a minimum duty throughout the whole extent of the zone where the prohibition referred to in Article XCI is not in force.

The powers retain the right of maintaining and increasing the duties beyond the minimum fixed by the present article in those regions where they already possess that right.

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Article XCIII.

Distilled liquors manufactured

Excise duty.

in the regions referred to in Article XCII, and intended for inland consumption, shall be subject to an excise duty.

This excise duty, the collection of which the powers engage to secure, as far as possible, shall not be less than the minimum import duty fixed by Article XCII.

Article XCIV. The signatory powers having

Prevention of inland introduction of liquors.

possessions in Africa contiguous to the zone specified in Article XC engage to adopt the necessary measures for preventing the introduction of spirituous liquors within the territories of the said zone via their inland frontiers.

Article XCV. The powers shall communicate

Information to be communicated.

to one another, through the office at Brussels, and according to the terms of Chapter V, information relating to the traffic in alcoholic liquors within their respective territories.

Chapter VII. Final provisions.

Article XCVI. The present general act repeals

Contrary stipulations repealed.

all contrary stipulations of conventions previously concluded between the signatory powers.

Article XCVII. The signatory powers, without

Modifications.

prejudice to the stipulations contained in Articles XIV, XXIII and XCII, reserve the right of introducing into the present general act, hereafter and by common consent, such modifications or improvements as experience may prove to be useful.

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Article XCVIII.

Powers who have not signed the present general act shall be allowed to adhere to it.

The signatory powers reserve the right to impose such conditions as they may deem necessary to their adhesion.

If no conditions shall be stipulated, adhesion implies acceptance of all the obligations and admission to all the advantages stipulated by the present general act.

The powers shall agree among themselves as to the steps to be taken to secure the adhesion of states whose cooperation may be necessary or useful in order to insure complete execution of the General act.

Adhesion shall be effected by a separate act. Notice thereof shall be given through the diplomatic channel to the Government of the King of the Belgians, and by that Government to all the signatory and adherent states.

Article XCIX.

The present general act shall be ratified within the shortest possible period, which shall not in any case exceed one year.

Each power shall address its ratification to the Government of the King of the Belgians, which shall give notice thereof to all the other powers that have signed the present general act.

The ratifications of all the powers shall remain deposited in the archives of the Kingdom of Belgium.

As soon as all the ratifications shall have been furnished, or at the latest one year after the signature of the present general act, their delivery shall be recorded in a protocol which shall be signed by the representatives of all the powers that have ratified.

A certified copy of this protocol shall be forwarded to all the powers interested.

Article C.

The present general act shall come into force in all the posses- 923 sions of the contracting powers on the sixtieth day, reckoned from the day on which the protocol provided for in the preceding article shall have been drawn up.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present general act. and have thereto affixed their seals.

Done at Brussels the 2nd day of the month of July, 1890.

[seal] Edwin H. Terrell. [seal] H. S. Sanford. [seal] Alvensleben. [seal] Goehring. [seal]R. Khevenhüller. [seal] Lambermont. [seal] E. Banning. [seal]Schack de Brockdorff. [seal]J. G. de Agüera. [seal] Edm. van Eetvelde. [seal] A. Van Maldeghem. [seal] A. Bourée. [seal] G. Cogordan. [seal] Vivian. [seal] John Kirk. [seal] F. de Renzis. [seal] T. Catalani. [seal] L. Gericke. [seal] Nazare Aga. [seal] Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho. [seal] L. Ouroussoff. [seal] Martens. [seal] Burenstam. [seal] Et. Carathéodory. [seal] John Kirk. [seal] Goehring. 924

Article XXXIX.		Annex to General Act.		License to ply the coasting trade on the East Coast of Africa in conformity with Article XXXIX.		General remarks.		La present license must be renewed on the ——.	Rank of official who has issued the permit: ——.
						Limits within which vessel is entitled to ply.
						Maximum number of passengers.
						Number of crew.
						Name of captain.
						Port of register.
						Tonnage.
						Nationality.
						Name of vessel, with description of form oof build and rig.

And whereas a protocol was signed at Brussels, on the 2nd of January, 1892, by the Plenipotentiaries of the Powers aforesaid, providing for the partial ratification of the said General Act on the part of the French Republic, the original draft of which protocol, being in the French language, is word for word as follows: Projet de Protocole.

Les soussignés——se sont réunis au Ministère des Affaires Étrangères à Bruxelles, conformément à l’article XCIX de l’Acte Général du 2 juillet 1890, et en exécution du Protocole du 2 juillet 1891, afin de dresser acte du dépôt des ratifications de celles des Puissances signataires qui n’avaient pas été en mesure d’opérer ce dépôt à la réunion du 2 juillet 1891.

S. E. le Ministre de France déclare que le Président de la République, dans ses ratifications sur l’Acte Général de Bruxelles, a provisoirement réservé, jusqu’à une entente ultérieure, les articles XXI, XXII et XXIII, ainsi que les articles XLII à LXI.

Les Représentants——don- 925 nent acte à M. le Ministre de France du dépôt des ratifications du President de la République Française, ainsi que de l’exception portant sur les articles XXI XXII et XXIII et sur les articles XLII à LXI.

Il est entendu que les Puissances ayant ratifié l’Acte Général dans son entier se reconnaissent réciproquement liées entre elles pour toutes ses clauses.

11 est également entendu que ces Puissances ne seront tenues à l’égard de celles qui auront ratifié partiellement que dans la limite des engagements souscrits par ces dernières.

Enfin, il reste bien entendu qu’à l’égard de la Puissance ayant ratifié partiellement, les matières faisant l’objet des articles XLII à LXI continueront jusqu’à un accord ultérieur à être régies par les stipulations et arrangements actuellement en vigueur.

En foi de quoi * * *

Draft of a Protocol.

The undersigned,——met at

Draft of protocol.

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Brussels, in pursuance of Article XCIX of the General Act of July 2, 1890, and in execution of the Protocol of July 2, 1891, with a view to preparing a certificate of the deposit of the ratifications of such of the signatory powers as were unable to make such deposit at the meeting of July 2, 1891.

His Excellency the Minister of France declared that the President of the Republic, in bis ratification of the Brussels General Act had provisionally reserved, until a subsequent understanding should be reached, Articles XXI, XXII, XXIII, and XLII to LXI.

The representatives——, 925 acknowledge to the Minister of France the deposit of the ratifications of the President of the French Republic, as well as of the exception bearing upon Articles XXI, XXII, XXIII, and XLII to LXI.

It is understood that the powers which have ratified the General Act in its entirety acknowledge that they are reciprocally bound as regards all its clauses.

It is likewise understood that these powers shall not be bound toward those which shall have ratified it partially, save within the limits of the engagements assumed by the latter powers.

Finally, it is understood that, as regards the powers that have partially ratified, the matters forming the subject of Articles XLII to LXI shall continue, until a subsequent agreement is adopted, to be governed by the stipulations and arrangements now in force.

In testimony whereof * * *

And whereas the said General Act of July 2, 1890, and the said Protocol

Ratification.

of January 2, 1892, were duly ratified by the Governments of the United States of America and of the other Powers aforesaid; And whereas, in pursuance of the stipulations of Article XCIX of the said General Act and of stipulations subsequently agreed upon by the signatories thereof, the ratifications of the said General Act were deposited with the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians on the2nd.day of July, 1891. by the Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Independent State of the Congo, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Persia, Sweden and Norway and Zanzibar; on the 3rd day of July, 1891, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Austria-Hungary; on the 2nd. day of January, 1892, by the Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of Russia, the Ottoman Porte and the French Republic; on the 2nd. day of February, 1892, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the United States of America; and on the 30th day of March, 1892. by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Portugal:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Proclamation.

the United States of America, have caused the said General Act of July 2, 1890, and the said Protocol of January 2, 1892. 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.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.

January 24, 1891 Treaty 27 Stat. 926 926 TREATY—STATE OF THE CONGO. January 24. 1891. Treaty between the United States of America and the Independent State of the Congo of amity, commerce, and navigation, concluded at Brussels, January 24, 1891; ratification advised by the Senate January 11, 1892; ratified by the President January 19, 1892; ratified by the Sovereign King of the Independent State of the Congo February 2, 1892; ratifications exchanged February 2, 1892; proclaimed April 2, 1892.

January 24, 1891

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between the

Preamble.

United States of America and the Independent State of the Congo, was signed by their Plenipotentiaries at the City of Brussels, on the 24th day of January, 1891, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and French languages, and as amended by the Senate of the United States, is word for word as follows: TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE NAVIGATION, AND EXTRADITION.

The United States of America, and

His Majesty Leopold II, King of

Contracting parties.

the Belgians, Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo, desiring to perpetuate, confirm and encourage the relations of commerce and of good understanding existing already between the two respective countries by the conclusion of a treaty of amity, commerce, navigation and extradition, have for this purpose named as their respective plenipotentiaries, viz:

His Excellency, the President of

Plenipotentiaries.

the United States of America, Edwin H. Terrell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near His Majesty the King of the Belgians; and

His Majesty, Leopold II King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo,

Edm. Van Eetvelde, Administrator General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Officer of His Order of Leopold, who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

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Article I.

There shall be full, entire and reciprocal liberty of commerce, establishment and navigation between the citizens and inhabitants of the two High contracting Parties.

The citizens and inhabitants of the United States of America in the Independent State of the Congo and those of the Independent State of the Congo in the United States of America shall have reciprocally the right, on conforming to the laws of the country, to enter, travel and reside in all parts of their respective territories; to carry on business there; and they shall enjoy in this respect for the protection of their persons and their property the same treatment and the same rights as the natives, or the citizens and inhabitants of the most favored nation.

They can freely exercise their industry or their business, as well wholesale as retail, in the whole extent of the territories, without being subjected, as to their persons or their property, or by reason of their business, to any taxes, General or local, imposts or conditions whatsoever other or more onerous than those which are imposed or may be imposed upon the natives other than non-civilized aborigines, or upon the citizens and inhabitants of the most favored nation.

In like manner they will enjoy reciprocally the treatment of the most favored nation in all that relates to rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities whatsoever concerning their person or their property, and in the matter of commerce, industry and navigation.

Article II. In all that concerns the acquisition, succession, possession and alienation of property, real and personal, the citizens and inhabitants of each of the High contracting Parties shall enjoy in the teritories of the other all the rights which the respective laws accord or shall accord in those territories 928 to the citizens and inhabitants of the most favored nation.

Article III.

The citizens and inhabitants of

Exemption from military and civil service.

each of the High contracting Parties shall be exempt, in the territories of the other, from all personal service in the army, navy or militia and from all pecuniary contributions in lieu of such, as well as from all obligatory official functions whatever, except the obligation of sitting, within a radius of one hundred kilometres from the place of their residence, as a juror in judicial proceedings; furthermore, their property shall not be taken for the public service without an ample and sufficient compensation.

They shall have free access to

Access to courts.

the courts of the other, on con forming to the laws regulating the matter, as well for the prosecution as for the defense of their rights, in all the degrees of jurisdiction established by law. They can be represented by lawyers, and they shall enjoy, in this respect, and in what concerns domiciliary visits to their houses, manufactories, stores, warehouses, etc., the same rights and the same advantages which are or shall be granted to the citizens and inhabitants of the most favored nation, or to natives.

Article IV. The citizens and inhabitants of

Freedom of worship.

the two countries shall enjoy, in the territory of the other, a full and entire liberty of conscience. They shall be protected in the free exercise of their worship; they shall have the right to erect religious edifices and to organize and maintain missions.

Article V.

It will be lawful for the two High

Consuls.

contracting Parties to appoint and establish consuls, vice-consuls, deputy-consuls, consular agents and commercial agents in the territories of the other; but none of these agents can exercise his func- 929 tions before having received the necessary exequatur from the Government to which he is delegated.

The said agents of each of the two High contracting Parties shall enjoy, in the territories of the other, upon the footing of a complete reciprocity, all the privileges, immunities and rights which are actually granted to those of the most favored nation or which may be accorded to them hereafter.

The said agents, citizens of inhabitants of the State by which they are appointed, shall not be subject to preliminary arrest, except in the case of acts qualified as crimes by the local legislation and punished as such. They shall be exempt from military billeting and from service in the army, navy or militia, as well as from all direct taxes, unless these should be due on account of real estate, or unless the said agents should exercise a profession or business of any kind

The said agents can raise their national flag over their offices.

The consular offices shall be at all times inviolable. The local authorities can not invade them under any pretext. They can not in any case examine or seize the papers which shall be there deposited. The consular office can not, on the other hand, serve as place of asylum, and if an agent of the consular service is engaged in business, commercial or other, the papers relating to the consulate shall be kept separate.

The said agents shall have the right to exercise all the functions generally appertaining to consuls, especially in what concerns the legalization of private and public documents, of invoices and commercial contracts, the taking of depositions and the right of authenticating legal acts and documents.

The said agents shall have the right to address the administrative and judicial authorities of the country in which they exercise their functions in order to complain of any infraction of the treaties or 930 conventions existing between the two Governments, and for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of the citizens and inhabitants of their country. They shall have also the right to settle all differences arising between the captains or the officers and the sailors of the sea-vessels of their nation. The local authorities shall abstain from interfering in these cases unless the maintenance of the public tranquility requires it, or, unless their assistance should be asked by the consular authority in order to assure the execution of its decisions.

The local authorities will give to

Deserting sailors.

the said agents and, on their default to the captains or their casual representatives, all aid for the search and arrest of sailor-deserters, who shall be kept and guarded in the prisons of the State upon the requisition and at the expense of the consuls or of the captains during a maximum delay of two months.

Article VI.

The citizens and inhabitants of

Navigation on interior waters.

each of the High contracting Parties shall have reciprocally, according to the same rights and conditions and with the same privileges as those of the most favored nation, the right to enter with their vessels and cargos into all the ports and to navigate upon all the rivers and interior waters of the other State.

The vessels of each of the contracting

Charges

Parties and of its citizens or inhabitants can freely navigate upon the waters of the territory of the other, without being subject to any other tolls, charges or obligations than those which the vessels belonging to the citizens or inhabitants of the most favored nation would have to bear.

There will not be imposed by

Tonnage, etc., taxes.

either of the contracting Parties upon the vessels belonging to the other or to the citizens or inhabitants of the other, in the matter of tonnage, port charges, pilotage, lighthouse and quarantine dues, salvage of vessels and other administrative expenses whatsoever concerning navigation, any taxes or charges whatever, other or higher 931 than those which are or shall be imposed upon the public or private vessels of the most favored nation.

It is agreed that every vessel belonging to one of the High contracting Parties or to a citizen or inhabitant of one of them, having the right to bear the flag of that country and having the right to its protection, both according to the laws of that country, shall be considered as a vessel of that nationality.

Article VII. In what concerns the freight and facilities of transportation, and tolls, the merchandise belonging to the citizens or inhabitants of one of the contracting States transported over the roads, railroads and waterways of the other State, shall be treated on the same footing as the merchandise belonging to the citizens or inhabitants of the most favored nation.

Article VIII. In the territories of neither of the High contracting Parties shall there be established or enforced a prohibition against the importation, exportation or transit of any article of legal commerce, produced or manufactured in the territories of the other, unless this prohibition shall equally and at once be extended to all other nations.

Article IX.

[Extradition.]

[Stricken out by the Senate.]

Article X.

The Republic of the United States of America, recognizing that it is just and necessary to facilitate to the Independent State of the Congo the accomplishment of the obligations which it has contracted by virtue of the General Act of Brussels of July 2nd, 1890, admits, so far as it is concerned, that import duties may be collected upon merchandise imported into the said State.

The tariff of these duties can not go beyond 10% of the value of the merchandise at the port of impor- 932 tation, during fifteen years to date from July 2nd, 1896, except for spirits, which are regulated by the provisions of Chapter VI of the General Act of Brussels.

At the expiration of this term of

Most favored nation rights under Congo import duties.

of fifteen years, and in default of a new accord, the United States of America will be replaced, as to the Independent State of the Congo, in the situation which existed prior to July 2nd, 1890; the right to impose import duties to a maximum of 10% upon merchandise imported into the said State remaining acquired to it, on the conditions and within the limitations determined in articles XI and XII of this treaty.

Article XI.

The United States shall enjoy

United States to en joy all rights of other nations.

in the Independant State of the Congo, as to the import duties, all the advantages accorded to the most favored nation.

It has been agreed besides:

1. That no differential treatment nor transit duty can be established; 2. That, in the application of the tariff régime which will be introduced, the Congo State will apply itself to simplify as far as possible, the formalities and to facilitate the operations of commerce.

Article XII. Considering the fact that in article

Settlement of differences.

X of the present treaty the United States of America have given their assent to the establishment of import duties in the Independent State of the Congo under certain conditions, it is well understood that the said Independent State of the Congo assures to the flag, to the vessels, to the commerce and to the citizens and inhabitants of the United States of America, in all parts of the territories of that State, all the rights, privileges and immunities concerning import and export duties, tariff régime, interior taxes and charges and, in a general manner, all commercial interests, which are or shall 933 be accorded to the signatory powers of the Act of Berlin, or to the most favored nation.

Article XIII.

In case a difference should arise between the two High contracting Parties as to the validity, interpretation. application or enforcement of any of the provisions contained in the present treaty, and it could not be arranged amicably by diplomatic correspondence between the two Governments, these last agree to submit it to the judgment of an arbitration tribunal, the decision of which they bind themselves to respect and execute loyally.

The tribunal will be composed of three members. Each of the two High contracting Parties will designate one of them, selected outside of the citizens and the inhabitants of either of the contracting States and of Belgium. The High contracting Parties will ask. by common accord, a friendly government to appoint the third arbitrator, to be selected equally outside of the two contracting States and of Belgium.

If an arbitrator should be unable to sit by reason of death, resignation or for any other cause, he shall be replaced by a new arbitrator whose appointment shall be made in the same manner as that of the arbitrator whose place he takes.

The majority of arbitrators can act in case of the intentional absence or formal withdrawal of the minority. The decision of the majority of the arbitrators will be conclusive upon all questions to be determined.

The general expenses of the arbitration procedure will be borne, in equal parts, by the two High contracting Parties; but the expenses made by either of the par ties for preparing and setting forth its case will be at the cost of that party.

Article XIV. It is well understood that if the declaration on the subject of the import duties, signed July 2nd, 934 1890, by the signatory Powers of the Act of Berlin, should not enter into force, in that case, the present treaty would be absolutely null and without effect.

Article XV.

The present treaty shall be subjected

Signatures.

to the approval and the ratification, on the one hand, of the President of the United States, acting by (he advice and with the consent of the Senate, and, on the other hand, of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo.

The ratifications of the present treaty shall be exchanged at the same time as those of the General Act of Brussels of July 2nd, 1899, and it will enter into force at the same date as the latter.

In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries of the High con trading Parties have signed the present treaty in duplicate, in English and in French, and have attached thereto their seals.

Done at Brussels the twenty-fourth day of the month of January of the year Eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

[seal.] Edwin H. Terrell.

Exchange of ratifications.

Les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, et

Sa Majesté Léopold II, Roi des Belges, Souverain de l’Etat Indépendant du Congo, désirant consacrer, confirmer et encourager les rapports de commerce et de bonne intelligence existant déjà entre les deux pays respectifs par la conclusion d’un traité d’amitié, de commerce, de navigation et d’extradition, ont, à cet effet, nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires respectifs, savoir:

Son Excellence, le Président des Etats Unis d’Amérique,

Edwin H. Terrell, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire des Etats-Unis d’Amérique près Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, et

Sa Majesté, Léopold II, Roi des Belges, Souverain de l’Etat Indépendant du Congo,

Edm. Van Eetvelde, Administrateur Général du Département des Affaires Etrangères, Officier de Son Ordre de Léopold, lesquels, après s’être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des articles suivants:

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Article I.

Il y aura liberté pleine, entière

Liberty of commerce and navigation.

et réciproque de commerce, d’établissement et de navigation entre les citoyens et habitants des deux Hautes Parties contractantes.

Les citoyens et habitants des Etats-Unis d’Amérique dans l’Etat Indépendant du Congo, et ceux de l’Etat Indépendant du Congo dans les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, auront réciproquement la faculté, en se conformant aux lois du pays, d’entrer, voyager et séjourner dans toutes les parties de leurs territoires respectifs; d’y faire le commerce; et ils jouiront, à cet égard, pour la protection de leurs personnes et de leurs biens, du même traitement et des mêmes droits que les nationaux ou les citoyens et habitants de la nation la plus favorisée.

Ils pourront librement exercer leur industrie ou leur commerce, tant en gros qu’en détail, dans toute l’étendue des territoires, sans être assujettis, en ce qui concerne leurs personnes ou leurs propriétés, ou à raison de leurs affaires, à des taxes, générales ou locales, impôts ou conditions quelconques, autres ou plus onéreux que ceux qui se perçoivent ou pourront être perçus sur les nationaux autres que les indigènes noncivilisés, ou sur les citoyens et habitants de la nation la plus favorisée.

De même, ils jouiront réciproquement

Most favored nation privileges.

du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée pour tout ce qui touche aux droits, privilèges, exemptions et immunités quelconques en ce qui concerne leurs personnes et leurs propriétés, et eu matière de commerce, d’industrie et de navigation.

Article II. Pour tout ce qui concerne l’acquisition,

Property rights.

la succession, la possession et l’aliénation des propriétés mobilières et immobilières, les citoyens et habitants de chacune des Hautes Parties contractantes jouiront dans les territories de l’autre de tous les droits que les lois respectives accordent ou 928 accorderont, dans ces territoires, aux citoyens et habitants de la nation la plus favorisée.

Article III.

Les citoyens et habitants de chacune des Hautes Parties contractantes seront exempts, dans les territoires de l’autre, de tout service personnel dans l’armée, la marine ou les milices, et de toutes contributions pécuniaires qui en tiendraient lieu, ainsi que de toutes fonctions officielles obligatoires quelconques, sauf l’obligation de siéger, dans un rayon de cent kilomètres du lieu de leur résidence, comme juré dans les procédures judiciaires; en outre, leurs biens ne pourront pas être requis pour le service public sans une compensation ample et suffisante.

Ils auront un libre accès auprès des tribunaux de l’autre, en se conformant aux lois régissant la matière, tant pour la poursuite que pour la défense de leurs droits, à tous les degrés de juridiction établis par la loi. Ils pourront se faire représenter par des avocats, et ils jouiront, à cet égard et en ce qui concerne les visites domiciliaires dans leurs maisons, fabriques, magasins, dépôts, etc., des mêmes droits et des mêmes avantages qui sont ou seront accordés aux citoyens et habitants de la nation la plus favorisée, ou aux nationaux.

Article IV. Les citoyens et habitants des deux Etats jouiront, sur le territoire de l’autre, d’une liberté de conscience pleine et entière. Ils seront protégés dans le libre exercice de leur culte: ils auront la faculté d’ériger des édifices religieux et d’organiser et de maintenir des missions.

Article V.

Il sera loisible aux deux Hautes Parties contractantes de nommer et établir des consuls, vice-consuls, consuls suppléants, agents consulaires et agents commerciaux dans les territoires de l’autre; mais aucun de ces agents ne pourra 929 entrer en fonctions avant d’avoir reçu l’exequatur nécessaire du Gouvernement auprès duquel il est délégué.

Les dits agents de chacune des

Privileges.

deux Hantes Parties contractantes jouiront, dans les territoires de l’autre, sur le pied d’une complète réciprocité, de tons les privilèges, immunités et droits qui sont actuellement accordés à ceux de la nation la plus favorisée ou qui pourront leur être accordés dans la suite.

Les dits agents, citoyens ou

Exemption from arrest, etc.

habitants de l’Etat par lequel ils sont nommés, neseront pas soumis à la détention preventive, sauf dans le cas défaits qualifiés crimes par la législation locale et punis comme tels. Ils seront exempts du logement militaire et du service dans l’armée, la marine ou les milices, ainsi que de toutes contributions directes, à moins que cellesci ne soient dues à raison de propriétés immobilières, ou, à moins que les dits agents n’exercent une profession, ou commerce quelconque.

Les dits agents pourront arborer

Flag.

leur pavillon national sur leurs chancelleries.

Les chancelleries consulaires seront

Office inviolable.

en tout temps inviolables. Les autorités locales ne pourront y pénétrer sous aucun prétexte. Elles ne pourront, dans aucun cas, visiter ni saisir les papiers qui y seront déposés. Les chancelleries consulaires ne pourront, d’autre part, servir de lieu d’asile, et si un agent du service consulaire est engagé dans des affaires commerciales ou autres, les papiers se rapportant au consulat seront tenus séparément.

Les dits agents auront le droit

Functions.

d’exercer toutes les fonctions appartenant généralement aux consuls, spécialement en ce qui concerne la légalisation de documents privés et publics, de factures et de contrats commerciaux, la réception de dépositions et la faculté de conférer l’authenticité aux actes et documents légaux.

Les dits agents auront le droit de s’adresser aux autorités administratives et judiciaires du pays dans lequel ils exercent leurs fonctions pour se plaindre de toute infraction aux traités ou conventions 930 existant entre les doux Gouvernements, et dans le but de protéger les droits et intérêts des citoyens et habitants de leur pays. Ils auront aussi le droit de régler tous les différends surgissant entre les capitaines ou les officiers du bord et les matelots des navires de mer de leur nation. Les autorités locales s’abstiendront d’intervenir dans ces cas, à moins que le maintien de la tranquillité publique ne l’exige, ou à moins que leur assistance ne soit demandée par l’autorité consulaire pour assurer l’exécution de ses décisions.

Les autorités locales donneront aux dits agents et, à leur défaut, aux capitaines ou à leurs mandataires éventuels, toute aide pour la recherche et l’arrestation des marins déserteurs, qui seront détenus et gardés dans les prisons de l’Etat, à la réquisition et aux frais des consuls ou des capitaines pendant un délai maximum de deux mois.

Article VI.

Les citoyens et habitants de chacune des Hautes Parties contractantes auront réciproquement, aux mêmes title et conditions et avec les mêmes privilèges que ceux de la nation la plus favorisée, la faculté d’entrer avec leurs navires et chargements dans tous les ports et de naviguer surtoutes les rivières et les eaux intérieures de l’autre Etat.

Les na vires de chacune des Parties contractantes ou de ses citoyens ou habitants pourront naviguer librement sur les eaux dépendant du territoire de l’autre, sans être soumis â d’autres péages, charges ou obligations que ceux qu’auraient à supporter les navires appartenant aux citoyens ou habitants de la nation la plus favorisée.

Il ne sera imposé par aucune des Parties contractantes aux navires appartenant à l’autre ou aux citoyens ou habitants de l’autre, en matière de tonnage, de droits de port, de pilotage, de droits de phare et de quarantaine, de sauvetage de navires ou d’autres dépenses administratives quelconques concernant la navigation, de taxes ni charges quelconques, autres ou 931 plus élevées que celles qui sont ou seront imposées aux bâtiments publics ou privés de la nation la plus favorisée.

Il est convenu que tout navire

Recognition of flag

appartenant à l’une des Hautes Parties contractantes ou à un citoyen ou habitant de l’une d’elles, ayant le droit de porter le pavillon de ce pays et ayant droit à sa protection, le tout conformément aux lois de ce pays, sera considéré comme un navire de sa nationalité.

Article VII. En ce qui concerne les tarifs et

Merchandise in transit.

les facilités de transport et les péages, les marchandises appartenant aux citoyens ou habitants de l’un des Etats contractants, transportées sur les routes, chemins de fer et voies navigables de l’antre Etat, seront, traitées sur le meme pied que les marchandises appartenant aux citoyens ou habitants de la nation la plus favorisée.

Article VIII. Dans les territoires d’aucune des

No discriminating prohibitions.

Hautes Parties contractantes, il ne sera établi ni mis en vigueur de prohibition à l’égard de l’importation, de l’exportation on du transit d’aucun article d’un commerce légal, produit ou manufacturé dans les territoires de l’autre, à moins que cette prohibition ne soit étendue egalement et en même temps à toutes les autres nations.

Article X.

La République des Etats-Unis

Agreement to Congo import duties.

d’Amérique, reconnaissant qu’il est juste et nécessaire de faciliter à l’Etat Indépendant du Congo l’accomplissement des obligations qu’il a contractées en vertu de l’Acte Général de Bruxelles du 2 juillet 1890, admet, pour ce qui la concerne, que des droits d’entrée soient perçus sur les marchandises importées dans le dit Etat.

Le tarif de ces droits ne pourra

Rates.

dépasser 10% de la valeur des marchandises au port d’importa- 932 tion, pendant quinze ans à partir du 2 juillet 1890, sauf pour les spiritueux, qui sont régis par les dispositions du chapitre vi de l’Acte Général de Bruxelles.

A l’expiration de ce terme de quinze ans, et, à défaut d’un nouvel accord, les Etats Unis d’Amérique se retrouveront, visàvis de l’Etat Indépendant du Congo, dans la situation qui existait antérieurement au 2 juillet 1890, la faculté d’imposer des droits d’entrée à un maximum de 10% sur les marchandises importées dans le dit Etat lui restant acquise, aux conditions et dans les limites déterminées aux articles xi et XII de ce traité.

Article XI.

Les Etats-Unis jouiront dans l’Etat Indépendant du Congo, quant aux droits d’entrée, de tous les avantages accordés à la nation la plus favorisée.

Il a été convenu en outre:

1º. Qu’aucun traitement différentiel ni droit de transit ne pourra être établi: 2º. Que dans l’application du régime douanier qui sera introduit, l’Etat du Congo s’attachera à simplifier, autant que possible, les formalités et à faciliter les opérations du commerce.

Article XII. Eu égard au fait que dans l’article X du présent traite, les Etats Unis d’Amérique ont donne leur assentiment à l’établissement de droits d’entrée dans l’Etat Indépendant du Congo sous certaines conditions, il est bien entendu que le dit Etat Indépendant du Congo assure au pavillon, aux navires, au commerce et aux citoyens et habitants des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, dans toutes les parties des territoires de cet Etat, tous les droits, privilèges et immunités concernant les droits d’entrée et de sortie, le régime douanier, les taxes et charges intérieures et, d’une manière générale, tous les intérêts commerciaux qui sont ou seront 933 accordés aux Puissances signataires de l’Acte de Berlin, ou à la nation la plus favorisée.

Article XIII.

Dans le cas où un différend s’élèverait

Arbitration.

entre les deux Hautes Parties contractantes quant à la validité, l’interprétation, l’application ou la mise en vigueur d’une des dispositions contenues dans le présent traité, et qu’il ne pourrait être arrange amicalement par correspondance diplomatique entre les deux Gouvernements, ces derniers conviennent de le soumettre au jugement d’un tribunal arbitral dont ils s’engagent à respecter et à exécuter loyalement la décision.

Le tribunal sera composé de trois

Substitution of arbitrators.

membres. Chacune des deux Hautes Parties contractantes en désignera un, choisi en dehors des citoyens et des habitants de l’un ou l’autre des Etats contractants et de la Belgique. Les Hautes Parties contractantes demanderont, de commun accord, à un Gouvernement ami de nommer le troisième arbitre, à choisir également en dehors des deux Etats contract ants et de la Belgique.

Si un arbitre était dans l’impossibilité

Decision.

de siéger par suite de décès, de démission ou pour toute autre cause, il serait remplacé par un nouvel arbitre dont la nomination sera faite de la même manière que celle de l’arbitre dont il prend la place.

La majorité des arbitres peut

Expenses.

statuer en cas d’absence intentionnelle ou de retraite formelle de la minorité. La décision de la majorité des arbitres sera définitive sur toutes les questions à résoudre.

Les dépenses générales de là procédure

Treaty dependent on declaration as to import duties.

arbitrale seront supportées, à parties égales, par les deux Hautes Parties contractantes; mais les dépenses faites par l’une ou l’autre des Parties pour préparer et pour exposer sa cause seront à la charge de cette Partie.

Article XIV. Il est bien entendu que, si la déclaration

Ratification.

au sujet des droits d’entrée, signée le 2 juillet 1890 par les 934 Puissances signataires de 1’Acte de Berlin, ne devait pas entier en vigueur, en ce cas, le présent traité serait absolument nul et sans effet.

Article XV.

Le présent traité sera soumis à l’approbation et à la ratification, d’une part, du Président des Etats Unis, agissant de l’avis et avec le consentement du Sénat, et d’autre part, de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, Souverain de l’Etat Indépendant du Congo.

Les ratifications du présent traité seront échangées en même temps que celles de l’Acte Général de Bruxelles du 2 juillet 1890, et il entrera en vigueur à la même date que celuici.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs des Hautes Parties contractantes ont signé le présent traité en double, en anglais et en français, et y ont apposé leurs cachets.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt quatrième jour du mois de janvier de l’an mil huit cent quatrevingt-onze.

[sceau.] Edm. Van Eetvelde. And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts,

Proclamation.

and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Brussels, on the 2nd day of February, 1892:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public as amended, 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.

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 second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundredth and sixteenth.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

February 3, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 935 CONVENTION—BRITISH GUIANA. February 3, 1892. 935 Parcels-post Convention between the United States of America and British Guiana.

February 3, 1892

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the

Preamble.

United States of America and British Guiana, the undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. C. B., Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, by virtue of authority vested in them, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a parcels-post system of exchanges between the United States and British Guiana.

Article I. The provisions of this convention relate only to parcels of mail matter

Extent of convention.

Article II. 1.

There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention,

Articles admitted to the mails.

articles of merchandise and mail matter—except letters, post cards, and written matter—of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet may exceed 11 pounds (or 5 kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, three feet six inches: greatest length and girth combined, six feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this convention:

Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of destination;

Articles prohibited.

poisons, and explosive or inflammable substances; fatty substances, liquids, and those which easily liquefy, confections and pastes; live or dead animals, except dead insects and reptiles when thoroughly dried; fruits and vegetables, and substances which exhale a bad odor; lottery tickets, lottery advertisements, or lottery circulars; all obscene or immoral articles; articles which may in any way damage or destroy the mails or injure the persons handling them.

2. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for

Freedom from inspection.

the other, or received in one country from the other, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, except such as is required for collection of customs duties, and shall be forwarded by the most speedy means to their destination, being subject in their transmission to the laws and regulations of each country, respectively.

Article III. 1. A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence

Letters accompanying parcels.

must not accompany, be written on. or enclosed with any parcel. 2. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package 936 will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention. 3. No parcel may contain packages intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such enclosed packages be detected, they must be sent forward singly, charged with new and distinct parcel-post rates.

Article IV. 1. The following rates of postage shall in all cases be required to be

Address.

fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. In the United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, 12 cents; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, 12 cents. 3. In British Guiana, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight,

Rates of postage.

six pence; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, six pence. 4. The parcels shall be promptly delivered to addressees at the post-offices

Delivery.

of address in the country of destination, free of charge for postage; but the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect

Charge.

from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge the amount of which is to be fixed according to its own regulations, but which shall in no case exceed 5 cents or two and one-half pence for each parcel, whatever its weight.

Article V. 1. The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a Certificate

Receipt.

of mailing from the post-office where, the package is mailed on a form like Form 1 annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered in accordance

Registry.

with the regulations of the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall

Return receipt.

be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents or two and one-halfpence. 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the arrival

Notice to addressee.

of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the post-office of destination.

Article VI. 1. The sender of each parcel shall make a customs declaration, pasted

Custom declaration.

upon or attached to the package, upon a special form provided for the purpose (see Form 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of its contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The parcels in question shall be subject in the country of destination

Collection of duties.

to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues; and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; but neither sender or addressee shall be subject to the payment of any charge for fines or penalties on account of failure to comply with any customs regulation.

Article VII. Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages,

Fees to be retained.

registration and delivery fees, it collects on said parcels; consequently, this convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

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Article VIII. 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails

Transportation.

exchanged direct between the United States and British Guiana, to be despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides; but must be forwarded, at the option of the despatching office, either in boxes prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, marked “parcels post,” and securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the despatching office

Return of sacks, etc.

by next mail, all such bags and boxes. 3. Although articles admitted under this convention will be transmitted

Packing.

Descriptive list.

descriptive list, in duplicate, of all the parcels sent, showing distinctly the list number of each parcel, the name of the sender, the name of the addressee with address of destination, and the declared contents and value; and must be enclosed in one of the boxes or sacks of such despatch (see Form 3 annexed hereto).

Article IX. Exchanges of mails under this convention from any place in either

Exchange office.

country to any place in the other, shall be effected through the post-offices of both countries already designated as exchange post offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon; under such regulations relative to the details of the exchange as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues.

Article X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination,

Receipt of mail.

that office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. in the event of the parcel bill not having been received a substitute

Parcel bill.

should be at once prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill which may be discovered,

Errors.

should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a form “Verification Certificate,” which should be sent in a special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received,

Nonreceipt of parcels.

after the non receipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once 5. If a parcel be observed to be insufficiently prepaid,

Insufficient postage.

it must not be taxed with deficient postage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification certificate form. 6. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect

Damaged parcels.

condition, full particulars should be reported on the same form. 7. If no verification certificate or note of error be received, a parcel

Correct mails.

mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

Article XI. 1. If a parcel can not be delivered as addressed, or is refused, it must

Failure to deliver.

be returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty days from its receipt at the office of destination; and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed. 938 2. When the contents of a parcel which can not be delivered are

Disposition of perishable contents.

liable to deterioration or corruption, they may be destroyed at once, if necessary, or if expedient, sold, without previous notice or judicial formality, for the benefit of the right person, the particulars of each sale being noticed by one post-office to the other. 3. An order for redirection or reforwarding must be accompanied by

Redirection, etc.

the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the office of origin, at the ordinary parcel rates.

Article XII. The post-office department of either of the contracting countries

No responsibility for loss or damage.

will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any parcel, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

Article XIII. The Postmaster General of the United States of America, and the

Further regulations

Postmaster General of British Guiana, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary to carry out the present convention from time to time; and may, by agreement, prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this convention.

Article XIV.

This convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall

Commencement.

begin on the first day of April, 1892, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either department, upon six months’ previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington, the third day of February,

Signatures.

1892.

[seal.] John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America. [seal.] Julian Pauncefote, H. B. M. Minister.

The foregoing parcels-post convention between the United States

Approval.

of America and British Guiana has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington, February 4th, 1892. 939

Form No. 1.

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

February 24, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 941 CONVENTION—WINDWARD ISLANDS. February 24, 1892. 941 Parcels-post Convention between the United States of America and the Windward Islands.

February 24, 1892

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the

Preamble.

Filiteli States of America and the Windward Islands, the undersigned, John Wanamaker, Postmaster General of the United States of America, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. C. B., Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, by virtue of authority vested in them, have agreed upon the following articles for the establishment of a Parcels-Post system of exchanges between the United States and the Windward Islands.

Article I. The provisions of this Convention relate only to parcels of mail matter

Extent of convention.

Article II. 1.

There shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention,

Articles admitted to the mails.

articles of merchandise and mail matter—except letters, post cards, and written matter—of all kinds, that are admitted under any conditions to the domestic mails of the country of origin, except that no packet may exceed eleven pounds (or five kilograms) in weight, nor the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction three feet six inches; greatest length and girth combined, six feet; and must be so wrapped or enclosed as to permit their contents to be easily examined by postmasters and customs officers; and except that the following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention:

Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of

Articles prohibited.

2. All admissible articles of merchandise mailed in one country for

Freedom from inspection.

Article III. 1. A letter or communication of the nature of personal correspondence

Letters accompanying parcels.

must not accompany, be written on, or enclosed with any parcel. 942 2. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be forwarded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal Union Convention. 3. No parcel may contain packages intended for delivery at an address

Address.

other than that borne by the parcel itself. If such enclosed packages be detected, they must be sent forward singly charged with new and distinct Parcels Post rates.

Article IV. 1 The following rates of postage shall in all cases be required to be

Rates of postage.

fully prepaid with postage stamps of the country of origin, viz: 2. In the United States, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, twelve cents; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, twelve cents. 3. In the Windward Islands, for a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight, six pence; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, six pence. 4. The parcels shall be promptly delivered to addressees at the Post

Delivery.

Offices of address in the country of destination, tree of charge for postage; but the country of destination may, at its option, levy and collect from the addressee for interior service and delivery a charge the amount of which is to be fixed according to its own regulations, but which shall in no case exceed five cents or two and one-half pence for each parcel, whatever its weight.

Article V. 1. The sender will, at the time of mailing the package, receive a

Receipt.

Certificate of Mailing from the Post-Office where the package is mailed on a Form like Form 1 annexed hereto. 2. The sender of a package may have the same registered in accordance

Registry.

with the regulations of the country of origin. 3. An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall

Return receipt

be returned to the sender when requested; but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding five cents or two and one-half pence. 4. The addressees of registered articles shall be advised of the

Notice to addressee.

arrival of a package addressed to them, by a notice from the Post Office at destination.

Article VI. 1. The sender of each parcel shall make a Customs Declaration,

Customs declaration.

pasted upon or attached to the package, upon a special Form provided for the purpose (see Form 2 annexed hereto) giving a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement of its contents and value, date of mailing, and the sender’s signature and place of residence, and place of address. 2. The parcels in question shall be subject in the country of destination

Collection of duties.

to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenues; and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destination; but neither sender nor addressee shall be subject to the payment of any charge for fines or penalties on account of failure to comply with any customs regulation.

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Article VII. Each country shall retain to its own use the whole of the postages,

Fees to be retained.

registration and delivery fees, it collects on said parcels; consequently, this Convention will give rise to no separate accounts between the two countries.

Article VIII. 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails

Transportation.

exchanged direct between the United States and the Windward Islands, to be despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides; but must be forwarded, at the option of the despatching office, either in boxes prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, marked “ Parcels-Post,” and securely sealed with wax, or otherwise, as maybe mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the despatching office

Return of sacks, etc.

by next mail, all such bags and boxes. 3. Although articles admitted under this Convention will be transmitted

Packing.

as aforesaid between the exchange offices, they should be so carefully packed as to be safely transmitted in the open mails of either country, both in going to the exchange, office in the country of origin and to the office of address in the country of destination. 4. Each despatch of a Parcels-Post mail must be accompanied by a

Descriptive list.

Article IX. Exchanges of mails under this Convention from any place in either

Exchange offices.

country to any place in the other, shall be effected through the post offices of both countries already designated as exchange post offices, or through such others as may be hereafter agreed upon; under such regulations relative to the details of the exchange as may be mutually determined to be essential to the security and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues.

Article X. 1. As soon as the mail shall have reached the office of destination, that

Receipt of mails.

office shall check the contents of the mail. 2. In the event of the parcel bill not having been received, a substitute

Parcel bill.

should be at once prepared. 3. Any errors in the entries on the parcel bill

Errors.

which may be discovered, should, after verification by a second officer, be corrected and noted for report to the despatching office on a form “Verification Certificate”, which should be sent in a special envelope. 4. If a parcel advised on the bill be not received,

Nonreceipt of parcels.

after the non-receipt has been verified by a second officer, the entry on the bill should be canceled and the fact reported at once. 5. If a parcel be observed to be insufficiently prepaid,

Insufficient postage.

it must not be taxed with deficient postage, but the circumstance must be reported on the verification certificate form. 6. Should a parcel be received in a damaged or imperfect condition,

Damaged parcels.

full particulars should be reported on the same form. 7. If no verification certificate or note of error be received, a parcel

Correct mails.

mail shall be considered as duly delivered, having been found on examination correct in all respects.

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Article XI. 1. If a parcel cannot be delivered as addressed, or is refused, it must

Failure to deliver.

be returned without charge, directly to the despatching office of exchange, at the expiration of thirty (lays from its receipt at the office of destination; and the country of origin may collect from the sender for the return of the parcel, a sum equal to the postage when first mailed. 2. When the contents of a parcel which cannot be delivered are liable

Disposal of perishable contents.

Redirection, etc.

the amount due for postage necessary for the return of the article to the office of origin, at the ordinary parcel rates.

Article XII. The Post Office Department of either of the contracting countries

No responsibility for loss or damage.

will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any parcel, and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addressee in either country.

Article XIII. The Postmaster General of the United States of America, and the

Further regulations.

Governor of the Windward Islands, shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary to carry out the present Convention from time to time; and may, by agreement, prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by Article II of this Convention.

Article XIV.

This Convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall

Duration.

begin on the first day of April, 1892, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement, but may be annulled at the desire of either Department, upon six months’ previous notice given to the other.

Done in duplicate, and signed at Washington, the twenty fourth day of February, 1892.

[seal.] John Wanamaker,

Signatures.

Postmaster General of the United States of America. [seal.] Julian Pauncefote, H. B. M. Minister.

The foregoing Parcels Post Convention between the United States of

Approval.

America and the Windward Islands has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, this 21th day of February, A. D. 1892.

[seal.] Benj. Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington, February 24, 1892. 945

Form No. 1.

Receipt.

Form No. 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form No. 3.

Parcel bill.

February 29, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 947 CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. February 29, 1892. 947 A Convention between the Governments of the United States and Her
February 29, 1892
. Britannic Majesty submitting to arbitration the questions which have arisen between those Governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of the Behring Sea; concluded at Washington February 29, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate March 29, 1892; ratified by the President April 22, 1892; ratifications exchanged May 7, 1892; proclaimed May 9, 1892.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

Great Britain providing for an amicable settlement of the questions which have arisen between those Governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of the Behring Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington, on the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, the original of which Convention, being in the English language and as amended by the Senate of the United States, is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the

Contracting parties

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of the questions which have arisen between their respective governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring’s Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, have resolved to submit to arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of concluding a convention for that purpose have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine,

Plenipotentiaries.

Secretary of State of the United States; and

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M.G.,K. C. B., Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles.

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Article I.

The questions which have arisen between the Government of the

Rights of United States in Bering Sea, and seal fisheries referred to tribunal of arbitration.

United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring’s Sea, and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, shall be submitted to a tribunal of Arbitration, to be composed of seven Arbitrators, who shall

Appointment.

be appointed in the following manner, that is to say: Two shall be named by the President of the United States; two shall be named by Her Britannic Majesty; His Excellency the President of the French Republic shall be jointly requested by the High Contracting Parties to name one; His Majesty the King of Italy shall be so requested to name one; and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway shall be so requested to name one. The seven Arbitrators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in their respective countries; and the selecting Powers shall be requested to choose, if possible jurists who are acquainted with the English language.

In case of the death, absence or incapacity to serve of any or either

Substitution.

of the said Arbitrators, or in the event of any or either of the said Arbitrators omitting or declining or ceasing to act as such, the President of the United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, or His Excellency the President of the French Republic, or His Majesty the King of Italy, or His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, as the case may be, shall name, or shall be requested to name forthwith another person to act as Arbitrator in the place and stead of the Arbitrator originally named by such head of a State.

And in the event of the refusal or omission for two months after receipt of the joint request from the High Contracting Parties of His Excellency the President of the French Republic, or His Majesty the King of Italy, or His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, to name an Arbitrator, either to fill the original appointment or to fill a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the appointment shall be made or the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as the High Contracting Parties shall agree.

Article II.

The Arbitrators shall meet at Paris within twenty days after the delivery

Meeting of arbitrators.

of the counter cases mentioned in Article IV, and shall proceed impartially and carefully to examine and decide the questions that have been or shall be laid before them as herein provided on the part of the Governments of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty respectively. All questions considered by the tribunal, including the final decision. shall be determined by a majority of all the Arbitrators.

Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to

Agent.

attend the tribunal as its Agent to represent it generally in all matters connected with the arbitration.

Article III. The printed case of each of the two parties, accompanied by the documents,

Printed case to be submitted.

the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to the Agent of the other party as soon as may be after the appointment of the members of the tribunal, but within a period not exceeding four months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty.

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Article IV.

Within three months after the delivery on both sides of the printed

Counter case to be submitted.

case, either party may, in like manner deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators, and to the Agent of the other party, a counter case, and additional documents, correspondence, and evidence, in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, and evidence so presented by the other party.

If, however, in consequence of the distance of the place from which

Additional time.

the evidence to be presented is to be procured, either party shall, within thirty days after the receipt by its agent of the case of the other party, give notice to the other party that it requires additional time for the delivery of such counter case, documents, correspondence and evidence, such additional time so indicated, but not exceeding sixty days beyond the three months in this Article provided, shall be allowed.

If in the case submitted to the Arbitrators either party shall have

Copies of reports.

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 Arbitrators, to produce the originals or certified copies of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance notice thereof within thirty days after delivery of the case; and the original or copy so requested shall be delivered as soon as may be and within a period not exceeding forty days after receipt of notice.

Article V. It shall be the duty of the Agent of each party, within one month

Arguments.

after the expiration of the time limited for the delivery of the counter case on both sides, to deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators and to the agent of the other party a printed argument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which his Government relies, and either party may also support the same before the Arbitrators by oral argument of counsel; and the Arbitrators may, if they desire further elucidation with regard to any point, require a written or printed statement or argument, or oral argument by counsel, upon it; but in such case the other party shall be entitled to reply either orally or in writing, as the case may be.

Article VI. In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, it is agreed

Points for decision by arbitrators.

that the following live points shall be submitted to them, in order that their award shall embrace a distinct decision upon each of said five points, to wit: 1. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now known as the, Behring’s Sea, and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States ? 2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recognized and conceded by Great Britain ? 3. Was the body of water now known as the Behring’s Sea included in the phrase “Pacific Ocean”, as used in the Treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, if any, in the Behring’s Sea were held and exclusively exercised by Russia after said Treaty ? 4. Did not all the rights of Russia as to jurisdiction, and as to the seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea east of the water boundary, in the Treaty between the United States and Russia of the 30th March, 1867, pass unimpaired to the United States under that Treaty ? 5. Has the United States any right, and if so, what right of protection or property in the fur-seals frequenting the islands of the United 950 States in Behring Sea when such seals are found outside the ordinary three-mile limit?

Article VII.

If the determination of the foregoing questions as to the exclusive

Adoption of regulations to preserve seals.

jurisdiction of the United States shall leave the subject in such position that the concurrence of Great Britain is necessary to the establishment of Regulations for the proper protection and preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the Behring Sea, the Arbitrators shall then determine what concurrent Regulations outside the jurisdictional limits of the respective Governments are necessary, and over what waters such Regulations should extend, and to aid them in that determination the report of a Joint Commission to be appointed by the respective Governments shall be laid before them, with such other evidence as either Government may submit.

The High Contracting Parties furthermore agree to cooperate in securing the adhesion of other Powers to such Regulations.

Article VIII. The High Contracting Parties having found themselves unable to

Liabilities for injuries.

agree upon a reference which shall include the question of the liability of each for the injuries alleged to have been sustained by the other, or by its citizens, in connection with the claims presented and urged by it; and, being solicitous that this subordinate question should not interrupt or longer delay the submission and determination of the main questions, do agree that either may submit to the Arbitrators any question of fact involved in said claims and ask for a finding thereon, the question of the liability of either Government upon the facts found to be the subject of further negotiation.

Article IX.

The High Contracting Parties have agreed to appoint two Commissioners

Commissioners to report investigation.

on the part of each Government to make the joint investigation and report contemplated in the preceding Article VII, and to include the terms of the said Agreement in the present Convention, to the end that the joint and several reports and recommendations of said Commissioners may be in due form submitted to the Arbitrators should the contingency therefor arise, the said Agreement is accordingly herein included as follows:

Each Government shall appoint two Commissioners to investigate conjointly with the Commissioners of the other Government all the facts having relation to seal life in Behring’s Sea, and the measures necessary for its proper protection and preservation.

The four Commissioners shall, so far as they may be able to agree, make a joint report to each of the two Governments, and they shall also report, either jointly or severally, to each Government on any points upon which they may be unable to agree.

These reports shall not be made public until they shall be submitted to the Arbitrators, or it shall appear that the contingency of their being used by the Arbitrators can not arise.

Article X. Each Government shall pay the expenses of its members of the

Expenses.

Joint Commission in the investigation referred to in the preceding Article.

Article XI.

The decision of the tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three

Decision of arbitrators.

months from the close of the argument on both sides.

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It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who may assent to it.

The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy whereof shall be delivered to the Agent of the United States for his Government, and the other copy shall be delivered to the Agent of Great Britain for his Government.

Article XII. Each Government shall pay its own Agent and provide for the proper

Payment of arbitration expenses.

remuneration of the counsel employed by it and of the Arbitrators appointed by it, and for the expense of preparing and submitting its case to the tribunal. All other expenses connected with the Arbitration shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal moieties.

Article XIII. The Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings,

Record.

and may appoint and employ the necessary officers to assist them.

Article XIV. The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of the

Result to be a final settlement.

proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration, as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all the questions referred to the Arbitrators.

Article XV.

The present treaty shall be duly ratified by the President of the

Ratification.

United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratification shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.

In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

James G. Blaine

Signatures.

[seal] Julian Pauncefote

Exchange of ratifications.

[seal] 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 London, on the seventh day of May, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Proclamation.

of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, as amended, 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.

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 May [seal] year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

April 18, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 952 952 CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. April 18, 1892. Convention between the Governments of the United States and Her
April 18, 1892
. Britannic Majesty for the renewal of the existing modus vivendi in Behring Sea. Concluded at Washington April 18, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate April 19, 1892; ratified by the President April 22, 1892; ratifications exchanged May 7, 1892; proclaimed May 9, 1892.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

Great Britain for the renewal of the existing modus vivendi in Behring’s Sea was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington, on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, the original of which Convention, being in the English language, is word for word as follows: CONVENTION between the United States of America and Great Britain for the renewal of the existing “modus vivendi” in Behring’s Sea. Whereas by a Convention concluded between the United States of

Ante. p. 101

America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, the High Contracting Parties have

Post Procs., p. 2

agreed to submit to Arbitration, as therein stated, the questions which have arisen between them concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring’s Sea and concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters; and whereas the High Contracting Parties, having differed as to what restrictive Regulations for seal-hunting are necessary, during the pendency of such Arbitration, have agreed to adjust such difference in manner hereinafter mentioned, and without prejudice to the rights of either party:

The said High Contracting Parties have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries

Plenipotentiaries.

to conclude a Convention for this purpose, that is to say:

The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine, Secretary of State of the United States;

And Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Julian Pauncefote, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty to the United States;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in due and good form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:

Article I. Her Majesty’s Government will prohibit, during the pendency of the

Seal killing prohibited by Great Britain during pendency of arbitration.

Arbitration, seal killing in that part of Behring Sea lying eastward of the line of demarcation described in Article No. I of the Treaty of 1867 953 between the United States and Russia, and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by British subjects and vessels.

Article II The United States Government will prohibit seal-killing for the same

Seal killing prohibited by United States during pendency of arbitration.

period in the same part of Behring’s Sea, and on the shores and islands thereof, the property of the United States (in excess of seven thousand five hundred to be taken on the islands for the subsistence of the natives), and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by United States citizens and vessels.

Article III Every vessel or person offending against this prohibition in the said

Seizure of offenders.

waters of Behring Sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits of the United States, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of either of the High Contracting Parties, but they shall be handed over as soon as practicable to the authorities of the Nation to which they respectively belong, who alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offence and impose the penalties for the same. The witnesses and proof necessary to establish the offence shall also be sent with them.

Article IV. In order to facilitate such proper inquiries as Her Majesty’s government

Inquiries by British agents.

may desire to make with a view to the presentation of the case and arguments of that Government before the Arbitrators, it is agreed that suitable persons designated by Great Britain will be permitted at any time, upon application, to visit or remain upon the Seal Islands during the sealing season for that purpose.

Article V.

If the result of the Arbitration be to affirm the right of British sealers

Compensation for not taking seals.

to take seals in Behring Sea within the bounds claimed by the United States, under its purchase from Russia, then compensation shall be made by the United States to Great Britain (for the use of her subjects) for abstaining from the exercise of that right during the pendency of the Arbitration upon the basis of such a regulated and limited catch or catches as in the opinion of the Arbitrators might have been taken without an undue diminution of the seal-herds; and, on the other hand, if the result of the Arbitration shall be to deny the right of British sealers to take seals within the said waters, then compensation shall be made by Great Britain to the United States (for itself, its citizens and lessees) for this agreement to limit the island catch to seven thousand five hundred a season, upon the basis of the difference between this number and such larger catch as in the opinion of the Arbitrators might have been taken without an undue diminution of the seal-herds.

The amount awarded, if any, in either case shall be such as under all the circumstances is just and equitable, and shall be promptly paid.

Article VI. This Convention may be denounced by either of the High contracting

Duration.

Parties at any time after the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, on giving to the other Party two months notice of its termination; and at the expiration of such notice the Convention shall cease to be in force.

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Article VII.

The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the

Ratification.

United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate there of, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be ex changed either at Washington or at London as early as possible.

In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention and have hereunto affixed our Seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

James G. Blaine

Signatures.

[seal] Julian Pauncefote. [seal] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both

Exchange of ratifications.

parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of London, on the seventh day of May, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Proclamation.

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 in good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

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 May, in [Seal] the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

July 22, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 955 GREAT BRITAIN—ALASKAN BOUNDARY. July 22, 1892. 955 Convention between the United States of America and the United Kingdom
July 22, 1892
. of Great Britain and Ireland for a joint survey of the territory adjacent to the boundary line of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada dividing the Territory of Alaska from the Province of British Columbia and the Northwest Territory of Canada. Concluded at Washington July 22, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate July 25, 1892; ratified by the President of the United States, July 29, 1892; ratified by the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, August 5, 1892; ratifications exchanged at Washington, August 23, 1892; proclaimed August 26, 1892.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

Great Britain providing for the delimitation of the existing boundary between the United States and Her Majesty’s possessions in North America in respect to such portions of said boundary as may not in fact have been permanently marked in virtue of treaties heretofore concluded, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington, on the twenty second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, the original of which Convention, being in the English language, is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the

Contracting parties.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being equally desirous to provide for the removal of all possible cause of difference between their respective governments hereafter in regard to the delimitation of the existing boundary between the United States and Her Majesty’s possessions in North America in respect to such portions of said boundary as may not in fact have been permanently marked in virtue of treaties heretofore concluded; have resolved to conclude a Convention in furtherance of these ends, and for that purpose have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries;

The President of the United States, John W. Foster. Secretary of

Plenipotentiaries

State of the United States, and

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Honorable Michael II. Herbert, Charge d’Affaires ad interim of Great Britain,

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles:

Article I.

The High Contracting Parties agree that a coincident or joint survey

Survey of territory adjacent to boundary line of Alaska to be made.

(as may be found in practice most convenient) shall be made of the territory adjacent to that part of the boundary line of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada dividing the Territory of Alaska from the Province of British Columbia and the Northwest Territory of Canada, from the latitude of 54° 40’ North to the point where the said boundary line encounters the 141st degree of longitude 956 westward from the meridian of Greenwich, by Commissions to be appointed

Commissions.

severally by the High Contracting Parties, with a view to the ascertainment of the facts and data necessary to the permanent de limitation of said boundary line in accordance with the spirit and intent of the existing treaties in regard to it between Great Britain and Russia and between the United States and Russia.

Application will be made without delay to the respective legislative bodies for the appropriations necessary for the prosecution of the survey, and the Commissions to be appointed by the two governments shall meet at Ottawa within two months after said appropriation shall have been made, and shall proceed as soon as practicable thereafter to the active discharge of their duties.

The respective Commissions shall complete the survey and submit

Final reports.

their final reports thereof within two years from the date of their first meeting.

The Commissions shall, so far as they may be able to agree, make a joint report to each of the two governments, and they shall also Report, either jointly or severally, to each government on any points upon which they may be unable to agree.

Each government shall pay the expenses of the Commission appointed by it.

Each government engages to facilitate in every possible way any operations which, in pursuance of the plan to be agreed upon by the Commissions, may be conducted within its territory by the Commission of the other.

The High Contracting Parties agree that, as soon as practicable after the report or reports of the Commissions shall have been received, they will proceed to consider and establish the boundary line in question.

Article II.

The High Contracting Parties agree that the Governments of the

Commission to mark boundary in Passamaquoddy Bay, at Eastport, Me.

United States and of Her Britannic Majesty in behalf of the Dominion of Canada, shall, with as little delay as possible, appoint two Commissioners, one to be named by each party, to determine upon a method of more accurately marking the boundary line between the two countries in the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay in front of and adjacent to Eastport, in the State of Maine, and to place buoys or fix such other boundary marks as they may determine to be necessary.

Each Government shall pay the expenses of its own Commissioner,

Expenses.

and cost of marking the boundary in such manner as shall be determined upon shall be defrayed by the High Contracting Parties in equal moieties.

Article III.

The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the

Ratification.

United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within twelve months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.

In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have, signed this Convention and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington the 22nd day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

John W. Foster [seal.] Michael H. Herbert [seal.] And Whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both

Exchange of ratifications.

parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two; 957

Now therefore, he it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Proclamation.

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.

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 twenty-sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-two and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

April 15, 1891 Convention 27 Stat. 958 958 PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. April 15, 1891. Supplemental Convention between the United States, Belgium, Brazil,
April 15, 1891
. France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunis, amendatory of the convention of March 20, 1883, for the protection of industrial property. Concluded at Madrid April 15, 1891; ratification advised by the Senate March 2, 1892; ratified by the President March 30, 1892; ratifications exchanged June 15, 1892; proclaimed June 22, 1892.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas Protocol 3, amendatory of the Convention of March 20,

Preamble.

1883, for the Protection of Industrial Property was signed at Madrid on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States and other Powers, a certified copy of which Protocol 3, in the French language, is word for word as follows: Troisième Protocole.

Protocol 3.

Protocole concernant la dotation

Support of international Bureau of Union for Protection of Industrial Property.

du Bureau International de L’Union pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle conclu entre la Belgique, le Brésil, l’Espagne, les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, la France, la Grande Bretagne, le Guatemala, l’Italie, la Norvège, les Pays-Bas, le Portugal, la Suède, la Suisse et la Tunisie.

Les soussignés Plénipotentiaires des Gouvernements cidessus énumérés,

Vu la Déclaration adoptée le 12 Mars 1883 par la Conférence internationale pour la protection de la propriété industrielle réunie à Paris,

Ont, d’un commun accord, et sons réserve de ratifications, arrêté le Protocole suivant:

Article Premier. Le, premier alinéa du chiffre 6 du

Annual expenses of Bureau.

Protocole de clôture annexé à la Convention internationale du 20 959 Mars 1883 pour la protection de la propriété industrielle est abrogé et remplacé par la disposition suivante:

“Les dépenses du Bureau international institué par l’article 13 seront supportées en commun par les Etats contractants. Elles ne pourront, en aucun cas, dépasser la somme de soixante mille francs par année.”

Article 2.

Le présent Protocole sera ratifié, et les ratifications en seront échangées à Madrid dans le délai de six mois au plus tard.

Il entrera en viguer un mois à partir de l’échange des ratifications, et aura la même force et durée que la Convention du 20 Mars 1883 dont il sera considéré comme faisant partie intégrante.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires des Etatscidessusénumérés ont signé le présent Protocole à Madrid le quinze Avril mil huitcent-quatrevingt-onze.

Pour la Belgique, Th. de Bounder de Melsbroeck.

“ le Brésil, Luis F. d’Abreu.

“ l’Espagne, S. Moret, Marqués de Aguilar, Enrique Calleja, Luis Mariano de Larra.

“ les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, E. Burd Grubb.

“ la France et la Tunisie, P. Cambon.

“ la Grande Bretagne, Francis Clare Ford.

“ le Guatemala, J. Carrera.

“ l’Italie, Maffei.

“ la Norvège, Arild Huitfeldt.

“ les Pays-Bas, Gericke.

“ le Portugal, Comte de Casal Ribeiro.

“ la Suède, Arild Huitfeldt.

“ la Suisse, Ch. E. Lardet.

“ “ Morel.

[Translation.]

Third Protocol.

Protocol concerning the dotation of the International Bureau of the Union for the protection of Industrial Property between Belgium, Brazil, Spain, The United States of America, France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Tunis.

The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments above named,

In view of the declaration adopted March 12, 1883, by the International Conference for the Protection of Industrial Property convened at Paris,

Have, with one accord and subject to ratification, concluded the following Protocol:

Article 1. The first paragraph of No. 6 of the final Protocol annexed to the International Convention of March 959 20, 1883, for the Protection of Industrial Property is annulled and

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replaced by the following provision.

“The expenses of the international Bureau instituted by Article 13 shall be supported by the contracting States in common. They can not in any event exceed the sum of sixty thousand francs per annum.”

Article 2.

The present Protocol shall be

Ratification.

ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Madrid, within a period of six months at the latest.

It shall take effect one month

Effect.

after the exchange of ratifications, and shall have the same force and duration as the Convention of March 20, 1883, of which it shall be considered as forming an integral part.

In testimony whereof, the Plenipotentiaries of the States above named have signed the present Protocol at Madrid, the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

For Belgium, Th. de Bounder de Melsbroeck.

Signatures.

“ Brazil, Luis F. d’Abreu.

“ Spain, S. Moret, Marquis de Aguilar, Enrique Calleja, Luis Mariano de Larra.

“ The United States of America, E. Burd Grubb.

“ France and Tunis, P. Cambon.

“ GreatBritain, FrancisClare Ford.

“ Guatemala, J. Carrera.

“ Italy, Maffei.

“ Norway, Arild Huitfeldt.

“ The Netherlands, Gericke.

“ Portugal, Count de Casal Ribeiro.

“ Sweden, Arild Huitfeldt.

“ Switzerland, Ch. E. Lardet.

“ “ Morel.

And whereas the said Protocol 3 has been duly ratified by the signatory Powers, and the ratifications thereof were exchanged at the City

Exchange of ratifications.

of Madrid, on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two; 960

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Proclamation.

the United States of America, have caused the said Protocol 3 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.

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 22nd day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two and of [seal] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State. Note.—Ratifications of Protocol 4 were not exchanged. The Protocol was referred to the next Conference to be held at Brussels. See telegram from United States Chargé at Madrid, June 15, 1892.

June 3, 1892 Treaty 27 Stat. 961 TREATY—GREAT BRITAIN. June 3, 1892. 961 Treaty between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of
June 3, 1892
. Great Britain and Ireland for the recovery of persons who may desert from the merchant vessels of either country while in the ports of the other. Concluded at Washington June 3, 1893’, ratification advised by the Senate June 30, 1893; ratified by the President of the United States July 11, 1893; ratified by the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland July 9, 1893; ratifications exchanged at Washington August 1, 1893; proclaimed August 1, 1893.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for

Preamble.

the recovery of persons who may desert from the merchant vessels of either country while in the ports of the other, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries on the 3rd of June, 1892, the original of which Treaty, being in the English language, is word for word as follows: Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the recovery of persons who may desert from the merchant vessels of either country while in the ports of the other. Whereas the Governments of the United States of America and of

Contracting parties.

Great Britain are desirous to make provision for the apprehension, recovery and restoration of persons who may desert from merchant vessels of their respective countries while in the ports of the other country, and to conclude a treaty for the above purpose, the High contracting Parties have accordingly appointed as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude the said treaty, that is to say:

The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine,

Plenipotentiaries.

Secretary of State of the United States; and

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. C. B., Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in due and good form, have agreed upon the following articles.

Article I.

The Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents of

Assistance to consular officers to arrest, etc., deserting seamen.

either of the High Contracting Parties, residing in the dominions, possessions or colonies of the other, shall have power to require from the proper authorities the assistance provided by law for the apprehension, recovery and restoration of seamen who may desert from any ship belonging to a citizen or subject of their respective countries, while in the ports of the other country. If, however, any such deserter shall have

Punishment for crimes.

committed any crime or offense in the country where he is found, his surrender or restoration may be delayed until the proper tribunal before which the case shall be pending or may be cognizable, shall have pronounced its sentence and the sentence shall have been carried into effect.

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It is understood that the preceding stipulations shall not apply to the citizens or subjects of the country where the desertion shall take place.

Article II. The present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged

Ratification.

at Washington or at London without delay.

Article III.

The present Treaty shall come into operation at the expiration of

Effect.

thirty days from the date of the exchange of ratifications. It shall remain in force for five years after that date and thereafter until terminated by a twelve months’ notice to be given by either High contracting Party to the other.

In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed our Seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington, this third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

JAMES G. BLAINE

Signatures.

[seal.] JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE [seal.] And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts,

Exchange of ratification.

and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Proclamation

of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and [seal.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

June 15, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 963 CONVENTION—DENMARK. June 15, 1892. 963 Convention between the United Staten and Denmark for the reciprocal
June 15, 1892
.protection of trademarks and trade labels. Concluded at Copenhagen June 15, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate July 21, 1892; ratified by the President of the United States July 29, 1892; ratified by the King of Denmark September 23, 1892; ratifications exchanged at Copenhagen September 28, 1892; proclaimed October 12, 1892.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

the Kingdom of Denmark for the reciprocal protection of trademarks and TradeLabels was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Copenhagen, on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Danish languages, is word for word as follows: convention. With a view to secure for the manufacturers in the United States of America, and those in Denmark, the reciprocal protection of their Trade Marks and Trade Labels, the Undersigned, duly authorised to that effect, have agreed on the following dispositions.

Article I.

The subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties shall in the Dominions and possessions of the other have the same rights as belong to native subjects or citizens, in everything relating to Trade Marks and Trade Labels of every kind.

Provided, always, that in the United States the subjects of Denmark, and in Denmark, the citizens of the United States of America, cannot enjoy these rights to a greater extent or for a longer period of time than in their native country.

Article II. Any person in either country desiring protection of his Trade Mark in the Dominions of the other must 964 fulfil the formalities required by the law of the latter; but no person, being a subject or citizen of one of the contracting States, shall be entitled to claim protection in the other by virtue of the provisions of this convention, unless he shall have first secured protection in his own country in accordance with the laws thereof.

Article III. This arrangement shall go into

Effect.

effect immediately on or after the exchange of the ratifications and shall be in force until a year after it has been recalled by the one or the other of the two High Parties.

Article IV.

The present convention shall be

Ratification.

ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by His Majesty the King of Denmark, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Copenhague as soon as may be within ten monts from the date hereof.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Copenhagen in double expedition the 15. June 1892.

[seal.] Clark E. Carr.

Signatures.

konvention. For at sikkre Industridrivende i

Trademarks in Denmark and United States.

de Forenede Stater af Amerika og i Danmark gjensidig Beskyttelse af deres Fabrik og Varemærker, have undertegnede, efter dertil at have erholdt behorig Bemyndigelse, vedtaget folgende Bestemmelser.

Artikel I.

Enhver af de hoje kontraherende

Reciprocal rights to citizens of each country.

Parters Undersaater eller Bergere skulle paa den anden Parts Territorier og Besiddelser nyde samme Rettigheder som Landete egne Undersaatter eller Bergere med Hensyn til Alt, hvad der vedrorer Fabrikeller Varemæker.

Dog kunne Danske Undersaatter i de Forenede Stater og bemeldte Staters Bergere i Danmark ikke nyde disse Rettigheder i et storre Omfang eller i et længere Tidsrûm end i deres eget Land.

Artikel II. En Person i et af de to Lande,

Registration.

der maatte onske Beskyttelse for sit Varemærke paa det andets Ter- 964 ritorium maa opfylde de lovbe stemte Formaliteter i dette sidste; men ingen Person, som er Undersaat eller Borger i en af de kontraherende Stater skal have Ret til at fordre Beskyttelse i den anden Stat i Kraft af denne Konventions Bestemmelser, medmindre han forst har sikkret sig Beskyttelse i sit eget Land Overenstemmelse med dettes Love.

Artikel III. Denne Overenskomst træder i Virksomhed umiddelbart ved Udvexlingen af Ratifikationerne og forbliver i Kraft indtil 1 Aar efter at den er opsagt af en af de hoje kontraherende Parter.

Artikel IV.

Nærværende Konvention skal ratificeres af Präsidenten for de Forenede Stater af Amerika med Senatets Raad og Samtykke og af Hans Majestad Kongen af Danmark og Ratifikationerne skulle udvexles i Kjobenhavn, saasnart som muligt, i Lobet af 10 Maaneder fra Dags Dato at regne.

Til Bekærftelse heraf have de Undertegnede underskrevet nærværende Konvention og paatrykt samme deres Vaabensegl.

Skeet i Kojbenhavn i dobbelt Udfaerdigelse den 15. Juni 1892.

[seal.] Reedtz Thott. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts,

Exchange of ratifications.

and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Copenhagen, on the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Proclamation.

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.

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 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two [seal] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

August 7, 1892 Convention 27 Stat. 965 CONVENTION—REPUBLIC OF CHILE. 965 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of
August 7, 1892
. Chile, for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either conn try against the other. Signed at Santiago, August 7, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate, December 8, 1892; ratified by the President of the United States, December 10, 1892; ratified by the President of Chile, December 23, 1892; ratifications exchanged, January 20, 1893; proclaimed, January 28, 1893.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble

the Republic of Chile, for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either country against the other, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at the city of Santiago, on the seventh day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, which Convention is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and the Republic of Chile, animated by the desire to settle and adjust amicably the claims made by the citizens of either country against the government of the other, growing out of acts committed by the civil or military authorities of either country, have agreed to make arrangements for that purpose, by means of a Convention, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries to confer and agree thereupon as follows:

The President of the United States of America, Patrick Egan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Santiago, and the President of the Republic of Chile, Isidoro Errúzuriz, Minister of Foreign Relations of Chile;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and true form, have agreed upon the following articles:—

Article I. All claims on the part of corporations, companies or private individuals, citizens of the United 966 States, upon the Government of Chile, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of citizens of the United States not in the service of the enemies of Chile, or voluntarily giving aid and comfort to the same, by the civil or military authorities of Chile; and on the other hand, all claims on the part of corporations, companies or private individuals, citizens of Chile, upon the Government of the United States, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of citizens of Chile, not in the service of the enemies of the United States, or voluntarily giving aid and comfort to the same, by the civil or military authorities of the government of the United States, shall be referred to three

Selection.

Commissioners, one of whom shall be named by the President of the United States, and one by the President of the Republic of Chile, and the third to be selected by mutual accord between the President of the United States and the President of Chile. In case the President of the United States and the Presdent of Chile shall not agree within three months from the exchange of the ratifications of this convention to nominate such third Commissioner then said nomination of said third Commissioner shall be made by the President of the Swiss Confederation.

Article II. The said Commission, thus constituted,

Authority of Commission.

shall be competent and obliged to examine and decide upon all claims of the aforesaid character presented to them by the citizens of either country.

Article III. In case of the death, prolonged

Vacancies on the Commission to filled.

absence or incapacity to serve of one of the said Commissioners, or in the event of one Commissioner omitting, or declining, or ceasing to act as such, then the President of the United States, or the President of the Republic of Chile, or the President of the Swiss Confed- 967 eration, as the case may be, shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy so occasioned by naming another Commissioner within three months from the occurrence of the vacancy.

Article IV. The Commissioners named as hereinbefore provided shall meet in the City of Washington at the earliest convenient time within six months after the exchange of ratifications of this Convention, and shall, as their first act in so meeting, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment and according to public law, justice and equity, without fear, favor or affection, all claims within the description and true meaning of Articles land IL, which shall be laid before them on the part of the Governments of the United States and of Chile respectively; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings; Provided, however, that the concurring judgment of any two Commissioners shall be adequate for every intermediate decision arising in the execution of their duty and for every final award.

Article V. The Commissioners shall, without delay, after the organization of the Commission, proceed to examine and determine the claims specified in the preceding articles, and notice shall be given to the respective Governments of the day of their organization and readiness to proceed to the transaction of the business of the Commission. They shall investigate and decide said claims in such order and in such manner as they may think proper, but upon such evidence or information only as shall be furnished by or on behalf of the respective Governments. They shall be bound to receive and consider all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of the respective Governments in support of, or in answer to, any claim, and to 968 hear, if required, one person on each side whom it shall be

Counsel.

competent for each Government to name as its Counsel or Agent to present and support claims on its behalf, on each and every separate claim. Each Government shall furnish at the request of the Commissioners, or of any two of them, the papers in its possession which may be important to the just determination of any of the claims laid before the Commission.

Article VI. The concurring decisions of the

Decisions of two commissioners conclusive.

Commissioners, or of any two of them, shall be conclusive and final. Said decisions shall in every case be given upon each individual

To be in writing.

claim, in writing, stating in the event of a pecuniary award being made, the amount or equivalent value of the same in gold coin of the United States; and in the event of interest being allowed on such award, the rate thereof and the period for which it is to be computed shall be fixed, which period shall not extend beyond the close of the Commission; and said decision shall be signed by the Commissioners concurring therein.

Article VII. The High Contracting Parties

Decisions binding on the two governments.

hereby engage to consider the decision of the Commissioners, or of any two of them, as absolutely final and conclusive upon each claim decided upon by them, and to give full effect to such decisions without any objections, evasions, or delay whatever.

Article VIII.

Every claim shall be presented

Time for presenting claims.

to the Commissioners within a period of two months reckoned from the day of their first meeting for business, after notice to the respective Governments as prescribed in Article V of this Convention. Nevertheless, where reasons for delay shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, or of any two of them, the 969 period for presenting the claim may be extended by them to any time not exceeding two months longer.

The Commissioners shall be bound to examine and decide upon every claim within six months from the day of their first meeting for business as aforesaid; which period shall not be extended except only in case of the proceedings of the Commission shall be interrupted by the death, incapacity, retirement or cessation of the functions of any one of the Commissioners, in which event the period of six months herein prescribed shall not be held to include the time during which such interruption may actually exist.

It shall be competent in each case for the said Commissioners to decide whether any claim has, or has not, been duly made, preferred, and laid before them, either wholly, or to any and what extent, according to the true intent and meaning of this Convention.

Article IX. All sums of money which may be awarded by the Commissioners as aforesaid, shall be paid by the one Government to the other, as the case may be, at the capital of the Government to receive such payment, within six months after the date of the final award, without interest, and without any deduction save as specified in article X.

Article X.

The Commissioners shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof; and the Governments of the United States and of Chile may each appoint and employ a Secretary versed in the languages of both countries, and the Commissioners may appoint any other necessary officer or officers to assist them in the transaction of the business which may come before them.

Each Government shall pay its own Commissioner, Secretary and Agent or Counsel, and at the same 970 or equivalent rates of compensation, as near as may be, for like officers on the one side as on the other. All other expenses, including the compensation of the third Commissioner, which latter shall be equal or equivalent to that of the other Commissioners shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal moieties.

The whole expenses of the Commission,

Deduction from awards.

including contingent expenses, shall be defrayed by a ratable deduction on the amount of the sums awarded by the Commissioners, provided always that such deduction shall not exceed the rate of five per centum on the sum so awarded. If the whole expenses shall exceed this rate, then the excess of expense shall be defrayed jointly by the two Governments in equal moieties.

Article XI. The High Contracting Parties

Result to be a final adjustment of claims, etc.

agree to consider the result of the proceedings of the Commission provided for by this Convention as a full, perfect and final settlement of any and every claim upon either Government within the description and true meaning of Articles I and II: and that every such claim, whether or not the same may have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred or laid before the said Commission, shall, from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the said Commission, be treated and considered as finally settled, concluded and barred.

Article XII.

The present Convention shall be

Ratification.

ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by the President of the Republic of Chile, with the consent and approbation of the Congress of the same, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington, at as early a day as may be possible within six months from the date hereof.

In testimony whereof the respective

Signatures.

Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, in the English and Spanish languages, 971 in duplicate, and hereunto affixed their respective seals.

Done at the city of Santiago the seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

[seal.] Patrick Egan. [seal.] Isidoro Errázuriz.

Los Estados Unidos de América

Contracting parties.

i la República de Chile animados del deseo de arreglar i concluir amigablemente los reclamos hechos por ciudadanos de cualquiera de los dos países contra el Gobierno del otro, provenientes de actos cometidos por las autoridades civiles o militares de cualquiera de los dos países, hau convenido en hacer un arreglo con ese fin, por medio de una Convencion i han nombrado sus Plenipotenciarios pai a tratar i convenir sobre lo espuesto, a saber:

El Presidente de los Estados

Plenipotentiaries.

Unidos al Señor don Patricio Egan, Enviado Estraordinario i Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos en Santiago; i el Presidente de la República de Chile al Señor don Isidoro Errúzuriz, Mi nistro de Relaciones Estertores de Chile.

Quienes, despues de haberse comunicado recíprocamente sus respectivos Plenos Poderes, i encontrádolos en buena i debida forma, han convenido en los artículos siguientes:

Artículo I. Todos los reclamos entablados

Mutual claims of citizens against United States and Chile referred to three commissioners.

por corporaciones, compañías o individuos privados, ciudadanos de 966 los Estados Unidos, contra el Gobierno de Chile, derivados de actos cometidos por las autoridades civiles o militares de Chile contra las personas o propiedad de ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos que no estén al servicio de los ene migos de Chile, ni hayan prestado a estos voluntariamente ayuda i auxilio, i por la otra parte, todos los redamos de corporaciones, com pañías o individuos privados, ciudadanos de Chile, contra el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, derivados de actos cometidos por las autoridades civiles o militares de los Estados Unidos contra las personas o propiedad de ciudadanos de Chile, que no estén al servicio de los enemigos de los Estados Unidos ni hayan prestado a estos voluntariamente ayuda i auxilio, serán sometidos a tres Comisionados, de los cuales uno será nombrado por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, otro por el Presidente de la República de Chile i el tercero será elejido por mùtuo acuerdo entre el Presi dente de los Estados Unidos i el Presidente de Chile. En caso de que el Presidente de los Estados Unidos i el Presidente de Chile no se pusieren de acuerdo, dentro de los tres meses subsiguientes al canje de las ratifieaciones de esta Convención, acerca del nombra miento del tercer Comisionado, el nombramiento de este tercer Co misionado será hecho por el Presi dente de la Confederación Suiza.

Artículo II. La espresada Comisión formada así, tendrá facultad i obligacion de examinar i decidir todos los reclamosde la naturaleza antes indicada que le fueren presentados por los ciudadanos de uno i otro pais.

Artículo III. En caso de muerte, ausencia prolongada o incapacidad para servir de uno de los referidos Comisio nados, o en el evento de que un Comisionado rehúse o cese de obrar como tal, el Presidente de los Estados Unidos o el Presidente de Chile o el Presidente de la Confederación Suiza, según fuere el caso, proce- 967 derá sin demora a llenar la vacante así ocasionada, nombrando otro Comisionado dentro de los tres meses contados desde que ocurrió la vacante.

Artículo IV. Los Comisionados nombrados en

Meeting of Commission.

la forma antes establecida se reunirán en la ciudad de Washington a la mayor brevedad posible i dentro de los seis meses posteriores al canje de las ratificaciones de esta Convencion i como primer acto en esa reunion formularán i suscribirán una solemne declaracion de que ellos examinarán imparcial i cuidadosamente, segun su mejor entender, i, de acuerdo con el derecho público, la justicia i la

Decision.

equidad, sin temor, favor, ni afeccion, todos los reclamos comprendidos en la enumeracion i verdadero significado de los artículos I i II, que les fueren presentados de parte de los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos i de Chile, respectivamente; i tal declaracion será anotada en el acta; entendiéndose sin embargo que el juicio uniforme de dos Comisionados bastará para tomar cualquiera resolucion interlocutoria que se produzca en el ejercicio de sus funciones i para cualquiera sentencia definitiva.

Artículo V. Los Comisionados procederán

Organization, hearings. etc.

sin tardanza, una vez organizada la Comisión a examinar i ordenar los reclamos especificados en los artículos precedentes i darán aviso a sus Gobiernos respectivos del día de su organizacion i de hallarse prontos para iniciar los trabajos de la Comision. Ellos investigarán i decidirán los indicados redamos en el órden i forma que juzguen

Evidence.

propios, pero solo en vista de las pruebas o informaciones que les serán suministradas por o de la parte de los Gobiernos respectivos. Estarán obligados a recibir i tomar en cuenta todo documento o esposicion escritos que se les presentare por o de parte de los respectivos Gobiernos en apoyo o en contestacion a algun reclamo, i a oir, si se creyese necesario en todos o en cada uno de los reclamos sepa- 968 radamente, a una persona de cada lado que cada Gobierno està facultado para nombrar como su abogado o ajente para presentar i sostener reclamos de su parte. Cada uno de los Gobiernos suministrará, a peticion de los Comisionados, o de cualesquiera dos de ellos, los papeles que posea i que sean de importancia para la justa apreciación de algunos de los reclamos presentados a la Comisión.

Artículo VI. Las resoluciones unánimes de los Comisionados o de cualquiera dos de ellos serán concluyentesi definítivas. Tales decisiones serán pro nuncianadas en cada caso sobre cada reclamo en particular, por escrito, estableciendo, en el caso de que se dé una sentencia que importe un pago, el monto o valor equivalente de la suma en moneda de oro dejos Estados Unidos, i en el caso de. que en tal sentencia se concedan intereses deberá fijarse el tipo de estos i el período durante el cual deban ser computados, periodo que no deberá estenderse mas allá de la clausura de la Comisión, i el referido fallo será suscrito por los Comisionados que hubieren tomado parte en él.

Artículo VII. Las Altas Partes Contratantes se comprometen a considerar la decision de los Comisionados o de cualesquiera dos de ellos, como absolutamente final i concluyente sobre cada reclamo resuelto por ellos i a dar cumplido efecto a cada sentencia sin objeciones, evasivas o dilatorias de cualquiera clase.—

Artículo VIII.

Cada reclamo será presentado a los Comisionados dentro del peri odo de dos meses contados desde el día de su primera sesion de tra bajo, despues de haber comunicado el hecho a los respectivos Gobiernos, como lo prescribe el artículo V de esta convencion. Sin embargo, si se alegaren, en favor del retardo, razones satisfactorias para los Comisionados o para cuales- 969 quiera dos de ellos, el plazo para presentar el reclamo puede ser estendido por ellos dentro de un período que no exeda de dos meses.

Los Comisionados estarán obligados

Examinations.

a examinar i resolver cada reclamo dentro de los seis meses contados desde el dia de su primera reunion de trabajo, como antes se ha dicho, cuyo periodo no será ampliado escepto solamente en el caso de que los trabajos de la Comision fueran interrumpidos por la muerte, incapacidad, retiro o cesación de funciones de algunos de los Comisionados, i, en este caso, el período de seis meses aquí pre scrito no se entenderá que abraza el tiempo durante el cual tal interrupción pueda durar.

Los referidos Comisionados están

Decision as to claims being presented to Commission.

facultados para decidir en cada caso si un reclamo ha sido o no debidamente hecho, espuesto, presentado i sostenido ante ellos, ya fuese en el todo ó en alguna parte, de acuerdo con el verdadero propósito e intelijencia de esta Convencion.

Artículo IX. Todas las sumas en dinero que

Payment of awards.

los Comisionados ordenaren pagar, en la forma anterior, serán cubiertas por un Gobierno al otro, segun fuere el caso, de manera que el Gobierno pueda recibir en su capital dicho pago, dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la fecha de la sentencia definitiva, sin intereses i sin otra deducción que la especificada en el artículo X.

Artículo X.

Los Comisionados llevaran un

Record of proceedings.

prolijo rejistro i correctas actas o notas de todos los procedimientos con sus respectivas tedias, i los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos i de Chile pueden cada cual nom brar i ocupar un Secretario ver sado en el idioma de ambos países, i los Comisionados pueden nombraralgun otro empleado o empleados necesarios que les ayuden en el despacho de los asuntos que pendieren ante ellos.

Cada Gobierno pagará su propio

Expenses.

Comisionado, Secretario y Ajente o abogado, i la remuneración será 970 tan equivalente cuanto fuere posible para los empleados de una u otra parte.

Todos los demas gastos, incluyendo la remuneracion del tercer Comisionado, la cual será igual o equivalente a la de los otros Comisionados, será pagado por los dos Gobiernos por mitad.

Todos los gastos de la Comision, incluyendo desembolsos imprevistos, serán pagados con una deduccion a prorrata del monto de las sumas falladas por la Comision, con tal que dicha deduccion no exceda la cuota del cinco por ciento de las sumas falladas. Si el valor total de los gastos excediere esta cantidad, el exceso de gastos será pagado juntamente i por mitad por los dos Gobiernos.

Artículo XI. Las Altas Partes Contratantes convienen en considerar el resultado de los trabajos de la Comision establecida por esta Convencion como un arreglo completo, perfecto i final de todos i de cada uno de los reclamos contra uno i otro Gobierno, dentro de la prescripción i verdadera intelijencia de los artículos I i II; i que cada reclamo, ya sea que se haya o no elevado a conocimiento, formulado, sometido i sostenido ante la referida Comisión, será desile la conclusion de los trabajos de la Comision, considerado i tenido como finalmente resuelto, concluido i finiquitado.

Artículo XII.

La presente Convención será ratificada por el Presidente de los Estados IT nidos, con el consejo i acuerdo del Senado, i por el Presidente de la República de Chile, con el consentimiento i aprobacion del Congreso de la misma, i las ratificaciones serán can jeadas en Washington en el mas breve plazo posible dentro de los seis meses contados desde esta fecha.

En testimonio de lo cual los respectivos Plenipotenciarios han firmado la presente Convención en los idiomas inglés i español, por 971 duplicado i le han puesto aqui sus sellos respectivos.

Hecha en la ciudad de Santiago el dia siete de Agosto de 1892.

Patrick Egan. [seal] Isidoro Errázuriz. [seal] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in

Exchange of ratification.

the city of Washington on the twenty sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, 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.

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 twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

[seal.] Benj Harrison By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

January 14, 1893 Treaty 27 Stat. 972 972 TREATY—KINGDOM OF SWEDEN. January 14, 1893. Treaty between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden
January 14, 1893
. for the extradition of criminals. Concluded at Washington January 14, 1893; ratification advised by the Senate February 2, 1893; ratified by the President February 8, 1893; ratified by the King February 10, 1893; ratifications exchanged at Washington, March 18, 1893; proclaimed March 18, 1893.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Treaty between the United States and Sweden for the

Preamble.

extradition of criminals was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington, on the fourteenth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, which Treaty is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Sweden

Contracting parties

and Norway, being desirous to confirm their friendly relations and to promote the cause of justice, have resolved to conclude a new treaty for the extradition of fugitives from justice between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden, and have appointed for that purpose the following Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, John W. Foster, Secretary of State of the United States; and

His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, J. A. W. Grip, His

Plenipotentaries.

Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States;

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:

Article I. The Government of the United States and the Government of Sweden

Reciprocal delivery of persona charged with crime.

mutually agree to deliver tip persons who, having been charged with or convicted of any of the crimes and offenses 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 his or her apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offense had been there committed.

Article II. Extradition shall be granted for the following crimes and offenses:

Extraditable crimes

Murder, etc.

1. Murder, comprehending assassination, parricide, infanticide and poisoning; attempt to commit murder; the killing of a human being, when such act is punishable in the United States as voluntary man slaughter, and in Sweden as manslaughter. 2. Arson.

Arson.

3. Robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another money or goods, by violence or putting him

Robbery.

in fear; burglary; also housebreaking or shop-breaking. 973 4. Forgery, or the utterance of forged papers; the forgery or falsification

Forgery.

of official acts of government, of public authorities, or of courts of justice, or the utterance of the thing forged or falsified. 5. The counterfeiting, falsifying or altering of money, whether coin or

Counterfeiting, etc.

paper, or of instruments of debt created by national, state, provincial, or municipal governments, or of coupons thereof, or of banknotes, or the utterance or circulation of the same; or the counterfeiting, falsifying or altering of seals of state. 6. Embezzlement by public officers; embezzlement by persons hired

Embezzlement, etc.

or salaried, to the detriment of their employers; larceny; obtaining money, valuable securities or other property by false pretenses, or receiving money, valuable securities or other property knowing the same to have been embezzled, stolen or fraudulently obtained, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property fraudulently obtained or received is not less than $200 or kronor 740. 7. Fraud or breach of trust by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee

Breach of trust, etc.

or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, or director or member or officer of any company, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property misappropriated is not less than $200 or kronor 740. 8. Perjury; subornation of perjury.

Perjury.

Rape, etc.

9. Rape; abduction; kidnapping. 10. Willful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads which

Injuries to railroads, etc.

endangers human life. 11. Crimes committed at sea:

Crimes committed at sea.

a. Piracy, by statute or by the law of nations; b. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master; c. Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so; d. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to do grievous bodily harm. 12.

Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries for the

Slave trading, etc.

suppression of slavery and slave trading.

Extradition is also to take place for participation in any of the crimes

Complicity.

and offenses mentioned in this treaty, provided such participation may be punished, in the United States as a felony, and in Sweden by imprisonment at hard labor.

Article III.

Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made

Requisitions

by the diplomatic agents of the contracting parties, or in the absence of these from the country or its seat of government, may be made by the superior consular officers.

If the person whose extradition is requested shall have been convicted

Copy of sentence or warrant.

of a crime or offense, a duly authenticated copy of the sentence of the court in which he was convicted, or if the fugitive is merely charged with crime, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant of arrest in the country where the crime has been committed, and of the depositions or other evidence upon which such warrant was issued, shall be produced.

The extradition of fugitives under the provisions of this Treaty shall

Proceedings.

be carried out in the United States and Sweden, respectively, in conformity with the laws regulating extradition for the time being in force in the state on which the demand for surrender is made.

Article IV.

Where the arrest and detention of a fugitive are desired on telegraphic

Applications for provisional arrest.

or other information in advance of the presentation of formal proofs, the proper course in the United States shall be to apply to the 974 judge or other magistrate authorized to issue warrants of arrest in extradition cases, and present a complaint on oath, as provided by the statutes of the United States.

In the Kingdom of Sweden the proper course shall be to apply to the Foreign Office, which will immediately cause the necessary steps to be taken in order to secure the provisional arrest and detention of the fugitive.

The provisional detention of a fugitive shall cease and the prisoner be

Discharge on failure to make formal requisition in two months.

released, if a formal requisition for his surrender, accompanied by the necessary evidence of his criminality, has not been produced, under the stipulations of this Treaty, within two months from the date of his provisional arrest or detention.

Article V. Neither of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its

Neither country bound to deliver its own citizens.

own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this Treaty.

Article VI.

A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offense in respect

No surrender for political offenses.

of which his surrender is demanded be of a political character, or if he proves that the requisition for his surrender has, in fact, been made with a view to try or punish him for an offense of a political character.

No person surrendered by either of the high contracting parties to the other shall be triable or tried or be punished for any political crime or offense, or for any act connected therewith, committed previously to his extradition.

If any question shall arise as to whether a case comes within the provisions

Decision.

of this article, the decision of the authorities of the government on which the demand for surrender is made, or which may have granted the extradition shall be final.

Article VII. Extradition shall not be granted, in pursuance of the provisions of

No delivery if trial barred by limitation.

this Treaty, 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.

Article VIII. No person surrendered by either of the high contracting parties to

Trials to be only for offenses for which extradited.

the other shall, without his consent, freely granted and publicly declared by him, be triable or tried or be punished for any crime or offense committed prior to his extradition, other than that for which he was delivered up, until he shall have had an opportunity of returning to the country from which he was surrendered.

Article IX. All articles seized which are in the possession of the person to be

Disposition of articles seized with person.

surrendered at the time of his apprehension, whether being the proceeds of the crime or offense charged, or being material as evidence in making proof of the crime or offense, shall, so far as practicable and in conformity with the laws of the respective countries, be given up when the extradition takes place. Nevertheless, the rights of third parties with regard to such articles shall be duly respected.

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Article X. If the individual claimed by one of the high contracting parties, in

Person claimed by two or more countries.

pursuance of the present Treaty, shall also be claimed by one or several other powers on account of crimes or offenses committed within their respective jurisdictions, his extradition shall be granted to the state whose demand is first received: Provided, that the government from which extradition is sought is not bound by Treaty to give preference otherwise.

Article XI. The expenses incurred in the arrest, detention, examination and delivery

Expenses.

of fugitives under this Treaty shall be borne by the state in whose name the extradition is sought: Provided, that the demanding government shall not be compelled to bear any expense for the services of such public officers of the government from which extradition is sought as receive a fixed salary; and, Provided, that the charge for the services of such public officers as receive only fees or perquisites shall not exceed their customary fees for the acts or services performed by them had such acts or services been performed in ordinary criminal proceedings under the laws of the country of which they are officers.

Article XII.

The present treaty shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date

Effect.

of the exchange of ratifications, and shall not operate retroactively. On the day on which it takes effect the convention of March 21st,

Former treaty abrogated.

1860, shall, as between the Governments of the United States and of Sweden cease to be in force except as to crimes therein enumerated and committed prior to that day.

The ratifications of the present Treaty shall be exchanged at Washington

Exchange of ratifications.

as soon as possible, and it shall remain in force for a period of six months after either of the contracting Governments shall have given notice of a purpose to terminate it.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at the city of Washington this fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

Signatures.

John W. Foster, [seal.] J. A. W. Grip. [seal.] And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts,

Ratification.

and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the 18th. day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three;

Proclamation.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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.

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 18th. day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATIONS
of the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. (977) PROCLAMATIONS. [No. 1.] May 20, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 1.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to an act of Congress, approved May fifteenth,

May 20, 1891

. eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act making appropriations

Preamble.

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for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes,” an agreement was entered into on the fourteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, by John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels, and Charles F. Larrabee, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan tribes of Indians, residing on the Fort Berthold reservation, in the then Territory of Dakota, now State of North Dakota, embracing a majority of all the male adult members of said tribes; and Whereas, by an act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen

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hundred and ninety-one, 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 ninety two, and for other purposes,” the aforesaid agreement of December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, was accepted, ratified, and confirmed, except as to article six thereof, which was modified and changed on the part of the United States so as to read as follows:

“That the residue of lands within said diminished reservation, after all allotments have been made as provided in article three of this agreement, shall be held by the said tribes of Indians as a reservation;” and

Whereas, it is provided in said last above-mentioned act “that this act shall take effect only upon the acceptance of the modification and changes made by the United States as to article six of the said agreement by the said tribes of Indians in manner and form as said agreement was assented to, which said acceptance and consent shall be made known by proclamation by the President of the United States, upon satisfactory proof presented to him that the said acceptance and con-sent have been obtained in such manner and form;” and Whereas, satisfactory proof has been presented to me that the acceptance of, and consent to, the provisions of the act last named by the different bands of Indians residing on said reservation, have been obtained in manner and form as said agreement of December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. was assented to:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Fort Berthold reservation. N. D.

by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby make known and pro-claim the acceptance of, and consent to, the modification and changes

Agreement with Indians ratified.

made by the United States as to Article six of said agreement, by said tribe of Indians as required by the Act, and said Act is hereby declared to be in full force and effect, subject to all provisions, conditions, limitations, and restrictions therein contained.

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All persons will take notice of the provisions of said Act, and of the conditions and restrictions therein contained, and be governed accordingly.

I furthermore notify all persons to particularly observe that a certain

Lands reserved to Indians.

portion of the said Fort Berthold reservation not ceded and relinquished by said agreement, is reserved for allotment to, and also as a reservation for, the said tribes of Indians; and all persons are, therefore, hereby warned not to go upon any of the lands so reserved, for any purpose or with any intent whatsoever, as no settlement or other right can be secured upon said lands, and all persons found unlawfully thereon will be dealt with as trespassers and intruders; and I hereby declare all the lands sold, ceded, and relinquished to the United States under said agreement, namely;

“All that portion of the Fort Berthold reservation, as laid down upon

Lands ceded to the United States.

the official map of the” (then) “Territory of Dakota, published by the General Land Office in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, lying north of the forty-eighth parallel of north latitude, and also all that portion lying west of a north and south line six miles west of the most westerly point of the big bend of the Missouri River, south of the forty-eighth parallel of north latitude,” open to settlement, and subject to disposal as provided in Section twenty-five of the Act of March third,

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eighteen hundred and ninety-one aforesaid. (26 Stats., p. 1035.)

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this twentieth (20th) day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-one, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.

By the President: Benj Harrison Countersigned: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 2.] June 15, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 2.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an agreement for a modus vivendi between the Government

June 15, 1891

. of the United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, in relation to the Fur Seal Fisheries in Behring Sea, was concluded on the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

Preamble.

hundred and ninety-one, word for word as follows: agreement between the government of the united states and the government of her britannic majesty for a modus vivendi in relation to the fur seal fisheries in behring sea. For the purpose of avoiding irritating differences and with a view to

Agreement prohibiting seal killing in Behring Sea.

promote the friendly settlement of the questions pending between the two Governments touching their respective rights in Behring Sea, and for the preservation of the seal species, the following agreement is made without prejudice to the rights or claims of either party. (1) Her Majesty’s Government will prohibit, until May next, seal

By Her Majesty’s Government.

killing in that part of Behring Sea lying eastward of the line of demarcation described in Article No. 1 of the Treaty of 1867 between the United States and Russia, and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by British subjects and vessels. 981 (2) The United States Government will prohibit seal killing for the

By United States Government.

same period in the same part of Behring Sea and on the shores and islands thereof, the property of the United States (in excess of 7,500 to be taken on the islands for the subsistence and care of the natives) and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by United States citizens and vessels. (3) Every vessel or person offending against this prohibition in the

Seizure of offenders

said waters of Behring Sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits of the United States, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of either of the High Contracting Parties, but they shall be handed over as soon as practicable to the authorities of the nation to which they respectively belong, who shall alone have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same. The witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the offense shall also be sent with them. (4) In order to facilitate such proper inquiries as Her Majesty’s Government

Inquiries by Her Majesty’s Government.

may desire to make, with a view to the presentation of the ease of that Government before arbitrators, and in expectation that an agreement for arbitration may be arrived at. it is agreed that suitable persons designated by Great Britain will be permitted at any time, upon application, to visit or to remain upon the seal islands during the present sealing season for that purpose.

Signed and sealed in duplicate at Washington, this fifteenth day of June, 1891, on behalf of their respective Governments, by William F. Wharton, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. C. B., H. B. M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

William F. Wharton [seal]. Julian Pauncefote [seal].

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Publication of agreement.

the United States of America, have caused the said agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and every part thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof.

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 fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 3.] July 1, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 3.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March

July 1, 1891

. 3, 1891, entitled “An Act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the

Preamble.

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Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights,” that said act “shall only apply to a citizen or a subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the. United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in 982 the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement And whereas it is also provided by said section that “the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this Act may require:” And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Belgium, France, Great Britain arid the British possessions, and Switzerland, the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the citizens of those countries:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, is now fulfilled in respect to the citizens or subjects of Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland.

In testimony 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 first day of July, one thousand [SEAL.] eight hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 4.] July 31, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 4.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to Section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

July 31, 1891

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

Preamble.

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duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Spain the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said Section 3, to wit, sugars, molasses, coffee and hides, to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America: And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity and compensation for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in Section 3 of said Act, the Government of Spain will, by due legal enactment, and as a provisional measure, admit, from and after September 1, 1891, into all the established ports of entry of the Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, the articles or merchandise named in the

Commercial arrangement with Spain.

following Transitory Schedule, on the terms stated therein, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States and proceed directly from the ports of said States: transitory schedule.

Transitory schedule.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted into Cuba and Porto Rico free of duty.

Cuba and Porto Rico free of duties: 1. Meats, in brine, salted or smoked, bacon, hams, and meats preserved in cans, in lard or by extraction of air; jerked beef excepted. 2. Lard. 3. Tallow and other animal greases, melted or crude, unmanufactured. 983 4. Fish and shellfish, live, fresh, dried, in brine, smoked, pickled; oysters and salmon in cans. 5. Oats, barley, rye and buckwheat and flour of these cereals. 6. Starch, maizena and other alimentary products of corn, except cornmeal. 7. Cotton seed, oil and meal-cake of said seed for cattle. 8. Hay, straw for forage and bran. 9. Fruits, fresh, dried and preserved, except raisins. 10. Vegetables and garden products, fresh and dried. 11. Resin of pine, tar, pitch and turpentine. 12. Woods of all kinds, in trunks or logs, joists, rafters, planks, beams, boards, round or cylindric masts, although cut, planed and tongued and grooved, including flooring. 13. Woods for cooperage, including staves, headings and wooden hoops. 14. Wooden boxes, mounted or unmounted, except of cedar. 15. Woods, ordinary, manufactured into doors, frames, windows and shutters, without paint or varnish, and wooden houses, unmounted, without paint or varnish. 16. Wagons and carts for ordinary roads and agriculture. 17. Sewing machines. 18. Petroleum, raw or unrefined, according to the classification fixed in the existing orders for the importation of this article in said Islands. 19. Coal, mineral. 20.

Ice.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted at rates expressed.

Cuba and Porto Rico on payment of the duties stated:

21. Corn or maize, 25 cents per 100 kilogrammes. 22. Corn meal, 25 cents per 100 kilogrammes. 23. Wheat, from January 1, 1892, 30 cents per 100 kilogrammes. 24.

Wheat-flour, from January 1, 1892, $1 per 100 kilogrammes.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted at a reduction of 25 per cent.

Cuba an Porto Rico at a reduction of duty of 25 per centum:

25. Butter and cheese. 26. Petroleum, refined. 27. Boots and shoes in whole or in part of leather or skins. And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Definitive arrangement after July 1, 1892.

of Spain in Washington has further communicated to the Secretary of State that the Government of Spain will, in like manner and as a definitive arrangement, admit, from and after July 1, 1892, into all the established ports of entry of the Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, the articles or merchandise named in the following Schedules A, B, C, and I), on the terms stated therein, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States and proceed directly from the ports of said States: Schedule A.

Schedule A.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted free of duty.

Cuba and Porto Rico free of duties: 1. Marble, jasper and alabaster natural or artificial, in rough or in pieces, dressed, squared and prepared for taking shape. 2. Other stones and earthy matters, including cement, employed in building, the arts and industries. 3. Waters, mineral or medicinal. 4. Ice. 5. Coal, mineral. 6. Resin, tar, pitch, turpentine, asphalt, schist and bitumen. 7. Petroleum, raw or crude, in accordance with the classification fixed in the tariff of said islands. 8. Clay, ordinary, in paving tiles large and small, bricks, and roof tiles unglazed, for the construction of buildings, ovens and other similar purposes. 984 9. Gold and silver coin. 10. Iron, cast in pigs, and old iron and steel. 11. Iron, cast, in pipes, beams, rafters and similar articles, for the construction of buildings, and in ordinary manufactures, (see repertory). 12. Iron, wrought, and steel, in bars, rails and bars of all kinds, plates, beams, rafters, and other similar articles for construction of buildings. 13. Iron, wrought, and steel, in wire, nails, screws, nuts, and pipes. 14. Iron, wrought, and steel, in ordinary manufactures and wire cloth unmanufactured, (see repertory). 15. Cotton, raw, with or without seed. 16. Cotton seed, oil and meal-cake of same for cattle. 17. Tallow and all other animal greases, melted or crude, unmanufactured. 18. Books and pamphlets, printed, bound and unbound. 19. Woods of all kinds, in trunks or logs, joists, rafters, planks, beams, boards and round or cylindric masts, although cut, planed, tongued and grooved, including flooring. 20. Wooden cooperage, including staves, headings and wooden hoops. 21. Wooden boxes, mounted or unmounted, except of cedar. 22. Woods, ordinary, manufactured into doors, frames, windows and shutters, without paint or varnish, and wooden houses, unmounted, without paint or varnish. 23. Woods, ordinary, manufactured into all kinds of articles turned or unturned, painted or varnished, except furniture. (see repertory). 24. Manures, natural or artificial. 25. Implements, utensils and tools for agriculture, the arts and mechanical trades. 26. Machines and apparatus, agricultural, motive, industrial and scientific, of all classes and materials, and loose pieces for the same, including wagons, carts and hand-carts for ordinary roads and agriculture. 27. Material and articles for public works, such as railroads, tram-ways, roads, canals for irrigation and navigation, use of waters, ports, lighthouses, and civil construction of general utility, when introduced by authorization of the Government, or if free admission is obtained in accordance with local laws. 28. Materials of all classes for the construction, repair in whole or in part of vessels, subject to specific regulations to avoid abuse in the importation. 29. Meats, in brine, salted and smoked, including bacon, hams, and meats preserved in cans, in lard or by extraction of air; jerked beef excepted. 30. Lard and butter. 31. Cheese. 32. Fish and shellfish, live, fresh, dried, in brine, salted, smoked and pickled; oysters and salmon in cans. 33. Oats, barley, rye and buckwheat, and flour of these cereals. 34. Starch, maizena and other alimentary products of corn, except corn-meal. 35. Fruits, fresh, dried and preserved, except raisins. 36. Vegetables and garden products, fresh and dried. 37. Hay, straw for forage and bran. 38. Trees, plants, shrubs and garden seeds. 39. Tan bark. Schedule B.

Schedule B.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted at rates expressed.

Cuba and Porto Rico on payment of the duties stated: 40. Corn or maize, 25 cents per 100 kilograms. 41. Corn-meal, 25 cents per 100 kilograms. 985 42. Wheat, 30 cents per 100 kilograms. 43. Wheat-flour, $1.00 per 100 kilograms. 44. Carriages, cars and other vehicles for railroads or tramways, where authorization of the Government for free admission has not been obtained, 1 per centum ad valorem. Schedule C.

Schedule C.

Products or manufactures of the, United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted at a reduction of 50 per rent.

Cuba and Porto Rico at a reduction of duty of 50 per centum: 45. Marble, jasper and alabaster, of all kinds, cut into flags, slabs or steps, and the same worked or carved in all kinds of articles polished or not. 46. Glass and crystal ware, plate and window glass, and the same silvered, quicksilvered and platinized. 47. Clay in tiles, large and small, and mosaic for pavements, colored tiles, roof tiles glazed and pipes. 48. Stoneware and tine earthenware, and porcelain. 40. Iron. cast, in tine manufactures or those polished, with coating of porcelain or part of other metals, (see repertory.) 50. Iron, wrought, and steel, in axles, tires, springs and wheels for carriages, rivets and their washers. 51. Iron, wrought, and steel, in tine manufactures or those polished, with coating of porcelain or part of other metals, not expressly comprised in other numbers of these schedules, and platform scales for weighing, (see repertory.) 52. Needles, pens, knives, table and carving, razors, pen-knives, scissors, pieces for watches and other similar articles of iron and steel. 53. Tin plate in sheets or manufactured. 54. Copper, bronze, brass and nickel, and alloys of same with common metals, in lump or bars, and all manufactures of the same. 55. All other common metals and alloys of the same, in lump or bars, and all manufactures of the same, plain, varnished, gilt, silvered or nickeled. 56. Furniture of all kinds, of wood or metal, including school furniture, blackboards and other materials for schools, and all kinds of articles of tine woods not expressly comprised in other numbers of these schedules, (see repertory.) 57. Rushes, esparto, vegetable hair, broom corn, willow, straw, palm and other similar materials, manufactured into articles of all kinds. 58. Pastes for soups, rice flour, bread and crackers, and alimentary farinas, not comprised in other numbers of these schedules. 59. Preserved alimentary substances and canned goods, not comprised in other numbers of these schedules, including sausages, stuffed meats, mustards, sauces, pickles, jams and jellies. 60. Rubber and gutta-percha, and manufactures thereof, alone or mixed with other substances (except silk), and oilcloths and tarpaulin. 61. Rice, hulled or unhulled. Schedule D.

Schedule D.

Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into

Articles admitted at a reduction of 25 per cent.

Cuba and Porto Rico at a reduction of duty of 25 per centum: 62. Petroleum, refined, and benzine. 63. Cotton manufactured, spun or twisted, and in goods of all kinds, woven or knit, and the same mixed with other vegetable or animal fibers in which cotton is an equal or greater component part, and clothing exclusively of cotton. 64. Rope, cordage and twine of all kinds. 65. Colors, crude and prepared, with or without oil, inks of all kinds, shoe blacking and varnishes. 986 66. Soap, toilet, and perfumery. 67. Medicines, proprietary or patent and all others, and drugs. 68. Stearine and tallow manufactured in candles. 69. Paper for printing, for decorating rooms, of wood or straw for wrapping and packing and bags and boxes of same, sand paper and pasteboard. 70. Leather and skins, tanned, dressed, varnished or japanned, of all kinds, including sole-leather or belting. 71. Boots and shoes in whole or in part of leather or skins. 72. Trunks, valises, travelling bags, portfolios and other similar articles in whole or in part of leather. 73. Harness and saddlery of all kinds. 74. Watches and clocks, of gold, silver or other metals, with cases of stone, wood or other material, plain or ornamented. 75.

Carriages of two or four wheels and pieces of the same.

It is understood that flour which, on its exportation from the United States, has been favored with drawbacks shall not share in the fore-going reduction of duty.

The provisional arrangement as set forth in the Transitory Schedule

Substitution of definitive for transitory arrangement.

shall come to an end on July 1, 1892, and on that date be substituted by the definitive arrangement as set forth in schedules A, B, C, and D.

And that the Government of Spain has further provided that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedules are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall place no undue restrictions on the importer, nor impose any additional charges or fees therefor on the articles imported.

And whereas, the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain at Washington that this action of the Government of Spain, in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Cuba and Porto Rico, is accepted for those islands as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in Section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of Cuban and Porto Rican tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Cuba and Porto Rico to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 5.] August 1, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 5.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

August 1, 1891

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

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duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of the Dominican Republic the action of the Congress of the United States of 987 America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3, to wit, sugars, molasses, coffee and hides, to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic at Washington has communicated to the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States the fact that, in reciprocity and compensation for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said Act, the Government of the Dominican Republic will, by due legal enactment, admit, from and after September 1, 1891, into all the established ports of entry of the Dominican Republic, the articles or merchandise named in the following Schedules, on the terms stated therein, provided that

Commercial arrangement with Dominican Republic.

the same be the product or manufacture of the United States and proceed directly from the ports of said States: Schedule A.

Schedule A

Articles to be admitted free of duty into the Dominican Republic:

Articles admitted into Dominican Re public free of duty.

1. —Animals, live. 2. —Meats of all kinds, salted or in brine, but not smoked. 3. —Corn or maize, corn-meal and starch. 4. —Oats, barley, rye and buckwheat, and Hour of these cereals. 5. —Hay, bran and straw for forage. 6. —Trees, plants, vines and seeds and grains of all kinds for propagation. 7. —Cotton-seed oil and meal cake of same. 8. —Tallow in cake or melted and oil for machinery, subject to examination and proof respecting the use of said oil. 9. —Resin, tar, pitch and turpentine. 10. —Manures, natural and artificial. 11. —Coal, mineral. 12. —Mineral waters, natural and artificial. 13. —Ice. 14. —Machines, including steam engines, and those of all other kinds, and parts of the same, implements and tools for agricultural, mining, manufacturing, industrial, and scientific purposes, including carts, wagons, hand carts and wheelbarrows, and parts of the same. 15. —Material for the construction and equipment of railways. 16. —Iron, cast and wrought, and steel, in pigs, bars, rods, plates, beams, rafters and other similar articles for the construction of buildings, and in wire, nails, screws and pipes. 17. —Zinc, galvanized and corrugated iron, tin and lead in sheets, asbestos, tar paper, tiles, slate and other material for rooting. 18. —Copper in bars, plates, nails and screws. 19. —Copper and lead pipe. 20. —Bricks, fire bricks, cement, lime, artificial stone, paving tiles, marble and other stones in rough, dressed or polished, and other earthy materials used in building. 21. —Windmills. 22. —Wire, plain or barbed, for fences, with hooks, staples, nails, and similar articles used in the construction offences. 23. —Telegraph wire and telegraphic, telephonic and electrical apparatus of all kinds for communication and illumination. 24. —Wood and lumber of all kinds for building, in logs or pieces, beams, rafters, planks, boards, shingles, flooring, joists, wooden houses, mounted or unmounted, and accessory parts of buildings. 25. —Cooperage of all kinds, including staves, headings and hoops, barrels and boxes, mounted or unmounted. 26. —Materials for ship building. 27. —Boats and lighters. 988 28. —School furniture, blackboards, and other articles exclusively for the use of schools. 29. —Books, bound or unbound, pamphlets, newspapers and printed matter, and paper for printing newspapers. 30. —Printers’ inks of all colors, type, leads and all accessories for printing. 31. —Sacks, empty, for packing sugar. 32. —Gold and silver coin and bullion. Schedule B.

Schedule B.

Articles to be admitted into the Dominican Republic at a reduction

Articles admitted at a reduction of 25 per cent.

of duty of 25 per centum: 33. —Meats not included in Schedule A and meat products of all kinds, except laid. 34. —Butter, cheese, and condensed or canned milk. 35. —Fish and shellfish, salted, dried, smoked, pickled or preserved in cans. 36. —Fruits and vegetables, fresh, canned, dried, pickled or preserved. 37. —Manufactures of iron and steel, single or mixed, not included in Schedule A. 38. —Cotton, manufactured, spun or twisted, and in fabrics of all kinds, woven or knit, and the same fabrics mixed with other vegetable or animal fibers in which cotton is the equal or greater component part. 39. —Boots and shoes in whole or in part of leather or skins. 40. —Paper for writing, in envelopes, ruled or blank books, wallpaper, paper for wrapping and packing, for cigarettes, in cardboard, boxes and bags, sand paper and pasteboard. 41. —Tin plate and tin-ware for arts, industries and domestic uses. 42. —Cordage, rope and twine of all kinds. 43.

—Manufactures of woo l of all kinds not embraced in Schedule A, including wooden ware, implements for household use, and furniture in whole or in part of wood.

And that the Government of the Dominican Republic has further provided that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedules are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall place no undue restrictions on the importer, nor impose any additional charges or fees therefor on the articles imported.

And whereas the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic at Washington that this action of the Government of the Dominican Republic, in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into the Dominican Republic, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in Section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification or Dominican tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of the Dominican Republic to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and of the independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 6.] September 10, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 989

[No. 6.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section twenty-four of an Act approved

September 10, 1891

. March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An Act to

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repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States, may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and limits thereof.” and Whereas, the lands hereinafter described are public and forest healing, and on the thirtieth of March, last, I issued a proclamation intended

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to reserve the same as authorized in said act, but as some question has arisen as to the boundaries proclaimed being sufficiently definite to cover the forests intended to be reserved,

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation, Wyoming.

for the purpose of removing any doubt and making the boundaries of said reservation more definite, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act, do hereby issue this, my second, proclamation, and hereby set apart, reserve and establish, as a public reservation, all that tract of land situate in the State of Wyoming, embraced within the following boundary:

“Beginning at a point on the parallel of forty-four degrees fifty minutes

Boundary defined.

north latitude, where said parallel is intersected by the east boundary of the Yellowstone National Park; thence due east along said parallel twenty-four and one half miles; thence due south to the parallel of forty-four degrees north latitude; thence due west along said parallel to its point of intersection with the west boundary of the State of Wyoming; thence due north along said boundary to its intersection with the south boundary of the Yellowstone National Park; thence due east along the south boundary of said Park to the southeast corner thereof; thence due north along the east boundary of said Park to the place of beginning.”

And warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 10th day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 7.] September 18, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 7.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a written agreement, made on the twelfth day of June,

September 18, 1891

. eighteen hundred and ninety, the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, in

Preamble.

Agreement with Sac and Fox Indians, Okla.

the Territory of Oklahoma, ceded and conveyed to the United States of America all title or interest of said Indians in and to the lands 990 particularly described in Article I of the agreement, except the quarter section of land on which the Sac and Fox Agency is located: and provided that the section of land now designated and set apart near the Sac and Fox Agency for a school and farm shall not be subject either to allotment or to homestead entry; that every citizen of said Nation shall have an allotment of land, in quantity as therein stated, to be selected within the tract of country so ceded, except in sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36) in each Congressional township, and except the Agency quarter section and section set apart for school and farm, as above mentioned, or other lands selected in lieu thereof; that when the allotments to the citizens of the Sac and Fox Nation are made, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause trust patents to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, and that as soon as such allotments are so made, and approved by the Department of the Interior, and the patents provided for are issued, then the residue of said tract of country shall, as far as said Sac and Fox Nation is concerned, become public lands of the United States, and under such restrictions as may be imposed by law, be subject to white settlement; and Whereas, by a certain other agreement with the Iowa tribe of Indians

Agreement with Iowa Indians, Okla.

residing on the Iowa Reservation, in said Territory, made on the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety, said tribe surrendered and relinquished to the United States all their title and interest in and to the lands of said Indians in said Territory, and particularly described in Article I of said agreement; and provided that each and every member of said tribe shall have an allotment of eighty acres of land upon said reservation, and upon the approval of such allotments by the Secretary of the Interior, that trust patents shall be issued therefor, and that there shall be excepted from the operation of said agreement, a tract of land, not exceeding ten acres in a square form, including the church and school house and grave yard at or near the Iowa village, which shall belong to said Iowa tribe of Indians in common, subject to the conditions and limitations in said agreement expressed; that the chief of the lowas may select an additional ten acres in a square form for the use of said tribe in said reservation, conforming in boundaries to the legal subdivisions of land therein, which shall be held by said tribe in common, subject to the conditions and limitations as expressed in relation thereto; and Whereas, it is provided in the act of Congress approved February

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thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stats, pp. 758, 759), section 7, accepting, ratifying, and confirming said agreements with the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians and the Iowa tribe of Indians, “That whenever any of the lands acquired by the agreements in this act ratified and confirmed, shall by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, be open to settlement, they shall be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead laws, except section twenty-three hundred and one, which shall not apply: Provided, however, that each settler, under and in accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws, shall, before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the land, so taken by him. in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each acre thereof, and such person having complied with all the laws relating to such homestead settlement, may at his option receive a patent therefor at the expiration of twelve months from date of settlement upon said homestead, and any person otherwise qualified who has attempted to but for any cause failed to secure a title in fee to a homestead under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make a homestead entry upon any of said lands;” and Whereas, by a certain other agreement with the Citizen Band of
Agreement with Citizen Band Pottawatomie Indians, Okla.
Pottawatomie Indians, in said Territory, made on the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, the said band of Indians ceded 991 and absolutely surrendered to the United States all their title and interest in and to the lands in said Territory, and particularly described in Article I of said agreement, and provided that all allotments of land theretofore made, or then being made or to be made to members of said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians under the provisions of the general allotment act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred

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and eighty-seven, shall be confirmed; that in all allotments to be thereafter made no person shall have the right to select his or her allotment in sections sixteen and thirty-six in any Congressional township; nor upon any land heretofore set apart in said tract of country for any use by the United States, or for schools, school-farm or religious purposes; nor shall said sections sixteen and thirty-six be subject to homestead entry, but shall be kept and used for school purposes; nor shall any lands set apart for any use of the United States, or for school, school farm. or religious purposes, be subject to homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States for such purposes, so long as the United States shall see fit to use them; and further, that the south half of section seven, and the north half of section eighteen, in township six north, range five east, theretofore set apart by a written agreement between said band of Indians and certain Catholic Fathers, for religious, school, and farm purposes, shall not be subject to allotment or homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States for the Sacred Heart Mission, the name under which said association of Fathers are conducting the church, school, and farm on said lands; and Whereas, by a certain agreement with the Absentee Shawnee Indians,

Agreement with Absentee Shawnee Indians, Okla.

in said Territory, made on the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, said last named Indians ceded, relinquished, and surrendered, to the United States, all their title and interest in and to the lands in said Territory, and particularly described in Article I of said agreement, provided that all allotments of land theretofore made, or then being made or to be made to said Absentee Shawnees under the provisions of the general allotment act approved February eighth,

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eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall be confirmed: that in all allotments to be thereafter made, no person shall have the right to select his or her allotment in sections sixteen and thirty-six in any Congressional township; nor in any land heretofore set apart in said tract of country for any use by the United States, or for school, school farm, or religious purposes; nor shall said sections sixteen and thirty-six be subject to homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States for such purposes so long as the United States shall see fit to use them; and Whereas, it is provided in the Act of Congress, accepting, ratifying,

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and confirming said agreements with the Citizen Band of Pottawotomie Indians and the Absentee Shawnee Indians, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stats., pp. 989 to 1044). section 16, That whenever any of the lands acquired by either of the * * foregoing agreements respecting lands in the Indian or Oklahoma Territory shall by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States be open to settlement they shall be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and townsite laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised States [Statutes] of the United States, which shall not apply): Provided, however, that each settler on said lands shall before making a final proof and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law. and within five years from the date of the first original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, one-half of which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be abridged except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid, and all the lands in Oklahoma are hereby declared to be 992 agricultural lands, and proof of their nonmineral character shall not be required as a condition precedent to final entry;” and Whereas, allotments of land in severalty to said Sac and Fox Nation, said Iowa tribe, said Citizen Band of Pottawatomies, and said Absentee Shawnee Indians have been made and approved, and provisional patents issued therefor, in accordance with law and the provisions of the before-mentioned agreements with them respectively, and an additional ten acres of land has been selected for the use of said Iowa tribe to be held by said tribe in common, in accordance with the provisions of supplemental article XII of the agreement with them; and Whereas, the lands acquired by the four several agreements hereinbefore mentioned have been divided into counties, by the Secretary of the Interior as required by said last-mentioned act of Congress before the same shall be open to settlement, and lands have been reserved for county-seat purposes, as therein required; and Whereas, it is provided by act of Congress for temporary government

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of Oklahoma, approved May 2, 1890, that there shall be reserved public highways four rods wide between each section of land in said Territory, the section lines being the centers of said highways, but no deduction shall be made from cash payments from each quarter section by reason thereof; and Whereas, all the terms, conditions, and considerations required by said several agreements made respectively with said tribes of Indians hereinbefore mentioned, and of the laws relating thereto, precedent to opening said several tracts of land to settlement, have been as I hereby declare, provided for. paid, and complied with:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Lands acquired from Sac and Fox, Iowa. Citizen Band of Pottawatomie, and Absentee Shawnee Indians, Okla., opened to settlement September 22, 1891.

by virtue of the power in me vested by the Statutes hereinbefore mentioned, also an act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department,and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other

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purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and by other the laws of the United States, and by said several agreements, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands acquired from the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, the Iowa tribe of Indians, the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, and the Absentee Shawnee Indians, by the four several agreements aforesaid, saving and excepting the lands allotted to the Indians as in said agreements provided, or otherwise reserved in pursuance of the provisions of said agreements and the said acts of Congress ratifying the same, and other, the laws relating thereto, will, at and after the hour of twelve o’clock noon (central standard time), Tuesday, the twenty second day of this, the present month of September, and not before, be opened to settlement, under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions contained in said agreements, the Statutes above specified. and the laws of the United States applicable thereto.

The lands to be so opened to settlement are for greater convenience

Schedule.

particularly described in the accompanying schedule, entitled “ Schedule of lands within the Sac and Fox. Iowa. Pottawatomie (and Absentee Shawnee) Reservations, in Oklahoma Territory, opened to settlement by proclamation of the President dated September 18, 1891,” and which

Entries.

schedule is made a part hereof.

Each entry shall be in square form as nearly as practicable, and no other lands in the Territory of Oklahoma are opened to settlement under this proclamation or the agreements ratifying the same.

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that until

No persons permitted to enter on ceded lands until day of opening.

said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same, and no person violating this provision shall be permitted to enter any of said lands, or acquire any right thereto. The officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.

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And further notice is hereby given that it has been duly ordered that

Lands attached to land districts.

the lands in the Territory of Oklahoma mentioned and included in this Proclamation be, and the same are attached to the eastern and Oklahoma land districts in said Territory, severally, as follows:

1. All that portion of the Territory of Oklahoma, commencing at the

Eastern district, Oklahoma.

southwest corner of township 14 north, range 1, east; thence east on town line between townships 13 and 14 to the west boundary of the Creek country; thence north on said boundary line to the middle of main channel of the Cimarron River; thence up the Cimarron River, following the main channel thereof to the Indian Meridian; thence south on said meridian line to the place of beginning is attached to the eastern land district in Oklahoma Territory, the office of which is now located at Guthrie. 2. All that portion of said Territory commencing at the northwest

Oklahoma district.

corner of township 13 north, range 1 east; thence south on Indian Meridian to the north fork of the Canadian River; thence west up said river to the west boundary of the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation, according to Morrill's survey; thence south following the line as run by O. T. Morrill under his contract of September 3, 1872, to the middle of the main channel of the Canadian River; thence east down the main channel of said river to the west boundary of the Seminole Indian Reservation; thence north with said west boundary to the north fork of the Canadian River; thence east down said north folk to the west boundary of the Creek Nation; thence north with said west boundary to its intersection with the line between townships 13 and 14 north of the Indian base; thence west on town line between townships 13 and 14 north to the place of beginning is attached to the Oklahoma land district in said Territory, the office of which is now located at Oklahoma City.

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 eighteenth day of September. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-one, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 8.] October 16, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 8.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by Section 24, of the Act of Congress, approved

October 16, 1891

. March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal the timber-culture laws and for other purposes”; that

Preamble.

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“The President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservation and the limits thereof”; And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation. 994

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

Forest reservation, Colorado.

States, by virtue of the power in me vested by Section 24 of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Colorado, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a point between Sections three (3) and four (4) on the

Boundaries.

North boundary of Township five (5) South, Range eighty-seven (87) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Colorado; thence north twelve miles, thence east to the south east corner of Township two (2) South, Range eighty-six (86) West; thence north between Ranges numbered eighty-five (85) and eighty-six (86) West to the base line; thence west along the base line to the south-west corner of Township one (1) North, Range eighty-five (85) West; thence north between Ranges numbered eighty-five (85) and eighty-six (86) West to a point between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24) on the east boundary of Township five (5) North, Range eighty-six West: thence West through the middle of Township five (5) North to the center of Township five (5) North, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence south to a point between Sections three (3) and four (4) on the north boundary of Township two (2) North, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence west six (6) miles to a point between Sections three (3) and four (4) on the north boundary of Township two (2) North, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence South to a point on the base line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty four (34) of Township one (1) North, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence west along the base line to a point between Sections three (3) and four (4) on the North boundary of Township one (1) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence South to a point between Sections three (3) and four (4) on the north boundary of Township two (2) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence West to the north-west corner of Township two (2) South; Range ninety-three (93) West; thence south to the south-west corner of Township three (3) South, Range, ninety-three (93) West; thence east to the north east corner of Township four (4) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence south to the south-east corner of Township tour (4) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence east to the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all land

Prior valid entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any valid entry or covered by a lawful tiling duly made in the proper United States Land Office and all Mining Claims, duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and local rules and regulations not in conflict therewith.

Provided that this Exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the Entryman or Claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 Sixteenth (16th) day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-one, and of the Independence of the United Statesthe one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 9.] November 13, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 995

[No. 9.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

It is a very glad incident of the marvelous prosperity which has

November 13, 1891

. crowned the year now drawing to a close that its helpful and reassuring

Preamble.

touch has been felt by all our people. It has been as wide as our country, and so special that every home has felt its comforting influence. It is too great to be the work of man’s power and too particular to be the device of his mind. To God, the Beneficent and the All Wise, who makes the labors of men to be fruitful, redeems their losses by his Grace, and the measure of whose giving is as much beyond the thoughts of man as it is beyond his deserts, the praise and gratitude of the people of this favored nation are justly due.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

November 26, 1891, wet apart as a day of national thanksgiving.

of America, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 26th day of November present, to be a day of joyful thanksgiving to God for the bounties of His Providence, for the peace in which we are permitted to enjoy them, and for the preservation of those institutions of civil and religious liberty which He gave our fathers the wisdom to devise and establish, and us the courage to preserve. Among the appropriate observances of the day are rest from toil, worship in the public congregation, the renewal of family ties about our American fire sides, and thoughtful helpfulness towards those who suffer lack of the body or of the spirit.

In testimony 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 13th day of November, in the year Of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one. [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred Sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 10.] December 2, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 10.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, satisfactory proof has been given to me that no tonnage or

December 2, 1891

. light house dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, are imposed upon

Preamble.

Tobago, West India Islands.

vessels of the United States in the ports of the Island of Tobago, one of the British West India Islands;

Now therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 11 of

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the Act of Congress, entitled “An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to ship-ping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes,” approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date

Suspension of tonnage duty on vessels from Tobago.

of this my Proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty which is imposed by said section of said act upon vessels entered in the ports of the United States from any of the ports of the Island of Tobago.

Provided, That there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension

Proviso.

Vessels excluded.

hereby declared and proclaimed, the vessels of any foreign 996 country in whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the United States, or the import or export duties on their cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues, or duties imposed on the vessels of such country, or on the cargoes of such vessels; but this proviso shall not be held to be inconsistent with the special regulation by foreign countries of duties and other charges on their own vessels, and the car goes thereof, engaged in their coasting trade, or with the existence between such countries and other states of reciprocal stipulations founded on special conditions and equivalents, and thus not within the treatment of American vessels under the most-favored nation clause in treaties between the United States and such countries.

And the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed shall continue

Continuance of suspension.

so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said ports of the Island of Tobago and no longer.

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 second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one [seal.] and of the independence of United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 11.] December 31, 1891 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 11.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

December 31, 1891

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

Preamble.

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Post, p. 1056.

duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Salvador the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a new to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said Act, the Government of Salvador will, by due legal enactment as a provisional measure and until a more complete arrangement may be negotiated and put in operation, admit free of all duty from

Commercial arrangement with Salvador.

and after February 1, 1892, into all the established ports of entry of Salvador, the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States: schedule

Schedule.

of products and manufactures which the Republic of Salvador will

Articles admitted into Salvador free of duty.

admit free of all customs, municipal and any other kind of duty. 1. Animals for breeding purposes. 2. Corn, rice, barley and rye. 3. Beans. 4. Hay and straw for forage. 5. Fruits, fresh. 997 6. Preparations of flour in biscuits, crackers not sweetened, macaroni, vermicelli, and tallarin. 7. Coal, mineral. 8. Roman cement. 9. Hydraulic lime. 10. Bricks, fire bricks, and crucibles for melting. 11. Marble, dressed, for furniture, statues, fountains, gravestones and building purposes. 12. Tar, vegetable and mineral. 13. Guano, and other fertilizers, natural or artificial. 14. Ploughs and all other agricultural tools and implements. 15. Machinery of all kinds, including sewing machines; and separate or extra parts for the same. 16. Materials of all kinds for the construction and equipment of railroads. 17. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of telegraphic and telephonic lines. 18. Materials of all kinds for lighting by electricity and gas. 19. Materials of all kinds for the construction of wharves. 20. Apparatus for distilling liquors. 21. Wood of all kinds for building, in trunks or pieces, beams, rafters, planks, boards, shingles or flooring. 22. Wooden staves, heads and hoops, and barrels and boxes for packing, mounted or in pieces. 23. Houses of wood or iron, complete or in parts. 24. Wagons, carts and carriages of all kinds. 25. Barrels, casks and tanks of iron for water. 26. Tubes of iron and all other accessories necessary for water supply. 27. Wire, barbed, and staples for fences. 28. Plates of iron for building purposes. 29. Mineral ores. 30. Kettles of iron for making salt. 31. Kettles of iron for making sugar. 32. Moulds for making sugar. 33. Guys for mining purposes. 34. Furnaces and instruments for assaying metals. 35. Scientific instruments. 36. Models of machinery and buildings. 37. Boats, lighters, tackle, anchors, chains, girtlines, sails and all other articles for vessels, to be used in the ports, lakes and rivers of the Republic. 38. Printing materials, including presses, type, ink, and all other accessories. 39. Printed books, pamphlets and newspapers, bound or unbound, maps, photographs, printed music and paper for music. 40. Paper for printing newspapers. 41. Quicksilver. 42. Lodestones. 43. Hops. . 44. Sulphate of quinine. 45. Gold and silver in bars, dust or coin. 46.

Samples of merchandise the duties on which do not exceed $1.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And that the Government of Salvador has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported.

998 And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington that this action of the Government of Salvador in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Salvador, and in stipulating for a more complete reciprocity arrangement, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of Salvadorian tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Salvador to be made public for the information of the. citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 12.] January 11, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 12.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by Section 24 of the Act of Congress, approved

January 11, 1892

. March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

act to repeal the timber-culture laws and for other purposes”; that “The President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservation and the limits thereof”; And Whereas, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation, New Mexico.

by virtue of the power in me vested by Section 24 of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the Territory of New Mexico, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Commencing at the Standard corner to Townships seventeen (17)

Boundaries.

north, ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) east (New Mexico Principal Base and Meridian) on the fourth (4th) Standard parallel north; thence northerly along the range line between ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) east to the closing corner between ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) east on the fifth (5th) Standard parallel north; thence along said fifth (5th) Standard parallel to the southeast corner of Township twenty-one (21) north, range thirteen (13) east, thence north six (6) miles; thence west twelve (12) miles; thence due south to the fifth (5th) Standard parallel; thence westerly on said fifth (5th) Standard parallel to a point 999 due north of the northwest corner of Township seventeen (17) north, range eleven (11) east; thence south to the fourth (4tb) Standard parallel ; thence westerly on said fourth (4th) Standard parallel north seven and sixty-two one hundredths (7.62) chains to the northwest corner of Township sixteen (16) north, range eleven (11) east; thence southerly on the range line between Townships sixteen (16) north, ranges ten (10) and eleven (11) east, three (3) miles and three and forty-three hundredths (3.43) chains to the corner to Sections thirteen (13), eighteen (18), nineteen (19) and twenty-four (24), on said range line; thence easterly along the Section lines to the range line between ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12) east; thence northerly three (3) miles and three (3) chains to the fourth (4th) Standard parallel north; thence easterly on said fourth (4th) Standard parallel eight (8) and fifty hundredths (8.50) chains to the standard corner to Township seventeen (17) north, ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12) east; thence northerly on the range line to the southwest corner of Township eighteen (18) north, range twelve (12) east; thence easterly on the Township line six (6) miles one and six hundredths (1.06) chains to the southeast corner of Township eighteen (18) north, range twelve (12) east; thence south six (6) miles to the fourth (4th) Standard parallel north; thence east along said fourth (4th) Standard parallel to the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all land which

Valid grants and entries excepted.

may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any valid Spanish or Mexican grant, or in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly made in the proper United States Land Office and all Mining Claims, duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 13.] February 1, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 13.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

February 1, 1892

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

Preamble.

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duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the attention of the Government of Great Britain was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3, to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in view of the Act of Congress above cited, the Government of Great Britain has, by due legal enactment, authorized 1000 the admission, from and after February 1, 1892, of the articles in merchandise

Commercial arrangement with Great Britain.

named in the following schedules, on the terms stated therein, into the British Colonies of Trinidad (which includes Tobago), Barbados, the Leeward Islands (consisting of the islands of Antigua, Montserrat, Saint Christopher, Nevis, Dominica, with their respective dependencies and the Virgin Islands), the Windward Islands (consisting of St. Lucia, St. Vincent and their dependencies, but exclusive of Grenada and its dependencies); and into the Colony of British Guiana on and after April 1, 1892: Table No. 1.—Applicable to British Guiana, Trinidad and

Table No. 1.—Applicable to British Guiana, Trinidad. Tobago, Leeward Islands, and Windward Islands, except Grenada.

Schedule A.

Tobago, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands, excepting the Island of Grenada. Schedule A. Articles to be admitted free of all customs duty and any other national,

Articles admitted free of duty.

colonial, or municipal charges: 1. Animals, alive; to include only asses, sheep, goats, hogs, and poultry, and horses for breeding. 2. Beef, including tongues, smoked and dried. 3. Beef and pork preserved in cans. 4. Belting for machinery, of leather, canvas, or India rubber. 5. Boats and lighters. 6. Books,^*^* The importation of books is subject to the provisions of copyright laws.bound or unbound, pamphlets, newspapers, and printed matter in all languages. 7. Bones and horns. 8. Bottles of glass or stone ware. 9. Bran, middlings, and shorts. 10. Bridges of iron or wood, or of both combined. 11. Brooms, brushes, and whisks of broom straw. 12. Candles, tallow. 13. Carts, wagons, cars, and barrows, with or without springs, for ordinary roads and agricultural use; not including vehicles of pleasure. 14. Clocks, mantel or wall. 15. Copper, bronze, zinc, and lead articles, plain and nickel plated, for industrial and domestic uses, and for building. 16. Cotton seed and its products. 17. Crucibles and melting pots of all kinds. 18. Eggs. 19. Fertilizers of all kinds, natural and artificial. 20. Fish, fresh or on ice, and salmon and oysters in cans. 21. Fishing apparatus of all kinds. 22. Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried, when not canned, tinned, or bottled. 23. Gas fixtures and pipes. 24. Gold and silver coin of the United States and bullion. 25. Hay and straw for forage. 26. Houses of wood, complete. 27. Ice. 28. India-rubber and gutta-percha goods, including water proof clothing made wholly or in part thereof. 29. Implements, utensils, and tools for agriculture, exclusive of cutlasses and forks. 30. Lamps and lanters. 31. Lime of all kinds. 32. Locomotives, railway rolling stock, rails, railway ties, and all materials and appliances for railways and tramways. 33. Marble or alabaster, in the rough or squared, worked or carved, for building purposes or monuments. 1001 34. Medicinal extracts and preparations of all kinds, including proprietary or patent medicines, but exclusive of quinine or preparations of quinine, opium, gauge, and bhang. 35. Paper of all kinds for printing. 36. Paper of wood or straw for wrapping and packing, including surface-coated or glazed. 37. Photographic apparatus and chemicals. 38. Printers’ ink, all colors. 39. Printing presses, types, rules, spaces, and all accessories for printing. 40. Quicksilver. 41. Resin, tar, pitch and turpentine. 42. Salt. 43. Sewing machines, and all parts and accessories thereof. 44. Shipbuilding materials and accessories of all kinds, when used in the construction, equipment, or repair of vessels or boats of any kind, except rope and cordage of all kinds, including wire rope. 45. Starch of Indian corn or maize. 46. . Steam and power engines, and machines, machinery, and apparatus, whether stationary or portable, worked by power or by hand, for agriculture, irrigation, mining, the arts and industries of all kinds, and all necessary parts and appliances for the erection or repair thereof or the communication of motive power thereto. 47. Steam-boilers and steam pipes. 48. Sulphur. 49. Tan bark of all kinds, whole or ground. 50. Telegraph wire, telegraphic, telephonic and electrical apparatus and appliances of all kinds for communication or illumination. 51. Trees, plants, vines, and seeds and grains of all kinds, for propagation or cultivation. 52. Varnish, not containing spirits. 53. Wall papers. 54. Watches when not cased in gold or silver; and watch movements uncased. 55. Water pipes of all classes, materials and dimensions. 56. Wire for fences, the hooks, staples, nails, and the like appliances for fastening the same. 57. Yeast cake and baking powders. 58.

Zinc, tin, and lead, in sheets, asbestos, and tar paper, for roofing.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

Schedule B.

Articles to be admitted at 50 per cent, reduction of the duty designated

Articles admitted at a reduction of 50 per cent.

in the respective customs tariff now in force in each of said colonies: 1. Bacon and bacon hams. 2. Boots and shoes made wholly or in part of leather. 3. Bread and biscuit. 4. Cheese. 5. Lard and its compounds. 6. Mules. 7. Oleomargarine. 8. Shooks and staves. Schedule C.

Schedule C.

Articles to be admitted at 25 per cent, reduction of the duty designated

Articles admitted at a reduction of 25 per cent.

in the respective customs tariff now in force in each of said colonies: 1. Beef, salted or pickled. 1002 2. Corn or maize. 3. Corn meal. 4. Flour of wheat. 5. Lumber of pitch pine, in rough or prepared for buildings. 6. Petroleum and its products, crude or refined. 7. Pork, salted or pickled. 8.

Wheat.

It is understood that No. 4 of this schedule shall not apply to the

Flour in Trinidad.

colony of Trinidad, but it is stipulated that the duty on flour in said colony shall not exceed 75 cents per barrel.

And that the Government of Great Britain has, by due legal enactment. authorized the admission, from and after February 1, 1892, of the articles or merchandise named in the following schedules, on the terms stated therein, into the British Colony of Jamaica and its dependencies:

Table No. 2.—Applicable to the Colony of Jamaica and its

Table No. 2—Applicable to Jamaica and its dependencies.

Dependencies. Schedule A.

Schedule A.

Articles to be admitted free of all customs duty and any other

Articles admitted free of duty.

national, colonial, or municipal charges: 1. Animals, alive, and poultry. 2. Beef, including tongues, smoked and dried. 3. Beef and pork preserved in cans. 4. Belting for machinery, of leather, canvas, or India rubber. 5. Boats and lighters. 6. Books,^*^* The importation of books is subject to the provisions of copyright laws. bound or unbound; pamphlets, newspapers, and printed matter in all languages. 7. Bones and horns. 8. Bottles of glass or stone ware. 9. Bran, middlings, and shorts. 10. Bridges of iron or wood, or of both combined. 11. Brooms, brushes, and whisks of broom straw. 12. Candles, tallow. 13. Carts, wagons, cars, and barrows, with or without springs, for ordinary roads and agricultural use, not including vehicles of pleasure. 14. Coal and coke. 15. Clocks, mantel or wall. 16. Cotton seed and its products, to include meal, meal cake, oil, and cottolene. 17. Crucibles and melting pots of all kinds. 18. Drawings, paintings, engravings, lithographs, and photographs. 19. Eggs. 20. Fertilizers of all kinds, natural and artificial. 21. Fish, fresh or on ice, and oysters in cans. 22. Fishing apparatus of all kinds. 23. Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried, when not canned, tinned, or bottled. 24. Gas fixtures and pipes. 25. Gold and silver coin of the United States and bullion. 26. Hay and straw for forage. 27. Houses of wood, complete. 28. Ice. 29. India rubber and gutta-percha goods, including water-proof clothing made wholly or in part thereof. 30. Implements, utensils, and tools for agriculture, exclusive of cut lasses and forks. 31. Iron, galvanized. 32. Iron for roofing. 1003 33. Lamps and lanterns, not exceeding 10 shillings each in value. 34. Lime of all kinds. 35. Locomotives, railway rolling stock, rails, railway ties, and all materials and appliances for railways and tramways. 36. Marble or alabaster, in the rough or squared, worked or carved, for building purposes or monuments. 37. Paper of all kinds for printing. 38. Paper of wood or straw for wrapping and packing, including surface-coated or glazed. 39. Photographic apparatus and chemicals. 40. Printers’ ink, all colors. 41. Printing presses, types, rules, spaces, and all accessories for printing. 42. Proprietary or patent medicines, recommended by their proprietors as calculated to cure disease or alleviate pain in the human subject. 43. Quicksilver. 44. Resin, tar, pitch, and turpentine. 45. Sewing machines, and all parts and accessories thereof. 46. Shipbuilding materials and accessories of all kinds, when used in the construction, equipment, or repair of vessels or boats of any kind, except rope and cordage of all kinds, including wire rope and subject to specific regulations to avoid abuse in the importation. 47. Shooks and staves. 48. Starch of Indian corn or maize. 49. Steam and power engines, and machines, machinery, and apparatus, whether stationary or portable, worked by power or by hand, for agriculture, irrigation, mining, the arts and industries of all kinds, and all necessary parts and appliances for the erection or repair thereof or the communication of motive power thereto. 50. Steam boilers and steam pipes. 51. Sugar, refined. 52. Sulphur. 53. Tallow and animal greases. 54. Tan bark of all kinds, whole or ground. 55. Telegraph wire; telegraphic, telephonic, and electrical apparatus and appliances of all kinds, for communication or illumination. 56. Trees, plants, vines, and seeds and grains of all kinds, for propagation or cultivation. 57. Varnish, not containing spirits. 58. Wall papers. 59. Watches when not cased in gold or silver: and watch movements, uncased. 60. Water pipes of all classes, materials, and dimensions. 61. Wire for fences, with the hooks, staples, nails, and the like appliances for fastening the same. 62. Yeast cake and baking powders. 63.

Zinc, tin, and lead, in sheets: asbestos and tarpaper, for roofing.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

Schedule B.

Articles to be admit ted at 50 per cent, reduction of the duty designated

Articles admitted at a reduction of 50 per cent.

in the customs tariff now in force: 1. Bacon and bacon hams. 2. Bread and biscuit. 3. Butter. 4. Cheese. 1004 5. Lard and its compounds. Lumber of pitch pine, in rough or prepared for buildings, to be reduced

Pitch-pine lumber.

to 9 shillings per 1,000 feet. Schedule C.

Schedule C.

Articles to be admitted at 25 per cent, reduction of the duty designated

Articles admitted at a reduction of 25 per cent.

in the customs tariff now in force: 1. Beef, salted or pickled. 2. Corn and maize. 3. Corn meal. 4. Oats. 5. Petroleum and its products, crude or refined. 0. Pork, salted or pickled. 7. Wheat. And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given the assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain at Washington that this action of the Government of Great Britain in granting remissions and alterations of duties in the British Colonies above mentioned, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of colonial tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of the aforesaid British Colonies to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the [seal.] United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 14.] February 1, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 14.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

February 1, 1892

. October 1, 1890, entitled “ An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

Preamble.

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duties on imports and for other purposes,” the attention of the Government of the German Empire was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Charge d’Affaires of the German Empire at Washington has communicated to the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States the fact that, in view of the Act of Congress above cited, the German Imperial Government has, by due legal enactment, authorized the admission, from and after February 1, 1892, into the German

Commercial arrangement with Ger-man Empire.

Empire, of the articles or merchandise, the product of the United States of America, named in the following schedule, on the terms stated therein: 1005

	Articles. Schedule of duties on certain articles.	Date of duty. Marks. per 100 kilograms.
1	Bran: malted germs	free
2.	Flax, raw, dried, broken or hetcheled, also refuse portions	free
3.	Wheat	3. 50
4.	Ryo	3. 50
5.	Oats	2. 80
6.	Buckwheat	2.
7.	Pulse	1. 50
8.	Other kinds of grain not specially mentioned	1.
9.	Barley	2.
10.	Rape-seed, turnip-seed, poppy, sesame, pea-nuts and other oleaginous products
	not specially mentioned	2.
11.	Maize (Indian corn.)	1. 60
12.	Malt (Malti barlev)	3. 60
13.	Anise, corlander. fennel and carraway seed,	3,
14.	Agricultural productions not otherwise designated.	free
15.	Horse-hair, raw, hetcheled, boiled, dyed, also laid in the form of tresses and spun :
	bristles, raw bed-feathers	free
16.	Bed-feathers, cleaned and prepared	free
17.	Hides and skins, raw (green, salted, limed, dried), and stripped of the bair for the
	manufacture of leather	free
18.	Charcoal.	free
19.	Bark of Wood and tan-bark	free
20.	Lumber and timber:
	(a). Raw or merely rough-hewn with axe or saw, with or without bark : oaken
	barrel staves	. 20
	(b). Marked in the direction of the longitudinal axis, or prepared or cut other-
	wise than by rough-hewing; barrel staves not included under (a) un-
	peeled osiers and hoops; hubs, felloes and spokes.	. 30
	(c) Sawed In the direction of the longitudinal axis; unplaned boards; sawed
	cantle-woods and other articles, sawn or hewn	. 80
21.	Wood in cut veneering: unglued, unstained parts of floors	5.
22.	Hops; also bop-meal	14. gross
23.	Butter. also artificial butter	17.
24.	Meat, slaughtered, fresh, with the exception of Pork	15.
25.	Pork, slaughtered, fresh, and dressed meal, with the exception of bacon. fresh or
	prepared,	17.
26.	Game of all kinds (not alive)	20.
27.	Cheese, except Streechino, Gorgonzola and Parmesan	20.
28.	Fruit, seeds, berries, leaves, flowers, mushrooms, vegetables, dried. baked, pulver-
	ized, only boiled down or salted, all these products so far as they are not included
	under other Numbers of the Tariff; juices of fruits, berries and turnips,
	preserved without sugar to be eaten; dry nuts	4.
29.	Mill products of grain and pulse, to wit, ground or shelled grains. peeled barley.
	groats, grits, flour, common cakes (baker's products)	7. 30
30.	Residue, solid, from the manufacture of fat oils, also ground	free
31.	Goose grease and other greasy fats such as: Oleomargarine, sperfett (a mixture of
	stearic fats with oil). beef marrow	10.
32.	Live animals and animal products not mentioned, elsewhere: also bee hives with
	live bees	free
33.	Horses (Remarks)	20. each
	(a) Horse up to 2 years old,	10. do
	(b) Colts following their dams	free
34.	Bulls and cows	9.
35.	Oxen	25. 50
36.	Calves less than 6 weeks old	3.
37.	Hogs	5.
38.	Piga, weighing less than 10 kilograms	1.
39.	Sheep	1.
40.	Lambs	.50
41.	Wool, Including animal hair not mentioned elsewhere, as well as stutls made
	thereof;
	(a) Wool, raw, dyed, ground; also, hair, raw, hetcheled, bolled, dyed; also curled.	free

And whereas the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States has, by my direction, given assurance to the Charge d’Affaires of the Ger man Empire at Washington that this action of the Government of the German Empire in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Germany, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of German tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of the German Empire to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

1006

Done at the City of Washington, this first day of February, one thousand-eight hundred and ninety-two. and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 15.] February 11, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 15.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by Section twenty-four, of the Act of Congress,

February 11, 1892

. approved March third, Eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled,

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“An Act to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes,” that “The President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.” And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation, Colorado.

by virtue of the power in me vested by Section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Colorado, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Commencing at the north-east corner of Section four (4) Township

Boundaries.

Post, p. 1014.

eleven (11) North, Range sixty-seven (67) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridan: thence proceeding westerly along the township line between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the north-west corner of Section six (6), Township eleven (11) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) West to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township thirteen (13) South. Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence westerly along the Section line to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-nine (69) and seventy (70) West, to the south-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence east along the Township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the half section corner on said Township-line of Section two (2), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West: thence southerly through the middle of Sections two (2), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), to a point in the middle of the North line of Section twenty-three (23) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along said northern Section line to the north east corner of said Section; thence southerly between Sections twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) to the middle of the east line of Section twenty-three (23); thence easterly through the middle of Section twenty-four (24) to the middle of the east line of said Sect ion twenty-four (24), 1007 Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) West to the south-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence east along the Township line between Townships fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) South, to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township fifteen ,15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence northerly along the Section line to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-two (22), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section twenty-one (21) of said last named Township and Range; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section twenty-eight (28) of said Township and Range; thence westerly along the Section line to the corner common to Sections twenty-five (25), thirty-one (31) and thirty-six (36), of said Township and Range: thence northerly on the Section line to the corner common to Sections one (1), six (6) and twelve (12) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along the Section line to the corner common to Sections five (5), six (6) and eight (8); thence southerly along the Section line to the south-west corner of Section eight (8) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along the Section line to the corner common to Sections ten (10), eleven (11) and fourteen (14) of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the Section line to the north-east corner of Section three (3): thence westerly to the northwest corner of Section three (3) of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the Section line to the corner common to Sections sixteen (16), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22) and fifteen (15), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence westerly along the Section line to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-seven (67) and sixty-eight (68) to the north-east corner of Section one (1), Township fourteen (14) South. Range sixty-eight (68) West: thence easterly along the Township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33) of Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence northerly along the Section line to the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all surveyed

Legal entries excepted.

land winch may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly made in the proper United States Land Office, all unsurveyed lands, on which valid settlement has been made under any law of the United States, and all Mining Claims, duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Provided that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman. settler or claimant continues To comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my baud and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this 11th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 16.] February 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1008

[No. 16.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

The following provisions of the laws of the United States are hereby

February 15, 1892

. published for the information of all concerned.

Section 1956, Revised Statutes, Chapter 3, Title 23, enacts that: “No

R. S., sec. 1956, p. 343.

Fur-bearing animals, Alaska.

person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof: and every person guilty thereof shall, for each offence, be fined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, found engaged in violation of this Section shall be forfeited; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable, or other fur bearing animal, except fur seals, under such regulations as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur seal, and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section.”

Section 3 of the act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of

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the salmon fisheries of Alaska” approved March 2, 1889, provides that:

“Section 3. That Section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United

Laws prohibiting killing of fur-bearing animals in Alaska declared to include waters of Behring Sea in dominion of United States.

States is hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of the United States in the waters of Behring Sea; and it shall be the duty of the President, at a timely season in each year, to issue his proclamation and cause the same to be published for one mouth in at least one newspaper, if any such there be, published at each United States port of entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering said waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section; and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the United States to diligently cruise said waters and arrest all persons and seize all vessels found to be, or to have been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States therein.”

Now, therefore. I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Persons warned against entering Behring Sea intending to violate laws.

pursuant to the above recited statutes, hereby warn all persons against entering the waters of Behring Sea within the dominion of the United States, for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section 1956, Revised Statutes; and I hereby proclaim, that all persons found to be, or to have been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States, in said waters, will be arrested and punished as above provided, and that all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes will be seized and forfeited.

In testimony 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 fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and [seal.] sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 17.] March 12, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1009

[No. 17.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

March 12, 1892

. October 1, 1890, entitled ‘‘An Act to reduce the revenue and

Preamble.

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equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Nicaragua the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America: And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said Act, the Government of Nicaragua will, by due legal enactment, admit free of all duty from and after April 15, 1892, into all the

Commercial arrangement with Nicaragua.

ports of entry of Nicaragua, the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product of the United States: schedule

Schedule.

of articles which the Republic of Nicaragua will admit free of all kind

Articles admitted into Nicaragua free of duty.

of duty. 1. Animals, live. 2. Barley, Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye and rice. 3. Seeds of all kinds for agriculture and horticulture. 4. Live plants of all kinds. 5. Corn meal. 6. Starch. 7. Beans, potatoes and all other vegetables, fresh or dried. 8. Fruits, fresh or dried. 9. Hay, bran and straw for forage. 10. Cotton-seed oil and all other products of said seed. 11. Tar, resin and turpentine. 12. Asphalt, crude or manufactured in blocks. 13. Quicksilver for mining purposes. 14. Coal, mineral or animal. 15. Fertilizers for land. 16. Lime and cement 17. Wood and lumber, in the rough, or prepared for building purposes. 18. Houses of wood or iron. 19. Marble, in the rough or dressed, for fountains, grave-stones and building purposes. 20. Tools and implements for agricultural and horticultural purposes. 21. Wagons, carts and hand-carts. 22. Iron and steel, in rails for railroads and other similar uses, and structural iron and steel for bridges and building purposes. 23. Wire, for fences, with or without barbs, clamps, posts, clips and other accessories, of wire not less than three lines in diameter. 24. Machinery of all kinds for agricultural purposes, arts and trades, and parts of such machinery. 25. Motors of steam or animal power. 26. Forgers, water pumps of metal, pump hose, sledge hammers, drills for mining purposes, iron piping with its keys and faucets, crucibles for melting metals, iron water tanks and lightning rods. 1010 27. Roofs of galvanized iron, gutters, ridging, clamps and screws for the same. 28. Printing materials. 29. Books, pamphlets and other printed matter, and ruled paper for printed music, printing paper in sheets not less than 29 by 20 inches. 30. Geographical maps or charts, and celestial and terrestrial spheres or globes. 31. Surgical and mathematical instruments. 32. Stones and fire bricks for smelting furnaces. 33. Vessels and boats of all kinds, fitted together or in parts. 34.

Gold and silver in bullion, bars or coin.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And that the Government of Nicaragua has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product of the United States of America, shall impose no undue restrictions on the importer nor additional charges on the articles imported.

And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua at Washington that this action of the Government of Nicaragua in granting freedom of duties to the products of the United States of America on their importation into Nicaragua, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in Section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of Nicaraguan tariff laws.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Nicaragua to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this 12th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of [seal.] the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

By the President: Benj Harrison Countersigned: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 18.] March 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 18.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas in Section 3 of an Act passed by the Congress of the United

March 15, 1892

. States entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on

Preamble.

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imports, and for other purposes” approved October 1, 1890, it was provided as follows:

“That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles, and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the Government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, 1011 tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just, and in such ease and during such suspension duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the product of or exported from such designated country,” the duties hereinafter set forth:

And whereas it has been established to my satisfaction, and I find the fact to be, that the Government of Colombia does impose duties or other exactions upon the agricultural and other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of said Act, I deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

Free admission of sugar, molasses, coffee, tea. and hides from Columbia. suspended.

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3 of said Act, by which it is made my duty to take action, do hereby declare and proclaim that the provisions of said Act relating to the free introduction of sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of Colombia, shall be suspended from and after this fifteenth day of March, 1892, and until such time as said unequal and unreasonable duties and exactions are removed by Colombia and public notice of that fact given by the President of the United States, and I do hereby proclaim that on and after this fifteenth day of March, 1892, there will be levied, collected, and paid upon sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the product of or exported from Colombia, during such suspension, duties as

Duties imposed.

provided by said Act as follows:

All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall

Sugar.

pay duty on their polariscopic tests as follows, namely:

All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color, all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above seventy-five degrees, seven-tenths of one cent per pound; and for every additional degree or fraction of a degree shown by the polariscopic test, two hundredths of one cent per pound additional.

All sugars above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall be classified by the Dutch Standard of color, and pay duty as follows, namely: All sugar above number thirteen and not above number sixteen Dutch standard of color, one and three-eighths cents per pound.

All sugar above number sixteen and not above number twenty Dutch standard of color, one and five-eighths cents per pound.

All sugars above number twenty Dutch Standard of color, two cents per pound.

Molasses testing above fifty-six degrees, four cents per gallon.

Molasses, etc.

Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty either as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polariscopic test.

On coffee, three cents per pound.

Coffee.

On tea, ten cents per pound.

Tea.

Elides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted or pickled, Angora goat

Hides.

skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured, asses’ skins, raw or unmanufactured, and skins, except sheep skins, with the wool on, one and one-half cents per pound.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

By the President: Benj Harrison Countersigned: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 19.] March 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1012

[No. 19.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas in Section 3 of an Act passed by the Congress of the United

March 15, 1892

. States entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on

Preamble.

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imports, and for other purposes” approved October 1, 1890, it was provided as follows:

“That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles, and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the Government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just, and in such case and during such suspension duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea. and hides, the product of or exported from such designated country” the duties hereinafter set forth:

And whereas it has been established to my satisfaction, and I find the fact to be, that the Government of Hayti does impose duties or other exactions upon the agricultural and other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of said Act, I deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable: Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

Free admission of sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides from Hayti, suspended.

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3 of said Act, by which it is made my duty to take action, do hereby declare and proclaim that the provisions of said Act relating to the free introduction of sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of Hayti, shall be suspended from and after this fifteenth day of March, 1892, and until such time as said unequal and unreasonable duties and exactions are removed by Hayti and public notice of that fact given by the President of the United States, and I do hereby proclaim that on and after this fifteenth day of March, 1892, there will be levied, collected, and paid upon sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the product of or

Duties imposed.

exported from Hayti, during such suspension, duties as provided by said Act as follows:

All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall

Sugar.

pay duty on their polariscopic tests as follows, namely:

All sugars above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall be classified by the Dutch Standard of color, and pay duty as follows, namely: All sugar above number thirteen and not above number six-teen Dutch standard of color, one and three-eighths cents per pound.

All sugar above number sixteen and not above number twenty Dutch standard of color, one and five-eighths cents per pound.

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All sugars above number twenty Dutch standard of color, two cents per pound.

Molasses testing above fifty-six degrees, four cents per gallon.

Molasses, etc.

Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty either as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polariscopic test.

On coffee, three cents per pound.

Coffee.

On tea, ten cents per pound.

Tea.

Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, Angora goat

Hides.

skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured, asses’ skins, raw or unmanufactured, and skins, except sheep-skins, with the wool on, one and one-half cents per pound.

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 fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America, the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 20.] March 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 20.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas in Section 3 of an Act passed by the Congress of the. United

March 15, 1892

. States entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on

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imports, and for other purposes” approved October 1, 1890, it was provided as follows:

“That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles, and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the Government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just, and in such case and during such suspension duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea. and hides, the product of or exported from such designated country” the duties hereinafter set forth:

And whereas it has been established to my satisfaction, and I find the fact to be, that the Government of Venezuela does impose duties or other exactions upon the agricultural and other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of said Act, I deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable: Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

Free admission of sugar, molasses, coffee. tea. and hides from Venezuela, suspended.

States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3 of said Act, by which it is made my duty to take action, do hereby declare and proclaim that the provisions of said Act relating to the free 1014 introduction of sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of Venezuela, shall be suspended from and after this fifteenth day of March, 1802, and until such time as said unequal and unreasonable duties and exactions are removed by Venezuela and public notice of that fact given by the President of the United States, and I do hereby proclaim that on and after this fifteenth day of March, 1802, there will be levied, collected, and paid upon sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the product of or exported from Venezuela, during such

Duties imposed.

suspension, duties as provided by said Act as follows:

All sugars not above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall

Sugar.

pay duty on their polariscopic tests as follows, namely:

All sugars above number thirteen Dutch Standard in color shall be classified by the Dutch standard of color, and pay duty as follows, namely: All sugar above number thirteen and not above number six-teen Dutch standard of color, one and three-eighths cents per pound.

All sugar above number sixteen and not above number twenty Dutch standard of color, one and five-eighths cents per pound.

All sugars above number twenty Dutch standard of color, two cents per pound.

Molasses testing above fifty-six degrees, four cents per gallon.

Molasses, etc.

Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty either as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polarscopic test.

On coffee, three cents per pound.

Coffee.

On tea, ten cents per pound.

Tea.

Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled, Angora goat

Hides.

skins, raw, without the wool, unmanufactured, asses’ skins, raw or unmanufactured, and skins, except sheep-skins, with the wool on, one and one-half cents per pound.

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 fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United [seal.] States of America, the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 21.] March 18, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 21.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section twenty-four of an Act approved

March 18, 1892

. March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An Act to repeal

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timber-culture laws and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.” and 1015 Whereas, the lands hereinafter described are public and forest bearing,

Ante p. 1006.

and on the eleventh day of February, last, 1 issued a proclamation intended to reserve the same as authorized in said act, but as some question has arisen as to the boundaries proclaimed being sufficiently definite to cover the lands intended to be reserved. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation Colorado.

for the purpose of removing any doubt and making the boundaries of said reservation more definite, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act, do hereby issue this, my second proclamation, and hereby set apart, reserve and establish, as a public reservation, all that tract of land situate in the State of Colorado, embraced within the following boundary:

Beginning at the north-east corner of Section four (4) Township eleven

Boundaries, corrected description.

(11) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence westerly along the second (2nd) correction line south between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the north-west corner of Section six (6) Township eleven (11) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) West, to the south west corner of Section eighteen (18). Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence westerly along the Section line between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), to the northwest corner of Section nineteen (19), Township thirteen (13) South. Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-nine (69) and seventy (70) West, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-one (31) of said Township; thence easterly along the Township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the quarter section corner on said Township line between Section thirty-five (35), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West, and Section two (2), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly through the middle of Sections two (2), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West, to the quarter section corner on the Section line between Sections fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along said Section line to the north-east corner of Section twenty-three (23) of said Township and Range; thence southerly along the Section line to the quarter section corner on said line between Sections twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) of said Township and Range; thence easterly through the middle of Section twenty-four (24) to the quarter section corner on the Range line between Section nineteen (19), Township fourteen (14) South. Range sixty-eight (68) West, and Section twenty-four (24), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly along said Range line to the southwest corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West ; thence easterly along the third (3rd) correction line south between Townships fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) South to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence northerly along the Section line between Sections thirty-four (34), and thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) to the point for the quarter section corner on the Section line between Sections twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence westerly to a point for the legal center of Section twenty-one (21) of said Township and Range; thence southerly to the south west corner of the south east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28) of said Township and Range; thence westerly along the Section line between Sections twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33), twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32), thirty (30) and thirty one (31) to the north-west corner 1016 of Section thirty-one (31) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the Range line between Ranges sixty-seven (67)and sixty-eight (68) West to the south-west corner of Section six (6) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along the Section line to the south-east corner of Section six (6) of said Township and Range; thence southerly along the Section line to the south-west corner of Section eight (8) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along the Section line to the southeast corner of Section ten (10) of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the Section line between Sections ten (10) and eleven (11), two (2) and three (3), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West, to the north east corner of section three (3) of said Township and Range; thence westerly along the Township line between Townships fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) South, to the north-west corner of Section three (3), Township fifteen (15) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence northerly along the Section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), to the north east corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence westerly along the Section line between Sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-seven (67) and sixty-eight (68) West to the northeast corner of Section one (1), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence easterly along the Township line between-Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West; thence northerly along the Section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10). and three (3) and four (4), of Townships thirteen (13), twelve (12) and eleven (11) South, Range sixty-seven (67) West to the place of beginning;

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Legal entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Provided that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 18th day of March in the year of our Lord, [seal.] one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 22.] April 11, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1017

[No. 22.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by the third article of the treaty between the United States

April 11, 1892

. of America and the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux

Preamble.

Vol. 15, p. 506.

Indians, concluded February 19, 1867, proclaimed May 2, 1867 (15 U.S. Statutes, p. 505), the United States set apart and reserved for certain of said Indians certain lands, particularly described, being situated partly in North Dakota and partly in South Dakota, and known as the Lake Traverse Reservation; and Whereas, by agreement made with said Indians residing on said reservation,

Agreement with Lake Traverse Indiana.

dated December 12, 1889, they conveyed, as set forth in article one thereof, to the United States, all their title and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of the reservation set apart as aforesaid remaining after the allotments shall have been made, which are provided for in article four of the agreement, as follows: “that there shall be allotted to each individual member of the bauds of Indians, parties hereto, a sufficient quantity, which, with the lands heretofore allotted, shall make in each case one hundred and sixty acres, and in case no allotment has been made to any individual member of said bands, then an allotment of one hundred and sixty acres shall be made to such individual”; and Whereas, it is provided in article two of said agreement, “That the cession, sale, relinquishment, and conveyance of the lands described in article one of this agreement shall not take effect and be in force until the sum of $342,778.37, together with the sum of $18,400, shall have been paid to said bauds of Indians, as set forth and stipulated in article third of this agreement”; and Whereas, it is provided in the act of Congress approved March 3,

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1891 (26 U.S. Statutes, pp. 1036–1038, Sec. 30), accepting and ratifying the agreement with said Indians:

“That the lands by said agreement ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the United States shall immediately, upon the payment to the parties entitled thereto of their share of the funds made immediately available by this act, and upon the completion of the allotments as provided for in said agreement, be subject only to entry and settlement under the homestead and townsite laws of the United States, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of said lands, which shall be reserved for common school purposes, and be subject to the laws of the State wherein located: Provided, That patents shall not issue until the settler or entryman shall have paid to the United States the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for the land taken up by such homesteader, and the title to the lands so entered shall remain in the United States until said money is duly paid by such entryman or his legal representatives, or his widow, who shall have the right to pay the money and complete the entry of her deceased husband in her own name, and shall receive a patent for the same,” and

Whereas, Payment as required by said act, has been made by the United States; and Whereas, Allotments as provided for in said agreement, as now appears by the records of the Department of the Interior will have been made, approved, and completed, and all other terms and considerations required will have been complied with on the day and hour hereinafter fixed for opening said lands to settlement. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Lands on Lake Traverse reservation, North and South Dakota, open to settlement April 15, 1892.

do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands embraced in said reservation, saving and excepting the lands reserved for and allotted to said Indians, and the lands reserved for other purposes in pursuance of the provisions of said agreement and the said act 1018 of Congress ratifying the same and other, the laws relating thereto will, at and after the hour of twelve o'clock noon (central standard time) on the fifteenth day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and not before, be opened to settlement under the terms of and subject to all the terms and conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions contained in said agreements, the statutes above specified, and the laws of the United States applicable thereto.

The lands to be opened for settlement are for greater convenience

Schedule.

particularly described in the accompanying schedule, entitled “Schedule of lands within the Lake Traverse Reservation opened to settlement by proclamation of the President dated April 11, 1892,” and

which schedule is made a part hereof.

Warning, moreover, is hereby given that until said lands are opened

No persons permitted to enter until day of opening.

to settlement as herein provided, all persons, save said Indians, are forbidden to enter upon and occupy the same or any part thereof.

And further notice is hereby given that it has been duly ordered

Lands attached to laud districts.

that the lands mentioned and included in this Proclamation shall be, and the same are attached to the Fargo and Watertown land districts, in said States, as follows:

1. All that portion of the Lake Traverse Reservation, commencing at

Fargo district, N. Dak.

the northwest corner of said reservation; thence south 12 degrees 2 minutes west, following the west boundary of the reservation to the new seventh standard parallel, or boundary line between the States of North and South Dakota; thence east, following the new seventh standard parallel to its intersection with the north boundary of said Indian reservation; thence northwesterly with said boundary to the place of beginning, is attached to the Fargo land district, the office of which is now located at Fargo, North Dakota. 2. All that portion of the Lake Traverse Reservation, commencing

Watertown district, S. Dak.

at a point where the new seventh standard parallel intersects the west boundary of said reservation; thence southerly along the west boundary of said reservation to its extreme southern limit; thence northerly along the east boundary of said reservation to Lake Traverse; thence north with said lake to the northeast corner of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation; thence westerly with the north boundary of said reservation to its intersection with the new seventh standard parallel, or boundary line between the States of North and South Dakota; thence with the new seventh standard parallel to the place of beginning, is attached to the Watertown land district, the office of which is now located at Watertown, South Dakota.

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 eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 23.] April 12, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 23.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a written agreement made on the day of October,

April 12, 1892

. eighteen hundred and ninety, the Cheyenne and Arapahoe

Preamble.

tribes of Indians ceded, conveyed, transferred, relinquished and surrendered all their claim, title and interest in and to the lands described in article two of said agreement, as follows, to wit: 1019

“Commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the ninety-eighth

Cession of lands by Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.

degree of west longitude, as surveyed in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-one; thence north on a line with said ninety-eighth degree to the point where it is crossed by the Red Fork of the Arkansas (sometimes called the Cimarron River); thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the north boundary of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 14, p.

sixty-six, with the Creek Nation of Indians; thence west on said north boundary and the north boundary of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 14. p. 756.

sixty-six, with the Seminole Indians, to the one hundredth degree of west longitude; thence south on the line of said one hundredth degree to the point where it strikes the North Fork of the Red River; thence down said North Fork of the Red River to a point where it strikes the north line of the Kiowa and Comanche Reservation; thence east along said boundary to a point where it strikes the Washita River : thence down said Washita River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning; and all other lands or tracts of country in the Indian Territory to which they have or may set up or allege any right, title, interest or claim whatsoever”: Provided, That every member of said tribes shall have an allotment of one hundred and sixty acres of land, as in said agreement provided, to be selected within the tract of country so ceded, except land in any part of said reservation now used or occupied for military, agency, school, school farm, religious, or other public uses, or in sections sixteen or thirty-six in each congressional township; except in cases where any Cheyenne or Arapahoe Indian has heretofore made improvements upon and now uses and occupies a part of said sections sixteen and thirty-six, such Indian may make his or her selection within the boundaries so prescribed so as to include his or her improvements; and except in that part of the lands by said agreement ceded, now occupied and claimed by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians described as follows, to wit:

“Commencing at a point in the middle of the main channel of the

Lands reserved.

Washita River where the ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude crosses the same, thence up the middle of the main channel of the said river to the line of ninety-eight degrees forty minutes west longitude, thence up said line of ninety-eight degrees forty minutes due north to the middle of the main channel of the main Canadian River, thence down the middle of the mam Canadian River to where it crosses the ninety-eighth meridian; thence due south to the place of beginning:” And provided, That said sections sixteen and thirty-six in each congressional township in said reservation shall not become subject to homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States and finally sold for public school purposes; and that when the allotments of laud shall have been selected and taken by the members of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes as aforesaid and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the title thereto shall be held in trust for the allottees respectively for the period of twenty-five years in the manner and to the extent provided for in the act of Congress approved February eighth,

Vol. 24. p. 383.

eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (24 Stats.. 388), and

Whereas, it is provided in the act of Congress accepting, ratifying, and confirming the said agreement with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26

Vol. 26, p. 1022.

Stats., pp. 989 to 1,044) section sixteen:

“That whenever any of the lands acquired by either of the * * * foregoing agreements respecting lands in the Indian or Oklahoma Territory shall by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States be opened to settlement they shall be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and townsite laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised 1020 States [Statutes] of the United States, which shall not apply): Provided, however, That each settler, on said lands shall before making a final proof and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, one half of which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be abridged except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid, and all the lands in Oklahoma are hereby declared to be agricultural lands, and proof of their non-mineral character shall not be required as a condition precedent to final entry”; and

Whereas, allotments of land in severalty to said Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians have been made and approved in accordance with law and the provisions of the before-mentioned agreement with them; and Whereas, the lands acquired by the said agreement hereinbefore mentioned have been divided into counties by the Secretary of the Interior, as required by said last mentioned act of Congress, before the same shall be opened to settlement, and lands have been reserved for county-seat purposes as therein required, as follows, to wit:

For county C, the south one-half of section nineteen, township sixteen north, range eleven west. For county I), the north one-half of section thirteen, township eighteen north, range seventeen west. For county E, the south one-half of section fifteen, township seventeen north, range twenty-two west. For county F, the south one-half of section eight, township thirteen north, range twenty-three west. For county G, the north one-half of section twenty-five, township thirteen north, range seventeen west. For county H, the south one-half of section thirteen, township nine north, range sixteen west; and

Whereas, it is provided by act of Congress for temporary government of Oklahoma, approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 26. p. 92.

section twenty-three (twenty-six Statutes, page ninety-two) and there shall be reserved public highways four rods wide between each section of land in said Territory, the section lines being the center of said highways; but no deduction shall be made, where cash payments are provided for in the amount to be paid for each quarter section of land by reason of such reservation; and Whereas, all the terms, conditions, and considerations required by said agreement made with said tribes of Indians and by the laws relating thereto, precedent to opening said lands to settlement, have been, as 1 hereby declare, complied with:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Lands coded by Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, Okla., open to settlement April 19, 1892.

by virtue of the power in me vested by the Statutes hereinbefore mentioned, also an act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes,

Vol. 26. p. 989.

for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and by other of the laws of the United States, and by said agreement, do hereby declare and make known that all of said lands hereinbefore described, acquired from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians by the agreement aforesaid, saving and excepting the lands allotted to the Indians as in said agreement provided; excepting also the lands hereinbefore described as occupied and claimed by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians, or otherwise reserved in pursuance of the provisions of said agreement and the said act of Congress ratifying the same, and other the laws relating thereto, will at the hour of twelve o’clock noon (central standard time) Tuesday, the nineteenth day of the present month of April, and not before, be opened to settlement under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations, 1021 reservations, and restrictions contained in said agreement, the Statutes above specified, and the laws of the United States applicable thereto.

The lands to be so opened to settlement are for greater convenience

Schedule.

particularly described in the accompanying schedule, entitled “Schedule of lands within the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Reservation, Oklahoma Territory, opened to settlement by proclamation of the President.”

Each entry shall be in square form as nearly as applicable, and no

Entries.

other lands in the Territory of Oklahoma are opened to settlement under this proclamation, the agreement with the said Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, or the act ratifying the same.

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that until

No person permitted to enter until day of opening.

said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation, no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same, and no person violating this provision shall be permitted to enter any of said lands or acquire any right thereto, and that the officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.

And further notice is hereby given that it has been duly ordered

Lands attached to land districts.

that the lands mentioned and included in this Proclamation shall be, and the same are attached to the Western land district, office at Kingfisher, and the Oklahoma land district, office at Oklahoma City, in said Territory of Oklahoma, as follows:

1. All of said lands lying north of the township line between townships

Western district, Okla.

thirteen and fourteen north, are attached to the Western land district, the office of which is at Kingfisher, in said Territory. 2. All of said lands lying south of the township line between townships

Oklahoma district, Okla.

thirteen and fourteen north, are attached to the Oklahoma land district, the office of which is at Oklahoma City, in the said Territory.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twelfth day of April, in the year of our [seal.] Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 24.] April 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 24.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March

April 15, 1892

. 3, 1891, entitled “Au Act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the

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Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights,” that said act “ shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement”; And whereas it is also provided by said section that “the existence 1022 Of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require”; And whereas, in virtue of said section 13 of the aforesaid act of Congress, a copyright agreement was signed at Washington, on January 15, 1892, in the English and German languages, by the representatives of the United States of America and the German Empire, a true copy of the English version of which agreement is word for word as follows:

The President of the United States of America, and His Majesty the German Emperor,

King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire, being actuated by the desire to extend to their subjects and citizens the full benefit of the legal provisions in force in both countries in regard to copyright, have, to this end, decided to conclude an agreement, and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine, Secretary of State of the United States;

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, Alfons Mumm von Schwarze stein. His Charge d’Affaires near the Government of the United States of America, who, being duly authorized, have concluded the following agreement, subject to due ratification:

Article I. Citizens of the United States of America shall enjoy, in the German Empire, the protection of copyright as regards works of literature and art, as well as photographs, against illegal reproduction, on the same basis on which such protection is granted to subjects of the Empire.

Article II. The United States Government engages, in return, that the President of the United States shall, in pursuance of Section 13 of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1891, issue the proclamation therein provided for in regard to the extension of the provisions of that Act to German subjects, as soon as the Secretary of State shall have been officially notified that the present agreement has received the necessary legislative sanction in the German Empire.

Article III.

This agreement shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.

The agreement shall go into operation at the expiration of three weeks from the date of the exchange of its ratifications, and shall be applicable only to works not published at the time when it shall have gone into operation. It shall remain in force until the expiration of three months from the day on which notice of a desire for the cessation of its effects shall have been given by one of the contracting parties.

Done in duplicate, in the English and German languages, at the City of Washington, this 10th day of January, 1892.

James G. Blaise [seal.] A. V. Mumm. [seal.]

And whereas the official notification contemplated by article II of the said agreement has been received by this government:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, is now fulfilled in respect to the subjects of the German Empire.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight [seal.] hundred and ninety-two and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 25.] April 30, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1023

[No. 25.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

April 30, 1892

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

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duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Honduras the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Consul General of Honduras at New York has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said Act, the Government of Honduras will, by due legal enactment as a provisional measure and until a more complete arrangement may be negotiated and put in operation, admit free of all duty from and after May 25, 1892, into all the established ports of entry of Honduras, the articles or merchandise named

Commercial arrangement with Honduras.

in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States: schedule

Schedule.

of products and manufactures from the United States which the Republic

Articles admitted into Honduras free of duty.

of Honduras will admit free of all customs, municipal and any other kind of duty. 1. Animals for breeding purposes. 2. Corn, rice, barley, and rye. 3. Beans. 4. Hay and straw for forage. 5. Fruits, fresh. 6. Preparations of Hour in biscuits, crackers not sweetened, macaroni, vermicelli, and tallarin. 7. Coal, mineral. 8. Roman cement. 9. Hydraulic lime. 10. Bricks, fire bricks, and crucibles for melting. 11. Marble, dressed, for furniture, statues, fountains, gravestones, and building purposes. 12. Tar, vegetable and mineral. 13. Guano and other fertilizers, natural or artificial. 14. Plows and all other agricultural tools and implements. 15. Machinery of all kinds, including sewing machines; and separate or extra parts of the same. 10. Materials of all kinds for the construction and equipment of railroads. 17. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of telegraphic and telephonic lines. 18. Materials of all kinds for lighting by electricity and gas. 19. Materials of all kinds for the construction of wharves. 20. Apparatus for distilling liquors. 21. Wood of all kinds for building, in trunks or pieces, beams, rafters, planks, boards, shingles, or flooring. 22. Wooden staves, heads, and hoops, and barrels and boxes for packing, mounted or in pieces. 23. Houses of wood or iron, complete or in parts. 24. Wagons, carts, and carriages of all kinds. 1024 25. Barrels, casks, and tanks of iron for water. 26. Tubes of iron and all other accessories necessary for water supply. 27. Wire, barbed, and staples for fences. 28. Plates of iron for building purposes. 29. Mineral ores. 30. Kettles of iron for making salt. 31. Sugar-boilers. 32. Molds for sugar. 33. Guys for mining purposes. 34. Furnaces and instruments for assaying metals. 35. Scientific instruments. 36. Models of machinery and buildings. 37. Boats, lighters, tackle, anchors, chains, girtlines, sails, and all other articles for vessels, to be used in the ports, lakes, and rivers of the Republic. 38. Printing materials, including presses, type, ink, and all other accessories. 39. Printed books, pamphlets, and newspapers, bound or unbound, maps, photographs, printed music, and paper for music. 40. Paper for printing newspapers. 41. Quicksilver. 42. Lodestones. 43. Hops. 44. Sulphate of quinine. 45. Gold and silver in bars, dust, or coin. 46.

Samples of merchandise the duties on which do not exceed $1.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And that the Government of Honduras has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue, and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported.

And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Consul General of Honduras at New York that this action of the Government of Honduras in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Honduras, and in stipulating for a more complete reciprocity arrangement, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now. therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Reciprocal modification of Honduranean tariff laws.

of the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Honduras to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this 30th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 26.] May 18, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1025

[No. 26.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved

May 18, 1892

. October 1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize

Preamble.

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duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Guatemala the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the at tides enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America tree of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said Act, the Government of Guatemala will, by due legal enactment of the National Congress of that Republic, admit, free of all duty, from and after the thirtieth day after the passage of the said Act by the Congress of Guatemala, into all the established ports of entry

Commercial arrangement with Guatemala.

of that Republic, the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States: schedule

Schedule.

of articles, the product or manufacture of the United States, to be admitted

Articles admitted into Guatemala free of duty.

into Guatemala free of all customs duties, and of any national or municipal dues, and national port charges. 1. Live animals. 2. Barley, corn or maize, and rye. 3. Corn meal. 4. Potatoes, peas and beans. 5. Fresh vegetables. 6. Rice. 7. Hay and straw for forage. 8. Tar, pitch, resin, turpentine and asphalt. 9. Cotton seed oil and other products of said seed. 10. Quicksilver. 11. Mineral coal. 12. Guano and other fertilizers. 13. Lumber and timber, in the rough or prepared for building purposes. 11. Houses of wood or iron, complete or in parts. 15. Eire bricks, lime, cement, shingles and tiles of clay or glass for rooting, and construction of buildings. 16. Marble in slabs, columns, cornices, door and window frames and fountains; and dressed or undressed marble for buildings. 17. Piping of clay, glazed or unglazed, for aqueducts and sewers. 18. Wire, plain or barbed, for fences, with hooks and staples for same. 19. Printed books, bound or unbound; printed music; maps, charts and globes. 20. Materials for the construction and equipment of railways. 21. Materials for electrical illumination. 22. Materials expressly for the construction of wharves. 23. Anchors and hoisting tackle. 24. Railings of cast or wrought iron. 25. Balconies of cast or wrought iron. 26. Window-blinds of wood or metal. 27. Iron fire-places or stoves. 1026 28. Machinery, including steam machinery for agriculture and mining, and separate parts of the same. 29.

Gold and silver, in bullion, dust or coin.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall enter free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And whereas the Government of Guatemala has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall impose no undue restrictions on the importer and no additional charges on the articles imported; And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington that this action of the Government of Guatemala in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Guatemala, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act; And whereas the diplomatic representative of the United States of America at the city of Guatemala has been advised by the Government of Guatemala of the passage on April 30, 1892, of an act by the National Congress of that Republic approving the commercial arrangement concluded between the Governments of the two Republics, and of the issue of a decree admitting, on and after the 30th day of May, 1892, the articles mentioned in the above schedule, being the product or manufacture of the United States of America, into the ports of Guatemala free of all duties whatsoever;

Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of Guatemalan tariff.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Guatemala to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 18th day of May, one thousand eight [seal.] hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United states of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.

[No. 27.] May 26, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 27.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

May 26, 1892

. Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved October

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1, 1899, entitled “An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports and for other purposes,” the attention of the Government of Austria-Hungary was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria Hungary at

Commercial arrangement with Austria Hungary.

Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in view of the act of Congress above cited, the Government of Austria-Hungary has, by due legal enactment, authorized the admission, from and after May 25, 1892, into Austria-Hungary of all the articles of mer- 1027 chandise, the product of the United States of America, named in the commercial treaties which Austria-Hungary has celebrated with Germany and other nations on the terms stated in said treaties; And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary at Washington that this action of the Government of Austria-Hungary, in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Austria-Hungary, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I. Benjamin Harrison, President of

Reciprocal modification of tariff of Austria Hungary.

the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Austria Hungary to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand [seal.] eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 28.] June 17, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 28.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

June 17, 1892

. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four, of the act of Congress,

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes.” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof”; And Whereas, the public lands in the State of Oregon, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation, Oregon.

by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Oregon, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section six (6), Township one

Boundaries.

(I) South, Range six (6) East, Willamette Meridian; thence easterly on the base line between Townships one (1) North and one (1) South, to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township one (1) North, Range six (6) East; thence northerly on the section line between sections thirty one (31) and thirty two (32), to the. north-west corner of Section thirty-two (32); thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32), to the north east corner of Section thirty-two (32); thence northerly on the section line between 1028 Sections twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29), to the north-west corner

Boundaries—Continned.

of Section twenty-eight (28); thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28), to the northeast corner of Section twenty eight (28); thence northerly on the section line between Sections twenty-one (21) and twenty two (22), to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22); thence easterly on the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), and fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), to the north east corner of Section twenty-three (23); thence northerly along the section line between Sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) and eleven (11) and twelve (12), to the north west corner of Section twelve (12); thence easterly on the section line between Sections one (1) and twelve (12), to the north east corner of Section twelve (12); thence northerly on the eastern boundary of Section one(l) to the north east corner of Section one (1), all of said sections being in Township one (1) North. Range six (6) East; thence easterly to a point for the north-east corner of Township one (1) North, Range seven (7) East; thence southerly to a point for the south-east corner of Section one (1), Township one (1) North, Range seven (7) East; thence easterly to a point for the north-east corner of Section eight (8), Township one (1) North, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly to a point for the north-east corner of Section thirty two (32), of said Township and Range; thence easterly to a point for the north-east corner of Section thirty three (33), of said Township and Range; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33) of said Township and Range; thence westerly along the base line to the north west corner of Section four (4), Township one (1) South, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly on the section line between Sections four (4) and five (5), and eight (8) and nine (9), to the south east corner of Section eight (8); thence easterly along the section line between Sections nine (9) and sixteen (16), to a point for the north east corner of Section sixteen (16); thence southerly along the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), to the south-east corner of Section sixteen (16); thence easterly along the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two, to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22); thence southerly between Sections twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34); thence easterly along the southern boundary line of Sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36), to the south-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), all of said sect ions being in Township one (1) South, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly to a point for the south-east corner of Township two (2) South, Range eight (8) East; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Township two (2) South, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly along the eastern boundary line of Sections thirty-six (36), twenty-five (25), twenty-four (24) and thirteen (13), Township two (2) South, Range seven (7) East, to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), of said Township and Range; thence westerly along the section line between Sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), ten (10) and fifteen (15), nine (9) and sixteen (16), eight (8) and seven teen (17) and seven (7) and eighteen (18),Township two (2) South, Range seven (7) East, and sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), ten (10) and fifteen (15), nine (9) and sixteen (16), eight (8) and seventeen (17) and seven (7) and eighteen (18), Township two (2) South, Range six (6) East, to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the western boundary of Section seven (7), to the north-west corner of said section, Township two (2) South, Range six (6) East; thence westerly on the section line between Sections one (1) and twelve (12), two (2) and eleven (11), three (3) and ten (16) and four (4) and nine (9), to the south west corner of Section four (4), Township two (2) South, Range live (5) East; thence northerly on the section 1029 line between Sections four (4) and five (5), to the north-west corner of

Boundaries—Continual.

Section four (4), in said Township and Range; thence easterly on the township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) South, Range five (5) East, to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township one (1) South, Range live (5) East: thence northerly on the section line between Sections thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), twenty six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23), to the north-west corner of Section twenty three (23), of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections fourteen (14) and twenty three (23), thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), to the north-east, corner of Section twenty-four (24), of said Township and Range; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges five (5) and six (6) East, to the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Legal entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful tiling duly of record in the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or tiling of record has not expired ; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from set Element.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth (17th) day of June, in the [seal.] year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the independence of the, United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 29.] June 23, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 29.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the act of Congress,

June 23, 1892

. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “ An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for oilier purposes,” “That the

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President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare, the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Forest reservation, Colorado.

by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the 1030 aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Colorado, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Township ten (10) South of Ranges sixty-eight (68), sixty-nine (69)

Boundaries.

and seventy (70) West, Township nine (9) South of Ranges sixty-eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) West. Township eight (8) south of Range sixty-nine (69) West; and so much of Township ten (10) South of Range seventy-one (71) West, Township nine (9) South of Range seventy (70) West, Township eight (8) South of Range seventy (70) West and Township seven (7) South of Range sixty-nine (69) West, as be to the Eastward of the South Platte River.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Legal entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful tiling duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or tiling of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the, laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Provided that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entry mail, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 twenty third day of June in the year of our [seal.] Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

[No. 30.] July 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 30.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

To whom it may concern:

July 15, 1892

. Whereas, the Governor of the State of Idaho has represented to me that

Preamble.

within said State there exists an insurrection and condition of domestic violence and resistance to the laws, to meet and overcome which, the resources at his command are unequal; and Whereas, he has further represented that the Legislature of said State is not now in session, and cannot be promptly convened; and Whereas, by reason of said conditions the said Governor, as Chief Executive of the State, has called upon me, as Chief Executive of the Government of the United States, for assistance in repressing said violence and restoring and maintaining the peace;

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of Section 4, Article 4, of the Constitution of the United

Persons in insurrection in Idaho commanded to disperse.

States, and of the laws of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof do hereby command all persons engaged in said insurrection and in resistance to the laws, to immediately disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes.

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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 15th day of July in the year of our Lord, [seal.] one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 31.] July 21, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 31.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a Joint Resolution, approved June 29, 1892, it was resolved

July 21, 1892

. by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

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Ante, p. 397.

of America in Congress assembled. “That the President of the United States be authorized and directed to issue a proclamation recommending to the people the observance in all their localities of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty first of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by public demonstrations and by suitable exercises in their schools and other places of assembly;”

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

October 21, 1892, the four hundredth and anniversary of the discovery of America, declared a public holiday.

of America, in pursuance of the aforesaid joint resolution do hereby appoint Friday, October 21, 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the Discovery of America by Columbus, as a general holiday for the people of the United States. On that, day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the Discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.

Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment. The system of universal education is in our age the most prominent and salutary feature of the spirit of enlightenment, and it is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made by the people the center of the day’s demonstration. Let the National Flag float over every school house in the country, and the exercises be such as shall impress upon our youth the patriotic duties of American citizenship.

in the churches and in the other places of assembly of the people, let there be expressions of gratitude to Divine Providence for the devout faith of the Discoverer, and for the Divine care and guidance which has directed our history and so abundantly blessed our people.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord [seal.] one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 32.] July 30, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1032

[No. 32.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, and assemblages,

July 30, 1892

. of persons, it has become impracticable, in my judgment, to enforce

Preamble.

by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within the State and District of Wyoming, the United States Marshal, after repeated efforts, being unable by his ordinary deputies, or by any civil posse which he is able to obtain, to execute the process of the United States Courts;

Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Unlawful assemblages in Wyoming commanded to disperse.

the United States, do hereby command all persons engaged in such resistance to the laws and the process of the courts of the United States to cease such opposition and resistance and to disperse and retire peace ably to their respective abodes on or before Wednesday, the third day of August next.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this thirtieth day of July in the year of [seal.] our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 33.] August 18, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 33.] By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, entitled “An

August 18, 1892

. act to enforce reciprocal commercial relations between the

Preamble.

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United States and Canada, and for other purposes,” it is provided “That, with a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the citizens, ports, and vessels of the United States, on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety two, whenever and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the passage through any canal or lock connected with the navigation of the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, or the water ways connecting the same, of any vessels of the United States, or of cargoes or passengers in transit to any port of the United States, is prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the imposition of tolls or otherwise which, in view of the free passage through the St. Marys Falls Canal, now permitted to vessels of all nations, he shall deem to be reciprocally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, for such time and to such extent (including absolute prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of free passage through the Saint Marys Falls Canal, so far as it relates to vessels owned by the subjects of the government so discriminating against the citizens, ports, or vessels of the United States, or to any cargoes, portions of 1033 cargoes, or passengers in transit to the ports of the government making such discrimination, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations.

“In such ease and during such suspension tolls shall be levied, collected, and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind or description, not to exceed two dollars per ton; upon passengers, not to exceed five dollars each, as shall be from time to time determined by the President: Provided, That no tolls shall be charged or collected upon freight or passengers carried to and landed at Ogdensburg, or any port west of Ogdensburg, and south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota.

“Sec. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, who may require the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried and the destination of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default whomever and whenever found in the waters of the United States,” and

Whereas, the Government of the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll amounting to about 20 cents per ton on all freight passing through the Welland Canal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a further toll on all vessels of the United States and on all passengers in transit to a port of the United States, all of which tolls are without rebate. And Whereas, the Government of the Dominion of Canada in accordance with an order in council of April 4, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton, of the 20 cent toll at the Welland Canal, on wheat, Indian corn, pease, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed and buckwheat, upon condition that they are originally shipped for and carried to Montreal, or some port east of Montreal for export, and that, if transhipped at an intermediate point, such transhipment is made within the Dominion of Canada, but allows no such nor any other rebate on said products, when shipped to a port of the United States, or when carried to Montreal for export if transhipped within the United States. And Whereas, the Government of the Dominion of Canada by said system of rebate and otherwise discriminates against the citizens of the United States in the use of said Welland Canal in violation of the provisions of Article 27 of the Treaty of Washington concluded May 8, 1871. And Whereas, said Welland Canal is connected with the navigation of the Great Lakes, and I am satisfied that the passage through it of cargoes in transit to ports of the United States is made difficult and burdensome by said discriminating system of rebate and otherwise, and is reciprocally unjust and unreasonable,

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

Toll imposed on Freight passing through St. Mary’s Falls Canal for Canadian ports.

of America, by virtue of the power to that end conferred upon me by said act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, do hereby direct that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice, a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Mary’s Falls Canal in transit to any

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port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations; and to that extent I do hereby suspend from and after said date the right of free passage through said St. Mary’s Falls Canal of any and all cargoes or portions of cargoes in transit to Canadian ports.

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In testimony 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 18th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and [seal.] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 34.] October 15, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 34.] By the President of the United States of America.

October 15, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by a written agreement made on the eighth day of December,

Preamble.

eighteen hundred and ninety, the Crow tribe of Indians, in the State of Montana, agreed to dispose of and sell to the United States,

For certain considerations

Agreement with Crow Indians.

in said agreement specified, all that portion of the Crow Indian reservation, in the State of Montana, lying west and south of the following lines, to wit:

“Beginning in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River, at a point which is the northwest corner of section Number thirty-six, township Number two north, of range twenty-seven east, of the principal meridian of Montana, thence running in a southwesterly direction, following the top of the natural divide between the waters flowing into the Yellowstone and Clarke’s Fork Rivers upon the west and those flowing into Pryor Creek and West Pryor Creek on the east, to the base of West Pryor Mountain. Thence due south and up the north slope of said Prior Mountain on a true meridian line to a point fifteen miles due north from the established line between Montana and Wyoming; thence in a due easterly course on a parallel of latitude to a point where it intersects the mid-channel of the Big Horn River, thence following up the mid-channel of said river to a point where it crosses the Montana and Wyoming State line,” and

Whereas it is stipulated in the eleventh clause or section of said agreement that all lands upon that portion of the reservation by said agreement ceded, which, prior to the date thereof, had been allotted in severalty to Indians of the Crow tribe, shall be retained and enjoyed by them; and Whereas it is provided in the twelfth clause or section of said agreement,

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that, in accordance with the provisions of article six of the treaty of May seventh, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, said cession of lands shall not be construed to deprive without his or her

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consent, any individual Indians of the Crow tribe of his or her right to any tract of land selected by him or her in conformity with said treaty, or as provided by the agreement approved by Congress April eleven, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty two; and Whereas it is further provided in said twelfth clause or section, that in ratifying said agreement the Congress of the United States shall cause all such lands to be surveyed and certificates duly issued for the same to said Indians, as provided in the treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, before said ceded portion of the reservation shall be opened for settlement; and Whereas by the thirteenth clause or section of said agreement of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety it is made a condition 1035 of said agreement that it shall not be binding upon either party until ratified by the Congress of the United States, and when so ratified that said cession of lands so acquired by the United States shall not be opened for settlement until the boundary lines set forth and described in said agreement have been surveyed and definitely marked by suitable permanent monuments, erected every half mile, wherever practicable, along the entire length of said boundary line; and Whereas said agreement was duly ratified and confirmed by the

Vol. 26. p. 1039.

thirty-first section of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and Whereas, it is provided in section thirty-four of said Act of March

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third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one;

“That whenever any of the lands acquired by the agreement with said Crow Indians hereby ratified and confirmed shall by operation of law or the proclamation of the President of the United States be open to settlement, they shall, except mineral lands, be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead laws, except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes, which shall not apply; Provided, however, That each settler, under and in accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws, shall, before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry the sum of one. dollar and fifty cents for each acre thereof one-half of which shall be paid within two years; and any person otherwise qualified who has attempted to, but for any cause failed to secure a title in fee to a homestead under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make a homestead entry upon any of said lands in conformity with the provisions of this section. That any person who may be entitled to the privilege of selecting land in severalty under the provisions of article six of the treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, with the Crow Indians, and which provisions were continued in force by the agreement with said Indians ratified and confirmed by the act of Congress, approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or any other act or treaty, shall have the right for a period of sixty days to make such selections in any part of the territory by said agreement ceded, and such locations are hereby confirmed: Provided, further, That all white persons who located upon said Crow Reservation by reason of an erroneous survey of the boundary and were afterwards allowed to file upon their location in the United States Land Office, shall have thirty days in which to renew their filings and their locations are hereby confirmed, and that in all cases where claims were located under the mining laws of the United States, and such location was made prior to December first eighteen hundred and ninety, by a locator qualified therefor who believed that he or she was so locating on lands outside the Crow Indian Reservation, such locator shall be allowed thirty days within which to relocate the said mining claims so theretofore located by them, within the limits of the ceded portion of said Crow Indian Reservation, and upon such re location such proceedings shall be had as are conformable to law and in accordance with the provisions of this act;” and

Whereas the boundary lines of said ceded lands have been duly surveyed and marked as stipulated in the thirteenth clause or section of said agreement; and Whereas a written agreement was concluded with said Crow Indians on the twenty seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under and by virtue of the following clause in the Indian

Ante, p. 137.

Appropriation Act of Congress, approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to wit: * * “To enable the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion, to appoint a commission to negotiate with the Crow Indians of Montana, for a modification of the agreement 1036 concluded with said Indians, December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and ratified by Congress March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and to pay the necessary and actual expenses of said commissioners: Provided, That no such modification shall be valid unless assented to by a majority of the male adult members of the Crow tribe of Indians, and be approved by the Secretary of the Interior,” which said agreement was assented to by a majority of the male adult members of the Crow tribe of Indians, as attested by their signatures thereto, and has been duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and Whereas, it is stipulated and agreed in the first clause or section of said agreement of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. that the persons named in a schedule attached to and made a part of said agreement, marked “schedule A” include all the members of said Crow tribe who are entitled to the benefits of the eleventh section of said agreement of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety and that each of said persons is entitled to the land therein described as his selection, in full satisfaction of his claim under said section; and that the persons named in a schedule attached to and made a part of said agreement of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, marked “schedule B,” include all the members of said tribe who are entitled to the benefits of the twelfth section of said agreement of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and of the proviso of the thirty-fourth section of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety one, extending the privilege of making selections on the ceded lands for a period of sixty days, and that each of the said persons therein named is entitled to retain the tract of land theretofore selected by him within the limits of the tract of land therein described as containing his selection of his claim under the said section (or the said proviso): and Whereas, it is stipulated and agreed by the second clause or section of said agreement of August twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, that all lands ceded by said agreement may be opened to settlement, upon the approval of the said agreement, by proclamation of the President:

“Provided, That all lands within the ceded tract selected or set apart for the use of individual Indians, and described in the aforesaid schedules ‘A’ and ‘B.’ shall be exempt from cession and shall remain a part of the Crow Indian Reservation, and shall continue under the exclusive control of the Interior Department until they shall have been surveyed and certificates or patents issued therefor, as provided in the agreement of December eighth. 1890, or until relinquished or surrendered by the Indian or Indians claiming the same. Provided, further, that such lands shall be described as set forth in schedules “A” and “B,” and shall be exempted from settlement in the proclamation of the President opening the ceded lands, and that where lauds so set apart are not described by legal subdivisions then the township or section, or tract of land, within whose limits such Indians selections are located, shall not be opened to settlement until the Indian allotments therein contained shall have been surveyed and proper evidence of title issued therefor.”

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President Of The United

Crow Indian Reservation, Mont.

States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the agreements and statutes hereinbefore mentioned, and by other the

Lands ceded open to settlement.

laws of the United States do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands with in that portion of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana ceded to the United States by the said agreement of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and hereinbefore, described, except those hereinafter mentioned and described, are open to settlement, under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions, contained in the thirty-fourth section of the. Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and hereinbe fore quoted, and other laws applicable thereto.

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The lands exempted from the operation of this proclamation, being

Lands excepted.

those embraced in schedules “A” and B,” attached to the agreement of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are described as follows:

1. Surveyed Lands.

Surveyed lands.

In Township One North, range twenty-six East.

Fractional section twenty-four; the north half; the east half of south east quarter and west half of southwest quarter of fractional section twenty-five; fractional section twenty-six; Lot live of fractional section thirty-four; the north half of northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of northwest quarter of section thirty-five; and the northeast quarter of northeast quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township one North, range twenty-seven East,

Fractional section seven; lots one, two, three, four, five and six, the southwest quarter of northeast quarter; the southeast quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of fractional section eight; the south half of northwest quarter of section nine; the north half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section seventeen; fractional section eighteen; the north half and the southwest quarter of section nineteen.

In Township three, south, range twenty-four east.

The north half of the southwest quarter of section three; the south-east quarter of the northeast quarter, and Lots two, three and four of section four; fraction sectional five; the southeast quarter; and the south half of the southwest quarter of section six; section seven; west half of section eight; the east half of the northwest quarter; and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section seventeen; lots one, two, three, four, live and six; the northeast quarter of the north east quarter; the south half of the northeast quarter; and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the south half of section eighteen; lots one, three, four and live; and the east half of southwest quarter section nineteen; and lots one, two three and four in section thirty.

In Township four south, range twenty-three east.

Lots four, live, six, seven, eight, nine and thirteen, the south half of northwest quarter; the southeast quarter of southeast quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter section one; section two; the north half; the southeast quarter and the north half of southwest quarter section three; section four; the east half and the southwest quarter of section eight; the north half; and the southwest quarter of section nine; the east half and the southwest quarter of section eleven; section twelve; the north half; the south half of the southeast quarter; the east half of the southwest quarter; and lots one. two and three of section thirteen; the north half; the southeast quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of section fourteen; the north half of section seventeen; the north half; the east half of the southeast quarter; and the north half of the southwest quarter of section eighteen; the northwest quarter of section nineteen; the east half and the northwest quarter of section twenty; the south half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-two; all of section twenty-three, except the northwest quarter of northwest quarter; section twenty-four; lots two and three in section twenty-five; the north half of northeast quarter; the northwest quarter; the north half of the southwest quarter; and lots one, two, 1038 five, six, seven, and eight of section twenty-six; the south half of the

Lands excepted.—Continued.

southeast quarter of section twenty-seven; the northwest quarter of section thirty-three; the fractional east half and the southwest quarter of section thirty-four; lots two, three, four, live, six, seven, nine and ten of section thirty-five.

In Township five south of range twenty-three East.

Lot five and southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section two; lots one, two, six, seven, eight, nine, twelve and fourteen and south east quarter of southeast quarter of section three; the fractional east half; the south half of northwest quarter; and the southwest quarter of section four; the south half of the northeast quarter; and the north half of the southeast quarter of section seven; the south half of the north half and the south half of section eight; lots one, two, three, four, six, seven and eight; and the west half of section nine; lots one, two, three and four; the west half of the northeast quarter and the south half of section ten; the northwest quarter of section fifteen; section sixteen; the east half of the northeast quarter and the south half of section seventeen; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; the west half and lots one, two, four and five section twenty; the southwest quarter of section twenty-one; the west half of southwest quarter section twenty-six; the south half of section twenty-seven; the west half of the northeast quarter; the northwest quarter and the south half of section twenty-eight; lots one, two, three, four, six and seven; the northwest quarter; the south half of the southeast quarter; and the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine; the northeast quarter of northeast quarter; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section thirty; the northeast quarter; the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter; and the southeast quarter of section thirty-one; lots three, four, five, six, nine and ten; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section thirty-two; lot one, the north half of the northeast quarter; and the northwest quarter of section thirty-three, and the west half of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section thirty-four.

2. Unsurveyed lands which when surveyed, will be described

Unsurveyed lands excepted.

as follows:

In Township one North of range fifteen East.

The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter; and the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; and the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight; the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three; the north half; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-four; the south half of the north half; and the south half of section thirty-five; and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the south east quarter; the north half of the southwest quarter; and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township one north, range sixteen East.

The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty- one.

In Township one south of range fifteen east.

The north half of the north half; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section one.

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In Township one south of range sixteen east.

Lands excepted—Continued.

The north half of the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section six; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four.

In Township one south of range eighteen east.

The southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven; the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight; the north half of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three; and the northeast quarter and the east-half of the northwest quarter of section thirty-four.

In Township one south of range seventeen east.

The east half of the northeast quarter; the east half of the northwest quarter; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section nineteen; the south half of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight; and the north half of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-three.

In Township one south of range twenty-five east.

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter; the south half of the southeast quarter; and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five; and the northeast quarter of the north west quarter and the west half of section thirty-six.

In Township one south of range twenty-six east.

The south half of the southeast quarter of section nineteen; the southeast quarter; the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter; and the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty; the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one; the west half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-eight; the north half; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine; the north half of the northeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section thirty.

In Township two south of range thirteen East.

The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight; and the east half; the east half of the northwest quarter; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-three.

In Township two south of range eighteen east.

The southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section one.

In Township two south of range twenty east.

The east half; the east half of the northwest quarter; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight; the northeast quarter; and the north 1040 half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine; the south half of

Lands Continued.

the northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four; the south half of the north half and the south half of section thirty-five; and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter; the south half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township two south of range twenty-one east.

The west half of the northeast quarter; the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter; the east half of the west half; and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two.

In Township two south of range twenty-four east.

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter; and the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one; the northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section twenty two; the west half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven; the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight; and the northeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine.

In Township three south of range eighteen east.

The west half of section fourteen; the west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-three; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the south east quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one; the northeast quarter; the south half of the north west quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two; the south half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of section thirty-three; the southwest quarter of the north east quarter; and the south half of the northwest quarter: the west half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section thirty four; the south half of section thirty-five; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; and the southeast quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township three south of range nineteen east.

The northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twelve; the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine; the east half of the northeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; and the south half of section thirty; and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one.

In Township three south of range twenty east.

The northeast quarter; the north half of the northwest quarter; the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section one; the north half of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section two; the north half the northwest quarter: the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; and the west half of the southwest quarter of section 5; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; 1041 the southeast quarter; and the southeast quarter of the southwest

Lands excepted—Continued.

quarter of section six; and the west half of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section seven.

In Township three south of range twenty-one east.

The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of section five; the east half of the southeast quarter and the west half of section six; the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section seven; and the north half of the north-west quarter of section eight.

In Township three south of range twenty-three east.

The southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section twelve; the east half of section thirteen; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-three; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; the east half of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-four; the east half of the east half; the west half of the northwest quarter; and the southwest quarter of section twenty-five; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-six; the south half of the south half of section thirty-four; the northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and the south half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five; and the northwest quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township four south of range eighteen east.

The northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of section three; the north half of the northeast quarter of section four; the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirteen; the west half of the northeast quarter; the east half of the northwest quarter; the southeast quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-four; the northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and the southwest quarter of section twenty five; the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two; the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter; the northwest quarter; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter ; and the south half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-five; and the west half of the northeast quarter; the northwest quarter; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six.

In Township six south of range eighteen east.

The east half of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty; and the west half of the north-east quarter: the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter; and the south half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine.

In Township six south of range nineteen east.

The northeast quarter: the east half of the northwest quarter; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section fifteen: the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen: the 1042 south half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast

Lands excepted—Continued.

quarter of section nineteen; and the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section 20.

In Township six south of range twenty-three east.

The north half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section five; the south half of the southeast quarter of section eight; section seventeen; and the west half of the northwest quarter of section sixteen.

3. Townships, sections, or tracts of land within which Indian

Townships, etc., excepted.

Selections Are Located.

Tract 1. Beginning at a point in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River one and one-half miles below the mouth of the Clark’s Fork River; thence running in a southwesterly direction along a line parallel to and one and one-half miles distant from the mid-channel of the Clark’s Fork River to the south line of township two south of range twenty-four east; thence west along said township line to the mid-channel of the Clark's Fork River; thence northeast along the mid-channel of the Clark’s Fork River to the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River; thence northeast along the mid-channel of said river to the point of beginning.

Tract 2. All that part of township two south of range twenty-four east lying south of the Yellowstone River and west of the Clark’s Fork River.

Tract 3. Sections twenty-nine, thirty-one, and thirty-two, township five south of range twenty-one east; sections five, six, seven, eight, seventeen and eighteen, township six south of range twenty-one east; and sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, township six south of range twenty east.

Tract 4. Beginning at a point in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River opposite the mouth of Duck Creek; thence running in a south westerly direction along the mid channel of the Yellowstone River to a point one and one half miles below the month of the Clark’s Fork River; thence in a southwesterly direction along a line parallel to and one and one half miles distant from the mid-channel of the said Clark's Fork River to a point one and one half miles due south of the mid-channel of the said Yellowstone River; thence running in a northeasterly direction along a line parallel to and one and one half miles distant from the mid channel of the Yellowstone River to the mid-channel of Duck Creek; thence in a northerly direction along the mid-channel of Duck Creek to the point of beginning.

Tract 5. All that part of townships two and three south of range twenty-three lying south of the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River and north of a line running parallel thereto and one and one half miles distant therefrom.

Tract 6. Beginning in the mid-channel of the main, or West, Fork of Red Lodge Creek at the point where it intersects the line known as the line of the Blake Survey, and which was formerly supposed to be the south boundary of the Crow Indian Reserve; thence running due east along the lines of said Blake Survey for a distance of one mile; thence running northeasterly along a line parallel to and one mile from the mid channel of the said West Fork of said Red Lodge Creek for a distance of ten miles; thence due west to the mid-channel of the said West Fork of said Red Lodge Creek; thence southwesterly along the mid-channel of the said West Fork of said Creek to the place of beginning.

Tract 7. Townships four south of ranges twenty-one and twenty-two east.

Tract 8. All that part of the east half of township one south of range twenty-six east, lying south of the Yellowstone River; and all that part 1043 of the west half of township one south of range twenty-seven east, lying

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south of the Yellowstone River.

Tract 9. Section fourteen, township three south of range nineteen east.

Tract 10. Beginning in the mid-channel of the Main or West Fork of Red Lodge Creek at the point where it intersects the line known as the line of the Blake. Survey, and which was formerly supposed to be the south boundary of the Crow Indian Reserve; thence running due east along the line of said Blake survey for a distance of one mile; thence running northeasterly along aline parallel to and one mile from the mid-channel of the said West Fork of said Red Lodge Creek for a distance of ten miles; thence due west to the mid-channel of the said West Fork of said Red Lodge Creek; thence southwesterly along the mid-channel of the said West Fork of said Red Lodge Creek to the place of beginning.

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 fifteenth day of October, in the [seal.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 35.] October 31, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 35.] By the President of the United States of America.

October 31, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March

Preamble.

Vol. 26. p. 1110.

3, 1891, entitled “An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights,” that said act “ shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement:” And whereas it is also provided by said section that “the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require:” And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Italy the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Italy:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Italy.

In testimony 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 thirty-first day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 36.] November 4, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1044

[No. 36.] By the President of the United States of America.

November 4, 1892

A PROCLAMATION.

The gifts of God to our people during the past year have been so abundant and so special that the spirit of devout thanksgiving awaits not a call, but only the appointment of a day when it may have a common expression. He has stayed the pestilence at our door; He has given us more love for the free civil institutions in the creation of which His directing Providence was so conspicuous; He has awakened a deeper reverence for law; He has widened our philanthropy by a call to succor the distress in other lands; He has blessed our schools and is bringing forward a patriotic and God-fearing generation to execute His great and benevolent designs for our country; He has given us great increase in material wealth and a wide diffusion of contentment and comfort in the homes of our people; He has given His grace to the sorrowing.

Wherefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, do

November 24, 1892; appointed day of thanksgiving.

call upon all our people to observe, as we have been wont, Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of this month of November, as a day of thanksgiving to God for His mercies and of supplication for His continued care and grace.

In testimony 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 fourth day of November one [seal.] thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 37.] December 9, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 37.] By the President of the United States of America.

December 9, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four, of the Act of Congress,

Preamble,

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations, and the limits thereof;” And Whereas, it is made to appear by petition and otherwise, that the interests of the public and the welfare of the people of the State of Colorado will be materially benefitted and subserved by the reservation of the public and forest lands hereinafter described.

Now, therefore. I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

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States, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act, do hereby set apart, reserve and establish as a public reservation, all that tract of land in the State of Colorado, embraced in the following boundary and description, to-wit:

Beginning at the confluence of the North Fork of the South Platte

Boundaries.

River with the South Platte River ; thence up the middle of the channel 1045 of the North Fork of the South Platte River to the range line between

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Township seven (7) South, Ranges seventy four (74) and seventy-five (75) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence northerly on said range line to the north east corner of Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-five (75) West; thence westerly on the township line between Townships six (6) and seven (7) South, to the north-west corner of Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-six (76) and seventy-seven (77) West, to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13) to the north-west corner of Section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence southerly on the section line between sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26), to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35) of said Township and Range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), to the north-west corner of Section thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range, and Sections three (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10) and fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), Township eight (8) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West, to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21) of said last named Township and Range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), to the northwest corner of Section nineteen (19) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-seven (77) and seventy-eight (78) West, to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township nine (9) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13) and eleven (11) and fourteen (14), to the north-west corner of Section fourteen (14) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the section line between Sections fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), to the south west corner of said Section fourteen (14); thence westerly on the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) and sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the section line between Sections twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29), to the south-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33), to the south-east comer of said Section twenty-eight (28); thence southerly on the section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range, and Sections three (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10) and fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), Township ten (10) South, Range seventy eight (78) West, to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21) of said last named Township and Range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-eight (78) and seventy-nine (79) West, to the south-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence westerly on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the north west corner of Section one (1). Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence southerly on the section line between Sections one (1) and two (2), eleven (11) and twelve (12), thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36) of said 1046 Township and Range, and Sections one (1) and two (2), eleven (11) and

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twelve (12) and thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West, to the south-west corner of Section thirteen (13) of said last named Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections thirteen (13)and twenty-four (24)of said Township and Range, and Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) and fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West, to the quarter section corner between said Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22); thence southerly through the middle of Sections twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), to the quarter-section corner on the south boundary of Section thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the township line between Townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West, to the north-west corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-seven (77) and seventy-eight (78) West, to the south west corner of Section six (6), Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence easterly on the section line between Sections six (6) and seven (7), five (5) and eight (8) and four (4) and nine (9), to the south-east corner of Section four (4) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the section line between Sections three (3) and four (4) of said Township and Range, and Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West, to the north east corner of Section thirty-three (33) of said last named Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), to the south east corner of Section twenty-seven (27) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the section line between Sections twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27), twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23), fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), ten (10) and eleven (11) and two (2) and three (3) of said Township and Range, and Sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West, to the north east corner of Section thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), to the north-west corner of said Section thirty-four (34); thence northerly on the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28) of said Township and Range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29) and nineteen (19) and thirty (30), to the north-west corner of Section thirty (30) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-seven (77) and (78) West, to the north-east corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence easterly on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the south east corner of Township ten (10) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-seven (77) and seventy-eight (78) West, to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township nine (9) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence easterly on the section line between Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) and fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), to the south east corner of Section fifteen (15) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the section line between Sections fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) and ten (10) and eleven (11), to the south west corner of Section two (2) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections two (2) and eleven (11) and one (1) and twelve (12), to the south east corner of Section one (1) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-six (76) and seventy-seven (77) West, to the south-west corner of Township eight (8) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence 1047 easterly on the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9)

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South, Range seventy-six (76) West, to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township eight (8) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence northerly on the section line between Sections thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32), to the south-west corner of Section twenty-nine (29) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32), to the south east corner of said Section twenty-nine (29); thence northerly on the section line between Sections twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29) and twenty (20) and twenty-one (21), to the south west corner of Section sixteen (16) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one(21). to the south east corner of said Section sixteen (16); thence northerly on the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10) and three (3) and four (4) of said Township and Range, and Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-six (76) West, to the south-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36) of said Township and Range, and Sections thirty (30) and thirty-one (31), twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32), twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33) and twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-five (75) West, to the north west corner of Section thirty-five (35) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the section line between Sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35) of said Township and range and Sections two (2) and three (3), ten (10) and eleven (11), fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23), twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), Township eight (8) South, Range seventy-five (75) West, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-five (35) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9) South, Range seventy-five (75) West, to the north-west corner of Township nine (9) South, Range seventy-four (74) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-four (74) and seventy-five (75) West, to the south-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range seventy-four (74) West; thence easterly on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the north-west corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-three (73) and seventy-four (74) West, to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-four (74) West; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13) and eleven (11) and fourteen (14) of said Township and Range, to the quarter section corner between said Sections eleven (11) and fourteen (14); thence southerly through the middle of Sections fourteen (14), twenty-three (23) and twenty-six (26), to the center of Section twenty-six (26) of said Township and Range; thence easterly through the middle of Sections twenty-six (26) and twenty-live (25) to the quarter section corner on the range line between Section twenty-five (25) Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-four (74) West, and Section thirty (30), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence southerly on said range line to the south-west corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence easterly on the township line between Townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) South, to the south-east corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy two (72) and seventy-three (73) West, to the north east corner of Section twenty-four (24),Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence westerly on the section line between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two 1048 (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20)

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and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said Township and Range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-three (73) and seventy-four (74) West, to the quarter section corner on the west boundary of Section eighteen (18), Township fourteen (14) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence easterly through the middle of Sections eighteen (18), and seventeen (17), sixteen (16), fifteen (15), fourteen (14) and thirteen (13), Township fourteen (14) South, Range seventy-three (73) West, and Sections eighteen (18) and seventeen (17), Township fourteen (14) South, Range seventy-two (72) West, to the quarter section corner between Sections seventeen (17) and sixteen (16) of said last named Township and Range: thence northerly on the section line between Sections sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) and eight (8) and nine (9), to the north east corner of Section eight (8) of said Township and Range; thence easterly on the section line between Sections four (4) and nine (9), three (3) and ten (10), two (2) and eleven (11) and one (l)and twelve (12), to the southeast corner of Section one (1) of said Township and Range; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges seventy-one (71) and seventy-two (72) West, to the south-west corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-one (71) West; thence easterly on the township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-one (71) West; thence northerly on the section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10) and three (3) and four (4) of said Township and Range, and between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen, (16), nine (9) and ten (10) and three (3) and four (4), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-one (71) West, and between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10) and three (3) and four (4), Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-one (71) West, to the north-east corner of Section four (4) of said last named Township and Range; thence easterly on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township ten (10) South, Range seventy-one (71) West; thence northerly on the section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said Township and Range, to the middle of the channel of the South Platte River; thence down the middle of the channel of the said river to its confluence with the North Fork of the South Platte River, the place of beginning, to be known as the South Platte Forest Reserve.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or tiling of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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Done at the City of Washington, this ninth day of December in the year of our [seal.] Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 38.] December 20, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

[No. 38.] By the President of the United States of America.

December 20, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four, of the act of Congress,

Preamble

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” And whereas, the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

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by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the north-east corner of Township three (3) North,

Boundaries.

Range six (6) West of the San Bernardino Meridian; thence westerly on the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships three (3) and four (4) North, Ranges six (6) and seven (7) West, to the north-east corner of Township three (3) North, Range eight (8) West; thence northerly on the. unsurveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges seven (7) and (8) West, to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township four (4) North. Range eight (8) West; thence westerly on the surveyed and unsurveyed section line between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21). seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of said township and range, to the point for the north west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said township and range; thence northerly on the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) West, to the north east corner of Township four (4) North, Range nine (9) West; thence westerly on the township line between Townships four (4) and five (5) North, Range nine (9) West, to the south-east corner of Township five (5) North, Range ten (10) West; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) West, to the north east corner of Section thirty-six (36) of said township and range; thence westerly on the section line between Sections twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36), twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and twenty seven (27) and thirty-four (34), to the south east corner of Section twenty eight (28) of said township and range; thence 1050 northerly on the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and

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twenty-eight (28), to the north east corner of said Section twenty-eight (28); thence westerly on the section line between Sections twenty one (21) and twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29) and nineteen (19) and thirty (30) of said last named township and range, and on the unsurveyed section line between Sections twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25), twenty-three (23) and twenty-six (26), twenty-two (22) and twenty-seven (27), twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29) and nineteen (19) and thirty (30), Township five (5) North, Range eleven (11) West, to the point for the north-west corner of Section thirty (30) of said last named township and range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12) West, to the south-east corner of Township five (5) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence westerly on the township line between Townships four (4) and five (5) North, to the south-west corner of Township five (5) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges twelve (12) and thirteen (13) West, to the north east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township four (4) North, Range thirteen (13) West; thence westerly on the section line between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of said township and range, and Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), Township four (4) North, Range fourteen (14) West, to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said last named township and range; thence southerly on the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) West, to the point for the southwest corner of Township three (3) North. Range fourteen (14) West; thence easterly on the unsurveyed township line between Townships two (2) and three (3) North, Range fourteen (14) West, to a point for the north-west corner of Section four (4),Township two (2) North, Range fourteen (14) West; thence southerly on the unsurveyed section line between Sections four (4) and five (5), to the point for the south west corner of said Section four (4); thence easterly on the unsurveyed section line between Sections four (4) and nine (9), three (3) and ten (10), two (2) and eleven (11) and one (1) and twelve (12), to a point for the southeast corner of Section one (1) of said township and range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) West, to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), Township two (2) North, Range thirteen (13) West; thence easterly on the surveyed and unsurveyed section line between Sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14) and twelve (12) and (13), to a point for the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges twelve (12) and thirteen (13) West, to the south-west corner of Township two (2) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence easterly on the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) North, Range twelve (12) West, to the point for the north-west corner of Section one (1), Township one (1) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence southerly on the unsurveyed section line between Sections one (1) and two (2), to the point for the south west corner of said Section one(l); thence easterly on the unsurveyed section line between Sections one (1) and twelve (12), to the point for the south-east corner of said Section one (1); thence southerly on the range line between Ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12) West, to the south-west corner of Section seven (7). Township one (1) North, Range eleven (11) West; thence easterly on the section line between Sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), 1051 ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14) and twelve

Forest reservation, California.

(12) and thirteen (13) of said township and range, and Sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14) and twelve (12) and thirteen (13), Township one (1) North, Range ten (10) West, to the south east corner of Section twelve (12) of said last named township and range; theme southerly on the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) West, to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township one(l) North, Range nine (9) West; thence easterly on the section line between Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty three (23) and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24) of said township and range, and Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), Township one (1) North, Range eight (8) West, to the south east corner of Section thirteen (13) of said last named township and range; thence northerly on the range line between Ranges seven (7) and eight (8) West, to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), Township one (I) North, Range seven (7) West; thence easterly on the section line between sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14) and twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of said township and range, and on the surveyed and unsurveyed section line between Sections seven (7) and eighteen (18). eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15). eleven (11) and fourteen (14) and twelve (12) and thirteen (13), Township one (1) North, Range six (6) West, to the point for the south-east corner of Section twelve (12) of said last named township and range; thence northerly on the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges five (5) and six (6) West, to the north-east corner of Township three (3) North, Range six (6) West, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful tiling duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith:

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 Twentieth (20th) day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred [seal.] and ninety-two and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 39.] December 24, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1052

[No. 39.] By the President of the United States of America.

December 24, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by Section 24. of the Act of Congress, approved

Preamble.

Vol. 26. p. 1103.

March third, eighteen hundred and ninety one, entitled, “An Act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes”; that “The President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly, or in part covered wit h timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservation, and the limits thereof.” And whereas, it is provided by Section 14. of said above mentioned Act, that the public lands in the Territory of Alaska, reserved for public purposes, shall not be subject to occupation and sale. And whereas, the public lands in the Territory of Alaska, known as Afognak Island, are in part covered with timber, and are required for public purposes, in order that salmon fisheries in the waters of the Island, and salmon and other fish and sea animals, and other animals and birds, and the timber, undergrowth, grass, moss and other growth in, on, and about said Island may be protected and preserved unimpaired, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation. And whereas, the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries has selected Afognak Bay, River and Lake, with their tributary streams, and the sources thereof, and the lands including the same oil said Afognak Island, and within one mile from the shores thereof, as a reserve for the purpose of establishing fish culture stations, and the use of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, the boundary lines of which include the head springs of the tributaries above mentioned, and the lands, the drainage of which is into the same.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

Forest and fish culture reservation, Alaska.

States, by virtue of the power in me vested by Sections 24 and 14, of the aforesaid Act of Congress, and by other laws of the United States, do reserve and do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby

Afognak Island reserved from sale.

reserved from occupation and sale, and set apart as a Public Reservation, including use for fish culture stations, said Afognak Island, Alaska and its adjacent bays and rocks and territorial waters,

Proviso.

including among others the Sea Lion Rocks, and Sea Otter Island: Provided, That this proclamation shall not be so construed as to deprive any

Bona fide inhabitants.

bona fide inhabitant of said Island of any valid right he may possess under the Treaty for the cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the United States, concluded at Washington, on the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter upon,

Warning not to enter and all persons to depart.

or to occupy, the tract or tracts of land or waters reserved by this proclamation, or to fish in, or use any of the waters herein described or mentioned, and that all persons or corporations now occupying said Island, or any of said premises, except under said Treaty, shall depart therefrom.

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 Twenty-fourth day of December, in the [seal.] year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and sixteenth.

Benj. Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

[No. 40.] December 24, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1053

[No. 40.] By the President of the United States of America.

December 24, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four, of the Act of Congress,

Preamble.

Vol. 26. p. 1103.

approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

Forest reservation, Colorado.

States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Colorado, and particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the north-east corner of Township seven (7) South,

Boundaries.

Range ninety-three (93) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence westerly along the township line between Townships six (6) and seven (7) South, to the north west corner of Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-three (93) and ninety-four (94) West, to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence westerly along the unsurveyed section line between Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20). and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), Township seven (7) South. Range ninety-four (94) West, to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19) of said township and range; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-four (94) and ninety-five (95) West, to the northwest corner of Township eight (8) South. Range ninety-four (94) West; thence westerly along the township line between townships seven (7) and eight (8) South, to the north-west corner of Section three (3), Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence southerly along the section line between Sections three(3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10) and fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22) of said township and range; thence westerly along the section line between Sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of said township and range, and Sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) and fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-six (96) West, to the northwest corner of Section twenty-two (22) of said township and range; thence southerly along the section line between Sections twenty one (21) and twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said township and range, to the north-west corner of Section three ,3), Township nine (9) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence westerly along the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9) South, to the north west corner of Section three (3), Township nine (9) South. Range ninety-seven (97) West; thence southerly along the section line between Sections three 1054 (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16),

Forest reservation, Colorado.

twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34) of said township and range; thence easterly along the township line between Townships nine (9) and ten (10) South, to the south east corner of Township nine (9) South, Range ninety-six (96) West: thence northerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-five (95) and ninety-six (96) West, to the south east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township nine (9) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence easterly along the section line between Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), Township nine (9) South, Range ninety-five (95) West, to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-four (94) and ninety-five (95) West, to the south-east corner of Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence easterly along the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9) South, to the south-west corner of Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-two (92) and ninety-three (93) West, to the south-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence westerly along the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the north-west corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97) West, to the north-west corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence westerly along the township line between Townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) South, to the north-west corner of fractional Section two (2), fractional Township twelve (12) South, fractional Range ninety-eight (98) West; thence southerly along the range line between fractional Range ninety--eight (98) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, and Range two (2) East of the Ute Principal Meridian, to the south-west corner of fractional Section thirty-five (35), fractional Township thirteen (13) South, fractional Range ninety-eight (98) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence easterly along the township line between Township thirteen (13) and fractional Township fourteen (14) South, to the southwest corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97) West, to the southwest corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range ninety-six (96) West, thence easterly along the township line between Townships fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) South, to the south east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township fourteen (14) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence northerly along the section line between Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10) and three (3) and four (4), Townships fourteen (14) and thirteen (13) South, Range ninety-live (95) West, and Sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) and twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-five (95) West, to the south east corner of Section sixteen (16) of said township and range; thence easterly along the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-five (95) West, and Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), Township twelve (12) South, Range (94) West, to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township twelve (12) South, range ninety-three (93) West; thence southerly 1055 along the range line between Ranges ninety-three (93) and ninety-four

Forest reservation, Colorado.

(94) West, to the south-west corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence easterly along the township line between Townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) South, to the south east corner of Township twelve (12) South. Range ninety-two (92) West; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-one (91) and ninety-two (92) West, to the south east corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence easterly along the township line between Townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) South, to the south-west corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ninety (90) and ninety-one (91) West, to the south-west corner of Township twelve (12) South. Range ninety (90) West; thence easterly along the township line between Townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) South, to the south east corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges eighty-eight (88) and eighty-nine (89) West, to the north east corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West: thence easterly along the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the south-east corner of Township ten (10) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges eighty-eight (88) and eighty-nine (89) West, to the north-east corner of Township nine (9) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence westerly along the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9) South, to the north-east corner of Township nine (9) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence northerly along the range fine between Ranges eighty-nine (89) and ninety (90) West, to the northeast corner of Township eight (8) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships seven (7) and eight (8) South, to the north-east corner of Township (8) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges ninety-two (92) and ninety-three (93) West, to the north east corner of Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-three (93) West, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful tiling duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- [seal.] two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: John W. Foster. Secretary of State.

41 December 27, 1892 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1056 [No. 41.]

By the President of the United States of America,

December 27, 1892

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress approved October

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 612.

Ante, p. 996.

1, 1890, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Salvador the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; And whereas the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Salvador has communicated to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Salvador that the Congress of Salvador has by due legal enactment authorized the executive power to conclude a definitive commercial arrangement with the United States to supersede the existing provisional arrangement; And whereas, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the Articles enumerated in Section 3 of

Commercial arrangement with Salvador.

said Act, the Government of Salvador will admit free of all duty from and after December 31, 1892, into all the established ports of entry of Salvador the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same is the manufacture or product of the United States. products and manufactures of the united states to be

Articles admitted into Salvador free of duty.

admitted into salvador free of customs duties, and of all charges, whether national or provincial. 1. Cotton seed oil. 2. Live animals. 3. Tar, vegetable and mineral. 4. Wire, barbed, and staples for fences. 5. Apparatus for distilling liquors. 6. Plows, cultivators, hoes, axes, machetes, shovels and rakes. 7. Quicksilver. 8. Barrels, casks and tanks of iron for water. 9. Mineral ores. 10. Boats, lighters, tackle, anchors, chains, girtlines, sails and all other articles for vessels, to be used in the ports, lakes and rivers of the Republic. 11. Coal, mineral. 12. Roman cement and hydraulic lime. 13. Kettles for making salt. 14. Wooden staves, barrel heads and hoops. 15. Houses of wood and iron, complete and in parts. 16. Beans, potatoes and onions. 17. Fruits, fresh. 18. Guano and other fertilizers, natural and artificial. 19. Guys for mining purposes. 20. Hay and straw for forage. 21. Furnaces and instruments for assaying metals. 22. Scientific instruments. 23. Lodestones. 24. Bricks, tire bricks, and crucibles for melting. 25. Hops. 26. Printed books, pamphlets and newspapers, bound or unbound, maps, photographs, printed music and paper for music. 27. Corn, rice, barley and rye. 1057 28. Marble, dressed, for furniture, statues, fountains, gravestones and building purposes. 29. Machinery of all kinds, including sewing machines; and separate or extra parts for the same. 30. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of rail roads. 31. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of telegraphic and telephonic lines. 32. Materials of all kinds for lighting by electricity and gas. 33. Materials of all kinds for the construction of wharves in ports, lakes or rivers. 34. Wood of all kinds for building, in trunks or pieces, beams, rafters, planks, boards, shingles and flooring. 35. Moulds for making sugar. 36. Models of machinery and buildings. 37. Printing materials, including presses, ink, and all other accessories. 38. Samples of merchandise the duties on which do not exceed $1.00. 39. Gold and silver in bars, dust or coin. 40. Preparations of flour in biscuits, crackers not sweetened, macaroni, vermicelli, and tallarin. 41. Plates of iron for building purposes. 42. Kettles for making sugar. 43. Sulphate of quinine. 44. Tubes of iron and all other accessories for water supply. 45. Wagons, carts and carriages of all kinds, and separate parts for the same.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

Usual packages or coverings.

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And whereas the Government of Salvador has further stipulated that the laws and regulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America, shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported;

And whereas the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Salvador has informed the Government of Salvador that its action in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Salvador is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in Section 3 of said act;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Reciprocal mollification of Salvador tariff laws.

of the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Salvador to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony 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 27th day of December, in the year of our [seal.] Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

42 January 4, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1058 [No. 42.]

By the President of the United States of America.

January 4, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, Congress, by a statute approved March 22, 1882, and by

Preamble.

Vol. 22, p. 30.

statutes in furtherance and amendment thereof, defined the crimes of bigamy, polygamy and unlawful cohabitation in the Territories and other places within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and prescribed a penalty for such crimes; and Whereas, on or about the 6th day of October, 1890, the Church of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, through its President, issued a manifesto proclaiming the purpose of said Church no longer to sanction the practice of polygamous marriages, and calling upon all members and adherents of said church to obey the laws of the United States in reference to said subject matter: and Whereas, it is represented that since the date of said declaration the members and adherents of said Church have generally obeyed said laws and have abstained from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation: and Whereas, by a petition dated December 19, 1891, the officials of said Church, pledging the membership thereof to a faithful obedience to the laws against plural marriage and unlawful cohabitation, have applied to me to grant amnesty for past offences against said laws, which request a very large number of influential non-Mormons, residing in the Territories, have also strongly urged; and Whereas, the Utah Commission, in their report bearing date September 15, 1892, recommend that said petition be granted and said amnesty proclaimed, under proper conditions as to the future observance of the law, with a view to the encouragement of those now disposed to become law-abiding citizens; and Whereas, during the past two years such amnesty has been granted to individual applicants in a very large number of cases, conditioned upon the faithful observance of the laws of the United States against unlawful cohabitation; and there are now pending many more such applications;

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the UnitedPardon to polygamous Mormons abstaining from unlawful cohabitation since

November 1, 1890

. States, by virtue of the powers in me vested, do hereby declare and grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons liable to the penalties of said Act by reason of unlawful cohabitation under the color of polygamous or plural marriage, who have since November 1, 1890, abstained from such unlawful cohabitation; but upon the express condition that they shall in the future faithfully obey the laws of the United States hereinbefore named, and not otherwise. Those who shall fail to avail themselves of the clemency hereby offered will be vigorously prosecuted.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this fourth day of January in the year of our [seal.] Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

43 February 14, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1059 [No. 43.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 14, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof; And whereas, the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

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States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the north east corner of Township five (5) South, Range

Boundaries.

thirty (30) East, on the First (1st) Standard Parallel South, Mount Diablo Meridian, California; thence westerly along said First (1st) Standard Parallel to the northwest corner of Township live (5) South, Range twenty-one (21) East; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) East, to the southwest corner of Township six (6) South, Range twenty-one (21) East; thence easterly on the township line between Townships six (6) and seven (7) South, to the southeast corner of Township six (6) South, Range twenty-one (21) East; thence southerly on the range line between Ranges twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22) East, to the southwest corner of Township seven (7) South, Range twenty-two (22) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships seven (7) and eight (8) South, to the southeast corner of Township seven (7) South, Range twenty-two (22) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23) East, to the southwest corner of Township eight (8) South, Range twenty-three (23) East: thence easterly along the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel South, to the northeast corner of Township nine (9) South, Range twenty-three (23) East: thence southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) East, to the southwest corner of Township nine (9) South, Range twenty-four (24) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships nine (9) and ten (10) South, to the southeast corner of Township nine (9) South, Range twenty-four (24) East: thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-four(24)and twenty-five (25) East, to the southwest corner of Township ten (l0)South, Range twenty-five (25) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the southeast corner of Township ten (10) South, Range twenty-five (25) East; thence southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) East, to the southwest corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range twenty-six (26) East; thence easterly along the third (3rd) Standard Parallel South, to the northwest corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range twenty-seven (27) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) East, 1060 to the southwest corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range twenty-seven (27)

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East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the southeast corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range twenty-seven (27) East; thence northerly along the boundary line of “General Grant National Park” to the northwest corner, easterly to the northeast corner, southerly to the southeast corner and westerly to the southwest corner of said Park: thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) East, to the southwest corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range twenty-eight (28) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) South, to the southwest corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) East, to the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel South; thence westerly along said Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel to the northwest corner of Township seventeen (17) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) East, to the southwest corner of Township seventeen (17) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) South, to the southeast corner of Township seventeen (17) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) East, to the southwest corner of Township eighteen (18) South, Range thirty-two (32) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) South, to the northwest corner of Township nineteen (19) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) East, to the Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel South; thence westerly along said Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel to the northwest corner of Township twenty-one (21) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) East, to a point on said range line where it intersects the northern boundary line of the “Tide River Indian Reservation;” thence easterly and north easterly along the northern boundary line of said reservation to the northeast corner thereof, located in the southwest quarter of Section twenty one (21), Township twenty-one (21) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of said reservation to the southeast corner thereof, located in the northwest quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township twenty-two (22) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence westerly and southwesterly along the southern boundary of said reservation to a point where it is intersected by the range line between Ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) East; thence southerly along said range line to the southwest corner of Township twenty-three (23) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) South, to the south east corner of Township twenty-three (23) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) East, to the Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel South; thence westerly along said Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel to the northwest corner of Township twenty-five (25) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) East, to the southwest corner of Township twenty-six (26) South, Range thirty-one (31) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) South, to the northwest corner of Township twenty-seven (27) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) East, to the Seventh (7th) Standard Parallel South; thence easterly along said Seventh (7th) Standard Parallel to the southeast corner of Township twenty-eight (28) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges 1061 thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) East, to the Sixth (6th) Standard

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Parallel South; thence easterly along said Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel to the southeast corner of Township twenty-four (24) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) East, to the northeast corner of Township twenty-four (24) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) South, to the southeast corner of Township twenty-three (23) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) East, to the Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel South; thence westerly along said Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel South, to the southeast corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township twenty (20) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence northerly along the western boundary line of Sections thirty-two (32), twenty-nine (29), twenty (20), seventeen (17), eight (8) and five (5) to the northwest corner of Section five (5) in said township and range; thence westerly along the township line between Townships nineteen (19) and twenty (20) South, to the the southeast corner of Township nineteen (19) South, Range thirty-six (36) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven (37) East, to the quarter-section corner on the east line of Section thirty-six (36), Township nineteen (19) South, Range thirty-six (36) East, westerly on a line through the centres of Sections thirty-six (36) and thirty-five (35) to the centre of Section thirty-five (35), northerly on a line through the centres of Sections thirty-five (35), twenty-six, (26), twenty-three (23) and fourteen (14) to the centre of Section fourteen (14), easterly on a line through the centre of Section fourteen (14), to the quarter-section corner between said Section fourteen (14) and Section thirteen (13), and northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of Sections thirteen (13), twelve (12) and one (1) to the northwest corner of Section one (1), all of said township and range; thence northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of Sections thirty-six (36) and twenty-five (25), Township eighteen (18) South, Range thirty-six (36) East, to the northwest corner of said Section twenty-five (25), easterly along the section line between Sections twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25) to the quarter-section corner between said sections, northerly through the centres of Sections twenty-four (24) and thirteen (13) to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirteen (13) and twelve (12), westerly along the section line to the south west corner of Section twelve (12) and northerly along the Section lines on the west boundary of Sections twelve (12) and one (1) to the northwest corner of Section one (1), of said township and range; thence northerly along the section line on the west boundary of Section thirty-six (36), Township seventeen (17) South, Range thirty-six (36) East, to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36), westerly to the centre of Section thirty-five (35), northerly on a line through the centres of Sections thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26), twenty-three (23), fourteen (14) and eleven (11) to the quarter-section corner between Sections eleven (11) and two(2), westerly along the section line to the southwest corner of Section two (2) and northerly along the section line to the north west corner of Section two (2), all of said township and range; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed line of the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel South, to the southwest corner of Township sixteen (16) South, Range thirty-four (34) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) East, to the northwest corner of Township fifteen (15) South, Range thirty-four (34) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships fourteen (14) and (15) South, to the southwest corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range thirty-five (35) East: thence northerly on the range line between Ranges thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35) East, to the northwest corner of township fourteen (14) 1062 South, Range thirty-five (35) East; thence westerly along the township

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line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township thirteen (13) South, Range thirty-four (34) East, northerly along the section line to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), westerly to the centre of Section thirty-four (34), northerly on a line through the centres of Sections thirty-four (34) and twenty-seven (27) to the centre of Section twenty-seven (27), easterly through Section twenty-seven (27) to the quarter-section corner between Sections twenty-seven (27) and twenty-six (26), northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of Sections twenty-six (26), twenty-three (23), fourteen (14), eleven (11) and two (2) to the northwest corner of west lot one (1) in Section two (2), easterly to the south west corner of the east lot two (2) in Section two (2) and northerly to the northwest corner of the west half of east lot six (6), Section two (2), all of said township and range; thence westerly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel South, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township twelve(12) South, Range thirty-four (34) East, northerly along the section line to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-three (33), westerly to the centre of Section thirty-three (33), northerly to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirty-three (33) and twenty-eight (28), westerly on the section line to the southwest corner of Section twenty-eight (28), northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of Sections twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21), sixteen (16), nine (9) and four (4) to the quarter-section corner between Sections four (4) and five (5), westerly to the centre of Section five (5) and northerly to the quarter-section corner on the north boundary of said Section five (5), all of said township and range: thence westerly along the township line between Townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) South, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township eleven (11) South, Range thirty-four (34) East, northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of Sections thirty-two (32), twenty-nine (29), twenty (20), seventeen (17) and eight (8) to the quarter-section corner between Sections seven (7) and eight (8), westerly on a line through the centre of Section seven (7), Township eleven (11) South, Range thirty-four (34) East, and Sections twelve (12) and eleven (11), Township eleven (11) South, Range thirty-three (33) East, to the centre of said Section eleven (11), and northerly on a central line through Sections eleven (11) and two (2) to the quarter-section corner on the north line of Section two (2), Township eleven (11) South, Range thirty-three (33) East; thence westerly on the town ship line between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township ten (10) South, Range thirty-three (33) East, northerly to the quarter-section corner between Sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-four (34), westerly to the centre of Section thirty-four (34), northerly on a line through the centres of Sections thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-two (22) to the centre of Section twenty-two (22), easterly to the centre of Section twenty-three (23), northerly through the centres of Sections twenty-three (23), fourteen (14) and eleven (11) to the centre of Section eleven (11), easterly to the quarter-section corner between Sections eleven (11) and twelve (12), northerly along the section line to the northwest corner of Section twelve (12), easterly along the section line to the quarter-section corner between Sections twelve (12) and one (1), northerly to the centre of Section one (1), easterly to the quarter-section corner on the east line of Section one (1) and northerly to the north east corner of Section one (1), all of said township and range; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line between Townships ten (10) and nine (9) South, to the southeast corner of Township nine (9) South, Range thirty-two (32) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33) East, to the northeast corner of Township nine (9) South, Range thirty-two (32) East; thence westerly along the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel 1063 South, to the southeast corner of Township eight (8) South, Range

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thirty-one (31) East; thence, northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) East, to the northeast corner of Township eight (8) South, range thirty-one (31) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships seven (7) and eight (8) South, to the southeast corner of Township seven (7) South, Range thirty (30) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) East, to the northeast corner of Township live (5) South, Range thirty (30) East, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set any hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this fourteenth day of February, in the year [seal.] of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

44 February 20, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 44.]

By the President of the United States of America.

Feb. 20, 1893.

A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” And Whereas, the public lands in the State of Washington, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

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States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of 1064 land lying and being situate in the State of Washington, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the south west corner of Township thirteen (13) North,

Boundaries.

Range fifteen (15) East of the Willamette Base and Meridian: thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) East, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offset on the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North, to the point for the northeast corner of Township eighteen (18) North, Range fourteen (14) East; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line between Townships eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) North, to the south east corner of Township nineteen (19) North, Range seven (7) East; thence southerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges seven (7) and eight (8) East, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets on the township line between Townships seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) North, and the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North, to the point for the southwest corner of Township thirteen (13) North, Range eight (8) East; thence easterly along the unsurveyed township line between Townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) North, to the south west corner of Township thirteen (13) North, Range fifteen (15) East, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 twentieth day of February, in the year of [seal.] our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

45 February 20, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 45.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 20, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” 1065 And whereas, the public lands in the Territory of Arizona, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

Forest reservation, Arizona.

States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the Territory of Arizona, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the Parallel of thirty-six (36)

Boundaries.

degrees, thirty (30) minutes, North Latitude, with the Meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees, forty-five (45) minutes, of Longitude West from Greenwich; thence westerly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of one hundred and twelve (112) degrees, forty-five (45) minutes, West Longitude; thence southerly along said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of thirty five (35) degrees, forty-five (45) minutes, North Latitude; thence easterly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees, forty-five (45) minutes, West Longitude; thence northerly along said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of thirty-six (36) degrees, thirty (30) minutes, North Latitude, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or

Reserved from settlement.

make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Benj Harrison By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

46 February 21, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 46.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 21, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by my proclamation of August 18, 1892, and in pursuance

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Ante, p. 1032.

of the authority conferred on me by an Act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, entitled “An Act to enforce the reciprocal commercial relations

Ante, p. 267.

between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes,” I directed “that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice, a toll of twenty cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St Mary’s 1066 Falls Canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations;” and to that extent thereby suspended “from and after said date the right of free passage through said St. Mary’s Falls Canal of any and all cargoes or portions of cargoes in transit to Canadian ports,” and Whereas, the above order was issued in consequence of the imposition by the Government of the Dominion of Canada of a discriminating toll whereby unjust and unreasonable burdens were placed, in violation of article 27 of the Treaty of Washington, upon the carrying of passengers and cargoes through the Welland Canal in transit to ports of the United States, as is fully set forth in the said proclamation; and Whereas, by an Order in Council dated February 13, 1893, the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada has directed that “for the season of 1893, the canal tolls for the passage of the following food products, wheat, Indian corn, peas, barley, rye, oats, flax seed and buckwheat, for passage eastward through the Welland Canal be 10 cents per ton; and for passage westward through the St. Lawrence Canals only 10 cents per ton; payment of the said toll of 10 cents per ton for passage through the Welland Canal to entitle these products to free passage through the St. Lawrence Canals;” and Whereas, 1 have received satisfactory assurances that this order revokes during the season of 1893 the discriminating provisions above referred to and secures to citizens of the United States equality with British subjects as regards the use of said canals:—

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States

Suspension of toll on freight passing through St. Mary’s Falls Canal for Canadian ports.

of America, by virtue of the said Act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date hereof, and until further notice, the provisions of my said proclamation of August 18, 1892, are suspended, in so far as they direct that a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Mary’s Falls Canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twenty-first day of February one thousand [seal.] eight hundred and ninety-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the one bundled and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: John W. Foster, Secretary of State.

47 February 25, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 47.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 25, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” 1067 And Whereas, the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United

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States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the north east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township

Boundaries.

live (5) South, Range six (6) West, of the San Bernardino Base and Meridian; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the point for the southwest corner of Section ten (10), said township and range; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the northwest corner of Section three (3), said township and range; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line to the point for the north west corner of Section three (3), Township five (5) South, Range seven (7) West; thence Southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the southeast corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township and range; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line to the northeast corner of Township six (6) South, Range seven (7) West; thence southerly to the southwest corner of Township five (5) South, Range six (6) West; thence easterly to the point for the quarter section corner on the north line of Section six (6), Township six (6) South, Range six (6) West; thence southerly on a central line to the center of Section nineteen (1!)), said township and range; thence easterly to the quarter-section corner on the east boundary of said Section nineteen (19); thence southerly on the section line to the point of intersection with the north boundary of the “Rancho Mission Viejo or La Paz”; thence in a southeasterly direction along said boundary line to the point of intersection with the township line between Townships six(G) and seven (7) South; thence easterly along said township line to the southeast corner of Township six (6) South, Range six (6) West; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges live (5) and six (6) West, to the northeast corner of Section thirteen (13), Township live (5) South, Range six (6) West, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the [seal.] year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

48 February 25, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1068 [No. 48.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 25, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

Preamble.

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approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;” And Whereas, the public lands in the State of California, within the

Forest reservation, California.

limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that

Boundaries.

there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the northwest corner of Township three (3) North, Range five (5) West, San Bernardino Meridian, California; thence southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges five (5) and six (6) West, to the northwest corner of Section eighteen (18), Township one (1) North, Range five (5) West; thence easterly along the section line between Sections seven (7) and eighteen (18) to the western boundary of the “Rancho Muscupiabe”; thence easterly, following the western and northern boundary of said rancho, to the point where said boundary intersects the section line between Sections nineteen (19) and thirty (30), Township one (1) North, Range three (3) West; thence easterly along the section lines to the north east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township and range: thence southerly along the range line between Ranges two (2) and three (3) West, to the San Bernardino Base Line; thence easterly along said base line to the northeast corner of Section four (4), Township one (1) South, Range two (2) West, southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed section lines to the northeast corner of Section sixteen (16), easterly along the section lines to the northeast corner of Section thirteen (13) and southerly to the southeast corner of Section thirteen (13), all of said township and range; thence easterly to a point for the center of Township one (1) South, Range one (1) West; thence southerly to a point for the southwest corner of Section thirty-four (34), in said township and range; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) South, to the San Bernardino Meridian: thence southerly along said meridan to the northeast corner of Township three (3) South, Range one (1) West; thence easterly through the Maronge Indian Reservation to the southeast corner of Township two (2) South, Range three (3) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line to the north east corner of said township; thence easterly to a point for the southeast corner of Township one (1) South, Range four (4) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges four (4) and five (5) East, to the northeast corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township three (3) North, Range four (4) East; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section lines to the southwest corner of Section eighteen (18), Township three (3) North, Range (3) East; thence 1069 northerly along the range line between Ranges two (2) and three (3) East, to the north east corner of Township three (3) North, Range two (2) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships three (3) and four (4) North, to the northwest corner of Township three (3) North, Range (5) West, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands

Prior valid entries excepted.

which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful tiling duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith;

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

Reserved from settlement.

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

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 twenty-fifth day of February, in the year [seal.] of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

49 February 25, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 49.]

By the President of the United States of America.

February 25, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas public interests require that the Senate should be convened

Preamble.

at twelve o’clock on the fourth day of March next, to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the UnitedConvening extra session of the Senate

March 4, 1893

. States, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol in the City of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o’clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice.

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington, this [seal.] twenty-fifth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and seventeenth.

Benj Harrison By the President: William F Wharton Acting Secretary of State.

50 April 8, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1070 [No. 50.]

By the President of the United States of America.

April 8, 1893

. A PROCLAMATION.

The following provisions of the laws of the United States are hereby published for the information of all concerned.

Section 1956, Revised Statutes, Chapter 3, Title XXIII, enacts that:

R. S., sec. 1956, p. 343.

“No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal, or

Fur-bearing animals, Alaska.

other fur-bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof; and every person guilty thereof shall, for each offense, be fined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited: but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable, or other fur-bearing animal, except fur-seals, under such regulations as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur-seal, and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section.”

Section 3 of the act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection

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of the salmon fisheries of Alaska,” approved March 2, 1889, provides that:

“Sec 3. That section nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised

Laws prohibiting killing of fur bearing animals in Alaska declared to include waters of Bering Sea in dominion of United States.

Statutes of the United States is hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of the United States in the waters of Behring Sea; and it shall be the duty of the President, at a timely season in each year, to issue his proclamation and cause the same to be published for one month in at least one newspaper if any such there be published at each United States port of entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering said waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section; and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the United States to diligently cruise said waters and arrest all persons, and seize all vessels found to be, or to have been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States therein.”

Articles I, II, and III of a Convention between the United States

Convention with Great Britain.

Ante, p. 952.

of America and Great Britain for the renewal of the existing modus vivendi in Behring’s Sea, concluded April 18, 1892, are published for the same purpose.

“Article I. “Her Majesty’s Government will prohibit, during the pendency of

Seal-killing in Bering Sea by British subjects forbidden.

the Arbitration, seal killing in that part of Behring Sea lying eastward of the line of demarcation described in Article No. I of the Treaty of 1867 between the United States and Russia, and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by British subjects and vessels.

“Article II. “The United States Government will prohibit seal-killing for the

Seal-killing in Bering Sea by United States citizens forbidden.

same period in the same part of Behring’s Sea, and on the shores and islands thereof, the property of the United States (in excess of seven thousand five hundred to be taken on the islands for the subsistence of the natives), and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by United States citizens and vessels.

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“Article III. “Every vessel or person offending against this prohibition in the

Seizure of offenders.

said waters of Behring Sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits of the United States, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of either of the High Contracting Parties, but they shall be handed over as soon as practicable to the authorities of the Nation to which they respectively belong, who alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offence and impose the penalties for the same. The witnesses and proof necessary to establish the offence shall also be sent with them.”

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

Persons warned against entering Bering Sea intending to violate laws.

hereby warn all persons against entering the waters of Behring Sea within the dominion of the United States for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section 1956, of the Revised Statutes, and of the said articles of said Convention; and I hereby proclaim that all persons found to be, or to have been engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States, or of the provisions of said Convention, in said waters, will be arrested, proceeded against, and punished as above provided.

In testimony 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 eighth day of April, one thousand eight [seal] hundred and ninety-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.